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Anandagarbha, the YogacSrya (profes 



of Magadha, Thougli he was first initiated in the 

 Maha Sangika sect of the Hinayana school of Buddhism, he latterly 

 became a convert to the Yogacarya sect of the Madhyamika 

 school. After becoming a learned man, by studying in the Uni- 

 versity of Vikrama f ila, he visited Bangala. Here he became an 

 adept in the practice of Yoga Tantra under Subhuti Palita, the 

 pupil of king Praka^a Candra of Bangala, who had renounced the 

 world and by the practice of yoga had become a Siddha (adept). 

 This saintly king is said to have been miraculously visited by the 

 Vajradhatu,^ 



Anandagarbha presented liis Tantrik work called Vajrasam- 

 bhava to Prajnapalite. and other Buddhist pandits who had come 

 to him from Magadha. At this time Bangala was the centre of 

 Tantrik lore. Hehad also had imparted spiritual light {Taitvoloka) 

 to king Maliipala and other inquirers, during his residence at the 



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Magadha. Then visiting the sanctuary 



entary 



Tantrik work called in Tibetan Pal-chog-dang-po / CCJfll'Sy^cn 



frq, 



The first noble Supreme One (p. 115). 



A Vajra-dhatu, in Tibetan: Kdorjehi dvyins /?" ED'^r(rS,l\ ib the 



(^S'=\'p'^«) 



ideal absolute, the unchangeable One. This conception of the Supreme Being 

 in the Buddhist Tantrikism is similar to that of the Brahma in Hinduism. 



*This sanctuary was founded by one of the early kings of Orisa, named 

 Munjashi, who had become a convert to Buddhism. It became known after 

 him* 



