Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on Vajrayana Buddhism, its tantric method and the role of the teacher and formal transmission within it.
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Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on Vajrayana Buddhism is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist Tibetan Buddhist studies source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the general, non-instructive account of empowerment and the teacher's role used here; empowerment-bound practice content itself is not drawn from or repeated by this source.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Vajrayana
Source Typereference
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