Secret Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism

301.752 - 329.034 Alex Wilding

So we need to leave aside the idea that secret always means secret in the sense of being unknown to others. It can mean that, but that side of the meaning can be almost irrelevant. This issue does get deeper. There is a structure, as opposed to the word we might use is a trope, that's used ever and again in Tibetan Buddhist liturgy, meditation instructions, commentary, and so on.