Nyinma (“ancient”, rnying ma)
- Under the direction of the Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen, the Indian Abbot Shantarakshita, and the Master from Uddiyana Padmasambhava.
- " chIna Zen practitioners threatening to kill the Indian bauddhas in Tibet followed by a ritual suicide. It was then that their great tsenpo Trisong Detsen had the famous Indian Acharya kamalashIla from nAlandA debate the chInAcharya Moheyan and the latter was roundly defeated. With that the chIna interpretation of the bauddhamata was comprehensively overthrown. Importantly, during Trisong Detsen reign he was visited by the tAntrika padmasaMbhava from northwestern India, considered by many as the second buddha of the age. The tsenpo gave one of his own wives Yeshe Tsogyal, who was considered an incarnation of the supreme goddess sarasvatI, as the tAntrika ritual consort of padmasaMbhava. This marked the completion of the transition of Tibet into tAntrika state ruled by Trisong Detsen as the dharmarAjan." [MT]
Sarma (“new,” gsar ma)
- Root indian transmitters : Naḍapāda / nAropa , many DAkinI-s.
- Sakya (sa skya)
- Marpa Kagyu (mar pa bka’ brgyud)
- Shangpa Kagyu (shang pa bka’ brgyud)
- Jonang (jo nang)
- Geluk (dge lugs)