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YOGA OF HEVAJRA PRACTICE OF THE YUAN KHANS? Zoltan Cser Dharma Gate Buddhist College, Budapest Premise! In the article of Shen Weirong we read’: “Tt has been widely accepted that Tibetan tantric Buddhism was very popular at the court of the great Mongol khans, yet little is known about the details of the Buddhist teaching that were taught and practiced enthusiastically in and outside the Mongol court of the Yuan dynasty. Due to the prevailing misconception that it was the tantric practice of Tibetan Buddhism, notoriously epitomized in the so-called Secret Teaching of Supreme Bliss (FX 4K = 481% mimi daxile fa; esoteric samadhi of great joy), that caused the rapid downfall of the great Mongol-Yuan dynasty.” “Twenty years ago, I. Christopher Beckwith drew attention to a till then unnoticed Yuan-period collection in Chinese on Tibetan tantric Buddhist teachings. This collection is called KACE 44 42 Dacheng yaodao miji, or Secret Collection of Works on the Quintessential Path of the Mahayana. It includes at least 28 texts devoted? to 184% daoguo, or lam ‘bras (the path and fruit) teaching, which are particularly favoured by the Sa skya pa sect, and to KE! da shouyin, or Mahamudra. According to the publisher’s preface, this collection became a basic teachings text of the esoteric school in China, and from the Yuan through the Ming and Manchu Qing dynasties down to the present day it has been revered as a ‘sacred classic of the esoteric school.’ This collection attributed to Phagpa lama (1235-1280).” Let us see first of all the historical background, how the Khans were initiated into Hevajra tantra, one of the highest teaching in Buddhism. The transliterations are according to the international standards. 2 Shen, Weirong: Tibetan Tantric Buddhism at the Court of the Great Mongol Khans, Sa skya pandita and ‘Phags pa’s Works in Chinese during the Yuan Period. In: Quaestiones Mongolorum Disputatae No. 1 2005, pp. 61-89. 3 Altogether 83 texts. 333
