A bhikkhu (Pali, Sanskrit: bhikṣu) is an ordained monastic („monk“) in Buddhism. A female monastic („nun“) is called a bhikkhuni (Sanskrit bhikṣuṇī). A person under the ...

Vajrayāna is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Way or Thunderbolt Way. Vajrayāna is a complex and multifaceted system of Budd...