Phowa and rainbow-body teachings
Buddhist Traditions Practice / discipline
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Phowa and rainbow-body teachings is cataloged as a Practice / discipline within Buddhist Traditions. Its public geographic context is “Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned” and its period or origin is “Medieval period onward.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Tibetan Vajrayāna; rainbow-body teaching especially prominent in Dzogchen.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Phowa Rainbow-Body Experimenters; ’pho ba; transference of consciousness; rainbow body; jalü
- Parent tradition
- Tibetan Vajrayāna; rainbow-body teaching especially prominent in Dzogchen
- Public geographic context
- Historical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
- Period / origin
- Medieval period onward
- Living / historical status
- Both attested; not one lineage
- Access / protocol
- Initiatory
- Evidence status
- Composite record
Geography
CandidateHistorical or contested polity; no modern country assigned
Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Phowa and rainbow-body teachings. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0216. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0216
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