出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/10 11:03 UTC 版)
The Charyapada (Bengali: চর্যাপদ, Assamese: চৰ্যাপদ, Odia: ଚରିଜାଗିତି) is a collection of 8th-12th century Vajrayana Buddhist caryagiti, or mystical poems from the tantric tradition in eastern India. Being caryagiti (songs of realization), the Charyapada were intended to be sung. These songs of realization were spontaneously composed verses that expressed a practitioner's experience of the enlightened state. Miranda Shaw describes how caryagiti were an element of the ritual gathering of practitioners in a tantric feast: