The Eight Major Esoteric Traditions

Kapstein, Matthew. "gdams ngag: Tibetan Technologies of the Self." In Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre, ed. José I. Cabezón and Roger R. Jackson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Snow Lion, 1996: 276-80

Jamgön Kongtrül (1813-1899) spoke of eight major esoteric traditions in Tibet.