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Vajradhara is understood as being the primordial buddha of Tantric, or Vajrayana, Buddhism.
The New (Sarma) Schools, from the 11th century onward, namely Kadam, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug believe that Vajradhara Buddha is the secret, or inner, form of Shakyamuni Buddha and the combined essence of all the buddhas of the ten directions and three periods of time gathered as one. In Anuttarayoga Tantra, the highest of the four catagories of Tantra according to the New Schools, it is Vajradhara who emanates forth the forms of the Five Symbolic Buddhas and Vajrasattva followed by the principal meditational deities such as Guhyasamaja, Shri Hevajra and Chakrasamvara.
According to the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism Vajradhara is an activity emanation of buddha Samantabhadra.