Bar po so brgyad: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: Studies in History, Myths, Rituals and Beliefs in Tibetbar po so brgyad (བར་པོ་སོ་བརྒྱད) is the name of a Palace situated in the land of 'ol-mo lung-ring, according to the gZer mig (by Drang-rje btsun-pa gSer-mig): an ancient Tibetan text dealing Bon: an indigenous shamanistic tradition of Tibet.—Accordingly, Bonpo tradition maintains that the ultimate source of Bon is the land of 'ol-mo lung-ring, said to be a part of sTag-gzig (Tazig). [...] The land is dominated by Mount g.Yung-drung dgu-brtsegs—literally ‘pile of nine swastikas’. [...] Hundreds of temples, cities and parks are said to be in the vicinity of the mountain, but only eight centres stand out as worthy of note. [For example]: To the south the palace Bar-po so-brgyad, the birth-place of gShen-rab; [...] Mount gYung-drung dgu-brtsegs and these four centres constitute the inner region (nang gling) of 'ol-mo lung-ring.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Bar, Po, Co, Sho.
Full-text: Gyung drung dgu brtsegs.
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