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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Eightfold Special Instruction (In Geluk) is known in Tibetan as: brgyad ldan gyi man ngag. They are:
- Tsongkhapa’s Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path,
- Small Treatiseon the Stages of the Path, and
- Song of Experience Related to the Stages of the Path;
- the Third Dalai Lama’s Essence of Refined Gold (a commentary on the preceding),
- the Fifth Dalai Lama’s Sacred Words of Mañjuśrī (a commentary on the preceding),
- the First Panchen Lama Losang Chökyi Gyaltsen’s Path to Bliss,
- the Third Panchen Palden Yeshé’s Swift Path (a commentary on the preceding), and
- Dakpo Ngawang Drakpa’s Essence of Well-Spoken Advice
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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