Fourteen golden dharmas, Fourteen golden doctrines: 1 definition

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The Fourteen Golden Dharmas of Lupa/Luipa (In Sakya) are known in Tibetan as: klu pa'i gser chos bcu bzhi.

The three Khecarīs:

  1. Nāro Khecarī,
  2. Indra Khecarī,
  3. Maitrī Khecarī;

The three great red ones:

  1. Kurukulla,
  2. Gaṇapati,
  3. Ṭakkirāja;

The three lesser red ones:

  1. Kurukulla with a Golden Heartdrop,
  2. Red Norgyunma,
  3. Tinuma;

And last:

  1. Amāravajradevī,
  2. Red Jambala,
  3. Siṃhamukhā,
  4. Black Mañjughoṣa, and
  5. Siṃhanāda Avalokiteśvara
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems
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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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