glegs bam: 1 definition

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glegs bam means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MUNI Arts: Kalachakra and the twenty-five Kulika kings of Shambhala

glegs bam (གླེགས་བམ) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Pustaka (“book”) which represents one of the attributes of Mañjuśrīkīrti or Rigden Jampal Dragpa—one of the Twenty-five Kulikas as well as one of the traditional Shambhala rulers.—His attributes are a book (Sanskrit: pustaka; Tibetan poti [po ti] or legbam [glegs bam], pecha [dpe cha]) and a sword—as the only figure in the list possessing these two attributes. Mañjuśrīkīrti is together with the last Shambhala King Rudracakrī [Rudra Chakrin] a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. The book is in this case Tibetan religious text which is in an ornately carved wooden book cover.

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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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