'jig rten pa'i lha gsum: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems'jig rten pa'i lha gsum (འཇིག་རྟེན་པའི་ལྷ་གསུམ) in Tibetan refers to the “Three Types of Worldly Gods”.—They are: Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
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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Full-text: Three types of worldly gods.
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