khyung chen gyi rgyud rgyas pa chen po'i mtha': 1 definition
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khyung chen gyi rgyud rgyas pa chen po'i mtha' 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)
khyung chen gyi rgyud rgyas pa chen po'i mtha' (ཁྱུང་ཆེན་གྱི་རྒྱུད་རྒྱས་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མཐའ) refers to one of the “Eighteen Major Scriptures” of the Mind Series (Semde) according to the Tingkyé [gting skyes] edition of the Nyingma Gyubum [rNying ma'i rgyud 'bum]—a collection of Vajrayana texts reflecting the teachings of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.—The gTing skyes has texts belonging to the early exegetical tradition preceding the actual root texts of the Eighteen, while in mTshams brag the order is reversed. The Eighteen Texts in this edition are, [e.g., khyung chen gyi rgyud rgyas pa chen po'i mtha']
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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