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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: SOAS: A critical study of the thirteen later translations of the Dzogchen mind series

rdzogs pa spyi gcod (རྫོགས་པ་སྤྱི་གཅོད) refers to one of the “Eighteen Major Scriptures” of the Mind Series (Semde) according to the Tsamdrak [mtshams brag] 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.—In mTshams brag, the 18 texts follow after the kun byed rgyal po, the first text in the first volume. Tradition regards this as the fundamental tantra of the rDzogs chen Mind Series. The Eighteen Texts in this edition are, [e.g., rdzogs pa spyi gcod]

The [rdzogs pa spyi gcod] text is also mentioned in the following sources: (1) the Tingkyé [gting skyes] edition of the Nyingma Gyubum.—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 reverse; (2) The [rig 'dzin tshe dbang nor bu] edition of the Nyingma Gyubum—The [rig 'dzin] is believed to have been produced in the late 18th century by followers of the lineage of Rig 'dzin Tshe dbang nor bu, in the border regions of southern Tibet and Nepal.

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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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Partial matches: Chod, Pa.

Starts with: rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod.

Full-text: rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod, rdzogs pa spyir gcod, Eighteen major scriptures, spyi gcod rgyal po.

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