rig pa rtsal chen gi lung: 1 definition
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rig pa rtsal chen gi lung 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: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Seriesrig pa rtsal chen gi lung (རིག་པ་རྩལ་ཆེན་གི་ལུང) (or “great potency”) refers to one of the “Eighteen Texts of the Mind Series” (Tibetan: sems sde bco rgyad)— the earliest known corpus of Dzogchen literature (also: “great perfection” or Atiyoga) in Nyingma Buddhism.—The many lists of the Eighteen Texts that emerged between the 9th and the 14th century differ in their contents, there is no canonical collection of texts within the rNying ma tradition that includes all of the eighteen texts. One list includes [e.g., “Great Potency”; Tibetan: rtsal chen sprugs pa; or: rig pa rtsal chen gi lung]. It is mentioned in the 12th century “The Copper Continent” compiled by the Tibetan scholar Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer.
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: Gi, Chen, Rig, Lung, Pa, Cen.
Full-text: rtsal chen sprugs pa, Eighteen major scriptures.
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