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sa skyong 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.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beingssa skyong (ས་སྐྱོང) in Tibetan is another name for Pārthiva—one of the “Twenty-Five Kalkis” (Tibetan: rigs ldan) as well as the “Thirty-two kings of Shambhala”, according to the Tibetan oral recounting and written texts such as the Kalachakra Tantra (kālacakratantra), dealing with the Buddhist conception of the end of the world and time.—The Tibetan mythic land (the kingdom of Shambhala) is a parallel world invisible and inaccessible to common people which is closely related to the teaching about the Wheel of Time (dus 'khor). The seven Dharmarajas and twenty-five Kulikas [e.g., sa skyong] are the traditional rulers of Shambhala, passing on the reign from father to son.
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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Ends with: rigs ldan sa skyong.
Full-text: rigs ldan sa skyong, Parthiva, Rigden sakyong, Kartari, Kartri, Thopa, Drigug, Bandha, Kapala, ban dha, gri gug, thod pa, dung chen, ka pa la, Twenty-five Lineage Holders, Thirty-two kings of shambhala.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 29 - Sonam Gyatso (vi): Spiritual realization < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 5 - The carving of the woodblocks < [Book 15 - Monastic Systems]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 3 - The motivating power of compassion < [C. The three instructions of striving]