sems ma yengs pa: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
sems ma yengs pa (སེམས་མ་ཡེངས་པ) refers to “resting the mind undistractedly”, according to the Dags lha sgam po edition of Dags po'i bka' 'bum (or Dakpö Kabum)—A collection of Tibetan historical texts from the twelfth century dealing with the community of Bka' brgyud Buddhist sect from the Dags po region of southern Tibet.—According to the section known as “sayings of the dharma master, the doctor from Dags Po: the teaching to the gathering entitled profusion of good qualities”:—“Segment seventeen explains the stages of the path. [...] Secondly, the segment presents another approach called ‘looking for the meditation on the basis of the view’, which can be employed by the best practitioners possessing the highest aptitude. Having prayed to the bla ma and received his blessing, the meditator first learns to rest the mind undistractedly [sems ma yengs pa] in a non-artifial state, the meaning of Mahāmudrā. The co-emergent mind as such, which has been pointed out by the teacher, is recognized as being dharmakāya, while the co-emergent experiences are seen as Dharmakāya’s light. [...]”
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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