sems phyogs: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
sems phyogs (སེམས་ཕྱོགས) refers to the “mind-dependent” teachings of the Dzogchen.—The “mentality section” (sems-sde) of the rDzogs-chen teaching is divided into two major branches. The one is termed sems-yin, claiming that our experienced reality is mentation, the other is termed sems-phyogs claiming that our experienced reality is “mentation-related” or “mind-dependent”. For further details see Grub-mtha', pp. 353ff.
sems phyogs (སེམས་ཕྱོགས) refers to “mind orientation” and is associated with the Mind Section or Semde [sems sde] textual tradition (one of the scriptural divisions of Dzogchen).—Semde texts claim that striving for liberation through structured practices (like tantric visualization and ritual) creates more delusion. Instead, Semde works recommend simple contemplations to recognize the pure and empty awakened mind. [...] While the terms "Mind Section" [sems sde] and "Mind Orientation" [sems phyogs] are not attested prior to the 11th century (and are thus not found in the earliest Dzogchen texts), they are used by Tibetan and Western scholars retroactively to refer to a class of texts. The most of important of these are the "Eighteen Great Scriptures" [lung-chen bco-brgyad], which came be to called "mind series" [sems de] texts at a later date.
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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Full-text: blo bral phyogs 'dzin las 'das pa'i sems phyogs, phyogs 'dzin grub mtha'i sa'i sems phyogs, gol sgrib la bzla ba'i sems phyogs, gtan tshigs khungs rdib pa'i sems phyogs, rgya chad phyogs lhung med par'dod pa'i sems phyogs, sems kyi phyogs yin tu smra ba'i sems phyogs, 'bras bu sems kyi byung sar 'dod pa'i sems phyogs, sems yin, Semde, Eighteen major scriptures, lung chen bco brgyad.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 4 - Mind Class < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (xii): Jo bsod of dbus < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 1c - The Zur Geneology (xi): Zhig po bdud rtsi < [Book 3 - Early translations of Secret Mantra]
Kailash: Journal of Himalayan Studies
Index of technical terms < [Bonpo Studies: The A Khrid system of Meditation (Part II)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 151-153 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Wrinkles in Time: On the Vagaries of Mi la ras pa’s Dates < [Volume 74 (2013)]