In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Series

spyi chings (སྤྱི་ཆིངས) (or “the epitome”) 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.

The following sources mention the text “The Epitome”: (1) As [spyi 'chings; or: spyi chings; or: sphyi bcangs]—Mentioned in the 9th century text “The Lamp for the Eye in Meditation” (Tibetan: bSam gtan mig sgron), a treatise written by the Tibetan scholar gNubs chen Sangs rgyas ye she. (2) As [spyi 'chings; or: chings].—Mentioned in the 12th century “Religious History” compiled by the Tibetan scholar Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer. (3) As [spyi chings].—Mentioned in the 13th century “Mask of Bai ro tsa na” [bairo'i 'dra 'bag chen mo], which is included as the last volume (in fact as the last text) in the anomalous collection of bairo'i rgyud 'bum.

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: chings.

Full-text: rdzogs pa spyi chings, lhun rdzogs spyi chings, Eighteen major scriptures, bka' lung gi spyi chings dang lung, bka' lung gi spyi chings, sphyi bcangs, Dzogpa chiching, chings, Thirteen later translations.

Relevant text

No search results for spyi chings; (plurals include: spyi chingses) in any book or story.