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A '''chöjung''' (Tib. [[ཆོས་འབྱུང་]], [[Wyl.]] ''chos 'byung'') is a text that explains the history of how the [[Dharma]] came to a place. | A '''chöjung''' (Tib. [[ཆོས་འབྱུང་]], [[Wyl.]] ''chos 'byung'') is a text that explains the history of how the [[Dharma]] came to a place. | ||
In the context of Tantra this word has another meaning. It refers to the source or ground of all phenomena (Skt. ''dharmodaya''). It is usually represented iconographically as a triangular motif which three-dimensionally is a pyramid. There are two types: the upward pointing (male) triangle or pyramid of method; and the downward pointing (female) triangle or pyramid of [[wisdom]]. The union of method and wisdom is shown as a six-pointed star. <ref>[[Trulshik Rinpoche]] quoted in ''Lord of the Dance: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal'' by Richard J. Kohn | In the context of Tantra this word has another meaning. It refers to the source or ground of all phenomena (Skt. ''dharmodaya''). It is usually represented iconographically as a triangular motif which three-dimensionally is a pyramid. There are two types: the upward pointing (male) triangle or pyramid of method; and the downward pointing (female) triangle or pyramid of [[wisdom]]. The [[union of skilful means and wisdom|union of method and wisdom]] is shown as a six-pointed star. <ref>[[Trulshik Rinpoche]] quoted in ''Lord of the Dance: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal'' by Richard J. Kohn</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:01, 20 August 2017
A chöjung (Tib. ཆོས་འབྱུང་, Wyl. chos 'byung) is a text that explains the history of how the Dharma came to a place.
In the context of Tantra this word has another meaning. It refers to the source or ground of all phenomena (Skt. dharmodaya). It is usually represented iconographically as a triangular motif which three-dimensionally is a pyramid. There are two types: the upward pointing (male) triangle or pyramid of method; and the downward pointing (female) triangle or pyramid of wisdom. The union of method and wisdom is shown as a six-pointed star. [1]
References
- ↑ Trulshik Rinpoche quoted in Lord of the Dance: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal by Richard J. Kohn
Examples
- Blue Annals
- History of Buddhism in India
- Feast for the Learned (Tib. མཁས་པའི་དགའ་སྟོན་, Wyl. mkhas pa'i dga' ston) by Pawo Tsuglak Trengwa
- White Annals