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'''Twelve branches of the excellent teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis'') | '''Twelve branches of the excellent teaching''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis'') — | ||
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These are said to be the twelve text categories within the [[Tripitaka]], and include all the teachings of the [[Buddha]]. | These are said to be the twelve text categories within the [[Tripitaka]], and include all the teachings of the [[Buddha]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 26 June 2009
Twelve branches of the excellent teaching (Wyl. gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis) —
- sutras (Wyl. mdo)
- poetic summaries (Skt. geya, Wyl. dbyangs bsnyad)
- prophecies (Skt. vyakarana, Wyl. lung bstan)
- discourses in verse (Skt. gatha, Wyl. tshigs bcad)
- intentional statements (Skt. udana, Wyl. ched du brjod pa)
- contextual accounts (Skt. nidana, Wyl. gleng gzhi)
- testimonies of realization (Skt. avadana, Wyl. rtogs brjod)
- historical explanations (Skt. itivrttaka, Wyl. de ltar byung ba)
- accounts of former lives (Skt. jataka, Wyl. skyes rabs)
- detailed explanations (Skt. vaipulya, Wyl. shin tu rgyas pa)
- wondrous discourses (Skt. abidhutadharma, Wyl. rmad du byung ba)
- definitive explanations (Skt. upadesha, Wyl. gtan la phab)
These are said to be the twelve text categories within the Tripitaka, and include all the teachings of the Buddha.