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The '''six greatness of the Early Translations''' (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག) — [[Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo]] explains that the Early Translations (Tib. [[Nyingma]]) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. [[Sarma]]) in six ways: | The '''six greatness of the Early Translations''' (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག, ''ngagyur chewa druk'') — [[Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo]] explains that the Early Translations (Tib. [[Nyingma]]) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. [[Sarma]]) in six ways: | ||
#The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings | #The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings | ||
#The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated | #The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated | ||
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#The greatness of the offerings | #The greatness of the offerings | ||
#The greatness of the teachings translated | #The greatness of the teachings translated | ||
==Similar Terms== | |||
*Six sublime features (Tib. ''chewa drüg den'', Wyl. ''che ba drug ldan'') of Secret Mantra's Earlier Translation School | |||
[[Category: Nyingma]] | [[Category: Nyingma]] | ||
[[Category: Enumerations]] | [[Category: Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category: 06-Six]] | [[Category: 06-Six]] | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 8 January 2012
The six greatness of the Early Translations (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག, ngagyur chewa druk) — Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo explains that the Early Translations (Tib. Nyingma) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. Sarma) in six ways:
- The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings
- The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated
- The greatness of the lotsawas who translated the teachings
- The greatness of the panditas who clarified the teachings for the translators
- The greatness of the offerings
- The greatness of the teachings translated
Similar Terms
- Six sublime features (Tib. chewa drüg den, Wyl. che ba drug ldan) of Secret Mantra's Earlier Translation School