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As regards the '''three major structural themes''' (Tib. ཆིངས་ཆེན་པོ་གསུམ་་, ''ching chenpo sum'' | As regards the '''three major structural themes''' (Tib. ཆིངས་ཆེན་པོ་གསུམ་་, ''ching chenpo sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''chings chen po gsum'') used when teaching or explaining a text, one can teach in any of the following three ways: | ||
#dividing the text into sections, which is likened to the leaping of a tigress; | #dividing the text into sections, which is likened to the leaping of a tigress; | ||
#covering every word of the text, which is compared to the slow crawl of a tortoise; or | #covering every word of the text, which is compared to the slow crawl of a tortoise; or | ||
Latest revision as of 13:39, 4 October 2020
As regards the three major structural themes (Tib. ཆིངས་ཆེན་པོ་གསུམ་་, ching chenpo sum, Wyl. chings chen po gsum) used when teaching or explaining a text, one can teach in any of the following three ways:
- dividing the text into sections, which is likened to the leaping of a tigress;
- covering every word of the text, which is compared to the slow crawl of a tortoise; or
- reviewing a section, which is likened to the majestic posture of a lion.
The metaphor is of a lion majestically turning its head and looking behind at the ground it has covered.[1]
References
- ↑ Patrul Rinpoche, Preliminary Points to be Explained when Teaching the Buddha's Word or the Treatises
Alternative translations
- Three great key points (Andreas Kretschmar)