Four criteria of validity
The four criteria of validity (Tib. ཚད་མ་བཞི་) are:
- valid scripture (Tib. ལུང་ཚད་མ་, Wyl. lung tshad ma)
- valid commentaries (Tib. བསྟན་བཅོས་ཚད་མ་, Wyl. bstan bcos tshad ma)
- valid teachers (Tib. བླ་མ་ཚད་མ་, Wyl. bla ma tshad ma)
- valid experience (Tib. ཉམས་མཉོང་ཚད་མ་, Wyl. nyams myong tshad ma)[1]
References
- ↑ Note 6 by Adam Pearcey to translation on Lotsawa House of The Sage's Harmonious Song of Truth', 'A Prayer for the Flourishing of the Non-Sectarian Teachings of the Buddha by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Alternative Translations
- Four means of validation (Philogia Tibetica)