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The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur and the Tengyur.The Kangyur or Kanjur is Buddha's recorded teachings (or the 'Translation of the Word'), and the Tengyur or Tanjur is the commentaries by great masters on Buddha's teachings (or the 'Translation of Treatises').
The Tibetan absorption of Buddhist thought allowed for the penetration of Chinese as well as Indian styles, through representations of the Arhat. [2] In their final form, established in the 14th and 17th centuries respectively, these texts comprise the 108-volume Kangyur, and its 224-volume commentary, the Tengyur. Because of the destruction of ...
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a compilation of the Buddhist sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Canon includes the Kangyur , which is the Buddha's recorded teachings, and the Tengyur , which is commentaries by great masters on the Buddha's recorded teachings.
In another reckoning, 108 is the number of possible dharmas or phenomena. In East Asian Buddhism, 108 can also represent 108 meditations, or the Buddhist 108 deities in the Diamond Realm Mandala. [2] Despite the varying explanations for the use of this number, the number itself has been kept consistent over centuries of practice. [4]
Although relatively unknown in modern Tibet, there are several Śūraṅgama Mantra texts in the Tibetan Buddhist canon. It has strong associations with the Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition. The mantra was, according to the opening chapter of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra , [ 1 ] historically transmitted by Gautama Buddha to Manjushri to protect ...
English: Research article on ‘Buddhist Motifs in Tibetan Thangkas’ by Ranga Sai published in Research Dimensions (ISSN0976-8564), Vol 2, Issue IV April 2012 Date 1 April 2012
The Collected Works of Menri Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche: Vol. 1-13 (Tibetan language) Volume 1: History of the successive lives of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab based upon the extensive and medium length biographies; Volume 2: continuation of Volume 1; Volume 3: Early Tibetan religion and culture, history of Yundgrung Bön and Bon practice ...
Short title: A grammar of the Tibetan language, literary and colloquial. With copious illustrations, and treating fully of spelling, pronunication, and the construction of the verb, and including appendices of the various forms of the verb