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rgyan means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhismrgyan (嘟⑧緬嗑编綋) or 鈥渁dornment鈥� refers to one of the 鈥淔our Spaces鈥� (klong-bzhi). The teaching of the Four Spaces comprise the four kinds of Spatial Class (Longde or klong-sde) which represents one of the three Divisions of Atiyoga (Dzogchen).鈥擫ongde (klong-sde) teaches that all apparitions of reality are free from activity and liberated from the extreme of the antidote, because they are perfectly gathered in Samantabhadr墨, the space of reality. [...] If classified, this Spatial Class (Longde, klong-sde) consists of four categories [of teaching]: [...] There are four sub-classifications, [...] If these [four kinds of Spatial Class] are then subsumed, they comprise the teaching of the Four Spaces (klong-bzhi) concerning: [e.g., adornment (rgyan)]. [...] If these categories of the Spatial Class (longde) are similarly subsumed, they are gathered into Nine Spaces.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+17): 'dzam gling rgyan drug, Six ornaments, O-rgyan, U-rgyan, dbu ma'i rgyan, mgnon pa'i rgyan, tshad ma'i rgyan, Traikuntaka, Span-rgyan-snon-po, Naga, mchog gnyis, Dignaga, Vasubandhu, Dharmakirti, Mukhapushpaka, Swat Valley, Asanga, Gunaprabha, Shakyaprabha, Nagarjuna.
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Search found 13 books and stories containing rgyan; (plurals include: rgyans). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
On the use of Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects (by Ayesha Fuentes)
Bone ornaments (R眉gyen or 鈥渞us rgyan鈥�) and Tantric practice < [Chapter 4 - Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects: A technical study]
Introduction to chapter 4 < [Chapter 4 - Human remains in Tibetan ritual objects: A technical study]
Introduction < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
12. The resurgence of the bka'-ma lineage in Central Tibet < [Introduction]
Text 9.10 (Commentary) < [Chapter 9 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 12.1 (Commentary) < [Chapter 12 (Text and Commentary)]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 19 - The great Siddha Orgyanpa Rinchenpal < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagy眉 (traditions)]
Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (v): u rgyan pa < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagy眉 (traditions)]
Chapter 6 - First incarnation series (vi): rang byung rdo rje (Karmapa III) < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagy眉 (traditions)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Life Story Of Dzongsar Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk < [Introduction Text]
Interview With Khenpo Namdr枚l < [Introduction Text]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti鈥檚 Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) (by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya)
4. How Bon spread to Tibet < [Chapter 6 - Tonpa Shenrab Mibo and Bon Religion]
4. Justification of the Monkey Myth < [Chapter 1 - Early Tibetan Origin Myth]
3. Bon Teachings and the Texts < [Chapter 6 - Tonpa Shenrab Mibo and Bon Religion]