Three appearances: 1 definition
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Three appearances 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)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Three Appearances (in Sakya tradition) are known in Tibetan as snang gsum.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the history of Lamdr茅]: The essence of the Sakya Dharma is the precious oral instruction on the path together with its result. The actual practice is the succession of practices on the path of the two stages of Hevajra, along with their ancillaries. The stages of the common path are fulfilled in the context of the Three Appearances, so Lamdr茅 is the complete, inerrant path of the entirety of Sutra and Mantra.
The Three Appearances are:
- the appearance of phenomena as impure falsities, through which one develops renunciation;
- the appearance of experience in meditation, through which one develops the awakening mind of a Bodhisattva; and
- pure appearance, through which, practicing secret mantra, one perfects one鈥檚 body, speech, and mind
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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Partial matches: Three.
Full-text: snang gsum, Ten stages, Agni.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by 脩膩峁嘺moli Bhikkhu)
Insight (2): Knowledge of Dissolution < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
Shurangama Sutra (with commentary) (English) (by Hsuan Hua)
The Buddha shows that the untying is done in sequence < [Chapter 1 - The Six Knots]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)