kun tu rig pa: 2 definitions
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kun tu rig pa 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: WikiPedia: Tibetan Buddhismkun tu rig pa (ཀུན་ཏུ་རིག་�) in Tibetan refers to the “All-unifying Pure Presence� and represents one of the �Thirteen Later Translations� (Tibetan: phyi 'gyur bcu gsum) which are part of the �Eighteen Great Scriptures�.—Yudra Nyingpo [g.yu sgra snying po] was one of the chief disciples of Vairotsana and one of the principal lotsawa "translators" of the first translation stage of texts into Tibetan. Yudra Nyingpo became one of the greatest masters of Nyingma Dzogchen Semde and Longdé teachings. He translated many works, including the “Thirteen Later Translations�, [for example: All-unifying Pure Presence (Kundu Rigpa � kun tu rig pa)].
: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhismkun tu rig pa (ཀུན་ཏུ་རིག་�) refers to one of the �Eighteen Esoteric Instructions (of the Mental Class)� which are known in Tibetan as: sems-sde bco-brgyad.—[Cf. (1) gdams-ngag mdzod or “Store of Precious Instructions�, Vol. 1, pp. 159-371. (2) rnying-ma bka'-ma rgyas-pa or “Collected Transmitted Precepts of the Nyingmapa� Vol. 17].—Longcenpa in �The Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems�, pp. 357-8, lists the Tantras from which they are derived [e.g., kun-tu rig-pa].

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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Rig, Kun, Pa, Du.
Full-text: Kundu rigpa, Eighteen major scriptures, Thirteen later translations.
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