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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systemsmngon rtogs brgyad (嘟樴絼嘟监綋嗉嬥舰嗑熰郊嘟傕溅嗉嬥綎嘟⑧緬嗑编綉) refers to the 鈥�Eight Higher Realizations鈥� (as taught in the 鈥淥rnament of Higher Realization鈥� by Maitreya) are known in Tibetan as mngon rtogs brgyad.鈥擜ccordingly, in the middle Shij茅 tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.鈥擳he Kam system is the explanation by Kam Yesh茅 Gyaltsen of all Eight Higher Realizations (mngon rtogs brgyad) according to the instructions of Pha Dampa. He expounded them by quoting from the extensive and medium-length perfection of wisdom S奴tras and from their poetic distillation.
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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