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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Seriesrdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod (嘟⑧精嘟监絺嘟︵紜嘟斷紜嘟︵兢嗑编讲嗉嬥絺嘟呧郊嘟戉紜嘟︵兢嗑编郊嘟�) (or 鈥渢he universally definitive perfection鈥�) refers to one of the 鈥�Eighteen Texts of the Mind Series鈥� (Tibetan: sems sde bco rgyad)鈥� the earliest known corpus of Dzogchen literature (also: 鈥済reat perfection鈥� or Atiyoga) in Nyingma Buddhism.鈥擳he many lists of the Eighteen Texts that emerged between the 9th and the 14th century differ in their contents, there is no canonical collection of texts within the rNying ma tradition that includes all of the eighteen texts. One list includes [e.g., 鈥淭he Universally Definitive Perfection鈥�; Tibetan: rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod; or: spyi gcod rgyal po]. It is mentioned in the 13th century 鈥淢ask of Bai ro tsa na鈥� [bairo'i 'dra 'bag chen mo], which is included as the last volume (in fact as the last text) in the anomalous collection of bairo'i rgyud 'bum.
The following sources mention the text 鈥淭he Universally Definitive Perfection鈥�: (1) As [rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod; or: spyi gcod rgyal po].鈥擬entioned in the 13th century 鈥淢ask of Bai ro tsa na鈥� [bairo'i 'dra 'bag chen mo], which is included as the last volume (in fact as the last text) in the anomalous collection of bairo'i rgyud 'bum. (2) As [rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod].鈥擬entioned as one of the the Thirteen Later Translations (phyir 'gyur bcu gsum) in the 14th century 鈥淭reasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems鈥� (grub mtha' mdzod) by Tibetan scholar Klong chen pa. (3) As [rdzogs pa spyi gcod spyod].鈥擬entioned in the the mTshams brag edition of the rNying ma canon.
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: rdzogs pa spyir gcod, spyi gcod rgyal po, Eighteen major scriptures.
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