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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Seriesrdzogs pa spyir gcod (嘟⑧精嘟监絺嘟︵紜嘟斷紜嘟︵兢嗑编讲嘟⑧紜嘟傕絽嘟监綉) (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; here as: rdzogs pa spyir gcod]. It is mentioned as one of the thirteen later translations (phyis 'gyur bcu gsum zhes bya'o) in the 13th century lDe鈥檜 jo sras history.
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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