Six Sources of Valid Cognition: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Six Sources of Valid Cognition are known in Tibetan as tshad ma drug. Most M墨m膩峁僺akas assert six sources of valid cognition, while the C膩rak墨ya Jaimin墨yas assert eleven sources of valid cognition and also teach a division into forty-eight functional forces.
The Six Sources of Valid Cognition are:
- perception,
- inference,
- testimony,
- comparison,
- implication, and
- cognition of non-existence .
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: Valid, Six, Cognition, Source.
Full-text: tshad ma drug, tshad ma bcu gcig, Testimony, Inference, Reasoning, Comparison, Implication, Renown, Occurrence, Thinking, Cognition of non-existence, Eleven sources of valid cognition, Perception, Non-apprehension.
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