yig cha bzhi: 1 definition
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yig cha bzhi 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)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systemsyig cha bzhi (嘟∴讲嘟傕紜嘟嗋紜嘟栢綖嘟�) in Tibetan refers to the 鈥�Four Textbooks鈥� (in Confucian tradition) which are known in Chinese as sishu.鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the history of the tradition known as the 鈥渟tar-like Ru鈥漖: The first king, Fu Xi, composed a text on the bagua (eight trigrams) called Lianshan; it was the first of the great texts to appear, and it became the principal treatise on the subject. [...] Now, Confucius was the illuminator of the Ru tradition, but he wrote only a few of its basic verse texts; his disciples and grand-disciples commented extensively upon them in what are known as the sishu, or 鈥渇our textbooks鈥� [in Tibetan: yig cha bzhi]. All Chinese scholars first study these later writings and make them the basis of their education.
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: Shishu, Lunyu, Daxue, Zhongyong, Mengzi, Four textbooks.
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