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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Seriesbka' lung gi spyi chings dang lung (嘟栢絸嘟犩紜嘟｀酱嘟勦紜嘟傕讲嗉嬥溅嗑む颈嘟侧紜嘟嗋讲嘟勦溅嗉嬥綉嘟勦紜嘟｀酱嘟�) (or 鈥渢he epitome of teachings scripture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 Epitome of Teachings Scripture鈥�; Tibetan: bka' lung gi spyi chings dang lung]. It is mentioned in the 12th century 鈥�The Copper Continent鈥� compiled by the Tibetan scholar Nyang ral Nyi ma 'od zer.
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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