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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � blo sbyong don bdun in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

blo sbyong don bdun (བློ་སྦྱོང་དོན་བདུན) in Tibetan refers to the �Seven-point Mind Training� (in Kadam).—Accordingly, [while discussing the general explanation of the Kadam teaching]: The instructions mainly teaching conduct are the teachings on Mahāyāna mind training, which are a way to traverse the ten stages and the five paths through generating the still-unarisen awakening mind that cherishes others more than oneself and increasing that which has already arisen. [...] The special instruction on the Seven-Point Mind Training [blo sbyong don bdun] was taught by Serlingpa to the noble lord, who gave it to Geshé Dromtönpa as a private Dharma, and Drom taught it as a private Dharma to the three brothers. [...]

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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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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