lhun rdzogs spyi chings: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Academia: The " Twenty or Eighteen " Texts of the Mind Serieslhun rdzogs spyi chings (ལྷུན་རྫོགས་སྤྱི་ཆིངས) (or “the epitome�) refers to one of the �Eighteen Texts of the Mind Series� (Tibetan: sems sde bco rgyad)� the earliest known corpus of Dzogchen literature (also: “great perfection� or Atiyoga) in Nyingma Buddhism.—The 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., “The Epitome�; Tibetan: spyi chings; here as: lhun rdzogs spyi chings]. It is mentioned in the 14th century “Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems� (grub mtha' mdzod) by Tibetan scholar Klong chen pa.

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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Partial matches: chings.
Full-text: Eighteen major scriptures.
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