rig gnas bcu: 3 definitions
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rig gnas bcu 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.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systemsrig gnas bcu (རིག་གནས་བཅ�) in Tibetan refers to the �Ten Sciences� which were taught by Śākyaśrī to Sakya Pandita (Sapan).� [...] At the age of twenty-three, Sakya Pandita (1182�1251) met the great Kashmiri pandit Śākyaśrī. With the great pandit and his disciples, Saṅghaśrī, Sugataśrī, and Dānaśīla, he trained completely in the ten sciences [rig gnas bcu]. [...] At the age of twenty-seven, he took full ordination from the great Kashmiri pandit.
: Rigpa Shedra: Wikirig gnas bcu (རིག་གནས་བཅ�) in Tibetan refers to the �Ten Sciences� or “fields of knowledge�, which are composed of the five major sciences (Tibetan: rig gnas chen po lnga) and the five minor sciences (Tibetan: rig gnas chung lnga).
: WikiPedia: Tibetan Buddhismrig gnas bcu (རིག་གནས་བཅ�) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Daśavidyā, or the �Ten Sciences�.—According to the enumerations honoured by the cultural tradition.—Cf. Dudjom Rinpoche and Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje. The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: its Fundamentals and History.

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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Full-text (+35): Ten sciences, Grammar, Logic, Poetry, Medicine, Drama, rig gnas chung lnga, rig gnas chen po lnga, sgra, mngon brjod, snyan ngag, sdeb sbyor, Cikitsa, gtan tshigs, gso ba, skar rtsis, zlos gar, Chandas, Shabda, bzo rig pa.
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Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
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Khenpo Ape’s Advice On Studying The Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra < [Introduction Text]