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'''Twelve sections of Sutra'''. These are also known as the [[twelve aspects of excellent speech]] ([[gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis]]) and are the twelve main divisions of the Buddhist Canon: | |||
#General Discourses ([[mdo sde]]); | |||
#Proclamations in Song ([[dbyangs su bsnyad pa]]); | |||
#Prophecies ([[lung du bstan pa]]); | |||
#Poetic Pronouncements ([[tshigs su bcad pa]]); | |||
#Special Aphorisms ([[mched du brjod pa]]); | |||
#Declarations ([[gleng gzhi]]); | |||
#Narratives ([[rtogs pa brjod pa]]); | |||
#Parables ([[de lta bu byung ba]]); | |||
#Succession of Former Lives ([[skyes pa'i rabs]]); | |||
#Extensive Sayings ([[shin tu rgyas pa'i sde]]); | |||
#Marvels ([[rmad du byung ba]]); | |||
#Established Doctrines ([[gtan la dbab pa]]). | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 21 December 2005
Twelve sections of Sutra. These are also known as the twelve aspects of excellent speech (gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis) and are the twelve main divisions of the Buddhist Canon:
- General Discourses (mdo sde);
- Proclamations in Song (dbyangs su bsnyad pa);
- Prophecies (lung du bstan pa);
- Poetic Pronouncements (tshigs su bcad pa);
- Special Aphorisms (mched du brjod pa);
- Declarations (gleng gzhi);
- Narratives (rtogs pa brjod pa);
- Parables (de lta bu byung ba);
- Succession of Former Lives (skyes pa'i rabs);
- Extensive Sayings (shin tu rgyas pa'i sde);
- Marvels (rmad du byung ba);
- Established Doctrines (gtan la dbab pa).
- Please expand