Twelve sections of Sutra: Difference between revisions

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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:

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-'''development and completion stage''' ([[bskyed rdzogs]]). The two main aspects, '[[means and knowledge]],' of Vajrayana practice. Briefly stated, development stage means positive mental fabrication while completion stage means resting in the unfabricated nature of mind. The essence of the development stage is '[[pure perception]]' or '[[sacred outlook]],' which means to perceive [[sights, sounds and thoughts]] as [[deity, mantra and wisdom]]. '[[Completion stage with marks]]' means yogic practices such as [[tummo]], inner heat. '[[Completion stage without marks]]' is the practice of Dzogchen and Mahamudra.
+'''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]]).
-==Alternate translations==
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 [[Category:Key Terms]]
-[[Category:Vajrayana]]