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'''Twelve aspects of excellent speech''' ([[gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis]]). 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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Revision as of 22:58, 21 December 2005

Twelve aspects of excellent speech (gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis). The twelve main divisions of the Buddhist Canon:

  1. General Discourses (mdo sde);
  2. Proclamations in Song (dbyangs su bsnyad pa);
  3. Prophecies (lung du bstan pa);
  4. Poetic Pronouncements (tshigs su bcad pa);
  5. Special Aphorisms (mched du brjod pa);
  6. Declarations (gleng gzhi);
  7. Narratives (rtogs pa brjod pa);
  8. Parables (de lta bu byung ba);
  9. Succession of Former Lives (skyes pa'i rabs);
  10. Extensive Sayings (shin tu rgyas pa'i sde);
  11. Marvels (rmad du byung ba);
  12. Established Doctrines (gtan la dbab pa).


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