Twelve aspects of excellent speech
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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).
- Please expand