Kodragpa

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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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