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Deity riding a white yak, oath-bound by [[Padmasambhava]]. Also refers to a mountain in the [[Yarlung]] valley of [[Central Tibet]], where the first king of Tibet is said to have descended from the sky. [AJP] from [[The Great Image]]; ISBN 1-59030-069-6
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The four grand [[snow mountains of Tibet]] are:
 
* [[Yarlha Shampo]] snow mountain
 
* [[Nojin Gangsang]]
 
* [[Jomo Gangkar]]
 
* [[Tidro Gang]]; these are in the four intermediate directions. ([[JOKYAB]])
 
 
 
The [[eight great caves]] are:
 
* [[Yangdzong Phuk]]
 
* [[Chimphu Phuk]]
 
* [[Kharchu Phuk]]
 
* [[Sheldrak Phuk]]
 
* [[Senge Dzongphuk]]
 
* [[Yerpa Phuk]]
 
* [[Yama Lungphuk]] and
 
* [[Namkha Dingphuk]] at [[Chuwori]]. ([[JOKYAB]])
 
 
 
The renowned [[four lakes]] are:
 
* [[Yamdrok Yutso]]
 
* [[Trisho Gyalmo]], which is the same as [[Lingtso Ngonmo]]
 
* [[Tso Mapham]] and
 
* [[Namtso]], to the north. ([[JOKYAB]])
 
 
 
The [[five lands]] are, according to the [[Chronicles of Padma]]:
 
* In the center is the [[Sabbu land of Shang]].
 
* In the [[Kongpo district]] to the east is the [[Jonpa land]].
 
* To the south is the [[Sibtsen land of Mon]].
 
* To the west is the [[Phagri land of Go]].
 
* To the north is the [[Droma land of Kyi]]. ([[JOKYAB]])
 
 
 
The [[three valleys]] are, again, according to the [[Chronicles of Padma]]:
 
*''' To the southwest is the secret land of the ''Dremo Valley'' [Sikkim].'''
 
* To the northwest is the secret land of the [[Khenpa Valley]].
 
* To the northeast is the secret land of the [[Lungsum Valley]].
 
 
 
About the secret countries and great districts, the [[Chronicles of Padma]] further say:
 
* To the southeast is the secret country of [[Padma Ling]].
 
 
 
''This and the others are the great districts.  The '''other''' districts I have not been able to identify from any reliable source, so please include these here as these become established.'' Thank you. ([[JOKYAB]])
 
 
 
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bka'

Kཧེནཔ་Vཨལླེཡ


the words of the Buddha. (RY)

inspiration, command, order, oral explanation, precepts, behest, tribe in tibet, word, speech, pronouncements of buddha, dictates, teaching, transmitted precepts, instruction. (JV)

Skt. vacana . 1) precept, word, command, speech, order, utterance, pronouncement, edict, spiritual command, permission; directives, commandment, law, proclamation, proclaimed order. 2) instruction, teaching, advice; precepts. 3) the Buddha's Words, Teachings, the Canon, the canonical scriptures, the Buddhist scriptures. Syn bka' 'gyur; abbr. of bka' 'gyur sangs rgyas kyi bka'. 4) Kagyu; abbr. of bka' brgyud. 5) Kahma, abbr. of bka' ma, the Oral Tradition, transmitted precepts. (RY)

Buddha's word. (thd)

1) speech [h]; 2) prefix [h] - bka' chos, bka' bris, bka' mol; 3) ancient clan; 4) Buddha's words/ teaching [vs. the shastras the subject is dharma having meaning/benefit dang 'brel and, the function abandoning the kleshas of the three lower realms, the fruition showing the beneficial qualities of nirvana, its intrinsic predominant condition is the arising of the teachings in dependence on the Buddha. syn: bka' lung dang, nges bstan, rjes gnang, nyer bstan, nyer blangs, bstan pa. command, request, directive, commandment, precept, bka' brgyud = ('kagyu' or, transmitting buddha words) (in proper name), teachings, word, phrases and compounds, publication, leave of absence, diploma, missive, permit, a proclaimed order, mark, seal, maxim, command, order, speech, utterance, pronouncement, edict, the canon, buddhist scripture, advice publish, proclaim, reprimand, rebuke, consult, deliberate, dismiss, obedient]. (IW)

(spiritual) command/ pronouncement/ permission. (RB)