the 3 classes of brgyud (‘transmission’)

their subdivisions

name (p. 65)

signification

name

signification

rin (‘successive’)

"taught by master to disciple in a long and unbroken succession" (p. 62)

bka>-ma (‘spoken’) (p. 62)

[philosophy is declaimed openly]

sn~an (‘whispered’) (p. 65)

[secret dharan.i-s are whispered confidentially]

gter-ma (‘treasure’)

"which was "discovered"" (p. 63)

sa (‘earth’)

"unearthed from the ground" (p. 63)

dgons (‘mental’)

"appeared spontaneously in the consciousness of the visionary" (p. 63)

rjes-dran (‘remembered’)

"memory of a past life" (p. 63)

yan (‘hidden’)

"rehidden for rediscovery" (p. 63)

n~e (‘direct’)

revelatory encounter with deity (p. 64)

dag-snan (‘pure vision’) (p. 64)

account of such visionary experience

the 3 inner vehicles

__-sde (‘__ section’)

Bodish name

Samskr.ta name

name

contents

bskyed-pa

maha-

rgyud (‘scripture’)

Guhya-garbha Tantra

sgrub (‘practice’)

anu-

ati-

sems (‘mind’)

klon (‘experience’)

man-nag (‘guidance’)

lo-rgyus (‘history’)

khrid (‘exegesis’)

n~ams-len (‘praxis’)

sgrub-thabs (visualization-instructions)

dban-bskur (initiation-rites)

rjes-gnan (permission-granting)

brgyud->debs (lineage-supplications)

guru-yoga

Su-meru man.d.ala-offering

100-syllable mantra of Vajra-sattva

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in the __

__ drva

1^st

bskyed-rim (‘production stage’)

snan-ston (‘appearance-emptiness’)

2^nd

rlun dan gtum-mo (‘breath & heat’ [yoga-s])

gsal-ston (‘clarity-emptiness’)

3^rd

thabs-lam (‘efficacious path’)

bde-ston (‘bliss-emptiness’)

4^th

rdzogs-pa chen-po (‘great perfection’)

ye-s`es (‘primordial awareness’)