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  • We find confirmation of Shuk-den's regional connection in the description given in 1815 by a Nying-ma teacher Do Kyen-tse (mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje).

    The Shuk-den affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I) 2010

  • We find confirmation of Shuk-den's regional connection in the description given in 1815 by a Nying-ma teacher Do Kyen-tse (mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje).

    The Shuk-den affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I) 2010

  • We find confirmation of Shuk-den's regional connection in the description given in 1815 by a Nying-ma teacher Do Kyen-tse (mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje).

    The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I) 2010

  • We find confirmation of Shuk-den's regional connection in the description given in 1815 by a Nying-ma teacher Do Kyen-tse (mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje).

    The Shugden Affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I) 2010

  • Oh, and that YouTube clip was genius, Gia. mdo says:

    Dorky Fangirl - :: gia’s blog :: 2007

  • The well-known convention of “the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma” derives from the The Sutra Unraveling What Is Intended (dGongs-pa nges-par ‘grel-ba’i mdo, Skt. Samdhinirmocana Sutra).

    The Twelve Scriptural Categories L.T. Doboom Tulku 2007

  • A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra – or, more literally, A Brief Indication of the Graded Pathway Minds (Lam-gyi rim-pa mdo-tsam-du bstan-pa) – is an overview of the most important points for sutra and tantra meditation.

    A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang grags-pa 2007

  • The terms Hinayana (Theg-dman) and Mahayana (Theg-chen), meaning modest or “lesser” vehicle and vast or “greater” vehicle, first appeared in The Sutras on Far-reaching Discriminating Awareness (Sher-phyin-gyi mdo, Skt. Prajnaparamita Sutras; The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras), as a way of expressing the superiority of Mahayana.

    A Brief History of Buddhism in India before the Thirteenth-Century Invasions 2007

  • The Wheel of Dharma Sutra (Chos-kyi ‘khor-lo’i mdo, Skt. Dharmacakra Sutra), in which Buddha taught his five original disciples the Four Noble Truths three times, is the actual first turning of the wheel of Dharma.

    The Twelve Scriptural Categories L.T. Doboom Tulku 2007

  • Expositions on themes of practice (mdo, Skt. sutra) present what Buddha has to say in a brief and condensed format.

    The Twelve Scriptural Categories L.T. Doboom Tulku 2007

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