byams chos sde lnga
Basic Meaning
This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita.
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Key Term | byams chos sde lnga |
Topic Variation | byams chos sde lnga |
Tibetan | བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་ ( jam chöde nga) |
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | byams chos sde lnga ( jam chöde nga) |
Buddha-nature Site Standard English | Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya |
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | five dharma works of Maitreya |
Sarah Harding's English Term | Five Dharmas of Maitreya |
Ives Waldo's English Term | five treatises of Maitreya, the five doctrines of Maitreya |
Term Information | |
Source Language | Tibetan |
Basic Meaning | This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita. |
Term Type | Text |
Definitions | |
Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 159: In Tibetan, “the five books of Maitreya” said to have been presented to Asaṅga by the bodhisattva Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven; they are the Māhayāna-sūtrālaṃkāra, Abhisamayālaṃkāra, Madhyāntavibhāga, Dharmadharmatāvibhāga, and the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra). |
Tshig mdzod Chen mo | rgyal ba byams pas thogs med la gsungs pa'i chos/ mngon rtogs rgyan/ mdo sde rgyan/ rgyud bla ma/ chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed/ dbus mtha' rnam 'byed de sde tshan lnga/ ... |