Key Terms/Kadam

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བཀའ་གདམས་ bka' gdams
Kadam
Tibetan - School
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Basic Meaning

The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (phyi dar) in the tenth century.

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Tibetan
བཀའ་གདམས་
bka' gdams
ka dam
How translators render it
KadamBuddha-nature Standard
Term type
School
Source language
Tibetan
Topic
Kadam
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