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The '''Nyingma Kama''' ([[wyl.]] ''rnyin ma bka' ma''), the Oral Transmission Lineage of the [[Nyingma]], is together with the [[terma]] the two modes of transmission of the [[vajrayana]] teachings of the Nyingma School.
'''Kama''' (Tib. བཀའ་མ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bka' ma'') means ”the words of the Buddha". In general, it refers to all the teachings given by the [[Buddha]], in the form of Buddha [[Shakyamuni]], but also [[Samantabhadra]], [[Vajradhara]] and so on, and that have transmitted orally from master to student from the buddha to the present day.  
Kama is often referred to as the 'long lineage' (Tib. ''ring gyü''), and the terma the 'short lineage' (Tib. ''nye gyü'') because the Kama is the oral transmission from master to master from the first appearance of the teaching in our world. On the other hand, the terma teachings have been concealed mostly by [[Padmasambhava]], in which case there is a direct transmission from [[Guru Rinpoche]] to the [[tertön]]. The Kama lineage is the unbroken oral lineage of the tantras of [[Mahayoga]], [[Anuyoga]], and [[Atiyoga]]. In the seventeenth century [[Orgyen Terdak Lingpa]] and his brother [[Lochen Dharmashri]] gathered the Nyingma Kama texts in a 58 volumes collection together to preserve them.
 
All Buddhist traditions transmit the teachings of the words of the Buddha orally, from teacher to student. However, teachings of the [[Nyingma]] tradition of Tibet, principally, are also transmitted in a more direct way called [[terma]] that mostly originated, but not exclusively, with [[Guru Rinpoche]], the ‘second buddha’.  
 
Therefore, the Nyingmapa tradition speaks of the kama and terma as the two main sets of teachings. Their kama teachings have been gathered in the [[Nyingma Kama]] collection, and the termas in the [[Treasury of Precious Termas]].  
 
==Alternative translations==
*Spoken teachings (Jacob Dalton)


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Latest revision as of 11:09, 14 February 2022

Kama (Tib. བཀའ་མ་, Wyl. bka' ma) means ”the words of the Buddha". In general, it refers to all the teachings given by the Buddha, in the form of Buddha Shakyamuni, but also Samantabhadra, Vajradhara and so on, and that have transmitted orally from master to student from the buddha to the present day.

All Buddhist traditions transmit the teachings of the words of the Buddha orally, from teacher to student. However, teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Tibet, principally, are also transmitted in a more direct way called terma that mostly originated, but not exclusively, with Guru Rinpoche, the ‘second buddha’.

Therefore, the Nyingmapa tradition speaks of the kama and terma as the two main sets of teachings. Their kama teachings have been gathered in the Nyingma Kama collection, and the termas in the Treasury of Precious Termas.

Alternative translations

  • Spoken teachings (Jacob Dalton)