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There are '''three types of Words of the Buddha''' (''ka sum'' [Tib.]), in terms of their medium of transmission (''bdag rkyen'' [Wyl.])sometimes translated as the "three transmitted precepts". They are:
There are '''Three Types of Words of the Buddha''' (''ka sum'' [Tib.]), in terms of their medium of transmission (''bdag rkyen'' [Wyl.]) sometimes translated as the "three transmitted precepts". They are:


1. The oral teachings (''sungwé ka'' [Tib.]); <br>
1. The oral teachings (''sungwé ka'' [Tib.]); <br>

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There are Three Types of Words of the Buddha (ka sum [Tib.]), in terms of their medium of transmission (bdag rkyen [Wyl.]) sometimes translated as the "three transmitted precepts". They are:

1. The oral teachings (sungwé ka [Tib.]);
2. The teachings given through blessings (chinji labpé ka [Tib.]), as when while in meditation the Buddha blessed Avalokiteshvara and Shariputra and the Heart Sutra arose;
3. The repeated teachings (rjes su nangwé ka [Tib.]), at the beginning of which teaching it says, "Thus have I heard" and at the end, "This is how the Buddha spoke".