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A '''chöjung''' ([[Wyl.]] ''chos 'byung'') is a text that explains the history of how the [[Dharma]] came to a place.  
A '''chöjung''' (Tib. [[ཆོས་འབྱུང་]], [[Wyl.]] ''chos 'byung'') is a text that explains the history of how the [[Dharma]] came to a place.


In the context of Tantra this word has another meaning. It refers to the source or ground of all phenomena (Skt. ''dharmodaya''). It is usually represented iconographically as a triangular motif which three-dimensionally is a pyramid. There are two types: the upward pointing (male) triangle or pyramid of method; and the downward pointing (female) triangle or pyramid of [[wisdom]]. The [[union of skilful means and wisdom|union of method and wisdom]] is shown as a six-pointed star. <ref>[[Trulshik Rinpoche]] quoted in ''Lord of the Dance: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal'' by Richard J. Kohn</ref>
==References==
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==Examples==
*[[Blue Annals]]
*[[Blue Annals]]
*[[History of Buddhism in India]]
*[[History of Buddhism in India]]
*''Feast for the Learned'' (Tib. མཁས་པའི་དགའ་སྟོན་, Wyl. mkhas pa'i dga' ston) by Pawo Tsuglak Trengwa,
*''Feast for the Learned'' (Tib. མཁས་པའི་དགའ་སྟོན་, Wyl. mkhas pa'i dga' ston) by [[Pawo Tsuglak Trengwa]]
*[[White Annals]]
*[[White Annals]]


[[Category: Histories]]
[[Category: Histories]]
[[Category: Literary Genres]]
[[Category: Literary Genres]]
[[Category: Tibetan Terms]]

Latest revision as of 04:01, 20 August 2017

A chöjung (Tib. ཆོས་འབྱུང་, Wyl. chos 'byung) is a text that explains the history of how the Dharma came to a place.

In the context of Tantra this word has another meaning. It refers to the source or ground of all phenomena (Skt. dharmodaya). It is usually represented iconographically as a triangular motif which three-dimensionally is a pyramid. There are two types: the upward pointing (male) triangle or pyramid of method; and the downward pointing (female) triangle or pyramid of wisdom. The union of method and wisdom is shown as a six-pointed star. [1]

References

  1. Trulshik Rinpoche quoted in Lord of the Dance: The Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal by Richard J. Kohn

Examples