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The '''Nyingma Kama''' ([[wyl.]] ''rnying 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 terma the 'short lineage' (Tib. ''nye gyü'') because the Kama is the oral transmission passed from master to master ever since the first appearance of a particular teaching. The terma teachings, on the other hand, were concealed by [[Padmasambhava]] and then revealed centuries later, so that there is a direct transmission from [[Guru Rinpoche]] to the [[tertön]] in question.
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’.  


The Kama lineage consists of the unbroken oral lineage of transmissions related to the tantras of [[Mahayoga]], [[Anuyoga]], and [[Atiyoga]]. In the seventeenth century [[Orgyen Terdak Lingpa]] and his brother [[Lochen Dharmashri]] gathered the Nyingma Kama texts and compiled them into a 58 volume collection in order to preserve them.
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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Revision as of 02:07, 9 February 2018

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)
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