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'''Pith instructions''' (Tib. [[མན་ངག་]], ''mengak''; [[Wyl.]] ''man ngag''; Skt. ''upadeśa'') are the most essential and practical instructions on a given topic of the teachings, often transmitted orally. In the [[Vajrayana]], there is a common division into [[tantra]]s, [[agama]]s or commentaries, and pith instructions.
'''Pith instructions''' (Skt. ''upadeśa''; Tib. [[མན་ངག་]], ''mengak'', [[Wyl.]] ''man ngag'') are the most essential and practical instructions on a given topic of the teachings, often transmitted orally. In the [[Vajrayana]], there is a common division into [[tantra]]s, [[agama]]s or commentaries, and pith instructions.


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==

Latest revision as of 15:43, 20 August 2017

Pith instructions (Skt. upadeśa; Tib. མན་ངག་, mengak, Wyl. man ngag) are the most essential and practical instructions on a given topic of the teachings, often transmitted orally. In the Vajrayana, there is a common division into tantras, agamas or commentaries, and pith instructions.

Alternative Translations

  • Crucial instructions
  • Key instructions
  • Quintessential instructions

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