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The '''six greatness of the Early Translations''' (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག) — [[Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo]] explains that the Early Translations (Tib. [[Nyingma]]) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. [[Sarma]]) in six ways:  
The '''six greatness of the Early Translations''' (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག, ''ngagyur chewa druk'') — [[Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo]] explains that the Early Translations (Tib. [[Nyingma]]) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. [[Sarma]]) in six ways:  
#The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings  
#The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings  
#The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated  
#The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated  
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#The greatness of the offerings  
#The greatness of the offerings  
#The greatness of the teachings translated
#The greatness of the teachings translated
==Similar Terms==
*Six sublime features (Tib. ''chewa drüg den'', Wyl. ''che ba drug ldan'') of Secret Mantra's Earlier Translation School


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Revision as of 14:06, 8 January 2012

The six greatness of the Early Translations (སྔ་འགྱུར་ཆེ་བ་དྲུག, ngagyur chewa druk) — Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo explains that the Early Translations (Tib. Nyingma) are superior to the New Translations (Tib. Sarma) in six ways:

  1. The greatness of the benefactor who brought the teachings
  2. The greatness of the location where the teachings were translated
  3. The greatness of the lotsawas who translated the teachings
  4. The greatness of the panditas who clarified the teachings for the translators
  5. The greatness of the offerings
  6. The greatness of the teachings translated

Similar Terms

  • Six sublime features (Tib. chewa drüg den, Wyl. che ba drug ldan) of Secret Mantra's Earlier Translation School