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The Meaning of the Phrase 'The Single Superior Deity'
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The Meaning of the Phrase 'The Single Superior Deity'
ལྷག་པ་ཡི་ནི་ལྷ་གཅིག་ཉིད་ཅེས་པའི་དོན། (lhag pa yi ni lha gcig nyid ces pa'i don)
A short exegetical clarification of the meaning of a tantric line ('lhag pa yi ni lha gcig nyid'), an example of his method of settling particular doubts in brief texts. It appears in vol. 6 (cha) of the collected works, Tashi Lhunpo edition (BDRC index 06.14). No translation into a Western language was found in the catalogues consulted.
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Sources
- Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC). gsung 'bum/ tsong kha pa (bkras lhun par rnying / d+ha sar bskyar par brgyab pa), reimpresión de las planchas antiguas de Tashi Lhunpo, Dharamsala, 1997, 18 vols., instancia bdr:MW29193, índice bdr:O2DB2379 (contenido volumen por volumen).
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