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− | The '''three types of investigation''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[dpyad pa gsum]]'') refer to the process of determining the validity of a scripture<ref>{{Nolinking|Translation from: Douglas S. Duckworth, ''Mipam on Buddha-Nature, The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition'', p.221n55}}</ref>. | + | The '''[[three types of investigation]]''' ([[Wyl.]] ''[[dpyad pa gsum]]'') refer to the process of determining the validity of a [[scripture]]<ref>{{Nolinking|Translation from: Douglas S. Duckworth, ''Mipam on Buddha-Nature, The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition'', p.221n55}}</ref>. |
− | # the demonstration of what is evident (''[[mngon gyur]]'') is not invalidated by [[direct perception]] (''mngon sum''), | + | # the demonstration of what is evident (''[[mngon gyur]]'') is not invalidated by [[direct perception]] (''[[mngon sum]]''), |
− | # the demonstration of what is hidden (''[[lkog gyur]]'') is not invalidated by [[inference]] (''rjes dpag''), | + | # the demonstration of what is hidden (''[[lkog gyur]]'') is not invalidated by [[inference]] (''[[rjes dpag]]''), |
− | # the demonstration of what is extremely hidden (''[[shin tu lkog gyur]]'') is not contradicted (internally) by previous or later statements.<ref>The third point is sometimes abbreviated as the criteria of ''scriptural authority''. See '''[[Mipham Rinpoche]]:''' ''The Adornment of the Middle Way'', p.393, n115.</ref> | + | # the demonstration of what is extremely hidden (''[[shin tu lkog gyur]]'') is not contradicted (internally) by previous or later statements.<ref>The third point is sometimes abbreviated as the criteria of ''[[scriptural]] authority''. See '''[[Mipham Rinpoche]]:''' ''[[The Adornment of the Middle Way]]'', p.393, n115.</ref> |
from '''[[Mipham Rinpoche]]''', ''[[Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha]]''<ref>{{Nolinking|'''Mipham Rinpoche:''' ''The Adornment of the Middle Way'', p.375: "But here we have the perfect teachings of the Tathagata, excellent in their beginning, middle, and end. These are like gold that is smelted, cut, and polished; they can withstand threefold examination and are not faulted by perception, inference, or verbal inconsistency."}}</ref> | from '''[[Mipham Rinpoche]]''', ''[[Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha]]''<ref>{{Nolinking|'''Mipham Rinpoche:''' ''The Adornment of the Middle Way'', p.375: "But here we have the perfect teachings of the Tathagata, excellent in their beginning, middle, and end. These are like gold that is smelted, cut, and polished; they can withstand threefold examination and are not faulted by perception, inference, or verbal inconsistency."}}</ref> |
Latest revision as of 01:43, 16 March 2015
The three types of investigation (Wyl. dpyad pa gsum) refer to the process of determining the validity of a scripture[1].
- the demonstration of what is evident (mngon gyur) is not invalidated by direct perception (mngon sum),
- the demonstration of what is hidden (lkog gyur) is not invalidated by inference (rjes dpag),
- the demonstration of what is extremely hidden (shin tu lkog gyur) is not contradicted (internally) by previous or later statements.[2]
from Mipham Rinpoche, Words to Delight My Teacher Manjughosha[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Translation from: Douglas S. Duckworth, Mipam on Buddha-Nature, The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition, p.221n55
- ↑ The third point is sometimes abbreviated as the criteria of scriptural authority. See Mipham Rinpoche: The Adornment of the Middle Way, p.393, n115.
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche: The Adornment of the Middle Way, p.375: "But here we have the perfect teachings of the Tathagata, excellent in their beginning, middle, and end. These are like gold that is smelted, cut, and polished; they can withstand threefold examination and are not faulted by perception, inference, or verbal inconsistency."