| Key Term |
byams chos sde lnga |
| Hover Popup Choices |
byams chos sde lnga; Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya; dharma works of Maitreya; Five Dharmas of Maitreya; five treatises of Maitreya; five books of Maitreya; five doctrines of Maitreya; Byams chos sde lnga; five teachings of Maitreya |
| Featured People |
Maitreya, Asaṅga |
| In Tibetan Script |
བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration |
byams chos sde lnga |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering |
jam chöde nga |
| English Standard |
Five Dharma Treatises of Maitreya |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term |
five dharma works of Maitreya |
| Sarah Harding's English Term |
Five Dharmas of Maitreya |
| Ives Waldo's English Term |
five treatises of Maitreya; the five doctrines of Maitreya |
| Alternate Spellings |
byams pa'i chos sde; byams chos |
| Term Type |
Text |
| Source Language |
Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning |
This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita. |
| Has the Sense of |
The list of five is: Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṃkāra, mngon rtogs rgyan); Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, theg pa chen po mdo sde rgyan); Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhāga, dbus mtha' rnam 'byed); Differentiation of Phenomena and Their Nature (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga, chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed); and The Mahāyāna Treatise of the Highest Continuum (Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra, theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos). |
| Definitions |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
See page 159: In Tibetan, “the five books of Maitreya” said to have been presented to Asaṅga by the bodhisattva Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven; they are the Māhayāna-sūtrālaṃkāra, Abhisamayālaṃkāra, Madhyāntavibhāga, Dharmadharmatāvibhāga, and the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra). |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term |
Five Teachings of Lord Maitreya, five treatises of Maitreya, the Five Doctrines of Maitreya, 1) {theg pa chen po'i mdo sde rgyan gyi tshig le'ur byas ba} [Mahayana Sutralamkara Karika]. 2) {dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa} [madhyaanta-vibhanga] 3) {chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa} [Dharma-dharmataa-vibhanya] 4) {theg pa chen po'i rgyan bla ma'i bstan bcos} [Mahaayanaottaratantra-shaastra] 5) {mngon par rtogs ba'i rgyan} [Abhisamayaalam.kaara]. |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo |
rgyal ba byams pas thogs med la gsungs pa'i chos/ mngon rtogs rgyan/ mdo sde rgyan/ rgyud bla ma/ chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed/ dbus mtha' rnam 'byed de sde tshan lnga/ ... |