Sarma

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Key Term	Sarma
Hover Popup Choices	New School; gsar ma; Sarma
Featured People	'brom ston pa, Mar pa, 'brog mi lo tsA ba
In Tibetan Script	གསར་མ།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	gsar ma
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	sarma
English Standard	New School
Ives Waldo's English Term	new school
Alternate Spellings	new translation
Term Type	School
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet.
Has the Sense of	The term often refers to the new translation of Buddhist texts in contrast to the translations carried out in the first millennium, particularly of the different tantric literature. The tantric tradition which are based on the tantras translated in the period of Early Diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet came to be known as sngags rnying ma or ancient mantra and those based on tantras translated during the Later Diffusion came to known as sngags gear ma or new mantra.
Definitions

The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet.

The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet.

The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.