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Schools of Tibetan Buddhism

by Sangharakshita

A general introduction to three of the four major Schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingmapa, Kargyupa, and Sakyapa.

Talk given in 1968.

This talk is part of the series An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.

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	1.	Four great religious kings (6:21)
	2.	The meaning of 'school' (3:42)
	3.	What is a school of Tibetan Buddhism? Buddhism and non-exclusivity (6:27)
	4.	Unreformed and reformed schools (3:40)
	5.	Some common characteristics; the Triyana character of Tibetan Buddhism; the three yanas (8:34)
	6.	Successive stages of the spiritual path (2:49)
	7.	Scriptures: Kangyur and Tangyur (4:27)
	8.	The Nyingmapa school; a Nyingmapa temple (8:35)
	9.	The nine yanas of the Nyingmapa (9:30)
	10.	The Nyingmapa tantras and the Rinchen Termas; the Bardo Thödol (2:57)
	11.	A definite emphasis on meditation (5:22)
	12.	The nature of the Nyingmapa lama (8:27)
	13.	The Kagyupa school; Milarepa and the Jetsun Guru Bhum (6:40)
	14.	The Kagyupa emphasis on practise; the six teachings of Naropa (2:30)
	15.	The Sakyapa school; the great scholar Butön (5:04)
	16.	The great historian Taranatha; the Sakyapas' conversion of the Mongols; consolidation of political power (5:06)
	17.	The Gelugpa school (2:28)