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Dictionary of Key Spiritual Terms

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Wylie | Tibetan

1. rig pa/ 

   [lit. knowledge, learning]

   Biblical: philosophy: don med pa'i gtam dang rig pa'i sgo nas/  by means of hollow philosophy (1 Cor. 1:20 SV).

2. mtshan nyid/ 

   Bst. logic, philosophy: mtshan nyid kyi gzhung che mo/  the great books on philosophy (TRC 2), mtshan nyid grwa tshang /  the college of philosophy in a monastery (TRC 3), mtshan nyid kyi dpe cha/  philosophy books (DPD).

Related Terms: 1) dgag bzhag spong gsum/  the method of discussion of Buddhist philosophy (TRC 24); 2) yig cha/  books explaining the finer points of Bst. philosophy (TRC 24); 3) nang pa'i grub mtha' smra ba/  a school of Bst. philosophy: rgya gar gyi nang pa'i grub mtha' smra ba bzhi/  the four schools of Indian Buddhist philosophy (TRC 135); 4) rtsod pa po/  [lit. debater] philosopher (1 Cor. 1:20 SV); 5) rtsod gleng pa/  [lit. debater] philosopher (1 Cor. 1:20 SV).