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Kadam

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term Kadam
Tibetan bKa'-gdams
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition One of the New Translation Period traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, deriving from Atisha's visit to Tibet. After its branches were merged and reformed, it continued as the Gelug tradition.

TRANSLATION (Jeffrey Hopkins En, Tibetan Pronunciation)

Translation [word-advice]; the Ga-dam school [name of lineage traced to Atiza]; name of mansion; advice; instruction; counsel; preceptual instruction; advisory speech; exhortation

* ba adam
* bka' gdams
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic كادام
German Kadam-Schule
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... [word-advice]; the Ga-dam school [name of lineage traced to Atiza]; name of mansion; advice; instruction; counsel; preceptual instruction; advisory speech; exhortation
Russian кадам
Vietnamese Kadam
Chinese (simplified) 噶当派
Chinese (traditional) 噶當派