Nyingma
Sign in to savethumb|Statue of Padmasambhava, founder of the Nyingma school, in [[Bhutan|alt=|262x262px]]
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32 sectionsContents
- History
- Mythos
- Historical origins
- Persecution
- Second dissemination and New translations
- Systematization and growth
- Rimé and the rise of scholasticism
- Teaching
- Nine Yānas
- Sutra system
- Outer tantras
- Inner tantras
- Practices
- Preliminary practices
- Yidam practice and protectors
- Other practices
- Scriptural canon
- ''Nyingma Gyubum''
- Mahayoga
- Dzogchen
- Termas
- Hierarchy and teachers
- Internal administration
- Tertons
- Contemporary organizations
- Six Mother Monasteries
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Statue of Padmasambhava, founder of the Nyingma school, in [[Bhutan|alt=|262x262px]]
Nyingma (, ), also referred to as Ngagyur (, ), is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Nyingma school was founded by Padmasambhava as the first translations of Buddhist scriptures from Pali and Sanskrit into Tibetan occurred in the eighth century. The establishment of Tibetan Buddhism and the Nyingma tradition is collectively ascribed to Khenpo Shantarakshita, Guru Padmasambhava, and King Trisong Detsen, known as Khen Lop Chos Sum (The Three: Khenpo, Lopon, Chosgyal).