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teaching

  1. bstan pa/ 

    Biblical: doctrine, teaching: khong gi bstan pa la ngo mtshar du gyur/  amazed at his teaching (Mt. 7:28,29), bstan pa gsar pa 'di ci yin/  what is this new teaching (Mk. 1:27), ngas ston pa 'di nga'i ma yin/  my teaching is not my own (Jn. 7:16), bstan pa 'di dkon mchog nas yin nam/  if this teaching is from God (Jn. 7:17), sku tshab rnams kyi bstan pa/  the apostles' teaching (Acts 2:42).

    Buddhist: bstan pa/  is the teaching of the Buddha, which is believed to be yang dag pa/  or completely correct (KTM), and dri ma med pa/  unstained: sangs rgyas kyi bstan pa dri ma med pa/  the unstained teaching of the Buddha (TRC 153). The term is also applied to the scriptures: mdo sngags kyi bstan pa/  teachings of the sutras and tantras (TRC 113) and to the doctrines taught by other religious teachers: dge lugs pa'i bstan pa'i bdag po/  master of the Gelugpa teachings (TRC 53), bka' gdams kyi bstan pa/  teachings of the Kadampa school (TRC 154).

    Cognates: 1) bstan pa snga dar dang /,,phyi dar/  the earlier and later periods of the spread of Bsm. in Tibet (TRI 117); 2) bstan srung /  protectors of the doctrine (TRI 117).

  2. bslab bya/ 

    Biblical: teaching, instruction: pha ru shi pa dang sad du ki pa'i bslab bya/  the teaching of the Pharisees and Saducees (Mt. 16:12), bslab bya 'di rnams/  these teachings (1 Tim. 4:6).

    Buddhist: bslab bya/  1) advice or teaching about practical matters (KTM); 2) religious or doctrinal teachings: btsun mo grags 'dzin ma 'khor dang bcas par chos kyi bslab bya mang po gsungs so/  [he] gave many teachings to Queen Grags 'Dzin ma and her court (SGN 15); 3) precepts: bslab bya gsum/  the three types of precepts (TRI 299).