Glossary

Kadampa

Tibetan: བཀའ་གདམས་པ་, Wylie: bka’ gdams pa. The first school of the New Tradition, which followed the teachings of Atīśa. It stressed compassion, study and pure discipline.

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Kangyur

Tibetan: བཀའ་འགྱུར་, Wylie: bka’ ‘gyur, English: Translated Words. The Tibetan Buddhist Canon is divided into two: The actual words of the Buddha contained in the

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Kapala

Tibetan: ཐོད་པ་, Wylie: thod pa, Sanskrit: kapāla. A bowl made with the top of a skull.

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