The thirteen great texts. A set of core exoteric texts studied in Nyingma monasteries: (1) Nāgārjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakārikā (dbu ma rtsa ba'i tshig le'ur byas pa shes rab zhes bya ba), (2) Āryadeva’s Catuḥśataka (bzhi brgya pa), (3) Candrakīrti’s Madhyamakāvatāra (dbu ma la 'jug pa), (4) Asaṅga’s Abhidharma-samuccaya (chos mngon pa kun las btus pa), (5) Vasubandhu’s Abhidharma-kośa (chos mngon pa mdzod), (6) Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika (tshad ma rnam 'grel), (7) Mahāyānottaratantra (theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma), (8) Abhisamayālaṃkara (mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan), (9) Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkara (theg pa chen po mdo sde'i rgyan), (10) Madhyānta-vibhaṅga (dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa), (11) Dharma-dharmatā-vibhaṅga (chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa), (12) Prātimokṣa-sūtra (so sor thar pa'i mdo), and (13) Vinaya-sūtra ('dul ba mdo rtsa ba).

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