An abbreviation referring to the three major branches of rdzogs chen in the Bön tradition. (1) a refers to a khrid, a system associated with the hermit dgongs mdzod (1030-1096). (2) rdzogs refers to a system that is itself called rdzogs chen, based on a group of texts called rdzogs chen yang rtse klong chen, revealed in 1088 by bzhod ston dngos grub grags pa. (3) snyan refers to zhang zhung snyan rgyud, associated with revelations made by ta pi hri tsa to gyer spungs snang bzher lod po.

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