the four summaries of the Dharma, the fourfold synopsis of the Dharma. {'du byed thams cad ni mi rtag pa'o}, {zag pa dang bcas pa ni sdug bsngal ba'o}, {mya ngan las 'das pa ni zhi ba'o}, {chos thams cad ni stong zhing bdag med pa'o}
<term> four aphorisms of the Dharma, four summaries of the Dharma