Āgamadharma

āgamadharma (T. lung gi chos; C. jiaofa), or "dharma of transmission," is one of the two types of "true dharma" (saddharma), the other being dharma of realization (adhigamadharma).

Āgamadharma refers to the saddharma in its verbal form and is identified with:

• the three pitakas
• the twelve categories of teachings

Alternative translations

• scriptual dharma
• dharma of precept

Sources

• Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University 

Further reading

• Dharma of realization, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, Shambhala, 2004, page 108.
• Thinley Norbu, The Small Golden Key (Shambhala Publications, 1999), pages 52-54.