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Khandro Rinpoche asked her students (AKA the Cyber study group) to read Herbert Guenther's book, "Kindly Bent to Ease Us." This ook is a translation and commentary of one of the works of Longchenpa, a famous Dzogchen master. A lot of the terminology Guenther used in the book stumped us, so we put our heads together and come up with our own translations for some of the Tibetan terms. So here they are, and we hope that they will help you understand Guenther's translation.
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Benefit for oneself and others Byang chub sems dpai bsam gtan Conglomerate of the quaternity |
the Facticity of being absolutely pure from a beginning... |
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sher-ab
Guenther says:
Appreciative discrimination
Cyber study group says:
prajna, wisdom
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
shes rab
prajna, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, [wisdom]. insight, {shag rog} - roommate. {shes rab chung ba} - those who have limited knowledge. Discrimination, as one of the five object determining mental states, superior knowledge [in most contexts] - superior intelligence, or intelligence [when refering to the 51 mental factors] - wisdom [when taken as synonomous with yeshe]. syn {ye shes}; superior knowledge [in most contexts]. - superior intelligence, or intelligence [when refering to the 51 mental factors]. - wisdom [when taken as synonomous with yeshe]; Wisdom, discriminating wisdom, [prajna]; bden don gtan la 'bebs} rang dang spyi'i mtshan nyid rnam par 'byed pa'o} discriminative awareness. recognition, intelligence, to be aware of, come to understand, to know, to grasp, master, to learn, can, be able to, to realize; discriminative awareness; Discrimination, as one of the five object determining mental states. knowledge. one of the {pha drug} - the six paramitas. discriminative awareness.insight, intelligence. {shes rab chung ba} - those who have limited knowledge. prajna, [wisdom]. syn {ye shes} wisdom. superior knowledge [in most contexts]. - superior intelligence, or intelligence [when refering to the 51 mental factors] - wisdom [when taken as synonomous with yeshe]. transcendent knowledge
shes rab
Prajna. Knowledge or intelligence. In particular, the 'knowledge of realizing egolessness.'
shes rab
discriminating knowledge
In Reply to the Tibetan:
dran pa
Guenther says:
Attentive inspection
Cyber study group says:
mindfulness
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
dran pa
{dran pa, dran pa, dran pa, dran} trans. v.; to think; pay attention, be mindful; recall, be mindful, think about, miss; remember with longing, meditate, become aware of, contemplate
1) mindfulness, memory, alertness, presence of mind, recollection. / recollectedness; alertness; presence of mind; memory, thinking; mindfulness, awareness, presence of mind, attentiveness, attention, memory, recall, rememberance, recollection, consciousness, one's full senses.
2) consciousness, thinking, recollection or memory, Skt. smriti,
3) one of the five object determining mental states, Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {'dris pa'i dngos po mi brjed pa}.
4) one of the {'phags lam gyi yan lag brgyad} the eightfold noble path;
In reply to the Tibetan:
bde ba
Cyber study group says:
bliss
Nitarth on-line dictionary says:
bde ba
comfortable
bde ba
sukha
1) pleasure, bliss, happiness, well-being, peace, delight, comfort, pleasurable sensation, felicity.
2) easy to ..., easy, convenient; easily;
3) at peace, ease, healthy, comfortable happy, pleasant, well, enjoy peace, composed.
bde ba
Bliss
In Reply to the Sanskrit:
Sattva
Guenther says:
being
Cyber study group says:
essence
In Reply to the Tibetan:
rang-don / gzhan-don
Guenther says:
Bitendtial value of being
Cyber study group says:
benefit for oneself and others
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rang don
1) one's own purpose / benefit / sake [in combination with {gzhen don}.
2) selfish reasons, self-interest/ benefit for oneself.
3) personal [internal].
4) what is meaningful to oneself, the benefit of oneself; benefit of oneself
gzhan don
altruistic benefit, benefit for others; the benefit of others, altruism, what is meaningful to others, something beneficial to others, altrustic work, public [syllogism]. welfare of others, what is meaningful to others; the welfare of others
In Reply to the Tibetan:
bsam gtan
Cyber study group says:
meditative concentration (dhyana)
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
bsam gtan
Dhyana, concentration. Def. Jamgon Kongtrul: {rtse gcig nyon mongs med}; meditative stability; meditative - concentration, meditation, 'stable attention'. one of the {phar phyin drug} - the six paramitas. serenity, stable awareness, dhyana, meditation, concentration level, absorption {snyoms par 'jug pa} syn samadhi, trance, state of complete abstraction. concentration, meditation, level of concentration, dhyana.
bsam gtan
dhyana, concentration. The state of concentrated mind and also the name for god realms produced through such mental concentration. See also under 'four dhyana states.'
In reply to the Tibetan:
byang chub sems dpai bsam gtan
Cyber study group says:
meditation of the bodhisattvas
In reply to the tibetan:
byangs chubs sems pa
Cyber study group says:
bodhisattva
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
byang chub sems pa
Bodhisattva
In Reply to the Tibetan:
lhan-cig-skyes-pa
Guenther says:
co-existent
Cyber study group says:
coemergent
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
lhan cig skyes pa
1) natural, born together; coemergent, innate, inherent, intrinsic.
2) coemergence; spontaneously born, [sahaja]; to co-emerge, to emerge simultaneously
In Reply to the Tibetan:
chos
Guenther says:
concepts and meanings
Cyber study group says:
dharmas
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
chos
phenomena, (snang ba). Anything that can be experienced, thought of, or known.
chos
1) Dharma, reality
2) dharmas, phenomena
3). Dharma, the teaching of the Buddha;
1) dharma, phenomenon, thing, existent, [a truly real predicate, event, entity, element or ultimate constituent of existence].
2) Dharma, [the Precious Dharma with eight qualities]. Religion.
3) the Dharma, the Teachings, the Doctrine.
4) quality, attribute, property, characteristic, ability.
5) a teaching, doctrine, text, scripture, sacred text.
6) right, virtue, duty, moral law, tenet, precept.
7) truth, order, law.
8) practice, dharma -, religious -.
9) mental object, dharma.
10) religion, religious system, way of belief.
11) topic, point, principle.
12) meaning, value, sense, meaning, worth; content.
13) ex. va. +{'chad}, +{shod}, +{smra}, to preach, give religious teaching, va. +{nyan}, to hear, listen to religious teaching, va. +{byed}, to practice religion, live a religious life, va. +{zhu}, to receive religious instruction, t seek, ask for religious teaching. imp. of {'chos}, and {'cha'},
14) mind objects, 5 of 16 aspects of the 4 holy truths. one of the {phyag rgya bzhi}, four mudras; phenomenon; factor/ element; property/ quality/ attribute; spiritual teaching/ Buddhadharma/ dharma; don chos go bar byed pa'i gzhi} imp. of {'chos pa}; events; can that which has [certain] qualities or attributes, subject [in logic context]. phenomenon, phenomena, Dharma, teachings
Conglomerate of the quaternity:
- Subtle feelings
- Ideas
- Motivations
- Perceptions
In Reply to the Tibetan:
byang-chub-sems
Guenther says:
Consummate perspicacity
Cyber study group says:
Consummate perspicacity = byang-chub-sems [KBEU page 257, Vol 1]
byang - limpid clearness, pure essence, not defiled by samsara
chub-spontaneous capability beyond cause and effect
sems - awareness
Clearness, pristine cognition, AWAKE, bodhi, bodhicitta, enlightenment
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
byang chub sems
a mind directed towards pure and total presence, a mind set on enlightenment, bodhichitta, awakened heart, enlightened mind, attitude, the [primordial] state of pure and total presence; enlightened mind. {byang} meaning - pure of obscurations and chub meaning perfect in enlightened attributes.
In reply to the Tibetan:
de bzhin gshegs pa'i dgongs pa
Cyber study group says:
realization of the tathagatas
In Reply to the Tibetan:
dgongs pa
Cyber study group says:
realization
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
dgongs pa
{dgongs pa, dgongs pa, dgongs pa, dgongs} trans. v. . (h) Of {bsam pa}.
1) mind, frame of mind, attitude, intention, thought, consideration, viewpoint, idea.
2) [to emphasize the honorific] enlightened intent, wisdom mind, realization, insight, vision, wisdom, meditation, deep experience.
3) to think, consider, concentrate upon, reflect, understand, give thought to, care for, feel, regard, realize, know, decide, intend.
4) meaning, intent, implication, understanding, cognizance, necessity, intimation, interpretation; {kyi dgongs pa} - enlightened intent behind.
5) implicative, meant for, intended to be.
6) deepest sense, primordial condition, deep structure
In Reply to the Tibetan:
dpyod-pa
Guenther says:
discursiveness
Cyber study group says:
analysis
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
dpyod pa
{dpyod pa, dpyad pa, dpyad pa, dpyod} trans. v.;
1) to try, examine, analyze, investigate, scrutinize,
2) Discernment, as one of the four variables. Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {zhib mor 'jug pa'i sems pa}; analysis; [vicara] (mental) investigation; examining [mental function]
In reply to the Tibetan:
don dam
Cyber study group says:
absolute truth
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
don dam
1) ultimate, absolute, 'true meaning'; ultimate [truth], absolute truth, ultimate reality; {don dam bden pa}.
2) the exact state of the case, the real / true / ultimate meaning.
Guenther says:
Eight perceptual patterns
Cyber study group says:
Eight kinds of consciousness
In Reply to the Tibetan:
gdod-ma'i ka-dag chen-po
Guenther says:
the facticity of being absolutely pure from a beginning...
Cyber study group says:
great orignal primordial purity
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
gdod ma'i ka dag chen po
the great primordial purity; great original state primordial purity
Guenther says:
fictitious being
Cyber study group says:
illusory being
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sprul-pa'i sku, sprul sku
Guenther says:
founding stratum of meaning, or stratum of embodiment.
Cyber study group says:
nirmanakaya (tulku). Sku is the Tibetan for "kaya." Sku is also the Tibetan honorific for body.
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sprul pa'i sku
{sprul sku} manifested body, nirmanakaya, tulku, incarnation, emanational body. physical emanation
sprul sku
Emanation body, Nirmanakaya, dimension of apparitional being, form body, manifesting body, manifestative expression of the form body, incarnate lama. Nirmanakaya, [nirmanakaya]
sprul sku
Nirmanakaya, manifested body.
sprul sku
Nirmanakaya. 'Emanation body,' 'form of magical apparition.' The third of the three kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that can be perceived by ordinary beings.
sprul sku
Tulku. Literally, 'apparitional body.' Can refer to an incarnated bodhisattva who works for the welfare of sentient beings, or to the nirmanakaya manifested by a buddha.
sprul sku
incarnation
In Reply to the Tibetan:
ting-nge'-dzin
Guenther says:
holistic experience
Cyber study group says:
samadhi
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
ting nge 'dzin
Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {zhi rags dang bden bzhi sogs brtag bya'i dngos po la sems rtse gcig pa} one of the {'phags lam gyi yan lag brgyad} the eightfold noble path;
1) samadhi, concentration, mental focus, stabilization, meditative stabilization. meditative absorption; contemplation, state of contemplation, absorption, total involvement, undividedness, deep concentration, meditative concentration, holisticness, holistic experience, wholeness, meditative stabilization. {ting nge 'dzin 'jug ldang} entering and arising from samadhi.
2) Concentration, as one of the five object determining mental states, contemplation, meditative absorption, meditative trance.
3) one of the {byang chub yan lag bdun} the seven causes of enlightenment.
4) the three samadhis: suchness samadhi, {kun tu snang ba'i ting nge 'dzin} all-illuminating samadhi, {rgyu'i ting nge 'dzin} seed samadhi]
ting nge 'dzin
samadhi. 'Adhering to the continuity of evenness.' A state of undistracted concentration or meditative absorption which in the context of Vajrayana can refer to either the development stage or the completion stage.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
ka-dag
Guenther says:
initially pure
Cyber study group says:
primordial purity
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
ka dag
Primordial purity. The basic nature of sentient beings which is originally untainted by defilement and beyond confusion and liberation.
ka dag
primordial purity, primordially pure; original purity; originally pure, pure from the beginning / first
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sems-pa
Guenther says:
intentiveness
Cyber study group says:
awareness
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sems pa
{sems pa, bsams pa, bsam pa, soms} trans. v.;
1) to think, reflect, assume, apprehend, intend, direct one's mind, pay, attention, be conscious.
2) contemplation, one of the {chos spyod bcu} ten religious practices.
3) intention, motivation, mentation, thinking, directing thought, mentation, apprehension, reflection, volition.
4) will, act of will.
5) motivator, activator.
6) conscious apprehension.
7) Attraction, as one of the five ever-present mental states; one of {kun 'gro lnga}. Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {sems yul la g.yo ba'i gnas skabs kyi yid kyi rnam 'byur}, connects primary mind to an object of perception or action, syn {las} / {'du byed}.
In reply to the Tibetan:
'khor lo
Cyber study group says:
chakra
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
'khor lo
wheel; chakra/ focal center of subtle energy; encircling ring; (mandala) circle; charm wheel, chakra;
1) wheel, circle, disk, sphere, orb, ring, band, wheel [as in. of the Dharma], center [as in the subtle pathways], circle [as in. of the mandala].
2) Skt. chakra, chakra wheel.
3) [mandala] circle.
4) a circlet, crown [worn on the head]. One of {phyag rgya drug}
5) roller, cylinder.
6) the world.
7) machine.
8) diagram.
9) focal points of energy within the central channel of the body. dharma wheel, round of life, cycle of transmigratory existence, cycle of years [acc. to Tib. calendar)
10) diesel engine, the subtle pathways.
11) the six symbolic ornaments, symbols.
12) {sgyur rgyal} world ruler, universal monarch
'khor lo
Chakra, wheel, sacred diagrams for protection and liberation
In reply to the Tibetan:
kun-gzhi-rman-par-shes-pa
Guenther says:
stratum-bound perceptivity
Cyber study group says:
I think we in Vajradhatu call this "Pure perception". This is the perception of the world that occurs in moments of TGS. It is vivid and accurate. Rnam-par-shes-pa is one of several Tibetan terms usually translated as consciousness. The equivalent Sanskrit term is vijnana. So kun-gzhi rnam-par-shes-pa is Tibetan for alaya vijnana. Unless there is a kun-gzhi which is not a state of consciousness, the two terms above would seem to be synonymous.
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
kun gzhi rnam par shes pa
all-ground consciousness. Usually {kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa} store house consciousness - alaya vijnana.
See also Long sku.
In reply to the Tibetan:
kun rdzob
Cyber study gorup says:
relative truth
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
kun rdzob
samvrita
1) relative, conventional, superficial, apparent, concealing, conditional, mundane, worldly convention, all-veiled, obscured; relative level, convention.
2) [short for {kun rdzob bden pa}] conventional truth, relative reality.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
Ösel
Guenther says:
limpid clearness
Cyber study group says:
luminosity
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sbyor-lam
Guenther says:
link up stage
Cyber study group says:
path of unification
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sbyor lam
path of joining. the path of application, [prayoga marga]; path of application; path of unification, connection. path of connections. path of preparation, the / reaching / application / the linking stage. [2nd of {lam lnga} has four parts. {drod}, {rtse mo}, {bzod pa}, {chos kyi mchog}.
sbyor lam
Path of joining. The second of the five paths on which one grows closer to and joins with the realization of the truth of reality.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
ma rigpa
Guenther says:
loss of pure awareness
Cyber study group says:
Ignorance. As the term implies it is any awareness other than rigpa. It TOO IS the kun-gzhi and has never been anything other than that. It is what is present when we see the world as anything other than sacred.
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
ma rig pa
ignorance, unknowing, unawareness; misknowledge, nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness; ignoring the intelligence, nascence, ignorance (i.e. one of twelve links); ignorance, as one of the six root disturbances, lack of awareness, [avidya] Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {yang dag pa'i don mthong ba la sgrib par byed pa ma rig pa'i byed las; yang dag pa'i gnas lugs mthong ba la gegs byed cing phyin ci log skyed par byed pa'i rgyu; / de kho na nyid la rmongs pa dang bden bzhi'i don la rmongs pa gnyis su yod pa las 'dir phyir ma'i don; def. as one of the Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {rten 'brel yan lag bcu gnyis: ngo bo rig pa'i 'gal zla'am/ mi mthun phyogs su gyur pa/ shes pa gang zhig rang gi yul la dmigs pa dang/ yul de'i rnam pa shin tu mi gsal ba dang/ de nyid sems rgyud rab tu ma zhi ba nyon mongs pa skye ba'i sgor gyur pa ste khyad chos gsum dang ldan pa}. not understanding the diffence between virtue and non-virtue. One of the twelve links. One of the {chu bo bzhi} four currents.
ma rig pa
Ignorance. Ignorance of good and evil deeds causes us to take rebirth in the three realms of samsara. Ignorance of the ultimate truth is the main cause of samsaric existence.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
gsal-ba
Guenther says:
lucency
Cyber study group says:
clarity
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
gsal ba
1) to appear, manifest; be clear, be apparent; appear clearly, be clearly evident. Longchenpa: syn {mngon du gyur ba}
2) clarity, cognizance,
3) instance, manifestation,
4) to illuminate, clarify, elucidate;
5) be brilliant; bright, clear, cognizant, awake, luminous; bright, distinct, ex {nyi ma gsal ba} brilliant sun.
6) to visualize,
7) clarity, luminosity, luminous clarity,
8) clarity, the second of the three {nyams}.
gsal ba
Cognizance. The mind's inherent capacity for knowing.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sems
Guenther says:
mind
Cyber study group says:
citta, alaya vijnana
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sems
mind, 'cognitive act', grasping mind, frame of mind, mind or soul, thought, main mind, cognitive act[s] syn {rnam shes tshogs drug} experiencing, potential for experience, general forms of experience, grasping, conceptual mind, attitude, intent; (ordinary) mind; attention; cognition, cognitive act, mind or soul, grasping mind, frame of mind, thought, main mind, syn {rnam shes tshogs drug} experiencing, potential for experience, general forms of experience, conceptual mind, attitude, intent. mind, thoughts, thought process, [chitta]; Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {phung khams skye mched thams cad kyi bag chags sam sa bon bsags pa dang sna tshogs la dmigs pa dang don la sems pas na sems su bzhag pa gang yin pa de ni kun gzhi'i rnam shes kho na}
sems
Longchenpa's def: {khams gsum pa'i glo bur ba'i dri ma tshogs brgyad sems byung dang bcas pa'o}
sems
Mind
sems
cognitive act
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sems nyid
Guenther says:
mind as such
Cyber study group says:
Buddha nature
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sems nyid
chittata, mind
1) mind itself, mind essence, nature of mind, mind nature, mind as such, ultimate nature of mind, true nature of mind itself, mind-as-such. syn {ngo bo rig pa}.
2) the mind.
sems nyid
Mind essence. (sems ngo). The nature of mind. A synonym for 'buddha nature.'
sems nyid
Mind-essence. The nature of one's mind which is taught to be identical with the essence of all enlightened beings, the sugata garbha. It should be distinguished from 'mind' (sems) which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought.
In reply to the Tibetan:
mi rtog pa
Cyber study group says:
nonthought
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
mi rtog pa
nonconceptual, nonthought. thoughtfree, nonthinking, conceptlessness, syn {yul snang la der mi 'dzin pa rtog bral}; nonconceptual(ity); no thought, nondiscursive, without thoughts
In reply to the Tibetan:
ngo bo
Cyber study group says:
essence [of mind]
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
ngo bo
mi bskyod kyi ngo bo - embodiment of Akshobhya
ngo bo
svabhava
1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic / central / essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature.
2) principle, existence, fact.
3) entity, fact of being, identity.
4) definition, main principle.
5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact,
6) essential meaning [in textual introduction]. See also {bdag nyid}
Guenther says:
Noetic and nonnoetic complex
Cyber study group says:
dualistic thinking, consciousness of this and that
In Reply to the Tibetan:
brtson-pa
Guenther says:
perseverence
Cyber study group says:
effort
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
brtson pa
{brtson pa, brtson pa, brtson pa, brtson} trans. v.; to strive; to exert oneself; endeavor, striving, endeavor, effort, to strive to, to exert oneself, exertion [one of {'du byed brgyad}. to persevere, toil
In Reply to the Tibetan:
tshogs-lam
Guenther says:
Preparatory stage
Cyber study group says:
Path of accumulation
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
tshogs lam
path of accumulation; the path of accumulation / collection / preparation [ begins with the experience of meditative heat {drod} and deals with the first twelve of the 37 [wings to enlightenment].
tshogs lam
path of accumulation. The first of the five paths which forms the foundation for the journey towards liberation and involves gathering a vast accumulation of merit dedicated towards this attainment. On this path one gains an intellectual and conceptual understanding of egolessness through learning and reflection. By means of cultivating the four applications of mindfulness, the four right endeavors, and the four legs of miraculous action, one succeeds in eliminating the gross defilements that cause samsaric suffering and in attaining the virtuous qualities of the superknowledges and the 'samadhi of the stream of Dharma' leading to the path of joining.
tshogs lam
path of accumulation
In Reply to the Tibetan:
thog-ma'i spyi-gzhi
Guenther says:
primordial ground in general
Cyber study group says:
primordial universal ground
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
thog ma'i
primal, original; basic, initial, first; of or pertaining to the / a beginning, introductory, inceptive
spyi gzhi
universal ground; common ground {'khor 'das kyi spyi bzhi} general basis
Guenther says:
pristine cognition
Cyber study group says:
pure perception, clear seeing
In Reply to the Tibetan:
brtags-pa
Guenther says:
proliferating fragmenting
Cyber study group says:
conceptualization
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
brtags pa
to scrutinize; pf. of {rtog pa}; designated. consideration, designation, construction, to investigate, inquire, to represent
In reply to the Tibetan:
rigpa
Guenther says:
pure awareness
Cyber study group says:
this is the awake quality that is part and parcel of kun-gzhi. It doesn't come from kun-gzhi, it IS kun-gzhi or a natural expression of it. I think that there is no difference between rigpa and the "pure perception".
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rig pa
vidya
1) {rig pa, rig pa, rig pa} intr. v.; to know, cognize, understand, see, be aware of.
2) intelligence, cognition, understanding, knowledge, insight.
3) intellectual reasoning, rationality, logic, philosophy, [intrinsically] real, reason, intellect, awareness, insightful; science
4) knowing, nondual mind, pure / sheer presence, awareness mind, wakefulness, intuitive awareness, intrinsic awarenese, awakeness, immediate awareness.
5) noun. the knower / cognizer, mind [syn {shes rig}.
6) Two of six/eight qualities describing the sangha.
7) in gnas 'gyu rig gsum - noticing.
8) mantra.
rig pa
Rigpa. The state of awareness devoid of ignorance and dualistic fixation.
In reply to the Tibetan:
rang bzhin
Cyber study group says:
nature [of mind]
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rang bzhin
svabhava
1) nature, fundamental / inherent / ultimate nature, essence, own-being, character, quality, identity, self-nature. syn {bdag} see {ngo bo rang bzhin thugs rje}.
2) intrinsic reality, actuality essence, syn voidness,
3) self-existence,
4) frame of reference, natural expression [of mind].
5) natural, naturally, short for {rang bzhin gyis}
6) manifesting.
7) character, consist of.
8) essence,
9) himself, oneself, own, self, intrinsic, natural, self spontaneous; similar to {ngo bo} but when referring to sugatagarbha, {ngo bo} refers to the emptiness part whereas {rang bzhin} refers to the luminousity or clarity part.
10) primal matter syn {gtso bo}. / by nature, naturally. vi. to be of the nature of. type, manifesting, nature. Similar to {nang tshul, gshis}, {chos nyid} and {gnas lugs}; consist of, essential [original] nature, own being, in its own being, state of own being, there has been born; independent existence; inherent nature/ self-nature/ the very nature (of things); natural forms [in grammar]. natural expression. the natural expression. essential [original] nature, state of own being, nature, inherent nature, actuality, frame of reference; nature, character; inherent nature, the true nature; natural character
rang bzhin
Self-entity. Self-nature. An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes.
In reply to the Tibetan:
rten can
Cyber study group says:
support [,meditation with]
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rten can
referring to
rten can gyi zhi gnas
shamatha practice with a concrete support
rten can la 'jog pa
settling the mind with a concrete support
In reply to the Tibetan:
rten med
Cyber study group says:
no support [,meditation with]
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rten med
unsupported/ rootless/ homeless; unbased, unsupported, supportless, objectless, rootless, baseless, without a concrete support; unbased, unsupported, supportless, object
In reply to the Tibetan:
rtsa
Cyber study group says:
channel (nadi)
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rtsa
Tsa, in Domey.
rtsa
Nadi. The channels in the vajra body through which the energy currents move.
rtsa
artery, vein, nerve
In reply to the Tibetan:
rtsal
Cyber study group says:
accomplishment
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
rtsal
1) skill, dexterity, adroitness, accomplishment, power, energy, creativity, strength, resourcefulness, might.
2) expression, function, manifesting power, [sm. {gdangs}. potency, capacity, potential, ability.
3) physical skill, play. expressive power or energy. creative; dynamic energy (of being); energy, creative energy, potentiality; potential; expression/ powerful
rtsal
creative play/power, resourcefulness, display, creativity, agility, manifestation, display; power[ful], manifestation, strength, acrobatics, energy, mighty
In reply to the Tibetan:
sems 'dzin
Cyber study group says:
mental focus
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sems 'dzin
focusing of the mind, fixing the mind / attention, concentration, focused attention; fixation of mind, Semdzin (a series of meditation exercises in Dzogchen); fixation
Guenther says:
Seven cognitive patterns
Cyber study group says:
Seven kinds of consciousness
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sgom pa
Cyber study group says:
meditative contemplation
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sgom pa
1) meditation, practice, training, cultivation, meditation-training, familiarization, development, contemplation, creative imagination.
2) {sgom pa, bsgoms pa, bsgom pa, sgoms} trans. v.; to cultivate, meditate, practice, become accustomed to; 'make familiar with,' cultivate in meditation.
3) imagine, envision.
4) contemplate, think over, ponder, concentrate upon.
sgom pa
Meditation. In the context of Mahamudra or Dzogchen practice, meditation is the act of growing accustomed to or sustaining the continuity of the recognition of our buddha nature as pointed out by a qualified master. In the context of learning, contemplating and meditating, it means the act of assimilating the teachings into one's personal experience, then growing accustomed to them through actual practice.
sgom pa
lha sgom pa - to visualize deities
In reply to the Tibetan:
snang cas
Cyber study group says:
appearance
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
snang bcas
manifest
In reply to the Tibetan:
snang med
Cyber study group says:
without appearance
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
snang med
beyond form; careless, indifferent, unconcerned, neglectful, invisible, unmanifest
In Reply to the Tibetan:
bdag nyid
Guenther says:
solipsistic
Cyber study group says:
egoistic
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
bdag nyid
I, great being, being, lord, "atman itself." great being, lord, sovereign, [- syn {rang bzhin} nature, identity, entity, personification, nature, oneself, myself, himself, themselves, possess. see {ngo bo} or {rang bzhin} self, svayam, {rang nyid}; great being, lord, sovereign; [- syn { rang bzhin] nature, identity, entity; personification; oneself/ yourself/ myself; see {ngo bo} or {rang bzhin} the very nature, qunitessence; essence, nature, - entity; on one's own, personification, nature; epitome; yourself
In Reply to the Tibetan:
lhun-grub
Guenther says:
spontaneously given
Cyber study group says:
spontaneous presence
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
lhun grub
1) spontaneous presence, One of the two main aspects of Dzogchen teaching, the other being 'primordial purity' (ka dag).
2) effortless/ spontaneuos fulfillment; spontaneously self-perfected; effortless, spontaneously perfect / accomplished, spontaneously self-perfected, effortless manifestation, having everything without effort, inherent presence, inherently present, manifest effortlessly, natural acheivement, natural spontaneity, naturally perfect, 3) one of the {phrin las lnga} the five activities, self-existing, spontaneous, wishfulfilling
In Reply to the Tibetan:
sgom-lam
Guenther says:
stage of cultivation
Cyber study group says:
Fourth stage of the path - 8 fold path
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
sgom lam
path of cultivation; path of development or meditation; [acquaintance with shunyata]
sgom lam
path of cultivation. The fourth of the five paths on which one cultivates and trains in the higher practices of a bodhisattva, especially the eight aspects of the path of noble beings.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
mi-slob-lam
Guenther says:
Stage of no more learning
Cyber study group says:
11th bhumi -level of buddhahood
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
mi slob lam
path of no more learning
mi slob lam
the path beyond learning, path of no more learning. syn {mi slob pa'i lam} - the path of no-learning / non-learning, beyond learning, no further training, [syn. {mthar phyin pa'i lam}. the path beyond training; the path of no-learning / non-learning, beyond learning, no further training, syn: {mthar phyin pa'i lam}
mi slob pa'i lam
Path of no-learning. The fifth of the five path and the state of complete and perfect enlightenment.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
mthong-lam
Guenther says:
Stage of seeing
Cyber study group says:
Third stage of the five stage path- first bhumi
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
mthong lam
path of seeing; the path of vision, [darshanamarga]; [darshanamarga] path of seeing / insight / vision. path of seeing
mthong lam
path of seeing. The third of the five paths which is the attainment of the first bhumi, liberation from samsara and realization of the truth of reality.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
long sku
Guenther says:
Stratum bound perceptivity, or stratum of engagement in a world horizon.
Cyber study group says:
sambhogakaya
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
longs sku
Enjoyment Body. samboghakaya [complete enjoyment body]. Sambhogakaya, [sambhogakaya]; samboghakaya [complete enjoyment body]
See also Kun gzhi rman par shes pa.
In reply to the Tibetan:
kun-gzhi
Guenther says:
the stratum of all and everything
Cyber study group says:
what Tulku Thondup called "the basis", I think. This is the ground of purity on which activities that lead to karma are performed.
The main point I got from all this is that BOTH "awareness/pure perception" AND "lack of awareness/concepts" occurr within the bounds of kun-gzhi , "the stratum of all and everything".
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
kun gzhi
alaya
1) all-ground, basis of all, ground-of-all; gathering place, storehouse, ground of all (ordinary/ samsaric) experience; basis of everything, basic nature.
2) abbr. of {kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa}, {kun gzhi rnam par shes pa}
kun gzhi
alaya - all-ground. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with buddha nature or dharmakaya, the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the 'ignorant all-ground,' it refers to a neutral state of dualistic mind that has not been embraced by innate wakefulness and thus is the basis for samsaric experience.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
chos-kyi-sku, chos sku
Guenther says:
Stratum of everything, or stratum of meaning.
Cyber study group says:
dharmakaya
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
chos kyi sku
dharmakaya. Def. by Jamgon Kongtrul: {sgrib gnyis bag chags dang bcas pa ma lus par spangs pa'i dbyings nam mkha' lta bu zhig la chos kyi sku zhes bya ste} Dharma-body, dharmakaya, [body of enlightened qualities]
chos sku
dharmakaya, truth-body, body of reality.
chos sku
Dharmakaya, absolute body.
chos sku
Absolute body
In Reply to the Tibetan:
brtson-grus
Guenther says:
sustained effort
Cyber study group says:
exertion, virya
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
brtson 'grus
exertion/ diligence/ perseverance; diligence, exertion, zeal, effort, vigor, "enthusiastic perseverance," [def. to joyfully engage oneself in what is virtuous, dge ba'i gnas la sems mngon par spro bas 'jug pa]. {dge ba'i sems byung bcu gcig}. diligence, one of the {pha drug} - the six paramitas. dge ba yongs 'dzin pa
brtson 'grus
Diligence
brtson 'grus
Endeavor
In reply to the Tibetan:
thabs
Cyber study group says:
skillful means
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
thabs;
1) method, way, skillful means, [liberative] technique, expedient method, skillful expedient device.
2)together, {dang thabs gcig} together with.
3) abrupt, abruptly {btsan thabs}
4) way, {med thabs med pa} no way without, indispensible.
5) [about color] {nag thabs thibs}
6) opportunity, {bya thabs rnyed} to find an opportunity for action.
7) [upaya], expediency, inginuity. means, skillfulness; way; Means, Skillful Means, method, Upaya
thabs
Methods
In reply to the Tibetan:
thig le
Cyber study group says:
drops (bindu)
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
thig le
1) spheres or circles, drop, dot, spot, ring, nimbus, circle, zero, bindu, center, The red and white essences.
2) dot over a letter representing the anusvara.
3) colored mark on the forehead between the eyes.
4) semen. seminal point. the nucleus or seed of the enlightened mind, white and red seminal fluids of the physical body, seminal points of light; sperm, vital essence - sphere. bindu; sphere (of being); drop; tiny sphere, essence, bindu; Tika, tilaka, essence; sphere.
thig le
Bindu.
1). Essences.
2). Circles or spheres.
In reply to the Tibetan:
thugs rje
Cyber study group says:
compassion
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
thugs rje
1) karuna, (h) of {snying rje} compassion, kindness, benevolence, grace, kindness, mercy, good heart, kind, benevolence, responsiveness merciful with grace.
2) syn {rtsal} / {gdangs} capacity, expression, energy, compassionate energy / quality / expression, ever responsive energies, resonance, spirituality.
thugs rje
Capacity
In Reply to the Tibetan:
kun-khyab
Guenther says:
totalistic
Cyber study group says:
all pervasive
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
kun khyab
all pervading;
1) all-pervading, all-pervasive, all-permeating, widespread, omnipresent factor, universal, embracing all, all-encompassing. syn {kun tu khyab pa}.
2) the sky.
3) epithet of the lord of Death.
4) the ultimate reality or the wisdom of a Buddha. / poet, sky, firmament (lit. all-embracing). epith. of the Lord of death. universally, generally.
In Reply to the Tibetan:
gzhi-snang
Guenther says:
total presence
Cyber study group says:
manifestation of the ground [consciousness]
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
gzhi snang
ground display, manifest aspect of ground of being/ ground of being presenting itself as apparent phenomena; the manifestation of the fundamental nature, ground-appearance, syn {lhun grub kyi snang ba}; appearance of the basis; ground-manifestation, ground-appearance
gzhi snang
Ground manifestation, ground display
In Reply to the Tibetan:
dun-pa
Guenther says:
Willingness
Cyber study group says:
aspiration
Nitartha on-line dictionary says:
dun pa
great diligence, assiduity