Difference between revisions of "Four modes"

Latest revision as of 06:56, 5 June 2006

Four modes (tshul bzhi). Four levels of meaning:

the literal meaning (tshig don),
the general meaning (spyi don),
the hidden meaning (sbas don), and
the ultimate meaning (mthar thug gi don). [RY]

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-[[rgyun mtha' rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin]] - the vajra-like [[samadhi]] at the end of the stream [RY]
+Four modes ([[tshul bzhi]]). Four levels of meaning:
+#the [[literal meaning]] ([[tshig don]]),
+#the [[general meaning]] ([[spyi don]]),
+#the [[hidden meaning]] ([[sbas don]]), and
+#the [[ultimate meaning]] ([[mthar thug gi don]]). [RY]
-[[rgyun mtha'i rdor ting]] - the vajra-like samadhi at the end of the stream [RY]
+[[Category:Key Terms]]
+[[Category:Vajrayana]]
-[[rdo rje lta bu ting nge 'dzin]] - vajra-like samadhi/contemplation [IW]
-[[rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin]] - the vajra-like samadhi, adamantine concentration, vajra-like meditative stabilization [RY]
-[[rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin]] - the vajra-like samadhi [IW]
-[[rdor ting]] - vajra-like samadhi [RY]
-[[shes bya'i sgrib pa]] - [[cognitive obscuration]]; The subtle obscuration of holding on to the concepts of subject, object and action. It is temporarily purified in the moment of recognizing the [[nature of mind]], and utterly purified through the [[vajra-like samadhi]] at the end of the [[tenth bhumi]]. Also: knowledge veil, knowledge obscuration, obscuration concerning the knowable, obstruction to [[omniscience]], obstructions to objects of knowledge, veil of [[dualistic]] knowledge, conceptual veil, obscuration with regard to knowables, obscuration to the knowable, instinctive ignorance; obscuration due to ignorance concerning the knowable; obscuration of not knowing; {[[thams cad mkhyen pa la sgrib byed]]} obscurations due to (erroneous) intellectual knowledge; obstructions to [[omniscience]] [RY]
-[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]] [[Category: Vajrayana]]

Difference between revisions of "Four modes"

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