lhag mthong
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[KOT=rDzogs chen equivalent of lhag mthong; cf. rang bzhin ye babs kyi bsam gtan [RB]
vipashyana, clear seeing [R] [IW]
vipashyana: insight, clear seeing, wider vision, clearly seen, analytical or special wisdom / insight, superior seeing, vipashyana, panoramic awareness, wider vision / perspective, penetrating insight. Syn lhag ger mthong ba, lhag par mthong ba, higher insight; penetrative insight/; higher insight, [vipashyana, Pali - vipassanna]; special insight; 'sublime seeing' meditation; intense insight [RY]
vipashyana; profound/ deeper/ penetrating/ penetrative insight [RB]
Vipashyana. 'Clear' or 'wider seeing.' Usually referring to insight into emptiness. One of the two main aspects of meditation practice, the other being shamatha [RY]
vipasyana, (-, mystic, piercing, special) insight, wider vision, ampler vision, wider perspective, (excellent seeing), insight wisdom, insight meditation, movement aspect of primordial state, seeing more, experiential understanding of the movement of thought, special insight, higher insight, penetrative insight, intuitive clarity, profound insight, vipashyana [JV]
Insight meditation [RY]
Vipaśyanā. 1) higher insight, higher vision, higher seeing, higher perception; 2) special insight, special vision, special seeing, special perception; 3) clear insight, clear vision, clear seeing, clear perception; 4) superior insight, superior vision, superior seeing, superior perception; 5) deeper insight, deeper vision, deeper seeing, deeper perception; 6) profound insight, profound vision, profound seeing, profound perception; 7) penetrating insight, penetrating vision, penetrating seeing, penetrating perception; 8) penetrative insight, penetrative vision, penetrative seeing, penetrative perception; 8) sublime insight, sublime vision, sublime seeing, sublime perception.
"Insight" is often used for this term, often influenced by the popular use of "insight meditation" for vipassanā in the Theravāda tradition, but this may be confusing with respect to certain other Buddhist terms which can also be rendered as "insight", such as shes rab. Erick Tsiknopoulos