rdo rje'i chos bdun

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རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཆོས་བདུན
Seven vajra qualities. Emptiness externally is 1) solid, firm, and unbreakable, internally 2) the core and 3) without hollowness, 4) not cutable into pieces, 5) not possibly split asunder or destroyed, 6) impossible to burn and 7) finally imperishable, it is therefore described as the vajra of emptiness. (RY)

Seven vajra qualities are: 1) In the context of the ground, emptiness is uncuttable by the klesha obscuration and 2) indestructible by the conceptual obscuration. 3) In the context of the path, its essence is true, 4) its nature is solid and 5) its function is stable. 6) In the context of the fruition, it is unattached to the klesha obscuration and 7) undefeatable or unobstructed by the conceptual obscuration. (RY)

Seven Vajra Qualities. Incorruptibility sra ba is one of seven so-called vajra attributes rdo rje'i chos bdun of the abiding nature of reality. The other attributes are invulnerability mi chod pa, indestructibility mi shigs pa, authenticity bden pa, stability brtan pa, unobstructibility thogs pa med pa, and invincibility ma pham pa. See Buddhahood Without Meditation, Richard Barron trans., Padma Publishing, 1994, pp. 33-34. (RY)

the 7 vajra attributes/ qualities. (IW)

Seven Vajra Qualities; the seven vajra attributes / qualities, mi chod pa, uncuttable, mi shigs pa, indestructible, bden pa, true, sra ba, solid, brtan pa, stable, thams cad du thogs pa med pa, completely unobstructible, thams cad du ma pham pa, completely undefeatable. (RY)