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(Instantaneous or miraculous birth). When a being is suddenly born with all the sense-organs and limbs of a complete body, without depending on anything such as an egg or a womb, he said to be born by transformation or born ethereally. All hell beings ([[dmyal ba rnams]]) or ([[dmyal ba pa]]); [[devas]], and beings in the [[bardo]]; some dragons ([['brug]]), garudas ([[khyung]]), and hungry ghosts ([[yi dvags]]); and human beings ([[rkang gnyis pa]]), ([[skye rgyal]]) or ([[skye bo]]), etc. - at the very beginning of a [[kalpa]] are born in this manner. [RY] | |||
[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]][[Category: Sutra]] [[Category: Vajrayana]] [[Category: Teachings]] [[Category: Tantra]] [[Category: Tantric Deities]] [[Category: Rime']] [[Category: Dzogchen]] | |||
Revision as of 13:01, 5 March 2006
(Instantaneous or miraculous birth). When a being is suddenly born with all the sense-organs and limbs of a complete body, without depending on anything such as an egg or a womb, he said to be born by transformation or born ethereally. All hell beings (dmyal ba rnams) or (dmyal ba pa); devas, and beings in the bardo; some dragons ('brug), garudas (khyung), and hungry ghosts (yi dvags); and human beings (rkang gnyis pa), (skye rgyal) or (skye bo), etc. - at the very beginning of a kalpa are born in this manner. [RY]