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good kalpa, golden age [IW]


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Paltrul Rinpoche: [[bskal pa]] [['di]] [[ma chags pa]]'i [[sngon rol du]] [[stong gsum thams cad]] [[chu'i rgya mtsho chen po gcig tu gyur]] [[te]] [[yod pa]] [[la]] [[me tog pad ma 'dab ma stong ldan]] [[stong]] [[skyes nas]] [['dug pa]] [[gtsang ris kyi lha]] [[rnams]] [[kyis]] [[rgyu mtshan ci yin zhes]] [[mngon shes]] [[kyis]] [[brtags pa]]s [[da res]] [[kyi]] [[bskal pa]] [['di la]] [[sangs rgyas]] [[stong]] [['byon pa]]r [[de'i don gyis]] [[yin par]] [[shes te]] [[da res]] [[kyi]] [[bskal pa]] [['di ni]] [[bskal pa bzang po]] [[yin no]] [[zhes]] [[bskal pa]]'i [[ming]] [[bzang po]] [[btags pa]] [[bzhin]] - Before our kalpa arose, this cosmos of a billion universes was an immense ocean on whose surface appeared a thousand-petaled lotuses. The gods of the Brahma-world, wondering how this could be, through clairvoyance understood it to signify that during this kalpa one thousand Buddhas would appear. "This will be a good kalpa", they said, and "Good" became its name [RY]


[These several pages under the general heading of 'Bodhichitta' and it's various 'levels' and aspects will for the most part have a repeat of this same defining/explanatory entry.  The reasoning is in hopes that perhaps the reader may see how these tie together through the explanation.] [RWB]
good kalpa [Auspicious/fortunate/ kalpa, bhadrakalpa, [our present world period blessed by the appearance of a buddha, a golden age [that has 1000 buddhas], the kalpa of light [[sgron me'i bskal pa]], happy times] [IW]


Regarding Bodhichitta, in the section of [[The Light of Wisdom]] titled ''The Essence of Generating Bodhichitta'' it offers this in regards to ''The Different Types'' [of bodhichitta]:
bhadrakalpa; 1) Auspicious Aeon. 2) Bhadrakalpa. 3) fortunate aeon. 4) the good aeon. 5) our present world period. 6) a Golden Age. Syn [[sgron me'i bskal pa]]. 7) happy times. 8) blessed period. [i.e. the period blessed by the appearance of a Buddha] [RY]


"There are four different types of stages, from the devoted engagement of ordinary people - through buddhahood. [These 4 stages and] twenty-two types are taught using analogies in terms of their characteristics. Thus:
Good Aeon, Skt. bhadrakalpa). This present [[aeon]] in which one thousand buddhas will appear, lasting no less than 160 million years [RY]


*'''1''') The ''[[bodhichitta of devoted engagement]]'' for ordinary people on the paths of accumulation (one the [[accumulation of merit]], the other is nonconceptually transformative as the [[accumulation of wisdom]], [[tshogs gnyis]] ) and joining.
good kalpa [IW]
*'''2''') The ''[[bodhichitta of pure superior intention]]'' on the seven impure bhumis (1 through 7 of the [[ten bhumis]] which are reflective of the last three pure bhumis, 8 through 10). Then,
*'''3''') The ''[[bodhichitta of maturation]]'' on the three pure [[bhumis]]. and
*'''4''') The ''[[bodhichitta of abandoning all obscuration]]'' comes about as a profound aspiration in relinquishing any [[obscuration]]s ([[sgrib pa spang ba'i sems bskyed]]) to [[sangs rgyas kyi sa]]).


The twenty-two analogies ([[twenty-two types of bodhichitta]]) given in the ''Ornament of Realization'' (''Abhisamayalamkara'') are:<br>
*These are like the earth, gold, the moon, and fire.
*Like a treasure, a jewel mine, and the ocean,
*Like a diamond, a mountain, medicine, and a teacher,
*Like a wish-fulfilling jewel, the sun, and a song,
*Like a king, a treasury, and a highway,
*Like a carriage and a fountain,
*Like a lute, a river, and a cloud--<br>
Thus here we have twenty-two kinds.


These twenty-two are examples for pursuing the aim and so forth through [[dharmakaya]].  As these are combined with the five paths: pursuance, intention, and superior intention ''are'' the path of accumulation; hence application is the path of joining; the paramita of [[generosity]] ''is'' the path of seeing; and [[discipline]], [[patience]], [[diligence]], [[concentration]], [[discriminating knowledge]], [[means]], [[strength]], [[aspiration]], and [[wisdom]] are the nine stages of the [[path of cultivation]]; [[superknowledges]], [the accumulations of] merit and wisdom (see above), the thirty-seven factors conducive to enlightenment ([[byang chub kyi chos sum bcu rtsa bdun]]), shamatha and vipashyana. recall and courageous eloquence--five altogether--comprise the special path of three pure [[bhumis]] together; and the banquet of [[Dharma]], the singular journeyed path (see [[singularity]]), and the possession of [[dharmakaya]] comprise the three aspects of preparation, main part, and conclusion of the stage of buddhahood.  You should know this: all of these can be combined with three more aspects: analogy, helper, and quality; for instance, the helper is the subject, the bodhichitta concurrent with pursuing the aim of enlightenment.  The analogy is that this is like the earth, because it serves as basis for all virtuous qualities. [JOKYAB]


These are the two types defined according to their characteristics; aspiration, and application: the ''[[bodhichitta of aspiration]]'' is the [[four immeasurables]], and the ''[[bodhichitta of application]]'' is the six paramitas.  According to the system of [[Nagarjuna]], the bodhichitta of aspiration is to pledge the effect and the bodhichitta of application is to pledge the cause.  According to the system of [[Asanga]], the intention is the bodhichitta of aspiration, and engagement is the [[bodhichitta of application]].  The [[bodhichitta of aspiration]] is the wish to attain [[buddhahood]], like intending to travel.  The [[bodhichitta of application]] is to train in bodhichitta in and as all actions and experience, the means for attaining/revealing buddhahood, like traveling.
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good kalpa, golden age [IW]

Paltrul Rinpoche: bskal pa 'di ma chags pa'i sngon rol du stong gsum thams cad chu'i rgya mtsho chen po gcig tu gyur te yod pa la me tog pad ma 'dab ma stong ldan stong skyes nas 'dug pa gtsang ris kyi lha rnams kyis rgyu mtshan ci yin zhes mngon shes kyis brtags pas da res kyi bskal pa 'di la sangs rgyas stong 'byon par de'i don gyis yin par shes te da res kyi bskal pa 'di ni bskal pa bzang po yin no zhes bskal pa'i ming bzang po btags pa bzhin - Before our kalpa arose, this cosmos of a billion universes was an immense ocean on whose surface appeared a thousand-petaled lotuses. The gods of the Brahma-world, wondering how this could be, through clairvoyance understood it to signify that during this kalpa one thousand Buddhas would appear. "This will be a good kalpa", they said, and "Good" became its name [RY]

good kalpa [Auspicious/fortunate/ kalpa, bhadrakalpa, [our present world period blessed by the appearance of a buddha, a golden age [that has 1000 buddhas], the kalpa of light sgron me'i bskal pa, happy times] [IW]

bhadrakalpa; 1) Auspicious Aeon. 2) Bhadrakalpa. 3) fortunate aeon. 4) the good aeon. 5) our present world period. 6) a Golden Age. Syn sgron me'i bskal pa. 7) happy times. 8) blessed period. [i.e. the period blessed by the appearance of a Buddha] [RY]

Good Aeon, Skt. bhadrakalpa). This present aeon in which one thousand buddhas will appear, lasting no less than 160 million years [RY]

good kalpa [IW]

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