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1 vase [vessel w kha gyer ba ??? and widened belly]; 2) chu 'khor dang lag mchig gi 'bru blug khung, ??? bottle, flask, vase, jug, pot, bulge (of a stupa [IW]
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lit. "flask-like" or "flask-shaped"; refers to a particular breathing technique known as flask-breathing during which ones belly is filled with air so as to take on the shape of the round part of a flask or vase; applied in advanced vajrayana practices dealing with the subtle channels ([[rtsa]]) and winds ([[rlung]]) of ones body, most commonly associated with the practice of inner heat or [[gtum mo]]; a proper flask-breathing sequence is always to be practiced with the four accompanying exercises of inhaling, filling, releasing and shooting (like an arrow); before attempting the practice of bum can, it would ususally be preceded by two gentler versions of it, the [['jam rlung]] and [[bar rlung]] or gentle breathing and intermediate breathing [TSD]


bottle, flask, vase, jug, pot, bulge [of a stupa]; See also [['chi med tse bum]] [RY]
kumbhaka, tree, vase-like manner , hold in kumbhaka [JV]


vase [RB]
pot-belly; a pot-belly; vase-shaped [breathing]. [[srog rtsol bum can nyams len]] practice holding the life force in a vaselike manner, vaselike manner [RY]


dome [RY]
vase-breathing [Belly is like a vase, pranas are held down and up] [IW]


holy water vessel, sacred bowl, vase (as treasury of all desires), bottle, ritual vessel, pot-belly stomach, water-bottle, flask, bottle-shaped ornaments in architecture, pot, urn, earthen jar, vessel for water, (1 of khyim bcu gnyis), ceremonial vase, ceremonial vase [JV]
vase-breathing [IW]
 
== Discussion==
 
A vase is commonly used as an example of a material thing in many different logics. It is used because it is a neutral object. The characteristics given in traditional literature are bulging-bellied, narrow-footed, water-carrying, able to perform a function. The only English word could apply to such a thing is "vase." Yet some people insist on translating bumpa as "pot," despite the fact that bulging-bellied and narrow-footed are not characteristics of pots: many pots have quite straight sides. Bud vases which have straight sides are not characteristic vases but calling them such is a 'dra ba rgyu mtshan du byed pa'i btags ming. The wit might argue that vases should be called pots because they are pot-bellied, but that argument can't carry water. It also has the unfortunate implication that many middle-aged men would therefore be vases. [[User:DKC|DKC]]


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lit. "flask-like" or "flask-shaped"; refers to a particular breathing technique known as flask-breathing during which ones belly is filled with air so as to take on the shape of the round part of a flask or vase; applied in advanced vajrayana practices dealing with the subtle channels (rtsa) and winds (rlung) of ones body, most commonly associated with the practice of inner heat or gtum mo; a proper flask-breathing sequence is always to be practiced with the four accompanying exercises of inhaling, filling, releasing and shooting (like an arrow); before attempting the practice of bum can, it would ususally be preceded by two gentler versions of it, the 'jam rlung and bar rlung or gentle breathing and intermediate breathing [TSD]

kumbhaka, tree, vase-like manner , hold in kumbhaka [JV]

pot-belly; a pot-belly; vase-shaped [breathing]. srog rtsol bum can nyams len practice holding the life force in a vaselike manner, vaselike manner [RY]

vase-breathing [Belly is like a vase, pranas are held down and up] [IW]

vase-breathing [IW]

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