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Skillful Wisdom, the rakshasa Lodro Thabden - (srin po blo gros thabs ldan)

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-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. DKC
+Skillful Wisdom, the rakshasa Lodro Thabden - ([[srin po blo gros thabs ldan]])
-*perhaps we could use "pitcher" instead?  like a water pitcher, except I think pitchers usually have handles... and my bumpa doesn't have a handle.  So, in that case... maybe kettle?  [[User:Tshering|[KT]]]
+*song of realization in [[Wellsprings]]
+*One of the [[Twenty-One Indian Panditas]] ([[rgya gar gyi mkhas pa nyi shu rtsa gcig]]) [[EPK]]
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+[[Category:Indian Masters]]
+[[Category:Early Dzogchen Lineage]]