ngo bo

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1) essence, essential meaning * nature, character, attribute, entity, intrinsic/ central/ essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature, vitalement, synthesis; 2) principle, existence, fact[icity][of being], faculty; 3) entity, concerns, identity dngos po; 4) definition, main principle; 5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, the buddha-body of reality, way things are, natural state, realize[d], realization, receive[d] transmission, see, identify, recognize, be introduced, understand, surface of [IW]

1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic/ central/ essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature, vitalement, synthesis; 2) principle, existence, facticity, fact, faculty; 3) entity, fact of being, concerns, identity sm dngos po; 4) 1 of trio of the essence, natural expression and spirituality according to the great perfection, the essence [gd-mk]; 5) definition, main principle (6) similar to rang bzhin but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part whereas rang bzhin refers to the luminousity or clarity part (7) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, entity, identity of things, the buddha-body of reality book 1 [gd-mk] essential meaning [in textual introduction] [me gyi ngo bo - heat; me gyi rang bzhin - burning quality, the rang bzhin of dharmakaya is sambhogakaya] [IW]

essence (of being)*; identity (iso. something's individual essence) [RB]

essence [RY]

mi bskyod kyi ngo bo - embodiment of Akshobhya [RY]

svabhava 1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic / central / essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature. 2) principle, existence, fact. 3) entity, fact of being, identity. 4) definition, main principle. 5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, 5) essential meaning [in textual introduction]. See also bdag nyid [RY]

1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic/ central/ essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature, vitalement, synthesis; 2) principle, existence, facticity, fact, faculty; 3) entity, fact of being, concerns, identity dngos po; 4) definition, main principle [one of trio of the essence, natural expression and spirituality according to the great perfection, the essence [gd] similar to rang bzhin but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part whereas rang bzhin refers to the luminosity or clarity part]; 5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, identity of things, the buddha-body of reality, essential meaning [R] way things are, natural state, realize[d], realization, receive[d] transmission, see, identify, recognize, be introduced, understand, surface of [IW]

Skt rupa, entity [ggd] [RY]

. . . gi ngo bo - the essence of . . . ; isc. . . . in (its) essence; isc. is of the essence of [RB]

essence, pure fact, being, facticity, facticity of being, fact of ultimate nature of things, lack of any specifically characterizable being, fact of being, state of being what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, entity, substance, intrinsic nature, identity, identity of things, essence or emptiness aspect of primordial base, fundamental condition, true nature, 1 of chos gsum, in fact, real substance, entity, identity, natural state [JV]

essence, identity, true face, essential identity, true identity, true nature [Erick Tsiknopoulos]

(med) "Nature"
The 3 "natures" of medicinal substances : dro ba (warming), bsil ba (cooling), snyom pa (neutral, equalizing). Further criteria are the 6 "tastes" (ro), the 8 "qualities" (nus pa) and 17 secondary qualities (yon tan).
It recalls the old term 'temperature' of the medieaval herbals ('temperare' : mix, modify, adjust to proper proportions)
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 09:12, 17 March 2024 (EDT)