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self-existing wakefulness ([[rang byung gi ye shes]]) - self-originated primordial wisdom, self-existing basic intelligence, natural wisdom [RY]
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[[chos sku rang byung gi ye shes]] - self-existing wakefulness of [[dharmakaya]] [RY]
== .1 ==
They occur in Tibetan writing only where one of the vowels ''i, o, u'' have to be added to a word ending with an other vowel ([[Abbreviations|s.]] [[15. Declension#.1|15.1]], [[33. Participle#.1|33.1]], [[45. X. Interjection#.2|45.2]]). These additional vowels are then are then always written '''i, 'o, 'u,'' never 'i etc. ([[Abbreviations|cf.]] [[3. Vowels#.3|3.3]]); and the combinations ''ai, oi, ui'' (as in ''[[bka'i]]'', ''[[mgo'i]]'', ''[[bu'i]]'') are pronounced very much like ''ae, oe, ue'', so that the syllables ''[[na'i]]'', ''[[she'i]]'', ''[[ri'i]]'', ''[[cho'i]]'', ''[[lu'i]]'' can only in some vulgar dialects be distinguished from those mentioned in [[5. Final Consonants#.4|5.4]].


[[lta ba]] - View. A particular understanding and orientation based on studies of philosophy. In the context of [[Mahamudra]] and [[Trekcho]], the view refers to the state of 'ordinary mind' or ''self-existing wakefulness'' free from any concept, even of philosophical [[insight]] [RY]
== .2 ==
The others ao, eo, io, oo, uo, au, eu, iu (''[[bka'o]]'', ''[[bgyi'o]]'', ''[['gro'o]]'', ''[['du'o]]'', ''[[ga'u]]'', ''[[bye'u]]'', ''[[khyi'u]]'') are pronounced in rapid conjunction, but either vowel is distinctly audible. In prosody they are generally regarded as one syllable, but if the verse should require it they may be counted as two.


[[don dam byang chub kyi sems]] - Ultimate [[bodhichitta]]. Same as [[prajnaparamita]], the [[unity of shamatha and vipashyana]], self-existing wakefulness, etc [RY]
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[[rang byung gi ye shes]] - self-existing wakefulness/ basic intelligence, the self-originated primordial/ natural wisdom [IW]
 
[[rang byung ye shes]] - self-originated primal awareness, self-refreshing pristine awareness, self-arising wisdom, self-existing wakefulness, self-originated wisdom [JV]
 
[[rang byung ye shes kyi sku]] - the form of self-existing wakefulness [RY]
 
 
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.1

They occur in Tibetan writing only where one of the vowels i, o, u have to be added to a word ending with an other vowel (s. 15.1, 33.1, 45.2). These additional vowels are then are then always written 'i, 'o, 'u, never 'i etc. (cf. 3.3); and the combinations ai, oi, ui (as in bka'i, mgo'i, bu'i) are pronounced very much like ae, oe, ue, so that the syllables na'i, she'i, ri'i, cho'i, lu'i can only in some vulgar dialects be distinguished from those mentioned in 5.4.

.2

The others ao, eo, io, oo, uo, au, eu, iu (bka'o, bgyi'o, 'gro'o, 'du'o, ga'u, bye'u, khyi'u) are pronounced in rapid conjunction, but either vowel is distinctly audible. In prosody they are generally regarded as one syllable, but if the verse should require it they may be counted as two.



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