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[[kun tu snang ba]] - contemplation which is everywhere manifest, gsal ba, snying rje, longs sku, chos nyid bar do, sun, a buddha, all-illumined, all-enlightened, all-illuminating [JV]
[[Four Lamps]] ([[sgron ma bzhi]]) - The far-sighted lamp of the watery eyes {[[rgyangs zhag chu'i sgron ma]]} the lamp of emptiness which is the seminal point {[[thig le stong pa'i sgron ma]]} the lamp of the expanse of awareness {[[rig pa dbyings kyi sgron ma]]} and the lamp of ''discriminative awareness'' which is naturally present {[[shes rab rang byung gi sgron ma]]} [RY]
 
[[kun tu snang ba'i ting nge 'dzin]] - the samadhi or state of contemplation which illuminates everything [JV]
 
[[klog pa thos bsam gyi 'khor lo]] - the "study wheel" of learning and contemplation. See {[[spang klog 'khor lo gsum]]} [RY]
 
rkyen 'jug pa'i mtshan nyid ting nge 'dzin - the conditions characterized as the entrance are contemplation-. the samadhi characterized as engaging in the conditions [IW]
 
[[rkyen rtogs]] - contemplation of [[rang sangs rgyas]], class of devotees who meditate on [[rkyen]] [JV]
 
[[bskyed rdzogs]] - 1) [[development and completion]] stages. utpatti and sampannakrama. 2) two stages of a process of contemplation. 4) utpatti and sampannakrama; the [[Generation Process]] and the [[Perfection Process]] [RY]
 
[[khregs chod]] - trecho, trekcho, cutting through, clear-cut, single pointed contemplation, total relaxation, the dissolving of tensions, the fundamental practice of integrating the state of contemplation into daily activity. In it, all the tensions of body, voice and mind linked to tendencies of which one is unaware dissolve without effort, liberating themselves., Thekchod, releasing tensions, cutting through rigidity, a special teaching of the [[rdzogs chen]] [[man ngag sde]], cutting through solidity, cutting through all [[attachment]], barrier-free, seeing through, cutting through solidity, eng. spell: tregchöd [JV]
 
[[mkha' khyab ting nge]] - all-absorbing contemplation [JV]
 
[['khor lo gsum]] - [[Three Spheres]]. renunciation, study and work. the three wheels, the three cycles of the Buddha teaching. 1) {[[klog pa thos bsam gyi 'khor lo]]} [[the study wheel of study, learning]]. 2) {[[spong ba bsam gtan gyi 'khor lo]]} [[the renunciation wheel of contemplation, meditation]]. 3) {bya ba las kyi 'khor lo} = the action wheel of dharmic activity, practical conduct. [[Three Spheres of a teacher's activity]]. Those of exegesis {bshad pa}, attainment {sgrub pa} and work {las}, or alternatively of renunciation, study, and work [RY]
 
[[gol sa]] - mistake, pitfall, misunderstandings, going astray, perversions, deviation (from the state of contemplation due to distractions), errors, strayings, sidetracks, deviations [JV]
 
[[glod la mnyam bzhag]] - relax in contemplation [JV]
 
[[dga' ba sdud pa'i yid byed]] - attention of taking delight; mental contemplation of joy or withdrawal [RY]
 
 


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Revision as of 21:23, 28 January 2006

Four Lamps (sgron ma bzhi) - The far-sighted lamp of the watery eyes {rgyangs zhag chu'i sgron ma} the lamp of emptiness which is the seminal point {thig le stong pa'i sgron ma} the lamp of the expanse of awareness {rig pa dbyings kyi sgron ma} and the lamp of discriminative awareness which is naturally present {shes rab rang byung gi sgron ma} [RY]