བཀའ་དྲིན་ཤིན་ཏུ་ཆེ།

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Revision as of 10:47, 4 August 2008 by Richard (talk | contribs) (New page: bka' rtags kyi phyag rgya bzhi {{:bka' rtags kyi phyag rgya bzhi}} Category:ཀ)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

bka' rtags kyi phyag rgya bzhi བཀའ་དྲིན་ཤིན་ཏུ་ཆེ།


Syn chos kyi sdom bzhi. the Four Seals that Signify the Teachings, Buddha's Words, or Four Seals Indicative of the Transmitted Precepts:

  1. All composite things are impermanent, or All that is compounded is impermanent ('dus byas thams cad mi rtag pa);
  2. All defiling things are suffering, or All that is corrupt is suffering (zag bcas thams cad sdug bsngal ba);
  3. All phenomena are empty and devoid of a self-entity, or All things are without self (chos thams cad stong zhing bdag med pa);
  4. Nirvana is peace/quiescence (mya ngan las 'das pa zhi ba). (RY)

four seals of the Buddha's teachings. (IW)