dbyings

avid [RY]

1) middle of, mid- *, nang; 2) nature, source, dharmadhatu, khams; 3) dignified/ graceful/ awesome [rang nyid dbyings che drags pas rjes lus thebs pa]; 4) [tha mag gi dbyings] broken; 5) SK: interest, liking very much lang shor ba [stubborn/ indulgent]; 6) expanse, realm, sphere, [basic] space, the heavens, celestial region; 7) totality/ reality field, continuum, expanse, klong [IW]

space, dimension, dhatu; space, dharmadhatu. Syn bde gshegs snying po; basic space; expanse, space, realm, sphere, basic space, the heavens, celestial region, totality field, dhatu, continuum, reality field, expanse [RY]

expanse [RY]

continuum, realm, pure space, dimension, ultimate sphere, field of reality, reality field, sphere, sphere of values, evidence of being, space, meaning continuum, abbr for chos dbyings, expanse, secret space, ultimate dimension, dimension of emptiness, basic space, in the dimension of [JV]

basic space; isc. element/ nature/ the fact that . . . [RB]

1) continuum, dynamic continuum, all-encompassing continuum; 2) space, basic space, dynamic space, all-encompassing space; 3) realm, dynamic realm, all-encompassing realm, dimension, dynamic dimension, all-encompassing dimension, sphere, dynamic sphere, all-encompassing sphere, expanse, dynamic expanse, all-encompassing expanse; 4) interest, enthusiasm, hobby. This term generally seems to be hotly debated and its implications somewhat misunderstood, esp. in the case of chos kyi dbyings. Suffice to say that 'continuum', 'basic space' and 'realm' and others can all be appropriate, depending on the context. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]