Difference between revisions of "Absolute Bodhicitta"

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-(don dam byang chub gyi sems)- corresponds to the realization of emptiness. The relative bodhicitta -(kun rdzob byang chub kyi sems)- is the wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of others and the putting of this wish into action. [MR-ShabkarNotes]

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-[[kun gzhi]] - [[Alaya]] - [[All-ground]]. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with [[Buddha Nature]] or [[Dharmakaya]], the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the '[[ignorant all-ground]],' it refers to a neutral state of ''dualistic mind'' that has not been embraced by [[innate wakefulness]] and thus is the basis for samsaric experience [RY]
+-([[don dam byang chub gyi sems]])- corresponds to the realization of emptiness. The [[relative bodhicitta]] -([[kun rdzob byang chub kyi sems]])- is the wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of others and the putting of this wish into action. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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-[[gnyis rtog blo]] - dualistic mind and thoughts [JV]
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-[[bya phyed blo yi snang ba]] - displays of dualistic mind [RY]
-[[blo gnyis snang]] - dualistic mind [RY]
-[[shes nyams]] - mind-experiences; meditation-moods of dualistic mind; ephemeral experiences of states of consciousness; refer to {nyams gsum / bde gsal mi rtog}, as opposed to {snang nyams} [RY]
-[[sems las 'das pa]] - [which] transcends dualistic mind [IW]
-[[sems las 'das pa]] - [which] transcends dualistic mind; transcending the mind [RY]
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