Difference between revisions of "Bodhisattva of Compassion"

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[[sgrol ma lha mo]] - [[Tara]] Goddess. 'Divine Savioress.' A important female bodhisattva of compassion, the one who takes beings across the ocean of samsara. There are twenty-one forms of Tara while the most popular are the white and green Taras [RY]
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([[nyams gsum]]) - the three meditation experiences (of bliss, clarity, and no thought) [RY]
  
[[gsur]] - burnt offerings. Smoke produced by burning flour mixed with pure food and sacred substances. This smoke, offered during a meditation on [[Avalokiteshvara]], the bodhisattva of compassion, can nourish the bardo consciousness as well as hungry ghosts [RY]
 
  
  
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Revision as of 12:08, 6 March 2006

(nyams gsum) - the three meditation experiences (of bliss, clarity, and no thought) [RY]