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- Tibetan language courses & publications by Erick Tsiknopoulos and the Trikāya Translation Committee. Erick Tsiknopoulos (b. 1981) is a translator of Buddhist6 KB (906 words) - 23:23, 15 September 2021
- functions as...; 2) to become, change, transform. Past tense of 'gyur pa. [Erick Tsiknopoulos] gyur pa is past tense, 'gyur ba is future tense. gyur cig is758 bytes (166 words) - 09:39, 7 May 2021
- happiness; 3) supreme bliss, supreme happiness. See the short form, bde chen. Erick Tsiknopoulos409 bytes (110 words) - 11:20, 13 January 2022
- means of practice, method of accomplishment, means of accomplishment". Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (210 words) - 16:01, 29 May 2021
- Mahāvyutpatti: तथागतः ॥ tathāgataḥ ॥ de bzhin gshegs pa ॥ དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (238 words) - 02:28, 6 May 2021
- moral discipline; 2) ethics, morality; 3) ethical conduct, moral conduct. Erick Tsiknopoulos Discipline is abandoning the non-virtues of body, speech, and2 KB (409 words) - 14:32, 30 May 2021
- or 'higher/highest'). Mahāvyutpatti: महान् ॥ mahān ॥ chen po ॥ ཆེན་པོ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]988 bytes (183 words) - 20:15, 5 May 2021
- upcoming features. གང་དག whoever [RY] some [JV] those which, those who [Erick Tsiknopoulos]222 bytes (81 words) - 15:25, 6 May 2021
- homeless life; 4) renunciation; 5) the sixty-year Tibetan astrological cycle. Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (266 words) - 05:02, 18 May 2021
- ('Awakened/Enlightened One'). Mahāvyutpatti: बुद्धः ॥ buddhaḥ ॥ sangs rgyas ॥ སངས་རྒྱས་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]3 KB (397 words) - 13:12, 20 May 2021
- Personal Deity, Chosen Deity; 2) Iṣṭadeva. Short form of yi dam gyi lha. Erick Tsiknopoulos Sanskrit: समादान (samādān), or སམཱདཱནི (samādāni) [CF] Lokesh2 KB (304 words) - 16:35, 30 May 2021
- particles [JV] Atoms DKC extremely subtle particles, subatomic particles [Erick Tsiknopoulos] In the system of the Treasury of Manifest Knowledge, the smallest1 KB (232 words) - 04:21, 19 May 2021
- same way, in just the same way; 4) whichever, whatever, however (much) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (238 words) - 14:59, 7 May 2021
- deeds, endeavors, compositions, creations, efforts, productions, actions [Erick Tsiknopoulos]948 bytes (189 words) - 17:01, 5 May 2021
- lend it to various interpretations. See skye 'gro and 'gro ba rigs drug. Erick Tsiknopoulos Wanderer DKC This term is frequently translated as "transmigrator"3 KB (463 words) - 19:40, 11 October 2021
- ("Joyful"), the Tuṣita Heaven or heavenly realm of Tuṣita. Maitreya's abode. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (265 words) - 03:17, 6 May 2021
- insight into, to discover. Past, present and future tense form of mthong ba. Erick Tsiknopoulos921 bytes (184 words) - 10:13, 8 February 2022
- Mahāvyutpatti: निर्माणकायः ॥ nirmāṇakāyaḥ ॥ sprul pa'i sku ॥ སྤྲུལ་པའི་སྐུ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]815 bytes (146 words) - 04:03, 30 May 2021
- 'guiding meaning'. Short form of drang ba'i don. A synonym is bkri ba'i don. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (181 words) - 11:00, 6 May 2021
- 'od dpag tu med pa and snang ba mtha' yas, his other names in Tibetan. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]756 bytes (164 words) - 00:28, 5 May 2021
- think [RY] 1) perception, conception; 2) principle; 3) concept, notion. Erick Tsiknopoulos conception. It is characterised as "perception of attributes"3 KB (510 words) - 22:18, 2 November 2021
- pa; 3) to clean, cleanse, purify; 4) cleaning, cleansing, purification. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (330 words) - 12:36, 30 May 2021
- 4) to change, shift. See also rje ba, rje po rgyab and rje po rgyab pa. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]767 bytes (165 words) - 18:49, 19 May 2021
- Vajrayoginī; 6) a synonym for gandharva-s, the bird-like 'celestial musicians'. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (299 words) - 09:45, 9 May 2021
- Mañjughoṣa, as opposed to Mañjuśrī ('Gentle Voiced One', 'Gentle Melodious One') [Erick Tsiknopoulos]755 bytes (132 words) - 21:54, 4 May 2021
- 6) because, since, hence, consequently; 7) for the sake of, in order to [Erick Tsiknopoulos]990 bytes (206 words) - 02:12, 18 May 2021
- translators should catch up with the rest of the Buddhist world on this one! [Erick Tsiknopoulos] Three Jewels. The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. They are called2 KB (419 words) - 05:39, 6 May 2021
- which is, those which are; 2) that which comprises, that which constitutes. Erick Tsiknopoulos315 bytes (97 words) - 15:52, 6 May 2021
- pa ॥ སྟོན་པ་ (lha dang mi rnams kyi ston pa, ལྷ་དང་མི་རྣམས་ཀྱི་སྟོན་པ་) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (303 words) - 06:44, 30 May 2021
- Mahāvyutpatti: निर्माणकायः ॥ nirmāṇakāyaḥ ॥ sprul pa'i sku ॥ སྤྲུལ་པའི་སྐུ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (272 words) - 04:04, 30 May 2021
- set aside/ disregard [RB] (in relation to meditation) meditative repose [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (227 words) - 22:40, 4 May 2021
- perception; 5) realization, insight, discovery. Infinitive form of mthong. Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (220 words) - 10:12, 8 February 2022
- chapter of a book, practitioner, benefactor [JV] Chapter (of a text). [Erick Tsiknopoulos]426 bytes (113 words) - 13:36, 8 May 2021
- 'das). Mahāvyutpatti: भगवान् ॥ bhagavān ॥ bcom ldan 'das ॥ བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (327 words) - 04:57, 5 May 2021
- Supreme Generosity. Mahāvyutpatti: वरद ॥ varada ॥ mchog sbyin ॥ མཆོག་སྦྱིན་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]616 bytes (133 words) - 00:57, 9 May 2021
- for this; 6) in this case, in the present case, here instead etc.; 7) now [Erick Tsiknopoulos]595 bytes (154 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2021
- teacher regarding the inner workings and methodology of a certain practice) Erick Tsiknopoulos2 KB (260 words) - 22:21, 7 May 2021
- English). Mahāvyutpatti: अनुत्तरः ॥ anuttaraḥ ॥ bla na med pa ॥ བླ་ན་མེད་པ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]839 bytes (152 words) - 08:20, 5 May 2021
- carefully interpreted from the context. Not to be confused with rkyang. Erick Tsiknopoulos2 KB (367 words) - 09:09, 21 October 2021
- different philosophical schools] [RY] The conventional or relative truth. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]482 bytes (116 words) - 05:11, 8 May 2021
- tell, show, explain, disclose, elaborate, give instruction (figuratively) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (255 words) - 15:49, 4 May 2021
- out/ascended; to draw [ khrag phyung ba to draw blood] [RY] draw out, draw forth [Erick Tsiknopoulos]450 bytes (118 words) - 03:42, 18 May 2021
- "monks", and in some cases its meaning can be expanded in translation. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (257 words) - 04:04, 6 May 2021
- More common spelling of mdog nyes. See also mdog nyes po and mdog ngan po. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]161 bytes (23 words) - 09:41, 9 March 2021
- and Complete Enjoyment Body (short form of longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (225 words) - 18:29, 8 May 2021
- Buddha). Mahāvyutpatti: त्रायी (तायी) ॥ trāyī (tāyī) ॥ skyob pa ॥ སྐྱོབ་པ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (212 words) - 22:05, 29 May 2021
- [together], both [IW] Both, the two together. Sometimes spelled gnyis ga. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]615 bytes (149 words) - 22:49, 6 May 2021
- shes pa med pa); 5) not understanding, not comprehending (ha ma go ba). [Erick Tsiknopoulos]676 bytes (147 words) - 18:02, 3 May 2021
- correspondingly, in like fashion, thus, accordingly, respectively, etc. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (228 words) - 02:27, 6 May 2021
- gatekeeper [RB] door guard/ porter, headman of village [IW] gate guardian [Erick Tsiknopoulos]331 bytes (97 words) - 14:55, 29 May 2021
- Īśvara; 2) mighty master, mighty lord, powerful master, powerful lord. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (281 words) - 01:08, 6 May 2021
- raise, lift; 3) to raise upward, lift upward, raise aloft, lift aloft. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]551 bytes (143 words) - 16:55, 4 May 2021
- (to) (in the sense of practicing or engaging in some activity); 3) to wear [Erick Tsiknopoulos]587 bytes (147 words) - 16:14, 4 May 2021
- wield, carry; 2) to obstruct, hinder; 3) to take time, the elapsing of time [Erick Tsiknopoulos]778 bytes (175 words) - 09:56, 30 May 2021
- sublime being; 2) holy personage, holy person, holy people, holy being [Erick Tsiknopoulos]478 bytes (120 words) - 21:40, 29 May 2021
- conceptually apprehending the idea being communicated ("grocking"); 2) to hear. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (253 words) - 23:05, 6 May 2021
- Total Joy, the first (1st) Bodhisattva Level (bhūmi). Full form of rab dga' [Erick Tsiknopoulos]682 bytes (157 words) - 05:26, 18 May 2021
- distortion, visual aberration. Often used for water-mirages (chu'i smig rgyu). Erick Tsiknopoulos509 bytes (122 words) - 11:38, 9 July 2021
- together with, along with, accompanied by (or sometimes simply 'with') [Erick Tsiknopoulos]376 bytes (103 words) - 00:31, 6 May 2021
- down, spread out, spread down (a carpet, seat, mat etc.). See 'ding ba. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]585 bytes (131 words) - 17:35, 6 May 2021
- servant, waiter; 5) all around (here/there). Short form of nye ba'i 'khor. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (209 words) - 11:58, 17 May 2021
- source from which Avalokiteshvara emanates [RY] Amitayus [RY] Amitāyus [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (177 words) - 12:51, 30 May 2021
- flight-goddess (sky goers) (TS) [IW] Ḍākinī, ḍākinī (see mkha' 'gro ma) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (263 words) - 09:25, 9 May 2021
- to appear, to manifest, to be evident, to be visible, to be observable [Erick Tsiknopoulos]962 bytes (182 words) - 11:10, 9 May 2021
- desire, hunger, thirst; 9) to gasp. See also rngams, rngams pa and rngam pa [Erick Tsiknopoulos]935 bytes (173 words) - 02:22, 20 May 2021
- tyrannous, tyrannical; 3) the Haughty Ones, Arrogant Ones; 4) haughty, arrogant [Erick Tsiknopoulos]795 bytes (164 words) - 11:10, 6 May 2021
- absolute truth, ultimate level of truth [RY] The ultimate or absolute truth. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]475 bytes (120 words) - 08:21, 6 May 2021
- distractions; 3) distractions and diversions, diversions and distractions. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]931 bytes (167 words) - 19:17, 4 May 2021
- total refinement, utmost refinement. This term can be used in many senses. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]657 bytes (136 words) - 17:48, 29 May 2021
- substances, materials; 4) property, belongings; 5) requisites, necessities [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (173 words) - 17:36, 30 May 2021
- warm, warm-hearted, well-meaning, gracious, propitious; 5) beautiful, fine. Erick Tsiknopoulos2 KB (312 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2022
- on Mount Sumeru, guarding the realm of the gods [RY] Sanskrit यक्ष yakṣa [Erick Tsiknopoulos]942 bytes (194 words) - 22:02, 6 May 2021
- promulgate, proliferate, thrive; 2) prevail; 3) extension, expansion, diffusion [Erick Tsiknopoulos]913 bytes (192 words) - 00:40, 6 May 2021
- the meaning is closer to "such as" but is misunderstood as "and so forth". Erick Tsiknopoulos815 bytes (196 words) - 12:25, 24 October 2021
- nyid. 'Suchness' (alone) is de kho na, which is cognate with de bzhin. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (299 words) - 02:37, 6 May 2021
- ॥ thams cad mkhyen pa ( 'am ) kun mkhyen ॥ ཐམས་ཅད་མཁྱེན་པ་འམ་ཀུན་མཁྱེན [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (214 words) - 04:50, 8 May 2021
- endpoint/ultimate horizon of true reality. See also yang dag pa and yang dag pa nyid. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]799 bytes (169 words) - 15:42, 30 May 2021
- Unwholesome DKC moral/ethical atrocity, moral/ethical inequity, outrageous evil [Erick Tsiknopoulos] There are two types of unwholesome actions are negative actions:2 KB (303 words) - 18:07, 7 May 2021
- differentation; 4) to open (up), uncover or reveal. Perfect form of 'byed pa. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]618 bytes (137 words) - 00:23, 18 May 2021
- finding (what one wants or wishes to find); 4) undiscovered, not found. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]454 bytes (124 words) - 22:51, 8 May 2021
- acting; 3) display; 4) manifestation; 5) emanation; 6) where, whither [Erick Tsiknopoulos]662 bytes (148 words) - 16:10, 6 May 2021
- fragrant[ce], sweet-scented/ smell, pleasing scent [IW] fragrant scent [Erick Tsiknopoulos]473 bytes (112 words) - 11:31, 6 May 2021
- ba. Further, a dge slong is one who "seeks virtue" by being "upright". [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (232 words) - 22:47, 29 May 2021
- direful, bodeful; 2) frightening, fearsome, fearful, terrifying, terrible [Erick Tsiknopoulos]924 bytes (162 words) - 22:37, 4 May 2021
- dazzling; 3) shining, glowing, gleaming; 4) to ignite, alight, catch fire [Erick Tsiknopoulos]992 bytes (201 words) - 14:25, 4 May 2021
- types of obscuration, sgrib pa gnyis. Short form of shes bya'i sgrib pa. Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (225 words) - 00:02, 24 June 2021
- term is rarely used). Mahāvyutpatti: जिनः ॥ jinaḥ ॥ rgyal ba ॥ རྒྱལ་བ་ [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (339 words) - 10:30, 19 May 2021
- purify, clean, cleanse. Sometimes may have the sense of "innate" purity. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]2 KB (278 words) - 23:58, 5 May 2021
- rje, gsang ba'i rgyal, gsang ba'i bdag po, gsang ba 'dzin] [IW] Vajrapāṇi [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (225 words) - 23:48, 17 May 2021
- often in the sense of 'branch', as in 'branch office' (yan lag las khungs). Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (239 words) - 15:29, 30 May 2021
- tradition [JV] 1) elemental spirits, elemental ghost; 2) elemental forces [Erick Tsiknopoulos]1 KB (256 words) - 16:05, 4 May 2021
- overpowering, quelling, oppression; 3) to press, press down, push or push down. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]745 bytes (158 words) - 22:08, 6 May 2021
- sentinel, gatekeeper, gate guardian, gate watchman (usually in a mandala) [Erick Tsiknopoulos]664 bytes (156 words) - 14:43, 29 May 2021
- vigorously, strongly, etc.; 3) absolutely, thoroughly, utterly, totally, etc. Erick Tsiknopoulos1 KB (176 words) - 00:48, 22 June 2021
- Candrakirti [JV] Candrakīrti. The short form of his name is zla grags. Erick Tsiknopoulos561 bytes (135 words) - 13:45, 4 February 2022
- overwhelmingly, overpoweringly, helplessly, disarmingly, defenselessly [Erick Tsiknopoulos]738 bytes (145 words) - 01:07, 6 May 2021
- (visual) artwork; 2) image, picture; 3) pattern(s), design; 4) figure, line [Erick Tsiknopoulos]705 bytes (148 words) - 15:32, 19 May 2021
- dmu [JV] obstructive demons, bewitching demons, evil demons, egoic demons [Erick Tsiknopoulos]695 bytes (149 words) - 20:48, 4 May 2021
- electricity went out". The honorific form is grongs and 'grongs pa. See also shi. Erick Tsiknopoulos584 bytes (138 words) - 17:33, 29 May 2021
- beginning, first stage, from the first, at the outset; 3) to stain, get dirty [Erick Tsiknopoulos]700 bytes (167 words) - 20:35, 4 May 2021