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[[dang po'i mgon po 'od mi 'gyur]] - the original protector Changeless Light, [[Samantabhadra]] [RY]
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[[dkon mchog gsum]] - [[Three Jewels]]. ''The Precious Buddha, the Precious Dharma and the Precious Sangha.'' In [[The Light of Wisdom]] (Shambhala Publ.), [[Jamgön Kongtrül]] explains: "The [[Buddha]] is the nature of the [[four kayas]] and [[five wisdoms]] endowed with the [[twofold purity]] and the perfection of the [[twofold welfare]]. The [[Dharma]] is what is expressed, the unconditioned truth of total purification comprised of cessation and path, and that which expresses, the two aspects of statement and realization appearing as the names, words and letters of the teachings. The [[Sangha]] consists of the actual Sangha, the sons of the victorious ones abiding on the noble [[bhumis]] who are endowed with the qualities of wisdom and liberation, and the resembling Sangha who are on the paths of accumulation and joining as well as the noble [[shravakas]] and [[pratyekabuddhas]]." [RY]
  
[[gdod ma'i mgon po 'od mi 'gyur ba]] - original protector Changeless Light, Primordial lord Changeless Light, the teacher of complete mastery in the [[dharmakaya]] realm. [RY]
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[[don gnyis lhun gyis grub pa'i phrin las]] - the activity of spontaneously accomplishing the twofold welfare [RY]
  
[['od mi 'gyur ba]] - Changeless Light [RY]
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The inseparable benefit of others as well as oneself is what's known as [[twofold welfare]]. Spontaneous accomplishment through a natural manifestation of one or more of the [[common siddhis]].  A noncontrived (as other than contrived or conjured)accomplishment of one or combinations of [[common siddhis]]. A natural manifestation of one of the infinite attributes of [[primordial wisdom]]. [RWB]  
  
[['od mi 'gyur ba]] - [the dharmakaya buddha of] Changeless Light [RY]
 
  
Expl. from [[The Light of Wisdom]] (ISBN 9627341371), Vol. 1, pg. 234:
 
  
In the dharmakaya realm of [[Luminous Vajra Essence]] ([['od gsal rdo rje snying po]]), the realm of the great, all pervasive dharmadhatu, he is the original protector Changeless Light, the teacher of complete mastery in that realm. {Jokyab Rinpoche]
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''Changeless Light'' is another name for the dharmakaya buddha Samantabhadra. [TUR]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 19 March 2006

dkon mchog gsum - Three Jewels. The Precious Buddha, the Precious Dharma and the Precious Sangha. In The Light of Wisdom (Shambhala Publ.), Jamgön Kongtrül explains: "The Buddha is the nature of the four kayas and five wisdoms endowed with the twofold purity and the perfection of the twofold welfare. The Dharma is what is expressed, the unconditioned truth of total purification comprised of cessation and path, and that which expresses, the two aspects of statement and realization appearing as the names, words and letters of the teachings. The Sangha consists of the actual Sangha, the sons of the victorious ones abiding on the noble bhumis who are endowed with the qualities of wisdom and liberation, and the resembling Sangha who are on the paths of accumulation and joining as well as the noble shravakas and pratyekabuddhas." [RY]

don gnyis lhun gyis grub pa'i phrin las - the activity of spontaneously accomplishing the twofold welfare [RY]

The inseparable benefit of others as well as oneself is what's known as twofold welfare. Spontaneous accomplishment through a natural manifestation of one or more of the common siddhis. A noncontrived (as other than contrived or conjured)accomplishment of one or combinations of common siddhis. A natural manifestation of one of the infinite attributes of primordial wisdom. [RWB]