Difference between revisions of "Upasaka"

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the three samadhis, [[de bzhin nyid kyi ting nge 'dzin]], suchness samadhi, [[kun tu snang ba'i ting nge 'dzin]], [[all-illuminating samadhi]], [[rgyu'i ting nge 'dzin]], [[seed samadhi]]; [[Mahayoga]]: The yoga of great [[emptiness]] which is [[discriminative awareness]] [[shes rab stong pa chen po'i rnal 'byor]] the apparition of [[compassion]] which is [[skillful means]] [[thabs snying rje sgyu ma]] and the seals which are subtle and coarse [[phyag rgya phra rags]] [RY]
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[[dge bsnyen]] - Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower [RY]
  
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threefold contemplations (empty [[suchness]], all-pervading [[compassion]], clear seed syllables), three contemplations of [[bskyed rim]] practice of mahayoga and tantra in general (contemplation of the [[essential nature]] where one meditates on the [[intrinsic emptiness]] of all phenomena, contemplation of total manifestation where one meditates on [[equanimous compassion]] for all [[sentient beings]], and [[contemplation]] on the cause where one concentrates on the seed syllable of the [[yidam deity]], [[de bzhin nyid kyi ting nge 'dzin, kun tu snang ba'i ting nge 'dzin, rgyu'i ting nge 'dzin]] [JV]
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[[Three Samadhis]]. The [[samadhi of suchness]], of [[illumination]] and of the [[seed-syllable]]. They form the framework for the [[development stage]] [RY]
 
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[in mahayoga] three states of samadhi/ [[meditative absorption]]; [in [[trekcho]] - three aspects of meditative absorption [RB]
 
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Latest revision as of 04:32, 26 January 2006

dge bsnyen - Upasaka. Fem. Upasika. A Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows to avoid killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, and intoxicating liquor. The Tibetan equivalent, genyen, means 'pursuer of virtue;' layman, lay devotees, lay follower [RY]

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