Difference between revisions of "sentient beings"

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rainbow body ('ja' lus).

At the time of death of a practitioner who has reached the exhaustion of all grasping and fixation through the Dzogchen practice of Tögal, the five gross elements which form the physical body, dissolve back into their essences, five-colored light. Sometimes only the hair and the nails are left behind. [RY]

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-[[sems can]], [['gro ba]], [[yid can]]
+'''[[rainbow body]]''' ([['ja' lus]]).
+*At the time of death of a practitioner who has reached the exhaustion of all [[grasping and fixation]] through the [[Dzogchen]] practice of [[Tögal]], the five gross elements which form the physical body, dissolve back into their essences, five-colored light. Sometimes only the hair and the nails are left behind. [RY]
-Sentient being ([[sems can]]). Any living being in one of the six realms who has not attained liberation. [RY]
+*See also: [[Rainbow Body of Great Transformation]] ([['ja' lus 'pho ba chen po]]).
-Sentient beings (sattva, [[sems can]]; also jagat, [['gro ba]]). Any beings who have not yet attained Buddhahood. [RY]
+[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]] [[Category: Sutra]] [[Category: Vajrayana]] [[Category: Teachings]] [[Category: Tantra]] [[Category: Dzogchen]]