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*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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*See also: [[Rainbow Body of Great Transformation]] ([['ja' lus 'pho ba chen po]]).
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[[Sentient Being]] ([[sems can]]). Any living being in one of the six realms who has not attained liberation. [RY]
  
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Rainbow Body ('ja' lus) the transformation of the bodily substance into multi-hued light. [RY]
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Sentient beings (sattva, [[sems can]]; also jagat, [['gro ba]]). Any beings who have not yet attained Buddhahood. [RY]
  
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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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"The luminous [[Great Perfection]] teaches that [[Samantabhadra]]'s enlightenment in original ground of liberation is recognizing the natural face, thus dispersing direct causes for these [[eight consciousnesses]] into [[dharmadhatu]] this very moment the ground-appearance of the spontaneously present nature manifests from the [[sugatagarbha]], the ground of primordially pure essence. When this ground-appearance is obscured by [[coemergent ignorance]] and conceptualized into perceiver and perceived, the [[eight gates of outward luminosity]] manifest, like a dream, from the precious sphere of [[Spontaneous Presence]], and confusion into [[samsara]] is unceasing.  This is what is called "[[sentient beings]]". " ...(from [[The Light of Wisdom]], Vol. 1, pg. 81).
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Rainbow Body ('ja' lus). Passing away in a mass of rainbow light and leaving no corpse behind. [Bardo Guide 91] [RY]
 
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rainbow body ('ja' lus); sixteenth bhumi [LW1] [RY]
 
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Rainbow Body of Great Transformation ('ja' lus 'pho ba chen po). When, through having performed the ultimate practices of the Great Perfection, a yogin is on the verge of dissolving his or her body into rainbow light, he may concentrate awareness on the tips of the finger nails (which are considered dead parts of the body). As with Vimalamitra and Guru Padmasambhava, doing so results in a body of light remaining visible for the sake of all sentient beings. This is the wisdom form called the Rainbow Body of Great Transformation ('ja' lus 'pho ba chen po). If the yogin chooses not to do this concentration, as with Chetsun Senge Wangchuk (lce btsun seng ge dbang phyug 10th-11th cent.), his body will dissolve entirely into light. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
 
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rainbow body. 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


Sentient Being (sems can). Any living being in one of the six realms who has not attained liberation. [RY]

Sentient beings (sattva, sems can; also jagat, 'gro ba). Any beings who have not yet attained Buddhahood. [RY]

"The luminous Great Perfection teaches that Samantabhadra's enlightenment in original ground of liberation is recognizing the natural face, thus dispersing direct causes for these eight consciousnesses into dharmadhatu this very moment the ground-appearance of the spontaneously present nature manifests from the sugatagarbha, the ground of primordially pure essence. When this ground-appearance is obscured by coemergent ignorance and conceptualized into perceiver and perceived, the eight gates of outward luminosity manifest, like a dream, from the precious sphere of Spontaneous Presence, and confusion into samsara is unceasing. This is what is called "sentient beings". " ...(from The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 1, pg. 81).

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