☞ Purbu Chock: Definition: That established by prime cognition Established base is synonymous with, among others, existent, phenomenon and object of knowledge. That established objectively as existent is reality, such as the compounded being impermanent, that under the control of karma and afflictions being suffering, the existence of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and their qualities, […]
☞ Purbu Chock: Definition: Being the object of prime cognition In Buddhism the dividing line between something that exists and something that is only projected or imagined, is whether it is the object of prime cognition or not. His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The only antidote against the afflictions is to cut through the false […]
☞ Purbu Chock: Definition: That which is suitable to be form ☞ This comes from a sutra where the Buddha said: “Oh bikkhu, because it exists as form and is suitable to be form it is the contaminated form aggregate.” The word suitable in the definition means that form is suitable to cause the harm […]
☞ Purbu Chock: The definition of permanent is: An existent phenomenon that does not change from moment to moment. Examples; Space, truth of the cessation and selflessness. Space, the mere absence of obstruction and contact, does not change. It can be filled, like the full parking space, or empty, like the empty parking space, but […]
☞ Purbu Chock: The definition of “functionality” is “able to fulfill a function.” The function is to be fulfilled is to be able to create an effect. Every effect is a cause and every cause is an effect because they are able to fulfill the function. Lama Tsong Khapa: If the appearance of dependent relation, […]
Purbu Chock: The definition of produced (product) is generated. Produced is synonymous with impermanent phenomenon and compounded phenomenon. The emphasis here is on the past tense. A compounded phenomenon only exists once it has been generated, when the process of generation and production lies in the past. Only then can one say it has been […]
Purbu Chock: The definition of compounded phenomenon is disintegration. As such: A compounded phenomenon does not abide, but is always in the process of disintegration. It is synonymous with impermanent phenomenon. Food for thought: The “compounded” does not refer to the parts of the phenomenon, but to its causes and conditions. Therefore, a compounded phenomenon […]
Purbu Chock: The definition of impermanence is momentariness. It is synonymous with disintegration. An impermanent phenomenon goes through the stages of generation, abiding and disintegration. The lower view asserts the step abiding in-between generation and disintegration. That is the go-stop-go view, which is not possible. Upon generation there is no moment of rest, but the […]
Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: A pristine wisdom gone beyond that realizes directly the ten dharmas of bodhicitta and so forth. Omniscient knowledge is mutually inclusive with buddha’s consciousness. Each aspect of a buddhas mind is omniscient, knowing all aspects of the two truths directly and simultaneously. It is free from duality with regard to its object of […]
Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: The definition of the perfection of wisdom is: A transcendental wisdom that has gone beyond and is distinguished by three qualities. Definition Key The quality of the basis – it exist only in the continuum of buddhas. The quality of aspect – it is a non-dual transcendental wisdom. The quality of being […]
Bodhisattvas on the path of meditation are the beneficiaries of the actions of the path of meditation, such as mental independence and the like. Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: The definition of the action of the mahayana path of meditation is: The benefits attained through meditating on their causal path of meditation. Six-fold Division: Internally their mind […]
Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: An exalted wisdom that is able to overcome its antithetical class is the definition of antidotal knowledge aspect. To be a path it has to counteract its antithetical affliction, such as love counteracting anger, impermanence counteracting attachment or wisdom counteracting ignorance. To be a happy meditator, it is important that over time […]
Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan The definition of the Sangha Jewel is: A superior being possessing any of the eight qualities relating to knowledge and liberation. Definition Key Knowledge of suchness – Seeing the emptiness of the mind and the lack of inherent establishment of the afflictions, knowing thus the afflictions to be adventitious. Knowledge of the […]
Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: ☞ The definition of the Buddha Jewel is: A purified truth possessing any of the eight qualities of being beyond thought and so forth, in the continuum of a superior. Definition Key Being beyond the though of non-buddhist logicians. Being free from Karma and afflictions to some degree. Being from the misleading […]
☞ Gyaltsab Je: Going for refuge to the other two Rare and Sublime Ones come naturally due to clear faith in the dharmakaya of the Buddha. Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsan: ☞ The definition of the Buddha Jewel is: An ultimate refuge possessing the eight qualities of non-compoundedness and so forth. ☞ Definition Key Non-compoundedness – It […]
Lama Yeshe comes alive in this archival Super8 footage filmed while Lama was visiting people and places in Dharamsala, Santa Cruz, Boulder Creek, Seattle, and Cumbria, 1978-1982. © Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
