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|Glossary-Devanagari=बोधिगर्भ | |Glossary-Devanagari=बोधिगर्भ | ||
|Glossary-Sanskrit=bodhigarbha | |Glossary-Sanskrit=bodhigarbha | ||
|Glossary-English=essence of | |Glossary-English=quintessence of awakening | ||
|Glossary-EnglishDM=bodhi heart | |||
|Glossary-EnglishIW=essence of enlightenment | |||
|Glossary-Term-Alt=snying po byang chub | |Glossary-Term-Alt=snying po byang chub | ||
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | |Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun | ||
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Tibetan | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Tibetan | ||
|Glossary-Definition=An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. | |Glossary-Definition=An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. Though it is back-translated as bodhigarbha, this term does not seem to be found in Sanskrit sources. | ||
|Glossary-Senses=Buddha-nature in its ultimate sense as the primordially existing essence of buddhahood present in all beings. It is treated as Tantric/Dzogchen equivalent of the more Sutra based term | |Glossary-Senses=Buddha-nature in its ultimate sense as the primordially existing essence of buddhahood present in all beings. It is treated as Tantric/Dzogchen equivalent of the more Sutra based terms tathāgatagarbha and sugatabarbha. | ||
|Glossary-Usage=According to Rongzompa, "The term *sugatagarbha is widely known in ordinary [scriptures] which claim that all sentient beings possess the cause of awakening [and] are endowed with the seed of incorruptibility. According to the profound [scriptures], it is called the ‘quintessence of awakening’ (*bodhigarbha) because the very nature of mind is awakening." | |||
(Higgins, David. ''The Philosophical Foundations of Classical rDzogs chen in Tibet: Investigating the Distinction Between Dualistic Mind (sems) and Primordial Knowing (ye shes)''. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 2013, p. 177.) | |||
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| Key Term | bodhigarbha |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | བྱང་ཆུབ་སྙིང་པོ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | byang chub snying po |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | बोधिगर्भ |
| Romanized Sanskrit | bodhigarbha |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | jangchub nyingpo |
| English Standard | quintessence of awakening |
| Dan Martin's English Term | bodhi heart |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | essence of enlightenment |
| Alternate Spellings | snying po byang chub |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. Though it is back-translated as bodhigarbha, this term does not seem to be found in Sanskrit sources. |
| Has the Sense of | Buddha-nature in its ultimate sense as the primordially existing essence of buddhahood present in all beings. It is treated as Tantric/Dzogchen equivalent of the more Sutra based terms tathāgatagarbha and sugatabarbha. |
| Definitions | |
| Usage Example |
According to Rongzompa, "The term *sugatagarbha is widely known in ordinary [scriptures] which claim that all sentient beings possess the cause of awakening [and] are endowed with the seed of incorruptibility. According to the profound [scriptures], it is called the ‘quintessence of awakening’ (*bodhigarbha) because the very nature of mind is awakening." (Higgins, David. The Philosophical Foundations of Classical rDzogs chen in Tibet: Investigating the Distinction Between Dualistic Mind (sems) and Primordial Knowing (ye shes). Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien, 2013, p. 177.) |
