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གཟུགས། | Glossary of Terms
གཟུགས།
gzugs
rūpa
- Term
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five aggregates; but also, in this sūtra, “inner form” within consciousness (see UT22084-044-003-48).
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
First of the five aggregates.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
One of the five aggregates.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
One of the five aggregates.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five aggregates. The third of the eighteen elements.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five aggregates.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five aggregates.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Form
- གཟུགས།
- རྣམ་པ།
- gzugs
- rnam pa
- saṃsthāna
- rūpa
- Matter
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five aggregates, defined in Abhidharma literature as anything comprised of the four major elements (earth, air, fire, and water), either alone or in combination. Also rendered here as “material form.”
- Matter
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
See “aggregate.”
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Matter
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
- Material form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
See “matter.”
- Physical form
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
Physical forms include the subtle and manifest forms derived from the material elements.
- Rūpa
- གཟུགས།
- gzugs
- rūpa
The first of the five skandhas, defined in Abhidharma literature as anything composed of the four “great elements” of earth, water, fire, and wind. Often rendered as “matter,” “material form,” or “form.”