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འཁོར་ལོ། | Glossary of Terms
འཁོར་ལོ།
’khor lo
cakra
- Term
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- Cakra
- འཁོར་ལོ།
- ’khor lo
- cakra
Lit. “wheel.”
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.
- Cakra
- འཁོར་ལོ།
- ’khor lo
- cakra
Circle; wheel; energy center in the subtle body—a vortex of channels.
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.
- Chakra
- འཁོར་ལོ།
- ’khor lo
- cakra
Also rendered in this sūtra as “wheel.”
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.
- Dharma cakra
- ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།
- chos kyi ’khor lo
- dharmacakra
The name of the energy center (cakra) in the heart.
- Dharma wheel
- ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།
- chos kyi ’khor lo
- dharmacakra
When a buddha gives his first teaching he “sets in motion the Wheel of Dharma;” just like a monarch with exceptional merit sets in motion a magical wheel that easily subdues all his enemies.
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.
- Wheel
- འཁོར་ལོ།
- ’khor lo
- cakra
Also rendered in this sūtra as “chakra.”
- Wheel of Dharma
- ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།
- chos kyi ’khor lo
- dharmacakra
When a Buddha gives his first teaching he “sets in motion the Wheel of Dharma,” just as a monarch with exceptional merit sets in motion a magical wheel that easily subdues all his enemies.