84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཚེ་འདི་ལ་བདེ་བར་གནས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཚེ་འདི་ལ་བདེ་བར་གནས་པ།

  • tshe ’di la bde bar gnas pa
  • dṛṣṭa­dharma­sukha­vihāra
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  • dwell in bliss in this life
  • ཚེ་འདི་ལ་བདེ་བར་གནས་པ།
  • tshe ’di la bde bar gnas pa
  • dṛṣṭa­dharma­sukha­vihāra
Definition in this text:

Refers to blissful meditative practices achieved in this life as a result of advanced progress on the path in mainstream forms of Buddhism. This phrase occurs throughout the Śrāvakabhūmi (D folios 25.a, 70.b, 74.b, and 152.a). It is synonymous with mthong ba’i chos la bde bar gnas pa (Skt. dṛṣta­dharma­sukha­vihāra, “abiding in bliss in the present life”), a term applied to certain types of arhats. Cf. Apple 2013.