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ཞི་བ། | Glossary of Terms
ཞི་བ།
zhi ba
upaśānta
- Term
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.
- Pacifying
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānti
- śāntika
Peace; one of the four main types of enlightened activity.
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.
- Pacifying
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śāntika
- śānti
Peace; one of the four main types of enlightened activity.
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.
- Pacifying
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānti
One of the four primary categories of ritual activities.
- Peace
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānta
Also translated here as “calm” and “calmness.”
- Peace
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānti
- Peaceful
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānta
- śānti
- Peaceful
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- upaśānta
- Calm
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānti
Also translated here as “calmness” and “peace.”
- Calmness
- ཞི་བ།
- zhi ba
- śānti
Also translated here as “calm” and “peace.”