84000 Glossary of Terms

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རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག | Glossary of Terms

  • རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག

  • rin po che tog
  • ratnaketu
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  • Ratnaketu
  • རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག
  • rin po che tog
  • ratnaketu
Definition in this text:

It occurs as the main title of the Ratnaketudhāraṇī and also as the name of the main dhāraṇī of the Ratnaketudhāraṇī. It is also used in Buddhist texts to designate a special meditative absorption, a tathāgata, and a bodhisattva. Generally, the term refers to something precious and illuminating, i.e., a guiding light.