རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག | Glossary of Terms
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རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག
- rin po che tog
- ratnaketu
- Term
- Ratnaketu
- རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག
- rin po che tog
- ratnaketu
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.