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རུས་པའི་རི། | Glossary of Terms

  • རུས་པའི་རི།

  • rus pa’i ri
  • Term
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  • mountain of bones
  • རུས་པའི་རི།
  • rus pa’i ri
Definition in this text:

This is a reference to saṃsāra, which is called a “mountain of bones” since the skeletons of the beings born therein would, if accumulated over countless rebirths, be enough to form a mountain.