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སྙིང་པོ། | Glossary of Terms
སྙིང་པོ།
snying po
hṛdaya
- Term
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- Heart mantra
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- hṛdaya
See “heart essence.”
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.
- Heart mantra
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- hṛdaya
The most essential mantra of a deity.
- Essence
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- garbha
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.
- Heart essence
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- hṛdaya
Literally “heart,” this term means the heart essence or the essence of the deity and can refer to its mantra, mudrā, or maṇḍala.
- Innermost
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- —
Lit “heart” or “marrow.”
- Matrix
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- garbha
- Quintessence
- སྙིང་པོ།
- snying po
- hṛdaya