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བགེགས། | Glossary of Terms
བགེགས།
big+ha na
vighna
- Term
- Vighna
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
A class of malevolent spirits.
- Vighna
- བར་ཆད།
- bar chad
- vighna
A class of spirits that cause obstacles (the word vighna means “obstacle”).
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.
- Vighna
- བགེགས།
- པིགྷྣ།
- བིགྷ་ན།
- བི་གྷ།
- bgegs
- pig+h+na
- big+ha na
- bi g+ha
- vighna
An obstacle or a class of spirits who create obstacles.
- Obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
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.
- Obstructing forces
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
- Obstructing being
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna
An obstacle and a class of demonic beings that cause obstacles.
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.
- Obstructors
- བགེགས།
- bgegs
- vighna