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ལས། | Glossary of Terms
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ཕྱག་ལས།
- ལག་ལས།
- ལས།
- སུག་ལས།
- las
- sug las
- phyag las
- lag las
- karman
- Term
Meaning “action” in its most basic sense, karma is an important concept in Buddhist philosophy as the cumulative force of previous physical, verbal, and mental acts, which determines present experience and will determine future existences.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
The impact of past actions in the present and future. Also translated here as “past action.”
- karma
- ལས།
- སུག་ལས།
- ཕྱག་ལས།
- ལག་ལས།
- las
- sug las
- phyag las
- lag las
- karman
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
The impact of past actions in the present and future. Also translated here as “past action.”
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Generally meaning “work,” or “action,” it is an important concept in Buddhist philosophy as the cumulative force of previous actions, which determines present experience and will determine future existences. In this text, it is left untranslated when this specific conception of moral causation is implied.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Any volitional act, whether of body, speech, or mind. Karmic accumulation, positive or negative, will produce results in the future, unless it is purified.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Also rendered in this sūtra as “action.”
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Intention or what follows an intention. Intention is mental karma; what follows an intention is verbal and bodily karma.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Activity, action, or karma (karmic accumulation).
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Generally meaning “work,” or “action,” it is an important concept in Buddhist philosophy as the cumulative force of previous actions, which determines present experience and will determine future existences.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Meaning “action” in its most basic sense, karma is an important concept in Buddhist philosophy as the cumulative force of previous physcial, verbal, and mental acts, which determines present experience and will determine future existences.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Intention or what follows an intention. Intention is mental karma; what follows an intention is verbal and bodily karma.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
See “action.”
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Generally meaning “work,” “action,” or “duty,” karma is an important concept in Indian religious thought that refers to the universal law by which a being’s good or bad deeds determine the future modes of their existence.
- karma
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Karmic accumulation, positive or negative, that will produce results in the future, unless it is purified. This term is also translated in other instances as “activity” or “rite.” In these latter cases the term refers to a ritual activity (such as pacifying, nourishing, etc.) or a rite meant to accomplish such activity.
- karma
- ལས།
- སུག་ལས།
- ཕྱག་ལས།
- ལག་ལས།
- las
- sug las
- phyag las
- lag las
- karman
- action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
See “karma.”
- Action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Also rendered in this sūtra as “karma.”
- action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
A single term is used in Sanskrit and Tibetan to denote both an “action” as a conditioning factor and the “karma” that it conditions. In translation it may be necessary to use one term or the other to clarify the meaning, but the source term is no different.
- action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Any volitional act, whether of body, speech, or mind.
- action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Any act or deed done with body, speech, or mind. Also translated here as “the potential of their past actions.”
- action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Any volitional act, whether of body, speech, or mind. Also rendered here as “act,” “karma,” and “deed.”
- past action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
Past actions with their impact in the present and future. Also rendered here as “karma.”
- past action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
The impact of past actions in the present and future. Also rendered here as “karma.”
- act
- ལས།
- las
- karman
See “action.”
- activity
- ལས།
- las
- karman
A ritual activity (such as pacifying, nourishing, etc.). This term is also translated in other instances as “rite,” “karma,” “karman,” or “karmic accumulation.” In the latter three cases the term refers to karmic accumulation, positive or negative, that will produce results in the future, unless it is purified.
- deed
- ལས།
- las
- karman
See “action.” Also used to translate other synonyms, like mdzad pa.
- karmic action
- ལས།
- las
- karman
- potential of their past actions
- ལས།
- las
- karman
The (invisible) potential of a past action is that action’s inherent capacity “to ripen” into a karmic result under certain circumstances. Also translated here as “action.”
- rite
- ལས།
- las
- karman
A rite that is meant to accomplish an activity (such as pacifying, nourishing, etc.). This term is also translated in other instances as “activity,” “karma,” “karman,” or “karmic accumulation.” In the latter three cases the term refers to karmic accumulation, positive or negative, that will produce results in the future, unless it is purified.