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མི་དམིགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms
མི་དམིགས་པ།
mi dmigs pa
anupalabdhi
- Term
- Non-apprehension
- དམིགས་སུ་མེད་པ་ཉིད།
- དམིགས་སུ་མ་མཆིས་པ།
- མི་དམིགས་པ་ཉིད།
- dmigs su med pa nyid
- dmigs su ma mchis pa
- mi dmigs pa nyid
- anupalabdhitā
- anupalambha
- anupalambhatā
- Non-apprehension
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- དམིགས་པ་མེད་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- dmigs pa med pa
- —
- Absence of being apprehended
- དམིགས་སུ་མེད་པ།
- dmigs su med pa
- anupalambha
- Incomprehensibility
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalambha
This refers to the ultimate nature of things, which cannot be comprehended, grasped, etc., by the ordinary, conditioned, subjective mind. Hence it is significant that the realization of this nature is not couched in terms of understanding, or conviction, but in terms of tolerance (kṣānti), as the grasping mind cannot grasp its ultimate inability to grasp; it can only cultivate its tolerance of that inability.
- Non-apprehensible
- དམིགས་སུ་མ་མཆི།
- དམིགས་སུ་མེད།
- དམིགས་སུ་མེད་པ།
- མི་དམིགས་སུ་མེད།
- དམིགས་པ་མེད།
- dmigs su ma mchi
- dmigs su med
- dmigs su med pa
- mi dmigs su med
- dmigs pa med
- anupalabdhya
- anupalabdha
- nopalabhyate
- Non-referential
- དམིགས་པ་མེད་པ།
- dmigs pa med pa
- nirālambanatā
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.
- Nonobservations
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalabdhi
- Nonperception
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalambha
This refers to the mental openness cultivated by the bodhisattva who has reached a certain awareness of the nature of reality, in that he does not seek to perceive or apprehend any object or grasp any substance in anything; rather, he removes any static pretension of his mind to have grasped at any truth, conviction, or view (see also “incomprehensibility”).
(See also UT22084-060-005-986).
- Not apprehended
- དམིགས་པ་མེད་པ།
- dmigs pa med pa
- —
- Not apprehending
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalambha
See “apprehend.”
- Not found
- དམིགས་སུ་མ་མཆིས་པ།
- མི་དམིགས།
- dmigs su ma mchis pa
- mi dmigs
- nopalabhyate
- Unapprehended
- དམིགས་སུ་མེད་པ།
- dmigs su med pa
- anupalabdhya
- anupalabdha
- Unfindable
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalabdhi
- Unperceived
- མི་དམིགས་པ།
- mi dmigs pa
- anupalambha
- Without apprehending anything
- མི་དམིགས་པས།
- དམིགས་པ་མེད་པ།
- mi dmigs pas
- dmigs pa med pa
- anupalambhena