84000 Glossary of Terms

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འཇིག་རྟེན་ལས་འདས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འཇིག་རྟེན་ལས་འདས་པ།

  • ’jig rten las ’das pa
  • lokottara
  • Term
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  • transcendent
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་ལས་འདས་པ།
  • ’jig rten las ’das pa
  • lokottara
Definition in this text:

Literally “above the world,” and mainly refers to nirvāṇa and awakening, the path and practices that lead to them, and the factors that constitute those states.

  • transcendent
  • འཇིག་རྟེན་ལས་འདས་པ།
  • ’jig rten las ’das pa
  • lokottara