84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྐྱོན་མ་མཆིས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྐྱོན་མ་མཆིས་པ།

  • སྐྱོན་མེད།
  • skyon ma mchis pa
  • skyon med
  • niyāma
  • Term
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  • maturity
  • སྐྱོན་མ་མཆིས་པ།
  • སྐྱོན་མེད།
  • skyon ma mchis pa
  • skyon med
  • niyāma
Definition in this text:

[Of great bodhisattva beings]. While “immaturity” (āma, skyon) suggests rawness‍—something that is uncooked, unrefined, and flawed‍—here the term “maturity” implies certitude, refinement, cooking, softening, and flawlessness.