84000 Glossary of Terms

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འོ་མཚོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • འོ་མཚོ།

  • ’o mtsho
  • Term
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  • Ocean of Milk
  • འོ་མཚོ།
  • ’o mtsho
Definition in this text:

The Ocean of Milk is the fifth of seven oceans in Hindu cosmology. According to that tradition, the divine wish-fulfilling tree emerged when the Ocean of Milk was churned by the gods in their quest for the elixir of immortality.