84000 Glossary of Terms

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དགོན་པར་བསྟེན་ཅིང་འདུ་འཛི་སྤང་བ། | Glossary of Terms

  • དགོན་པར་བསྟེན་ཅིང་འདུ་འཛི་སྤང་བ།

  • dgon par bsten cing ’du ’dzi spang ba
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  • dwell in seclusion and abandon worldly distractions
  • དགོན་པར་བསྟེན་ཅིང་འདུ་འཛི་སྤང་བ།
  • dgon par bsten cing ’du ’dzi spang ba
Definition in this text:

In this sūtra, the fourth of the ten factors that lead to awakening. In Sanskrit, araṇya refers to “forest” or “wilderness,” as environments suitable for the practice of meditation. The Tibetan term dgon pa, while retaining the core meaning of “remote place,” has also come to be the main word used for “monastery.”