84000 Glossary of Terms

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སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms

  • སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་རིགས།

  • sangs rgyas kyi rigs
  • buddhakula
  • Term
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  • family of the Buddha
  • སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་རིགས།
  • sangs rgyas kyi rigs
  • buddhakula
Definition in this text:

Lit. “family” or “lineage of the Buddha.” One becomes a member on the first bodhisattva stage. In another sense, all living beings belong to this exalted family because all have the capacity to wake up to enlightenment, conceiving its spirit within themselves and thenceforward seeking its realization (see Chapter 7).