niṣprapañca

Sanskrit Adjective

niṣprapañca

nonconceptuality

निष्प्रपञ्च

སྤྲོས་བྲལ་

Basic Meaning

Freedom from conceptual elaborations.

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Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality

Hookham, Shenpen. "On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 20:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkQPncAK4k.

Hookham, Shenpen. "On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 20:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkQPncAK4k.

Hookham, Shenpen. "On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 20:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzkQPncAK4k.;Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality;Buddha-nature as Emptiness;Buddha-nature as Luminosity;Debate(s);gzhan stong;rang stong;niṣprapañca;Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Her Approach to the Rangtong and Shentong Debate over the Nature of Reality

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Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Totality and the Analytical Approach

Hookham, Shenpen. "On Totality and the Analytical Approach." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 9:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrjfgxHd8E.

Hookham, Shenpen. "On Totality and the Analytical Approach." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 9:11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrjfgxHd8E.;Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Totality and the Analytical Approach;niṣprapañca;Lama Shenpen Hookham: On Totality and the Analytical Approach

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Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathāgatagarbha by Lama Shenpen Hookham

Hookham, Shenpen. "Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathāgatagarbha." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 1:23:29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOoeGgD4IFk.

Hookham, Shenpen. "Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathāgatagarbha." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, July 30, 2022. Video, 1:23:29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOoeGgD4IFk.;Practical Implications of Shentong Interpretations of Tathāgatagarbha by Lama Shenpen Hookham;gzhan stong;rang stong;tathāgatagarbha;niṣprapañca;Buddha-nature as Luminosity;Buddha-nature as Emptiness

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Term Variations
Key Term	niṣprapañca
Topic Variation	nonconceptuality
Tibetan	སྤྲོས་བྲལ་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	spros bral
Devanagari Sanskrit	निष्प्रपञ्च
Romanized Sanskrit	niṣprapañca
Buddha-nature Site Standard English	nonconceptuality
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	freedom from reference points
Richard Barron's English Term	unembellished, free from (conceptual) elaborations, unelaborate
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	free from elaborations
Term Information
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	Freedom from conceptual elaborations.
Term Type	Adjective
Definitions