Tibetan Noun
ka dag
primordial purity
ཀ་དག
Basic Meaning
Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub).
| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | ka dag |
| Topic Variation | ka dag |
| Tibetan | ཀ་དག ( kadak) |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | ka dag ( kadak) |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | primordial purity |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | essential purity |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | original purity |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub). |
| Related Terms | trekcho |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | ༡) སྟོང་པ་ཉིད།་༢) ཀ་ནས་དག་པ་སྟེ་ཐོག་མ་ཉིད་ནས་དྲི་མ་མེད་པ། |
