Aniruddha (unobstructed)

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aniruddha. (T. ma 'gags pa; C. bumie 不滅). Unconfined, unobstructed, not limited [to any side], unceasing.[1]

According to the Princeton Dictionary, this term is used to describe uncompounded (asaṃskṛta) phenomena, especially nirvana, which are not subject either to production or extinction.[2]

In the Dzogchen tradition, unobstructed is a characteristic of the energy aspect of the nature of mind.

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg ma 'gags pa, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. aniruddha