Dohā

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dohā (T. nyams mgur ཉམས་མགུར). "Songs of realization," "songs of experience," etc.

Dohās are songs of spiritual transformation revealing a meditator's experience and insight.[1] "These songs offer an expression of the beauty and simplicity of tantric experience..."[2]

There are collections of dohā by the Indian siddhas Tilopa, Kṛṣṇācārya (Kāṇha), and Saraha.[2]

Saraha’s Dohākośa (“Treasury of Dohā Verses”) was especially influential in Tibet.[2]

The Songs of Milarepa also show the influence of dohā.[2]

Further reading

Notes

  1. Internet-icon.svg nyams mgur, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. dohā