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Sahaja (T. lhan skyes/lhan cig skyes pa ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེ་བ་; C. jushengqi 生起) is translated as co-emergent, innate, inherent, intrinsic, etc. This term is commonly contrasted with parikalpita (imputed, imaginary).
The Mahāvyutpatti states:
- sahaja. born or produced together or at the same time as | congenital, innate, hereditary, original, natural | by birth, 'by nature', 'naturally' | with | always the same as from the beginning | natural state or disposition | said to be also | a brother of whole blood | N. of various kings and other men | of a Tāntric teacher.[1]
Sahaja is used in the following contexts:
- sahajātmagraha - innate self-grasping
- sahajakleśāvaraṇa - innate afflictive obstructions
- sahajāvidyā - innate ignorance
- sahajayāna - innate vehicle
- in tantra - innate or true nature (see below)
Within tantra
The term sahaja is used in tantric verses associated with the Indian masters Saraha, Tilopa, et al.[2] In this context, the term is used to refer to one's innate or true nature.[2]
The Tibetan term (ལྷན་སྐྱེ་ or ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེ་བ་) appears widely in Mahamudra texts.[2]
Notes
- ↑
ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེ་བ་, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. sahaja.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
lhan_skyes, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki- lhan_cig_skyes_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- ལྷན་ཅིག་སྐྱེ་བ་, Rigpa Shedra Wiki