Viśuddhi
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Viśuddhi [alt. viśuddha] (P visuddhi; T. རྣམ་པར་དག་པ་, rnam par dag pa; C. qingjing) means purity.
Two types of purity are identified:[1]
- innate purity
- purity free from adventitious (temporary) stains.
The Pali tradition also identifies seven types of purity.[1]
The Tibetan terrm རྣམ་པར་དག་པ་ is also translated as:[2]
- complete purity
- completely pure
- authentic
- unmistaken
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. viśuddhi.
- ↑
rnam_par_dag_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dharmachakra Translation Committee (2007), Middle Beyond Extremes: Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham, Snow Lion Publications
External links
- rnam_par_dag_pa, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki