Glossary

Glossary

arising-subsiding	shar grol
awareness	rig pa
character (luminous)	rang bzhin
cognitive power/potency	thugs rje
creative power	rtsal
display	rol ba
equality	mnyam nyid
evenness	phyal ba
fundamental nature	gnas lugs
fundamental stratum	rang mal
hallucinatory perceptions	’khrul snang
luminosity	’od gsal
natural meditative absorption	rang bzhin bsam gtan
nature	ngo bo
nonexistence	med pa
open and unimpeded	zang thal
open(ness) and free(dom)	grol ba
ornament	rgyan
primordial openness and freedom	ye grol
primordial/primal wisdom	ye shes
self-experience of awareness	rang snang
single nature	gcig pu
spontaneous presence, spontaneously present	lhun grub
subjective mental experience	rang snang
to essentialize key points	’gag bsdam pa
to gain clear conviction	la bzla ba
to reveal key points	gnad bkrol ba
to subside	grol ba
to subsume key points	chings su bcings pa
ultimate reality, dharmatā	chos nyid