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| − | The '''[[four | + | The '''[[four joys]]''' (Skt. ''[[catvārimuditā]]''; Tib. ''[[gawa shyi]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[dga' ba bzhi]]'') are four increasingly subtle experiences of [[bliss]]-[[emptiness]] connected with the advanced practices of [[tsa-lung]]; they transcend ordinary feelings of [[joy]] or pleasure. They are: |
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#innate joy (Skt. ''[[sahajamuditā]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྷན་སྐྱེས་ཀྱི་དགའ།]]}}, Wyl. ''[[lhan skyes kyi dga' ba]]''). | #innate joy (Skt. ''[[sahajamuditā]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྷན་སྐྱེས་ཀྱི་དགའ།]]}}, Wyl. ''[[lhan skyes kyi dga' ba]]''). | ||
| − | They are experienced when the white [[bodhichitta]] drop, (also called | + | They are experienced when the white [[bodhichitta]] drop, (also called white essence), ascends from the lowest [[chakra]] to the navel, heart, throat, and crown chakras. |
| − | + | Eight joys and [[sixteen joys]] may also be enumerated in the tantras.<ref>*Robert Beer, The handbook of Tibetan Buddhist symbols.</ref> | |
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Revision as of 05:11, 7 March 2014
The four joys (Skt. catvārimuditā; Tib. gawa shyi; Wyl. dga' ba bzhi) are four increasingly subtle experiences of bliss-emptiness connected with the advanced practices of tsa-lung; they transcend ordinary feelings of joy or pleasure. They are:
- joy (Skt. muditā; Tib. དགའ་བ།, Wyl. dga' ba),
- supreme joy (Skt. pramuditā; Tib. མཆོག་དགའ།, Wyl. mchog dga'),
- special joy (Skt. viśeṣamuditā; Tib. ཁྱད་དགའ།, Wyl. khyad dga') and
- innate joy (Skt. sahajamuditā; Tib. ལྷན་སྐྱེས་ཀྱི་དགའ།, Wyl. lhan skyes kyi dga' ba).
They are experienced when the white bodhichitta drop, (also called white essence), ascends from the lowest chakra to the navel, heart, throat, and crown chakras.
Eight joys and sixteen joys may also be enumerated in the tantras.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ *Robert Beer, The handbook of Tibetan Buddhist symbols.
Alternative Translations
- Four delights (Dorje & Kapstein)
- Four ecstasies
