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Ground luminosity

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Ground luminosity (Tib. གཞིའི་འོད་གསལ, Wyl. gzhi'i 'od gsal) —

Sogyal Rinpoche writes:


In Dzogchen the fundamental, inherent nature of everything is called the "Ground Luminosity" or the "Mother Luminosity." This pervades our whole experience, and is therefore the inherent nature of the thoughts and emotions that arise in our minds as well, although we do not recognize it.[...]
What happens at the moment of death, for everyone, is this: The Ground Luminosity dawns in vast splendor, and with it brings an opportunity for total liberation—if, and only if, you have learned how to recognize it.[1]


dngos - 1) reality, real, actual, incarnate, genuine, explicit, direct, concrete, to exist actually to have real existence, proper, fully, concreteness, manifest, ture, in person, reality, embodiment, concreteness, embodiment.


2) abbr. {dngos po}

3) ground luminosity, substance, thing.

4) has himself // true; the main; actuality; actual expression/ presence; actual, real [RY]


dngos - real[ity], [real] existence (existent)/thing, matter, material, (objective entity, substance, substantiality, property, goods, given thing, perceivable entity serving as a base for cognition/ imputation, substance, substantial entity, functional/ effective thing, that which is able to perform a function, subject, category, that which corresponds to the meaning of a word, fact, phenomena, activity, being, essence, article (in a household, (conditioned entity, {yod pa}, {ngo bo}, nature, {dgongs pa}, meaning, solidity, impermanent thing, objects, Bhava, (8th year, male wood dog, topic, exist[ent], ground luminosity, actual[ity], incarnate, genuine, explicit, direct, proper, full, concrete[ness], manifest, the main [aspect], embodiment;


1) direct, in person, face to face unconcealed perception;

2) directly, not through another; 3) not made up/ false but true/ original, genuine [IW]


'chi dus kyi 'od gsal - luminosity of the time of death [[[ground luminosity]]] [IW]

nyer thob gzhi'i 'od gsal - ground luminosity of full attainment [RY]

dang po'i 'od gsal - First luminosity. The ground luminosity of primordial purity [RY]

gnas lugs gzhi'i 'od gsal - ground luminosity of the natural state [RY]

bar do dang po - First bardo. Usually the moment of "ground luminosity." [RY]

bar do dang po gzhi'i 'od gsal - ground luminosity of the 1st bardo [IW]

ma'i 'od gsal - Mother luminosity. The ground luminosity of the natural state inherent as the enlightened essence of all sentient beings [RY]

gzhi'i 'od gsal - the basic luminosity, ground luminosity. Syn {chos sku, {ma'i 'od gsal}. the Clear Light of the ground [RY]

gzhi'i 'od gsal - 'chi ba 'od gsal,// . basic luminosity, ground luminosity (syn. {chos sku. {ma'i 'od gsal} [IW]

gzhi'i 'od gsal ka dag chos kyi sku - the primordially pure dharmakaya of ground luminosity [RY]



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