Seven aspects of union
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Seven aspects of union (Tib. khajor yenlak dün, ཁ་སྦྱོར་ཡན་ལག་བདུན་ , Wyl. kha sbyor yan lag bdun) — the seven qualities of a sambhogakaya buddha are:
- complete enjoyment (Tib. longchö dzog, ལོངས་སྤྱོད་རྫོགས་, longs spyod rdzogs),
- union (Tib. khajor, ཁ་སྦྱོར་ , kha sbyor),
- great bliss (Tib. dewa chenpo, བདེ་བ་ཆེན་པོ་ , bde ba chen po),
- absence of a self-nature (Tib. rang shyin mépa, རང་བཞིན་མེད་པ་, rang bzhin med pa),
- presence of compassion (Tib. nyingjé yong su gangwa, སྙིང་རྗེས་ཡོངས་སུ་གང་བ་, snying rjes yongs su gang ba),
- being uninterrupted (Tib. gyün michepa, རྒྱུན་མི་ཆད་པ་, rgyun mi chad pa) and
- being unceasing (Tib. gokpa mépa, འགོག་པ་མེད་པ་, ‘gog pa med pa).
Further Reading
- Thinley Norbu, A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, page 54.