- stong gzugs/
- ID:
- T79145
- སྟོང་གཟུགས (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > stong gzugs/ (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > tongzuk (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Empty form. A term prevalent in literature associated with the Kālacakra Tantra. The term is used to describe the nature of visionary appearances (particularly the visionary appearance of the consort called the Great Seal), which arise during completion stage yogas. These appearances are “empty” (stong pa) in the usual sense of being devoid of inherent existence, but “empty” here also has the special connotation of “immaterial,” i.e. devoid of atoms (rdul phra rab). At the same time that such visionary appearances are “empty,” they are also “form” (gzugs) in the sense that they appear to the eyes of the yogi.
- language:
- English
- Author:
- Chris Hatchell
Other Dictionaries
1. Dan Martin Dictionary
Seems to me it often refers to visionary phenomena, signs of spiritual development (as in Kālacakra) and the like. Hartzell, Dissert. 717, says it is a Tibetan translation of sūkṣma-śarīra, 'subtle body.' While admitting that such a translation might have some meaning, generally speaking I believe it doesn't hold.
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- English
2. Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary
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empty form, reflection / form of emptiness
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- English
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empty forms དངོས་པོ་མེད་པའི་སྟོང་གཟུགས་ empty forms without any substantiality
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- English
5. Richard Barron Dictionary
སྟོང་པའི་གཟུགས་, སྟོང་པའི་རང་གཟུགས་ form(s)/ expression(s) of emptiness; isc. empty form(s)
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- Tibetan
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