37 Practises of a Bodhisattva 1

Question 1

རྒྱལ་བ
rgyal ba

Answer 1

n. victorious one (often used as an epithet for a buddha), victor, conqueror; vi. to obtain victory, to be victorious, to
win

Question 2

བདུད་རྩི་
bdud rtsi

Answer 2

n. nectar, amrita (Skt. amṛta)

Question 2

ལག་ལེན་
lag len

Answer 2

n. practice, action, procedure—short for ལག་ཏུ་ལེན་པ་, literally, “to take in/with the hand”.

Question 3

གཟིགས་
gzigs

Answer 3

[H] form of both མཐོང་བ་ and ལྟ་བ་: “to see” and “to look”.
This also has the sense of “to behold” “to watch over”, or sometimes even “to care for”.

Question 4

དོན་
don

Answer 4

n. 1) meaning 2) aim, purpose, objective 3) object 4) topic, point 5) benefit

Question 5

བརྩོན་པ་ བརྩོན་པ་ བརྩོན་པ་ བརྩོན་པ་
brtson - ppfi

Answer 5

vt. to exert oneself, to strive for something, to strive after

Question 6

མཛད་མཛད་མཛད་མཛོད་
mdzad

Answer 6

verb: do; use; honorific for byed; honorific form of address
noun: action; act; deed[H] form of བྱེད་པ་; when added after another verb, it makes that verb honorific.

Question 7

གུས་པ་
gus pa

Answer 7

n./adj. respect, respectful; vi. to be respectful, to pay respect to

Question 8

རག་ལས་པ་
rag las pa

Answer 8

vi. to depend on

Question 9

རྩོམ་ - བརྩམས རྩོམ བརྩམ རྩོམས
rtsom = ppfi

Answer 9

vi. 1) to compose 2) to begin