37 Practises of a Bodhisattva 24

Question 1

རང་གི་ངང་གིས་
rang gi ngang gis

Answer 1

“Naturally”, “of their own accord”

Question 2

ཞི་བ
zhi ba

Answer 2

vi. to be pacified, to be calmed down, for a problem to be solved, for something negative to disappear; n. peace, pacification, tranquility, calm (Skt. śānti)

Question 3

གནོད་འཚེ་
gnod ‘tshe

Answer 3

This is short for གནོད་པ་དང་འཚེ་བ་, both terms meaning, “harm”; བྱེད་པ་ is a verbalizer and gives the meaning, “to do harm”, or simply “to harm”.

Question 4

ཕལ་པ་
phal pa

Answer 4

n./adj. common, ordinary, mundane

Question 5

ཇི་ཙམ
ji tsam

Answer 5

however much

Question 6

ཕྱིར་ཞིང་འཕེལ་བ
phyir zhing ‘phel ba

Answer 6

“To increase more and more”, “to grow more numerous/stronger”

Question 7

ཆོས་ཉིད་ཡིན
chos nyid yin

Answer 7

This is a way of saying, “It is the way things are”, “it is the nature of things”, “that’s the way it is”.

Question 7

གཉེན་
gnyen

Answer 7

n. companion, friend, relative, kinsman; relatives.

Question 8

མགོ་གནོན་
mgo gnon

Answer 8

vt. to lower, to reduce, to suppress, to bring down; this can also be used as a noun.

Question 9

དྲུང་འབྱིན
drung ‘byin

Answer 9

vt. to uproot, to eradicate, to remove; this can also be used as a noun.