37 Practises of a Bodhisattva 8

Question 1

ཐིགས་པ་
thigs pa

Answer 1

n. drop, droplet

Question 2

སྐད་ཅིག་
skad cig

Answer 2

n. an instant, a moment

Question 3

རྣམ་པར་
rnam par

Answer 3

When in front of a verb, this often functions as an adverb meaning, “completely”, “very”, or “fully”.

Question 4

ཉམས་ ཉམས་ ཉམས་
nyams - ppf

Answer 4

vi. to degenerate, to deteriorate, to decay

Question 5

གནས་
gnas

Answer 5

As a noun, “place”, “location”, “object”, “sacred place”, “topic”; it is not the same noun as གནས་པ་, and, it is also a verb, for which see next entry.

Question 6

གནས་ གནས་ གནས་
gnas ppf

Answer 6

vi. to abide, to remain, to dwell, to be present

Question 7

ེཚེ་
tshe

Answer 7

n. time, life

Question 8

རྟག་བརྟན་གཡུང་དྲུང
rtag brtan g.yung drung

Answer 8

These are three appositions, and are almost synonyms: རྟག་ is short for རྟག་པ་ which means, “permanent”. བརྟན་ is short for
བརྟན་པ་ which means, “stable”, and གཡུང་དྲུང་ means, “permanent”, or, “unchanging”. It is a translation of the Sanskrit
svastika.

Question 9

ངོ་བོ་
ngo bo

Answer 9

n. essence, entity

Question 10

སྒྲིབ་གཉིས་
sgrib gnyis

Answer 10

n. the two obscurations; This is a term that refers to 1) the so-
called “afflictive obscurations” and 2) the so-called “cognitive obscurations”. These are said to obscure liberation and enlightenment.