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− | [[Jñanasattva]] (Skt. ''[[jñānasattva]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan| | + | [[Jñanasattva]] (Skt. ''[[jñānasattva]]''; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཡེ་ཤེས་སེམས་དཔའ་]]་}}, Wyl. ''[[ye shes sems dpa]]’''), '[[wisdom being]]', is: |
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#The “true” or actual [[wisdom]] [[deities]] you invite to come and bless the [[deities]] of the [[mandala]] you have [[visualized]]. | #The “true” or actual [[wisdom]] [[deities]] you invite to come and bless the [[deities]] of the [[mandala]] you have [[visualized]]. | ||
#It also refers to the [[deity]] [[visualized]] in the [[heart centre]] of the [[samayasattva]]. | #It also refers to the [[deity]] [[visualized]] in the [[heart centre]] of the [[samayasattva]]. | ||
− | [[jñāna-sattva]] ([[Sanskrit]]). ‘[[Awareness-being]]’, a term used in later [[tantric]] [[Buddhism]] to denote the true [[form]] of a [[deity]] ([[devatā]]) as an aspect of [[enlightenment]] ([[bodhi]]). The [[awareness]] | + | [[jñāna-sattva]] ([[Sanskrit]]). ‘[[Awareness-being]]’, a term used in later [[tantric]] [[Buddhism]] to denote the true [[form]] of a [[deity]] ([[devatā]]) as an aspect of [[enlightenment]] ([[bodhi]]). The [[awareness being]] was often summoned to merge with the [[samaya-sattva]], or [[visualized]] image of the [[deity]], as a part of the process of {{Wiki|worship}} ([[pūjā]]) or self-transformation. |
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[http://dictionary.buddhistdoor.com/en/word/2050/jnana-sattva dictionary.buddhistdoor.com] | [http://dictionary.buddhistdoor.com/en/word/2050/jnana-sattva dictionary.buddhistdoor.com] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 27 October 2013
Jñanasattva (Skt. jñānasattva; Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་སེམས་དཔའ་་, Wyl. ye shes sems dpa’), 'wisdom being', is:
- The “true” or actual wisdom deities you invite to come and bless the deities of the mandala you have visualized.
- It also refers to the deity visualized in the heart centre of the samayasattva.
jñāna-sattva (Sanskrit). ‘Awareness-being’, a term used in later tantric Buddhism to denote the true form of a deity (devatā) as an aspect of enlightenment (bodhi). The awareness being was often summoned to merge with the samaya-sattva, or visualized image of the deity, as a part of the process of worship (pūjā) or self-transformation.