ka dag

From Buddha-Nature
Tibetan Noun

ka dag

primordial purity
ཀ་དག

Basic Meaning

Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub).

Term Variations
Key Term ka dag
Topic Variation ka dag
Tibetan ཀ་དག  ( kadak)
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration ka dag  ( kadak)
Buddha-nature Site Standard English primordial purity
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term essential purity
Ives Waldo's English Term original purity
Term Information
Source Language Tibetan
Basic Meaning Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub).
Related Terms trekcho
Term Type Noun
Definitions
Tshig mdzod Chen mo ༡) སྟོང་པ་ཉིད།་༢) ཀ་ནས་དག་པ་སྟེ་ཐོག་མ་ཉིད་ནས་དྲི་མ་མེད་པ།