thugs dam

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Tibetan Noun

thugs dam

meditation at death
ཐུགས་དམ།

Basic Meaning

Persons who have experience in meditation on the nature of the mind or emptiness are said to be able to remain in a meditative equipoise after death. Although they have stopped breathing and are clinically dead, they are said to be able to retain their body without decay, often with lustre and flexibility. They are believed to have actualised their buddha-nature at the time of death and attained the state of enlightenment.

Term Variations
Key Term thugs dam
Topic Variation thugs dam
Tibetan ཐུགས་དམ།  ( thugdam)
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration thugs dam  ( thugdam)
Buddha-nature Site Standard English meditation at death
Term Information
Source Language Tibetan
Basic Meaning Persons who have experience in meditation on the nature of the mind or emptiness are said to be able to remain in a meditative equipoise after death. Although they have stopped breathing and are clinically dead, they are said to be able to retain their body without decay, often with lustre and flexibility. They are believed to have actualised their buddha-nature at the time of death and attained the state of enlightenment.
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Term Type Noun
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