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The '''''la''''' ([[wyl.]] bla) means "above" or "higher" and is sometimes translated as "spirit". The ''la'' is what remains behind when a person dies while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth. | The word '''''la''''' ([[wyl.]] bla) means "above" or "higher" and is sometimes translated as "spirit". The ''la'' is what remains behind when a person dies while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth. | ||
For more informations see for example [[Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche]], ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88. | For more informations see for example [[Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche]], ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88. | ||
[[Category: Key Terms]] | [[Category: Key Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 2 October 2007
The word la (wyl. bla) means "above" or "higher" and is sometimes translated as "spirit". The la is what remains behind when a person dies while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth.
For more informations see for example Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88.