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'''Primordial wisdom''' (Skt. '' | '''Primordial wisdom''' (Skt. ''jñāna''; Tib. [[ཡེ་ཤེས་]], ''yeshé'', [[Wyl.]] ''ye shes'') — one of the [[two accumulations]]. The primordial and nondual knowing aspect of the [[nature of mind]]. See also the [[five wisdoms]]. | ||
[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]] says: | |||
:"In the word yeshe, ཡེ་, ''yé'' is short for ཡེ་ནས་, ''yé né'', which means ‘right from the beginning’ or ‘primordially’. Some people translate it as ‘pristine’ or 'pure', meaning that it is untouched and unstained, and has been there all the time. It is the way it always was." | |||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*deep awareness (Dr. Alexander Berzin) | |||
*gnosis | |||
*inborn knowing | |||
*pristine cognition | |||
*timeless awareness ([[Lama Chökyi Nyima]]) | |||
*wisdom | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Paramitas]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:39, 27 December 2020
Primordial wisdom (Skt. jñāna; Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་, yeshé, Wyl. ye shes) — one of the two accumulations. The primordial and nondual knowing aspect of the nature of mind. See also the five wisdoms.
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche says:
- "In the word yeshe, ཡེ་, yé is short for ཡེ་ནས་, yé né, which means ‘right from the beginning’ or ‘primordially’. Some people translate it as ‘pristine’ or 'pure', meaning that it is untouched and unstained, and has been there all the time. It is the way it always was."
Alternative Translations
- deep awareness (Dr. Alexander Berzin)
- gnosis
- inborn knowing
- pristine cognition
- timeless awareness (Lama Chökyi Nyima)
- wisdom