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A '''bright kalpa''' (Tib. སྒྲོན་མེའི་བསྐལ་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sgron me’i bskal pa'') is a kalpa during which a [[Buddha]] appears and teaches [[sentient beings]]. A kalpa during which a Buddha does not appear is called a [[dark kalpa]]. | A '''bright kalpa''' (Tib. སྒྲོན་མེའི་བསྐལ་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sgron me’i bskal pa'') is a [[kalpa]] during which a [[Buddha]] appears and teaches [[sentient beings]]. A kalpa during which a Buddha does not appear is called a [[dark kalpa]]. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*An illuminated age (Rangjung Yeshe) | *An illuminated age (Rangjung Yeshe) | ||
*Age of light (Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche) | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:31, 7 October 2021
A bright kalpa (Tib. སྒྲོན་མེའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. sgron me’i bskal pa) is a kalpa during which a Buddha appears and teaches sentient beings. A kalpa during which a Buddha does not appear is called a dark kalpa.
Alternative Translations
- An illuminated age (Rangjung Yeshe)
- Age of light (Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche)
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 25-26.