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'''Lung''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rlung''; Skt. ''prana'')
'''Lung'''
#the inner air or 'wind' within the [[psycho-physical system]].  
#(Tib. རླུང་, Wyl. ''rlung''; Skt. ''prāṇa'') the [[inner air]] or 'wind-energy' within the [[psycho-physical system]].
#the [[oral transmission]] of a text or practice.
#(Tib. རླུང་, Wyl. ''rlung''; Skt. ''vāyu'') the wind or air element among the [[five elements]]
#the short written commentary of a [[tantra]] (in this case, the corresponding Sanskrit term is ''[[agama]]'', not ''prana'')
#(Tib. ལུང་, Wyl. ''lung''; Skt. ''āgama''):
#*(a) an [[agama]] is a text presenting the teachings of one or several [[tantra]]s in a shorter more accessible way.
#*(b) any scripture, and by extension quotations from the scriptures
#*(c) the [[oral transmission]] of a text


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Latest revision as of 18:14, 18 March 2017

Lung

  1. (Tib. རླུང་, Wyl. rlung; Skt. prāṇa) the inner air or 'wind-energy' within the psycho-physical system.
  2. (Tib. རླུང་, Wyl. rlung; Skt. vāyu) the wind or air element among the five elements
  3. (Tib. ལུང་, Wyl. lung; Skt. āgama):
    • (a) an agama is a text presenting the teachings of one or several tantras in a shorter more accessible way.
    • (b) any scripture, and by extension quotations from the scriptures
    • (c) the oral transmission of a text