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The '''four admirations''' (Tib. མོས་པ་རྣམ་བཞི་, [[Wyl.]] ''mos pa rnam bzhi'')— four manners in which one can be admired by beings. It is mentioned often in [[Four activities|magnetizing]] practices like [[Kurukulla]].  
The '''four admirations''' (Tib. མོས་པ་རྣམ་བཞི་, [[Wyl.]] ''mos pa rnam bzhi'') — four manners in which one can be admired by beings. It is often mentioned in [[Four activities|magnetizing]] practices like [[Kurukulla]].  


They are  
They are:
*The admiration of being treated with kindness since one is seen as a father or mother  
*the admiration of being treated with kindness since one is seen as a father or mother  
*The admiration of being respected since one is seen as a teacher
*the admiration of being respected since one is seen as a teacher
*The admiration of being renowned since one is seen as a king
*the admiration of being renowned since one is seen as a king
*The admiration of being loved since one is seen as a friend  
*the admiration of being loved since one is seen as a friend  


The ''[[Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary]]'' gives a similar enumeration
The ''[[Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary]]'' gives a similar enumeration
*Being admired as a father or mother
*being admired as a father or mother
*Being admired as teacher
*being admired as teacher
*Being admired as a king or leader
*being admired as a king or leader
*Being admired as a lord<ref>Wyl. pha ma lta bur mos pa/rje la mos pa/rgyal po'am gtso bor mos pa/slob dpon lta bur mos pad</ref>
*being admired as a lord<ref>Wyl. ''pha ma lta bur mos pa/rje la mos pa/rgyal po'am gtso bor mos pa/slob dpon lta bur mos pad''</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Revision as of 04:32, 18 August 2017

The four admirations (Tib. མོས་པ་རྣམ་བཞི་, Wyl. mos pa rnam bzhi) — four manners in which one can be admired by beings. It is often mentioned in magnetizing practices like Kurukulla.

They are:

  • the admiration of being treated with kindness since one is seen as a father or mother
  • the admiration of being respected since one is seen as a teacher
  • the admiration of being renowned since one is seen as a king
  • the admiration of being loved since one is seen as a friend

The Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary gives a similar enumeration

  • being admired as a father or mother
  • being admired as teacher
  • being admired as a king or leader
  • being admired as a lord[1]

Notes

  1. Wyl. pha ma lta bur mos pa/rje la mos pa/rgyal po'am gtso bor mos pa/slob dpon lta bur mos pad