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'''Primordial wisdom''' (Skt. ''jñāna''; Tib. ''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]].
'''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:
[[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]] says:


:"In the word yeshe, ''yé'' is short for ''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."
:"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==
==Alternative Translations==
*timeless awareness ([[Lama Chökyi Nyima]])
*deep awareness (Dr. Alexander Berzin)
*gnosis
*inborn knowing
*inborn knowing
*pristine cognition
*pristine cognition
*deep awareness (Dr. Alexander Berzin)
*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་, 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