Key Terms/Ngo bo
From Bodhicitta
ངོ་བོ་ ngo bo
essential nature
भाव
bhāva
Tibetan - Noun
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Basic Meaning
Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for rang bzhin.
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Has the sense of
According to Ives Waldo, it is similar to rang bzhin, but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part, whereas rang bzhin refers to the luminosity or clarity part.
In other languages
Tibetan
ངོ་བོ་
ngo bo
ngowo
Sanskrit
भाव
bhāva
How translators render it
essential natureBuddha-nature Standard, Richard Barron, Gyurme Dorje
essenceRichard Barron
essence (of being)Richard Barron
entityJeffrey Hopkins
substance. NOT in the sense of material substance (as in materialism).Dan Martin
In the dictionaries
Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary
svabhava 1) *, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic / central / essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature. 2) principle, existence, fact. 3) entity, fact of being, identity. 4) definition, main principle. 5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, 5) essential meaning [in textual introduction].
Tshig mdzod chen mo
rang bzhin dang gnas lugs
