Key Terms/Tha mal gyi shes pa
From Bodhicitta
ཐ་མལ་གྱི་ཤེས་པ་ tha mal gyi shes pa
ordinary mind
प्राकृतज्ञान
*prākṛtajñāna
Tibetan - Noun
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
A Mahāmudrā term for the basic state of consciousness that has not been fabricated or altered in any way.
In other languages
Tibetan
ཐ་མལ་གྱི་ཤེས་པ་
tha mal gyi shes pa
tamal gyi shepa
Sanskrit
प्राकृतज्ञान
*prākṛtajñāna
How translators render it
ordinary mindBuddha-nature Standard, Karl Brunnhölzl
completely ordinary/ simple awarenessRichard Barron
2·Explore
Has the sense of
The mind in its natural state. Often used as a synonym for the nature of mind and buddha-nature.
In other languages
Tibetan
ཐ་མལ་གྱི་ཤེས་པ་
tha mal gyi shes pa
tamal gyi shepa
Sanskrit
प्राकृतज्ञान
*prākṛtajñāna
How translators render it
ordinary mindBuddha-nature Standard, Karl Brunnhölzl
completely ordinary/ simple awarenessRichard Barron
Term type
Noun
Source language
Tibetan
Topic
Ordinary Mind
