Ka dag
From Bodhicitta
ཀ་དག ka dag
primordial purity
Tibetan - Noun
Basic Meaning
Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub).
Has the Sense of
All things in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism are said to be primordially empty and thus pure and free from extremes and defilements. More specifically, primordial purity refers to the nature of consciousness or buddha-nature, which is empty by nature but endowed with spontaneous luminosity. Primordial purity is the empty aspect of the buddha-nature which is primordially present in all beings.
| Term Variations | |
| Key Term | Ka dag |
|---|---|
| Topic Variation | ka dag |
| Tibetan | ཀ་དག ( kadak) |
| Wylie Transliteration | ka dag ( kadak) |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | primordial purity |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | essential purity |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | original purity |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Tibetan |
| Basic Meaning | Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (khregs chod). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (lhun grub). |
| Has the Sense of | All things in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhism are said to be primordially empty and thus pure and free from extremes and defilements. More specifically, primordial purity refers to the nature of consciousness or buddha-nature, which is empty by nature but endowed with spontaneous luminosity. Primordial purity is the empty aspect of the buddha-nature which is primordially present in all beings. |
| Related Terms | trekcho |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Rangjung Yeshe Dictionary | primordial purity [thd]. primordial purity, primordially pure; *; originally pure, pure from the beginning / first. Primordial purity. The basic nature of sentient beings which is originally untainted by defilement and beyond confusion and liberation |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo | ༡) སྟོང་པ་ཉིད།་༢) ཀ་ནས་དག་པ་སྟེ་ཐོག་མ་ཉིད་ནས་དྲི་མ་མེད་པ། |
