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015-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bodhicittavivarana/111 ID: 015-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bodhicittavivarana <br> Date: 28 January 2026 <br> Creator: Tsadra Staff <br> Origin: Tsadra Foundation

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English	The single taste of compassion is merit; The taste of emptiness is most excellent; Those who drink [the elixir of emptiness] to realize Self and other’s welfare are conqueror’s children.
RootTextVerseNum	103
SegmentFormat	Root
SegmentOrder	111
SourcePageNumber	33
Tibetan	སྙིང་རྗེ་རོ་གཅིག་བསོད་ནམས་འགྱུར། ། སྟོང་ཉིད་རོ་ནི་མཆོག་གྱུར་པ། ། བདག་དང་གཞན་དོན་སྒྲུབ་དོན་དུ། ། གང་འཐུང་དེ་དག་རྒྱལ་སྲས་ཡིན། །
TranslationPageNumber	33
Wylie	snying rje ro gcig bsod nams 'gyur/_/ stong nyid ro ni mchog gyur pa/_/ bdag dang gzhan don sgrub don du/_/ gang 'thung de dag rgyal sras yin/_/
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AuthorLabel	Nāgārjuna 2nd Century
DuplicateRootTranslation	false
RootTextWikiPage	Texts/RKTST 665
ShortTitle	Bodhicittavivaraṇa
SourceAuthor	People/Nāgārjuna
SourceCitation	Nāgārjuna. Bodhicittavivaraṇa, (Byang chub sems kyi 'grel pa). (D 1800) rgyud, ngi 38a5-42b5. (Vol. 35)
SourceShortTitle	Nāgārjuna
SourceTitleTibetan	བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་ཀྱི་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ།
SourceTitleWylie	byang chub sems kyi 'grel pa zhes bya ba
SourceWikiPage	Texts/RKTST 664
TranslationCitation	Jinpa, Thupten, trans. "A Commentary on the Awakening Mind." By Nāgārjuna. n.p.: Institute of Tibetan Classics, 2007.
TranslationPublishedYear	2007
TranslationWikiPage	Articles/A Commentary on the Awakening Mind
Translator	People/Jinpa, Thupten
TransMemCreator	Tsadra Staff
TransMemDate	28 January 2026
TransMemID	015-Tsadra-BC-Root-Bodhicittavivarana
TransMemNum	015
TransMemOrigin	Tsadra Foundation
TransMemType	Root verses

Karuṇā - The profound wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. It is a core virtue in Buddhism and, in the Mahāyāna tradition, develops into 'great compassion' (mahākaruṇā), the driving force behind the pursuit of enlightenment for the benefit of others. Skt करुणा  Tib ཐུགས་རྗེ་  Ch 悲  

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Puṇya - The positive energy or potential created through performing good deeds, such as generosity or kindness. In Buddhism, accumulating this positive force is seen as essential for finding happiness in future lives, and crucial as a foundation for following the spiritual path. Skt पुण्य  Tib བསོད་ནམས་  Ch 福;功德  

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Śūnyatā - The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics. Skt शून्यता  Tib སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་  Ch 空;空門  

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Ātman - Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena. Skt आत्मन्  Tib བདག་  Ch 我;灵魂  

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Ātman - Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence (svabhāva) of phenomena. Skt आत्मन्  Tib བདག་  Ch 我;灵魂  

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