37 Practises of a Bodhisattva 15

Question 1

བཞིན་དུ་
bzhin du

Answer 1

Here, བཞིན་ follows a verb, so it means, “while”. like, as, similarly

Question 2

གང་དག་
gang dag

Answer 2

“Whoever”, “someone (in the plural)”; this goes together with the verb at the end: “even if someone…”

Question 3

གཅོད་བྱེད་
gcod byed

Answer 3

cuts of, eliminates. བྱེད་ is an auxiliary verb, which in this case does not add meaning, but fills a syllable.

Question 4

དབང་
dbang

Answer 4

n. power, force, control

Question 5

ལེན་ - བླངས ལེན་ བླང ལོངས
len - ppfi

Answer 5

vt. to take up, to take on, to pick up, to take, to grab hold of, to accept

Question 6

འགྲོ་མང་
‘gro mang

Answer 6

This is short for འགྲོ་བ་མང་པོ་ n. many beings.

Question 7

འདུ་ - འདུས འདུ འདུ འདུས
‘du - ppfi

Answer 7

vi. to come together, to congregate, to meet together, to be included within, to be comprised of

Question 8

འདུས་པ་
‘dus pa

Answer 8

n. gathering, congregation, assembly

Question 9

(x) ཡི་དབུས་སུ་
yi dbus su

Answer 9

“In the midst of (x)”, “among (x)”

Question 10

འགའ་ཞིག་
‘ga’ zhig

Answer 10

“a few”, “some”, “a few people”