37 Practises of a Bodhisattva 16

Question 1

མཚང་
mtshang

Answer 1

n. (hidden) fault, shortcoming

Question 2

མཚང་ནས་འདྲུ
mtshang nas ‘dru

Answer 2

vt. to point out (hidden) faults/shortcomings, to expose someone’s faults/shortcomings or མཚང་འདྲུ་

Question 3

ཚིག་
tshig

Answer 3

n. word, phrase

Question 4

ངན་
ngan

Answer 4

bad. This is short for ངན་པ་.

Question 5

དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་
dge ba’i bshes

Answer 5

This is short for དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན་ n. spiritual friend, spiritual guide

Question 6

འདུ་ཤེས་
‘du shes

Answer 6

Here, this means, “perception” in the sense of, “to see something in a certain way”.

Question 7

འདུད་ - བཏུད་ འདུད བཏུད འདུད/ཐུད
‘dud - ppfi

Answer 7

vt. to bow down, to prostrate

Question 8

ཇི་སྙེད་ཡོད་པ་
ji snyed yod pa

Answer 8

“whatever there is”, “all there is”, literally: “all that can be found”

Question 9

ངོ་བོ་
ngo bo

Answer 9

n. essence, entity

Question 10

བསམ་པ་
bsam pa

Answer 10

n. thought, intention