རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག | Glossary of Terms

རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག

rin po che tog

ratnaketu

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Ratnaketu

The Ratnaketu Dhāraṇī

Ratnaketu

རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཏོག

rin po che tog

ratnaketu

Definition in this text:

It occurs as the main title of the Ratnaketudhāraṇī and also as the name of the main dhāraṇī of the Ratnaketudhāraṇī. It is also used in Buddhist texts to designate a special meditative absorption, a tathāgata, and a bodhisattva. Generally, the term refers to something precious and illuminating, i.e., a guiding light.

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RP

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