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'''Wisdom of equality''' (Skt. ''samatājñāna''; Tib. མཉམ་ཉིད་ཡེ་ཤེས་, [[Wyl.]] ''mnyam nyid ye shes'') — one of the [[five wisdoms]]. Just as all the reflections in a mirror are the same in being simply reflections, without any concept of good or bad, the wisdom of equality is to regard [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]] as equal, as having a single mode and one taste.  
'''Wisdom of equality''' (Skt. ''samatājñāna''; Tib. [[མཉམ་ཉིད་ཡེ་ཤེས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''mnyam nyid ye shes'') — one of the [[five wisdoms]]. Just as all the reflections in a mirror are the same in being simply reflections, without any concept of good or bad, the wisdom of equality is to regard [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]] as equal, as having a single mode and one taste.  


==Alternative Translations==
==Alternative Translations==

Latest revision as of 14:43, 4 March 2011

Wisdom of equality (Skt. samatājñāna; Tib. མཉམ་ཉིད་ཡེ་ཤེས་, Wyl. mnyam nyid ye shes) — one of the five wisdoms. Just as all the reflections in a mirror are the same in being simply reflections, without any concept of good or bad, the wisdom of equality is to regard samsara and nirvana as equal, as having a single mode and one taste.

Alternative Translations

  • equalizing wisdom
  • pristine cognition of sameness (Gyurme Dorje)
  • timeless awareness as equalness (Lama Chökyi Nyima)