Eight jewel ornaments

From Rigpa Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

The eight jewel ornaments (Tib. རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་རྒྱན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. rin po che'i rgyan brgyad) are:

  1. jewel of the crown (dbu rgyan)
  2. earrings (snyan rgyan)
  3. short necklace or neck-band (mgul rgyan)
  4. armlets or shoulder-straps (dpung rgyan)
  5. two long necklaces (one longer than the other) (do shal and se mo do )
  6. bracelets (phyag gdub)
  7. anklets (zhabs gdub)
  8. rings (sor gdub)[1]

Or

  1. crown (dbu rgyan)
  2. earrings (snyan rgyan)
  3. neck-band (mgul rgyan)
  4. shoulder-straps (dpung rgyan)
  5. mid-length necklace (do shal)
  6. long necklace (se mo do)
  7. bracelets (gdu bu)
  8. girdle (ska rags) or its tassels ( 'og pag)

Notes

  1. Padmakara, Words of my Perfect Teacher, page 267.

Internal Links

Alternative translations

  • eight ornaments made of precious gemstones (Gyurme Dorje)