Four intermediary kalpas

From Rigpa Wiki

Revision as of 07:25, 18 March 2016 by Gyurme (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''four intermediary kalpas''' (Wyl. ''bar bskal nyi shu'') are the four periods of a great kalpa: #formation (Tib. ཆགས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་...")

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

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 four intermediary kalpas (Wyl. bar bskal nyi shu) are the four periods of a great kalpa:

formation (Tib. ཆགས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. chags pa'i bskal pa),
duration (Tib. གནས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. gnas pa'i bskal pa),
destruction (Tib. འཇིག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. 'jig pa'i bskal pa) and
voidness (Tib. སྟོང་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, Wyl. stong pa'i bskal pa).

Further Reading

Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), 'Appendix I'.
Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 25-26.

Retrieved from "https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Four_intermediary_kalpas&oldid=75519"