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The word '''''la''''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bla'') means 'above' or 'higher' and is sometimes translated as 'spirit'. The ''la'' is what remains behind when a person dies, while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth. | The word '''''la''''' (Tib. བླ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bla'') means 'above' or 'higher' and is sometimes translated as 'spirit'. The ''la'' is what remains behind when a person dies, while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88. | *Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88. | ||
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Revision as of 19:33, 17 August 2017
The word la (Tib. བླ་, Wyl. bla) means 'above' or 'higher' and is sometimes translated as 'spirit'. The la is what remains behind when a person dies, while the life-force is what ends and the consciousness is what proceeds to take rebirth.
Further Reading
- Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88.