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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''''' ([[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.  


For more informations see for example [[Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche]], ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88.
==Further Reading==
*Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, ''Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma'', Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88.


[[Category: Key Terms]]
[[Category: Key Terms]]

Revision as of 20:01, 22 December 2008

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.

Further Reading

  • Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche, Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma, Vol. II (Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2006), p.88.