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[[Image:TN_Guru_Rinpoche_skull_cup.jpg|300px|thumb|Skull cup from a tangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]] | [[Image:TN_Guru_Rinpoche_skull_cup.jpg|300px|thumb|Skull cup from a tangka of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]]] | ||
The '''skull cup''' (Skt. '' | The '''skull cup''' (Skt. ''kapāla''; Tib. [[ཐོད་པ་]], ''tö pa'', [[Wyl.]] ''thod pa'') is a symbolic implement that represents the ability to sustain the bliss of nonconceptual wisdom.<ref>''bskyed pa'i rim pa cho ga dang sbyar ba'i gsal byed zung 'jug snye ma/ dge rtse ma h'a pandita tshe dbang mchog grub''. Quoted in the glossary to ''Deity, Mantra and Wisdom'', Dharmachakra Translation Committee.</ref> When the skull cup contains blood (Tib. [[ཐོད་ཁྲག་]], Wyl. ''thod khrag'') it represents the conquering of the [[four maras|four demons]].<ref>''bskyed rim gyi zin bris cho ga spyi 'gros ltar bkod pa man ngag kun btus/ kun mkhyen bstan pa'i nyi ma''. Quoted in the glossary to ''Deity, Mantra and Wisdom'', Dharmachakra Translation Committee.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:43, 17 February 2020
The skull cup (Skt. kapāla; Tib. ཐོད་པ་, tö pa, Wyl. thod pa) is a symbolic implement that represents the ability to sustain the bliss of nonconceptual wisdom.[1] When the skull cup contains blood (Tib. ཐོད་ཁྲག་, Wyl. thod khrag) it represents the conquering of the four demons.[2]
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- ↑ bskyed pa'i rim pa cho ga dang sbyar ba'i gsal byed zung 'jug snye ma/ dge rtse ma h'a pandita tshe dbang mchog grub. Quoted in the glossary to Deity, Mantra and Wisdom, Dharmachakra Translation Committee.
- ↑ bskyed rim gyi zin bris cho ga spyi 'gros ltar bkod pa man ngag kun btus/ kun mkhyen bstan pa'i nyi ma. Quoted in the glossary to Deity, Mantra and Wisdom, Dharmachakra Translation Committee.