ཁྲེགས་ཆོད་

JH-ENG

break-through

OT

[288] (rnying) 1) snga 'gyur ba'i lhag mthong gi brda chad/ ... 2) ka dag khregs chod kyi bdus tshig

JH-C

Comment: In the Great Completeness (rdzogs chen) in N#ying-ma, essential purity (ka dag) is paired with breakthrough (khregs chod; literally, "breaking through the hard") while spontaneity (lhun grub) is paired with leap-over (thod rgal) in ka dag khregs chod lhun grub thod rgal.

DM

Breakthrough. (ཀློང་ཆེན་པ་ 8.9 comm.). a special practice of Rdzogs-chen. 91 I 642.2. Padma-gling-pa, Works XIII 401.4. Tucci, Religions 131, etc. Ruegg 312. Germano, Poetic Thought 841. Nomads 269-70.

JV

trecho, trekcho, cutting through, clear-cut, single pointed contemplation, total relaxation, the dissolving of tensions, the fundamental practice of integrating the state of contemplation into daily activity. In it, all the tensions of body, voice and mind linked to tendencies of which one is unaware dissolve without effort, liberating themselves., Thekchod, releasing tensions, cutting through rigidity, a special teaching of the rdzogs chen man ngag gi sde, cutting through solidity, cutting through all attachment, barrier-free, seeing through, cutting through solidity, tregchöd

IW

(A) 1) snga 'gyur ba'i lhag mthong gi brda chad; 2) trekchö, cutting through, cutting stiffness/solidity [the slash that completely severs (together with {thod rgal} the two main parts of {rdzogs chen) = {ka dag khregs chod}. [arch] 1) early translation lhag mthong/ vipashyana gi brda chad; 2) trekchö, cutting through, cutting stiffness/solidity

RB

cutting through solidity*; isc. breakthrough

RY

Trekchö, Cutting Through, the Thorough Cut; 'Cutting through' the stream of delusion, the thoughts of the three times, by revealing naked awareness devoid of dualistic fixation. To recognize this view through the oral instructions of one's master and to sustain it uninterruptedly throughout all aspects of life is the very essence of Dzogchen practice. Together with {thod rgal} the two main parts of {rdzogs chen}. See also {ka dag khregs chod}. Alt. trans. of {khregs chod}: cutting the stiffness / solidity / hardness, cutting through rigidity, cutting resistance; the slash that completely severs