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ordinary being

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term ordinary being

Referenced by:
being, ordinary (cross-reference only)
Tibetan so-so'i skye-bo
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition A limited being who has not yet attained the state of an arya. In other words, someone who has not yet attained nonconceptual cognition of the four noble truths.

TRANSLATION (German)

Translation gewöhnliches Wesen
Definition Ein begrenztes Wesen, das noch nicht den Zustand eines Aryas erreicht hat, mit anderen Worten, noch keine nicht-begriffliche Wahrnehmung der vier edlen Wahrheiten erlangt hat.

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

German gewöhnliches Wesen
Italian essere ordinario
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... common being; ordinary being
Russian обычное существо
Vietnamese phàm phu, người phàm