tukdam
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tibetan ཐུགས་དམ (thugs dam).
Noun[edit]
tukdam (uncountable)
- (Tibetan Buddhism) An advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.
- 1999 August 1, Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Binder Schmidt, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As it is[1], volume 1, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 25:
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away quite suddenly, but after he died he remained in tukdam for quite a while, longer than the sun was in the sky that day.
- 2012 April 16, Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, Marie Aubele, History of the Karmapas: The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown[3], Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 42:
- At noon, after his breathing had stopped, he manifested the state of tukdam, the ultimate meditation at the moment of death.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tukdam.