Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dzogchen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
dzogchen
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Great Perfection; the state of contemplation beyond the mind; not unconscious, but mental processes not conditioning of awareness.

Uncountable

noun

The corresponding teachings found in Nyingmapa and the non-Buddhist Bonpo.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Tibetan རྫོགས་ཆེན། (rdzogs chen).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: རྫོགས་ཆེན།

Usage

Questions

What does dzogchen mean?
The Great Perfection; the state of contemplation beyond the mind; not unconscious, but mental processes not conditioning of awareness.
Where does dzogchen come from?
From Tibetan རྫོགས་ཆེན། (rdzogs chen).

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