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Crystal means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)The (pure) Crystal is denoted in the Sanskrit language as Śuddha-Sphaṭika, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “[...] Free from meditation and concentration and beyond [both] Yoga and reasoning, he leads people to absorption in ‘suchness’, when the mind becomes steady in awareness. Its form is like [e.g., a pure crystal (śuddha-sphaṭika)] [...] inexpressible by words and even beyond the sphere of the mind”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Starts with: Crystalline iceplant, Crystalline sugar.
Full-text (+610): Sphatika, Kacamani, Galvarka, Suryakanta, Kelasa, Sphatikamaya, Dhautashila, Kshirasphatika, Susaravat, Sphatikopala, Arkashman, Kuvajraka, Sitopala, Shubhra, Shuddhasphatika, Sitamani, Manivanna, Sphatikashman, Vimalamani, Nistusharatna.
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Search found 202 books and stories containing Crystal; (plurals include: Crystals). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXIX - Tests of crystals < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXX - Tests of Ruby < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXXIII - Tests of Lapis Lazuli (Vaidurya) < [Agastya Samhita]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 4 - Alkaline substance (4): Tankana (borax) < [Chapter XXVIII - Kshara (akalis)]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter VIII - Surgical instruments
Chapter XLVI - Diet articles and regimen of diet
The Concept of Sharira as Prameya (by Elizabeth T. Jones)
Indriyas (Sense organs) < [Chapter 3]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 81 - The holy rite for the release of Paśus (paśupāśa-vimocana) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 33 - The mode of gifting the kalpa tree < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 41 - The gift of the golden bull < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
A fragment of the Babylonian 'Dibbara' epic (by Morris Jastrow)
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