'thor rlung: 3 definitions
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'thor rlung 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes'thor rlung (འཐོར་རླུང) in Tibetan refers to the Sanskrit Bhairambha which refers to “wind”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.
Source: SOAS: Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth century commentary'thor rlung (འཐོར་རླུང) refers to a “great whirlwind” according to the Guhyagarbha Tantra Chapter 21 (“Eulogy to the Wrathful Deities”).—Accordingly, “[...] Then the maṇḍala of the assembled host of the Transcendent Lord, the Great Joyous One, sane this following song with a most awesome glare. [...] HŪṂ! With an awesome roar, most ferocious; Like the rumbling of a thousand claps of thunder; And the sound of a hundred-thousand Mount Sumerus crumbling; There is the loudest laughter of Ala and Hala; And the whirlwind ('thor-rlung) that is emitted has a greater blast. [...]”
Note: The great whirlwind that is emitted (dbyugs-pa'i 'thor-rlung) from the force of their breath has a blast greater than the wind at the end of time because it terrifies venomous beings.
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.
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Kunpal: Shantideva's Bodhisattva-charyavatara'thor rlung (འཐོར་རླུང) refers to a “wind” or “windstorm”, according to Khenpo Kunpal's Commentary on the Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra.—Accordingly, “[...] On the evening of the following day, he (Śiṃkaradeva) drew a (maṇḍala) outline in the sky and left. Everyone began to worry. The next morning, he drew the maṇḍala and was just completing the Eastern (and final) gate, when the master, by merely resting in samādhi, caused a huge windstorm to arise, carrying the maṇḍala away without a trace remaining. Even the grass, trees, and towns were on the brink of being swept away, and the people who lived there were put to flight. The tīrthika teacher was also completely enveloped by the wind (rnam-par'thor rlung-gis) and carried off, like a little bird, and a great darkness fell. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Full-text: Bhairambha.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 21.3 (Commentary) < [Chapter 21 (Text And Commentary)]
Text 21.7 (Commentary) < [Chapter 21 (Text And Commentary)]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)