tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18790794.post-57084665624443485262008-03-25T23:31:00.000-07:002008-03-28T13:20:49.295-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDzA9gRAfOQ/R-nt0ahriFI/AAAAAAAAAfE/9iFLRxZbLRM/s1600-h/why_twelve_spheres_3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZDzA9gRAfOQ/R-nt0ahriFI/AAAAAAAAAfE/9iFLRxZbLRM/s400/why_twelve_spheres_3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181934330996033618" border="0" /></a>To continue with the twelve spheres:<br /><br /><span style="">མ་འོངས་པ། </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">ma 'ongs pa</span> is <span style="font-style: italic;">future</span>, the འི<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> 'i </span>at the end is a <span style="font-style: italic;">genitive particle</span> that binds from right to left.<br /><br /><span style="">ཉེ་བར་སྤྱོད་པ། </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">nye bar spyod pa</span> is <span style="font-style: italic;">enjoyment</span>,་རྣམ་པ། <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">rnam pa</span> is <span style="font-style: italic;">class</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">division</span>.<br /><br /><span style="">དྲུག </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">drug</span> is number <span style="font-style: italic;">six</span>. སྐྱེ་བ། <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">skye ba</span> is <span style="font-style: italic;">to arise,</span> and again the<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> 'i</span> is a <span style="font-style: italic;">genitive particle</span> binding from right to left.<br /><br /><span style="">སྒོ། </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">sgo</span> is a useful word, meaning <span style="font-style: italic;">door</span> in the figurative sense, like a sense door. And you should know the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">'i</span> by now.<br /><br /><span style="">ཕྱིར། </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">phyir</span> is <span style="font-style: italic;">because</span>. As this ends the whole sentence, we have the last letter doubling by the རོ <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">ro</span> construct.<br /><br />All together, there's an entrance to the future sixfold experiences or enjoyments. Earlier we saw there were two parts, body (or really <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">deha</span>, the six objects, eye, ear, tongue, body and mental organ) and the objectification. Two times six means twelve.Kent Sandvikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16346226940219880822noreply@blogger.com