བྱིན་རླབས
jinlap
The English word "blessing" is translated into Tibetan as བྱིན་རླབས (jinlap).
While it can mean the general act of declaring or seeking favor, in a Tibetan Buddhist context, བྱིན་རླབས refers specifically to the spiritual energy or grace transmitted from a realized master to a practitioner.
Meaning: act of declaring, seeking or bestowing favor (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
jinlap
Did you know?
- In Tibetan culture, བྱིན་རླབས is not just a spoken word but can be physically transmitted through objects such as a teacher's shawl or a ritual bell.
- A person might say they have 'lost' the བྱིན་རླབས of their teacher if they have broken a spiritual vow, treating the blessing as a rechargeable resource.
- The word བྱིན་རླབས is often used to describe the 'power' or 'efficacy' of a sacred site, rather than just a wish for good luck.
Examples in context
- ཁྱེད་རང་ལ་བྱིན་རླབས་ཐོབ་པར་སྨོན་ལོབ་འདེབས་ཀྱི་ཡོད།khyed rang la byin rlabs thob par smon lob 'debs kyi yod.I am praying that you receive blessings.
- དམ་བདག་གི་བྱིན་རླབས་ཆེན་པོ་རེད།dam bdag gi byin rlabs chen po red.It is a great blessing from the deity.
