Meaning of tukdam | Babel Free

Definitions

An advanced state of meditation believed to be attained by some experienced meditators following their deaths.

Tibetan, uncountable

Examples

“Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away quite suddenly, but after he died he remained in tukdam for quite a while, longer than the sun was in the sky that day.”

“The signs of tukdam are that the heart remains warm, rigor mortis does not set in, and the body does not begin to deteriorate.”

“At noon, after his breathing had stopped, he manifested the state of tukdam, the ultimate meditation at the moment of death.”

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