Melong
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Melong is a Tibetan term that holds the semantic field: "mirror", "looking glass". The melong is a polyvalent symbol, divine attribute, and quality of the enlightened mindstream or bodhicitta.
The mirror is an ancient symbol throughout Indian religions. In Indian iconography it may be understood as a symbol for clarity, wholesome or complete perception and 'primordial purity' (Tibetan: ka dag) of the mindstream or consciousness. The mirror is often depicted as an accoutrement[1] of the hagiographical signification of fully realised Mahasiddha, Dzogchenpa and Mahamudra sadhaka. The mirror may be understood as a quality of the mindstream that denotes perceiving experience as it is without obscuration forded by klesha, etc.
The mirror may be engaged in the advanced Tantric sadhana of the Gyulu.
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[edit] The Mirror
The Mirror is the title of the newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community established by Namkhai Norbu.
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- ^ Accoutrement is herein employed in the sense of its etymon: refer, accoutrement.
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- Authorship unattributed (2006). Tibetan Buddhist Symbolism. [1] (accessed: November 9, 2007)
