four_intermediary_kalpas
The four intermediary kalpas (Tib. བར་བསྐལ་ཉི་ཤུ་, bar kal nyishu, Wyl. bar bskal nyi shu) are the four periods of a great kalpa:
- formation (ཆགས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, chags pa'i bskal pa),
- duration (གནས་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, gnas pa'i bskal pa),
- destruction (འཇིག་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, 'jig pa'i bskal pa) and
- voidness (སྟོང་པའི་བསྐལ་པ་, stong pa'i bskal pa).
Further Reading
- Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), 'Appendix I'.
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 25-26.
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