tukdam

alternative thukdam

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

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

   2012 April 16, Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, Marie Aubele, History of the Karmapas: The Odyssey of the Tibetan Masters with the Black Crown, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 42

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   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.

   1999 August 1, Erik Pema Kunsang, Marcia Binder Schmidt, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, As it is, volume 1, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 25

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

   2009 November 10, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Uncommon Happiness, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, →ISBN, page 9