Dechen
བདེ་ཆེན
From Tibetan བདེ་ཆེན, "great happiness".
Meaning and origin
Dechen combines the Tibetan words for happiness or ease and for greatness, and in Buddhist teaching it also names a deeper, lasting bliss rather than passing pleasure.
How to pronounce Dechen
| English (US) | DEH-chen /ˈdɛtʃɛn/ |
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