[beginning-pure]; essential purity; pure from the beginning; pure from ka, the first letter of the alphabet Comment: In the Great Completeness (rdzogs chen) in N#ying-ma, essential purity (ka dag) is paired with breakthrough (khregs chod; literally, ""breaking through the hard"") while spontaneity (lhun grub) is paired with leap-over (thod rgal) in ka dag khregs chod lhun grub thod rgal.