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• Key Terms/original enlightenment  + (According to East Asian Buddhism, the intr … According to East Asian Buddhism, the intrinsic enlightenment of all sentient beings. This is obscured by the many stains present in the ''ālayavijñāna''. When these are purified, the natural state of enlightenment is recovered, a status known as "actualized enlightenment."tatus known as "actualized enlightenment.")
• Key Terms/trisvabhāva  + (According to the Yogācāra school, all phen … According to the Yogācāra school, all phenomena can be divided into three natures or characteristics: the imaginary nature (''parikalpitasvabhāva''), the dependent nature (''paratantrasvabhāva''), and the perfect or absolute nature (''pariniṣpannasvabhāva'').bsolute nature (''pariniṣpannasvabhāva'').)
• Key Terms/AOH  + (Acta Orientalia (Budapest))
• Key Terms/actualized enlightenment  + (Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment … Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment that is attained through practice. It is contrasted with original enlightenment, which is the mind's innate purity in its natural state. Ultimately, there is no difference between them. Because of the presence of ignorance, sentient beings are blind to their true nature. By removing that ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.t ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.)

• Key Terms/AkṣN  + (Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra)

• Key Terms/Yogācāra  + (Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the t … Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the ''Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra'' and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).arma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).)
• Key Terms/Madhyamaka  + (Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two … Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the ''Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras'', though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''.d in Nāgārjuna's ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''.)
• Key Terms/kun gzhi  + (Although it is commonly used as an abbrevi … Although it is commonly used as an abbreviation of ''ālayavijñāna'' (''kun gzhi'i rnam shes''), in later Tibetan traditions, particularly that of the Kagyu and the Nyingma, it came to denote an ultimate or pure basis of mind, as opposed to the ordinary, deluded consciousness represented by the ālayavijñāna. Alternatively, in the Jonang tradition, this pure version is referred to as ''ālaya-wisdom'' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'').''ālaya-wisdom'' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'').)
• Key Terms/AU  + (Amṛtakaṇikodyotanibandha)
• Key Terms/bodhigarbha  + (An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha fo … An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. Though it is back-translated as ''bodhigarbha'', this term does not seem to be found in Sanskrit sources. However, in other contexts, the Tibetan ''byang chub snying po'' is often used to translate the Sanskrit term ''bodhimaṇḍa'', which is often translated as the "seat of enlightenment."translated as the "seat of enlightenment.")
• Key Terms/pratipakṣa  + (An antidote or remedy that contributes or supports the elimination or pacification of a particular ailment or affliction.)
• Key Terms/nirmāṇakāya  + (An fully enlightened Buddha is said to hav … An fully enlightened Buddha is said to have the power to manifest in many forms in order to help the sentient beings. The emanation body of a buddha, as the third of the three bodies of a buddha, refers to the many forms in which a buddha can manifest and which are accessible to ordinary sentient beings. Buddhist scholars present four types of emanation bodies: emanation as supreme being, emanation as rebirth, emanation as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.)
• Key Terms/svasaṃvedana  + (An important term for the Yogācāra that re … An important term for the Yogācāra that refers to a consciousness of consciousness itself, or how one knows that they know something. It was a hotly debated topic that was disputed by followers of the Madhyamaka. In Tibet it would later become a common Dzogchen term, though with the entirely different meaning of one's own innate awareness (''rig pa''), a crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.)
• Key Terms/ARIRIAB  + (Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University)
• Key Terms/sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā  + (As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.)
• Key Terms/AP  + (Asian Philosophy)
• Key Terms/AS  + (Asiatische Studien)
• Key Terms/AMS  + (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra)
• Key Terms/Aṣṭa  + (Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā)
• Key Terms/BhK I  + (Bhāvanākrama I)
• Key Terms/BPPB  + (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica)
• Key Terms/BCA  + (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
• Key Terms/BCAP  + (Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā)
• Key Terms/Bobh  + (Bodhisattvabhūmi)
• Key Terms/CŚT  + (Bodhisattvayogācāracatuḥśatakaṭīkā)
• Key Terms/Brahman  + (Brahman is the universal principle, suprem … Brahman is the universal principle, supreme truth or ultimate reality in the Hindu religion considered to be absolute, eternal and blissful. A metaphysical concept, it is described as the single binding unity behind the diversity of all that exists. In Buddhism, while this metaphysical principle is not presented, one finds frequent mention of the deity named Brahmā, who is the personification of this principle. is the personification of this principle.)
• Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha  + (Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness).")
• Key Terms/BDRC  + (Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/)
• Key Terms/BHSG  + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1)
• Key Terms/BHSD  + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2)