Terms

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Noun

This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activity. (Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, 102).

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AA

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāra

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AAvivṛti

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāravivṛti

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AAvṛtti

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāravṛtti

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AAĀ

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkārālokā

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abhidharma

Noun

Abhidharma generally refers to the corpus of Buddhist texts which deals with the typological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and epistemological presentation of Buddhist concepts and teachings. The abhidharma teachings present a meta-knowledge of Buddhist sūtras through analytical and systemic schemas and are said to focus on developing wisdom among the three principles of training. The Abhidharma is presented alongside Sūtra and Vinaya as one of the three baskets of the teachings of the Buddha.

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actualized enlightenment

Noun

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.

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advaya

Adjective

Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.

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AK

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośakārikā

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AKBh

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośabhāṣya

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AKVy

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośavyākhyā

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AkṣN

Abbreviation

Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra

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amalavijñāna

Noun

The ninth consciousness, the immaculate pure mind.

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AMS

Abbreviation

Aṅgulimālīyasūtra

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Anuyoga

School

The second set of the three inner tantras and the eighth of the nine vehicles according to the Nyingma tradition. Anuyoga includes many yogini tantras and focuses on the Completion Stage practices of sacred channels, energies and essential fluids and espouses the actualisation of empty bliss.

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anātman

Noun

The nonexistence of the self as a permanent, unchanging entity.

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AOH

Abbreviation

Acta Orientalia (Budapest)

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AP

Abbreviation

Asian Philosophy

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arhat

Noun

A person who has reached nirvāṇa by eliminating the three poisons of attachment, hatred and ignorance having followed the path of seeking individual liberation as a Śrāvaka or a Pratyekabuddha. An arhat, thus, is a person who has overcome the cause of rebirth in the cycle of existence and will not take an ordinary birth again.

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ARIRIAB

Abbreviation

Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University

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AS

Abbreviation

Asiatische Studien

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Atiyoga

School

A system of esoteric thought and practice associated with the Nyingma tradition and equivalent to Great Perfection, it is considered as the pinnacle of the nine vehicles or paths one can follow to reach Buddhahood. The system focusses on the pure, luminous and empty nature of the mind as the ground reality which must be realised through the path of trekchö and thögal practice.

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AU

Abbreviation

Amṛtakaṇikodyotanibandha

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avidyā

Noun

Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors.

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Aṣṭa

Abbreviation

Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā

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BA

Abbreviation

The Blue Annals

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BA (Tib)

Abbreviation

Deb ther sngon po

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BCA

Abbreviation

Bodhicaryāvatāra

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BCAP

Abbreviation

Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā

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BCRD

Abbreviation

The Buddhist Canons Research Database a project of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS) and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies (CCBS) http://databases.aibs.columbia.edu/

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BDRC

Abbreviation

Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/

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BEFEO

Abbreviation

Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient

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BhK I

Abbreviation

Bhāvanākrama I

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BHSD

Abbreviation

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2

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BHSG

Abbreviation

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1

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bhūmi

Noun

A plateau of spiritual development.

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Bobh

Abbreviation

Bodhisattvabhūmi

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bodhi

Noun

Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (byang) and "perfected" (chub), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha.

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bodhicitta

Noun

The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.

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bodhigarbha

Noun

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."

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Bodhisattva

Noun

A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses.

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Bodong

School

The Bodong tradition generally refers to the vast body of literature and activity stemming from Bodong Panchen Choklé Namgyal (1375/76-1451) and the monastery of Bodong E to the north of Sakya and the west of Narthang.

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BPPB

Abbreviation

Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica

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Brahman

Noun

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.

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BSOAS

Abbreviation

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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buddhadhātu

Noun

A synonym for tathāgatagarbha widely used throughout the East Asian Buddhist traditions, as found in its translations as the Chinese term fó xìng and Japanese term busshō.

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byams chos sde lnga

Text

This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita.

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bīja

Noun

A seed, commonly used figuratively in the sense of something which has the potential to develop or grow, and likewise as the basic cause for this development or growth.

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CAJ

Abbreviation

Central Asiatic Journal

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Caturmudrā

Abbreviation

Caturmudrāviniścaya

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