Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
This is a property of type Text.
T
nirmanakāya;the form in which a buddha appears to ordinary beings;the emanation body. +
bka' babs pa;definition=Literally,"a specially commissioned one." A disciple who is deemed specially qualified to carry out a teacher's charge with complete success. +
Lha;deva;Here, any deity of the Buddhist pantheon. +
nor bu;maṇi;Literally, a jewel. "Maṇi" is also a way of referring to the famed six-syllable mantra of Avalokiteśvara: ''oṃ ma ṇi pad me hūṃ''. +
rDo-rje-'chaṅ;Vajradhara;Literally, "Holder of the Vajra," Vajradhara is the name used for the Dharmakāya, or "Truth Body," of Buddha and for the deity who heads the tantric practice lineages. According to the various traditions of Tibetan tantrism, he is the source from which the tantric teachings originated and from which all such lineages issue. Thus, according to the Kagyüpas, the Mahāmudrā teachings were passed directly from Vajradhara to Tilopa and, through the latter, to Nāropa, Milarepa, etc. According to the Gelukpas, the Mahāmudrā lineage descended from the Buddha Vajradhara to Lord Mañjuśrī. Tsongkapa then received the teachings directly from Lord Mañjuśrī himself. +
dge slong;bhikṣu;A fully ordained Buddhist monk, who has taken the 253 vows of full ordination. +
lta ba;View;view;dṛṣṭi;Used especially of a philosophical position. +
rtsa ba'i bla ma;mūla-guru +
rGyal ba Sen-ge'i-ṅa-ro;Buddha Siṃhāsvara;According to the Gelukpa, this is the form that Tsongkapa will assume in the future. Iconographically, the deity is a form of Lord Mañjuśrī. +
sMan bla;Bhaiṣajyaguru;The Buddha as "Healer," also called the "Medicine Buddha." +
'Od-dpag-rned;Amitābha +
dpa' bo;mkha' 'gro;ḍāka +
chos skyoṅ;dharmapāla +
rab tu 'byuṅ ba;pravrajyā;A newly ordained Buddhist monk. See the entry under ''pravrajyā''. +
sgrub thabs;sādhana;A descriptive ritual and meditation text. Also the meditation practice it outlines. +
