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rDo-rje-'chaṅ;Vajradhara +
rGyal ba gñis pa;definition=Literally,a "Second Buddha." Used herein to refer to Tsongkapa. Among the Nyingmapas,the term is used in reference to Padmasambhava. +
dge 'dun;saṅgha;The Sanskrit term saṅgha literally means "an assemblage" [here, of religious practitioners]. It refers primarily to the monks and nuns forming the Buddhist clergy. In Tibetan the term ''dge 'dun'' is composed of two elements: '''dun'', meaning "having the desire for" and ''dge'', or "virtue." Thus, the Tibetan compound term designates "an assemblage of beings who seek virtue and emancipation." +
rdo rje theg pa;Vajrayāna +
rnal 'byor pa;yogi +
sde snod gsum;Tripiṭaka +
isolations,three;isolations,three;definition=This terminology refers to the first three [of the five,or six] stages of yogic accomplishment as articulated by the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''. The three are: "isolation of body" (''lus dben''),"isolation of speech" (''ṅag dben''),and "isolation of mind" (''sems dben''),respectively. Thereafter follows the achievement of the experience of the "clear light" and the "illusory body," finally culminating in the experience of the unification of these latter two,which is the consummate experience of Buddhahood itself. +
bya bral;definition=Literally,"one who is freed (''bral'') from householding obligations or work (''bya'')." Used ro characterize a "wandering ascetic." +
byaṅ chub sems;bodhicitta;The term is generally used to mean "the thought of enlightenment." Here, it is also employed in its tantric sense ro refer to the "white drops" (''Tib. thig le;Skt. bindu'') generated and manipulated in the arcane body by a tantric adept. +
gNas-brtan Rab-'byor;Subhūti +
Chos kyi dbyins;Dharmadhātu;Literally, the "realm of [all] ''dharmas''," this term is used to characterize the totality of existents. It is also used as an epithet for ultimate existence. +
gdam ṅag;man ṅag;upadeśa +
