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Another name for training in the higher samādhis (lhag pa ting nge 'dzin gyi bslab pa). +
The five objects of the senses: forms, sounds, smells, tastes, and tangible objects. +
The four mental skandhas—feelings, discriminations, formative forces, and consciousnesses—and the forms skandha. +
Also called the four spheres of the formless realms (gzugs med skye mched mu bzhi). The sphere of Limitless Space (Nam mkha' mtha' yas skye mched), the sphere of Limitless Consciousness (rNam shes mtha' yas skye mched), the sphere of Nothingness (Ci yang med pa'i mtha' yas skye mched), and the sphere of Neither Discrimination nor Nondiscrimination ('Du shes med min gyi skye mched). +
A nonconceptual, nonmistaken awareness that experiences itself. See Mind and Its World I Sourcebook 2007, 138–52. +
Wandering mendicants of the brāhmaṇa caste who follow Vedic teachings. +
The full name of this foundational text of Tibetan medicine is ''Amṛita's Heart: The Tantras of the Secret Esoteric Instructions on the Eight Branches'' (''bDud rtsi snying po yan lag brgyad pa gsang ba man ngag gi rgyud''). The four tantras, or sections, are the Root Tantra, Explanatory Tantra, Instructional Tantra, and Final Tantra. There is debate about the origins and authorship of this text. Some regard it to be of Indian origin, translated into Tibetan by Vairochana; others say that it is an indigenous Tibetan work. For more on the history of this text, see Garrett 2008, 46–47; and Kilty 2010, 5–9. For a translation of the Root Tantra and Explanatory Tantra sections, see Clark 1995. +
Those who destroy the teachings; denigrate the three jewels; steal the wealth of the saṅgha; disparage the Mahāyāna; threaten the guru physically; belittle vajra brothers and sisters; create obstacles for practice; are totally devoid of kindness and compassion; are without the samayas and vows; and have wrong views about karma and its results. GTCD. +
"Threefold" (sum skor ma, traivṛittā), "desire" ('dod ma, kāminī), "house-mistress" (khyim ma, gehā), "chaṇḍikā" (gtum mo), and "māra-free" (bdud bral ma, māradārikā). +
The dreams we have while we are asleep are called "double delusions" because, unlike waking appearances—which are called the "actual dreams"—sleep-time dreams do not exist even conventionally. See Kongtrul 2007b, 184. +
Speaking, taking, walking, releasing feces, releasing urine, and releasing sexual fluids. +
One of the primary elements used in the Indian alchemical processes for transmuting base metals into gold and for attaining immortality. See White 1996. +
A term used by the Sāṃkhya system for the subtle objects, or elements, of forms, sounds, odors, tastes, and tangible objects, from which the grosser elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space are produced. The term implies irreducibility. See Kongtrul 2012, 406, where the term is translated as "five potentials of subtle matter." +
Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); controlling (dbang ba); summoning (dgug pa); killing (bsad pa); expelling (skrad pa); paralyzing (rengs pa); stupefying (rmongs pa); neutralizing poison (dug gzhil ba); separating (dbye ba); causing plagues (rims kyis gdab pa); and striking with kīlas (phur bus gdab pa). +
Ignorance, desire, aggression, pride, doubts, and views. +
Magical powers (rdzu 'phrul), divine eye (lha'i mig), divine ear (lha'i rna), recollection of previous lives (sngon gnas rjes dran), and knowledge of others' minds (gzhan sems shes pa). GTCD. These are discussed extensively in the Treasury of Abhidharma, chapter 7, verses 42–56. See Pruden 1988–90, 1157–80. +
The twenty-four channels (from "indivisible" through "excellent mind") characterized by being absorbed ones (thim pa), enjoyment ones (longs spyod pa), and dominant ones (bdag po). +
A name given to the mind in the bardo. This is discussed in the Explanation of the "Treasury of Abhidharma," chapter 3, commentary on verse 12cd. See Pruden 1988–90, 286. +
Ignorance (ma rig pa, avidyā); karmic formative forces ('du byed kyi las, saṃskārakarma); consciousnesses (rnam shes, vijñāna); names and forms (ming gzugs, nāmarūpa); six sense spheres (skye mched, āyatana); contact (reg pa, sparsha); feelings (tshor ba, vedanā); craving (sred pa, tṛiṣhṇā); grasping (len pa, upādāna); existence (srid pa, bhava); birth (skye ba, jāti); and aging and death (rga shi, jarāmaraṇa). +
Human (mi), dog (khyi), horse (rta), cow (ba lang), and elephant (glang po che). +
