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draṅ don;neyārtha;The indirect or "interpretable" meaning. An important term in Buddhist hermeneutics employed to characterize primarily the sūtras, which reveal their true meaning only after further elaboration and explication. +
'Dus-kyi-'khor'lo;Kālacakra +
na ma tho ba;avadya;Literally, "not praiseworthy." Anything shameful, disgraceful, or subject to blame. The term is used here with particular reference to Jampel Gyatso, who kept his monastic vows so well that he was completely above blame, having not even the slightest fault or transgression to conceal. +
sbas yul;definition= A so-called "hidden" country. One of the legendary hidden paradises of Inner Asia. +
Zi-ba-'tsho;Śāntirakṣita;The eighth-century Indian monk-scholar who journeyed to Tibet, taught the Buddhist Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna doctrines there, and ordained the first seven Tibetan monks. +
slob dpon;ācārya;An accomplished master of the traditional subjects of study and meditation. Also, an official position in a given monastery. +
Thogs-med;Asaṅga;The fourth-century Buddhist philosopher who founded the famed Yogācāra school. +
tiṅ ṅe 'dzin;samādhi +
chos;dharma;The term used, especially in Buddhist philosophical contexts, to refer to any existent reality or phenomenon, however fleeting in terms of temporal duration. +
Ganden;Tuṣita;The Sanskrit name refers to the "heaven" of Tuṣita, whence all Buddhas issue, and which is now presided over by Lord Maitreya, the future Buddha. Here, ''dGa'-ldan'' [Ganden] refers to the great monastic institution near Lhasa founded by Tsongkapa himself in the year 1409. +
jñāna;That type of transcendent or supramundane knowledge possessed by the Buddhas. +
dgon pa;vihāra;Literally, a "place of meditation." The term is used to refer to a monastery. +
rjes gnaṅ;definition=A ceremony of oral recitation and blessings that empowers a student to study a given text or to practice a prescribed ''sādhana''. +
yi dam;iṣṭadevatā;The Vajrayāna practitioner's personal or guardian deity. That special deity to whom one's mind is bound. +
phyag rgya chen po;mahāmudrā +
sgrub thabs;sādhana +
rdzogs rim;sampanna-krama +
