The defilement of desire (the mental afflictions of the desire realm that are neither ignorance nor views); the defilement of existence (the mental afflictions of the higher realms that are neither ignorance nor views); the defilement of ignorance (the ignorance that is first in the links of dependent origination and is the cause of the three realms); and the defilements of views (wrong views, such as the sixty-two types). +
Ngo-tro Rabjampa (225.1.2) states that the view of this text is that the even houses are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces; and the odd houses are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. This is also the view of the Kālachakra Tantra. See Wallace 2004, 50n48 and n49. +
Intentional ambiguity about the time frame (dus la dgongs pa), intentional ambiguity about the meaning (don la dgongs pa), and intentional ambiguity about the consideration (bsam pa la dgongs pa). +
Intentional ambiguity (dgongs pa can); intentional unambiguity (dgongs pa can ma yin pa); provisional meaning (drang don, neyārtha); definitive meaning (nges don, nītārtha); standard terminology (sgra ji bzhin pa); and nonstandard terminology (sgra ji bzhin pa ma yin pa). See Kongtrul 2005, 283–84 and 286–87. +
The excellent qualities of separation are the thirty-two qualities of the dharmakāya, the fruition of the separation from, or relinquishment of, the mental afflictions. The excellent qualities of maturation are the thirty-two excellent major marks associated with the two form kāyas, the fruition of the maturation of merit. +
The basic unit for time measurement in the system used by The Profound Inner Principles. One breath is the length of time a healthy individual takes to inhale and exhale. Six breaths make up one pāṇīpala; 360 comprise one ghaṭikā, or daṇḍa; 1,800 breaths are called a lagna, or major saṃkrānti; and 21,600 breaths comprise one solar day. +
Distinguishing the Vinaya (Vinayavibhaṅga, 'Dul ba rnam par 'byed pa) (Dg.K. 3); Basic Vinaya (Vinayavastu, 'Dul ba lung gzhi) (Dg.K. 1); Foundations of the Minor Vinaya (Vinaya-kṣhudra-vastu, 'Dul ba phran tshegs kyi gzhi) (Dg.K. 6); and Authentic Treatise on the Vinaya (Vinaya-uttaragrantha, 'Dul ba gzhung dam pa) (Dg.K. 7). GTCD. +
Word-meaning (tshig don), general meaning (spyi don), hidden meaning (sbas don), and ultimate meaning (mthar thug gi don). See Kongtrul 2005, 287–89. +
The preliminary to the five stages (rim lnga, pañchakrama), the perfection process of the Guhyasamāja system. See Kongtrul 2007b, 179-82 and 298; and Kongtrul 2008. +