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From Buddha-Nature
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gdams ṅag;upadeśa;Oral instruction communicated directly from guru to disciple. An alternate Tibetan term is ''man ṅag''. +
Nag-po-chen-po;Mahākāla +
rDo-rje-rnal- 'byor-ma;Vajrayoginī;Literally, "Diamond Yogic Practitioner," Vajrayoginī is the female deity who is the chief consort of Lord Cakrasaṃvara. The name "Vajravārāhī" is used to emphasize her ''function'', which is to destroy the ignorance of holding the view of an inherently existent "I," while the name "Vajrayogini" is used to indicate her ''essence'', which is the insight that cognizes the inseparability of bliss and voidness. +
dGe lugs pa;definition= The order founded by Je Rinpoche,Tsongkapa. The name literally means the "Tradition of the Virtuous Ones." The order is also known under various other names,such as Kadampa Sarpa (bKa' gdams pa gsar pa) [the "new Kadampa"],the Gandenpa (dGa' ldan pa),and the "Yellow Hat" school. +
dBaṇs-can-ma;Sarasvati +
thar pa;Liberation;liberation;mokṣa;Liberation +
''rGyud-bla-ma'';''Uttaratantra'' +
lag khaṅ;definition=The main assembly hall and place of worship in a monastery. +
theg pa chen po;Mahāyāna +
Mi-bskyod-pa;Akṣobhya +
so so thar pa;pratimokṣa;Literally, "toward individual liberation." The term is used to designate that set of vows enjoined by the ''Vinaya'' upon Buddhist monks and nuns seeking liberation from ''saṃsāra''. +
gSaṅ 'dus;Guhyasamāja;The central deity of the tantra of the same name. This tantra, which is also known as the "King of all Tantras," is one of the so-called "father tantras" (''pha rgyud'') of the highest (''bla na med rgyud'') class of tantras, wherein generation of the "illusory body" is given preference over the development of the "clear light" yogas. +
mkhar;definition=A mansion,citadel,or fortress. +
Nag-po-chen-po;Mahākāla;A major "protective deity" (''mgon po''), Mahākāla is black in color and wrathful in form. He is thought of as the wrathful aspect of compassion and appears in numerous iconographic forms. While he is mentioned in all of the accounts herein, he was especially important to Gyelwa Ensapa. +
