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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. +
bar do;antarābhava +
mṅon śes;abhijñā;The so-called "super-knowledges" or miraculous powers mentioned in the early Pali literature and carried over into the Mahayana. A bodhisattva is said to acquire these five (or six) powers, defined as: (1) supernal vision, (2) supernal hearing, (3) the ability to read others' thoughts, (4) the ability to see the arising and passing away of others, (5) the ability to work wonders (''ṛddhi'') of transformation and creation, and (6) the ability to see the destruction of all the negative "outflows" (''āsravas''). +
chos sku;Dharmakāya +
sñan rgyud;definition=Oral tradition. This term is a synonym for ''bka' brgyud'',or orally transmitted lineage. The term ''sñan'' carries the additional connotation of being "pleasing to the ear." Again,the Gelukpa recognize two ''sñan rgyuds'': an oral tradition of ''gcod'' practice and an oral tradition of Mahāmudrā. +
rNam-thos-sras;Vaiṣravana +
Zas-gtsaṅ-ma;Śuddhodana +
bcud len;definition=The yogic practice of "taking only the essences" of various vegetable and mineral substances. +
rGyud bla ma;Uttaratantra;An important late fourth-century text attributed to Maitreya. +
