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mkhan po;definition=An abbot. Also,as "instructor," one of the chief officers required at any ordination ceremony. According to the Buddhist Vinaya,five monks are necessary for ordination: the instructor (''mkhan po''),the teacher (''slob dpon''),the master of esoteric secrets (''gsaṅ ston''),and two assistants. +
''Zla-ba-sgron-ma'i-mdo'';''Candrapradipa-sūtra'' +
gso sbyoṅ;Poṣadha;The Buddhist vow and ritual of fasting and other forms of abstinence for a prescribed period of time. +
Zi-ba-'tsho;Śāntiraṣita +
bde;sukha;The bliss simultaneously accompanying insight of the highest order. In tantric contexts, the bliss that accompanies the insight into voidness. +
grub thob;siddha;One who succeeds in attaining enlightenment in one lifetime using tantric means. The subjects of the namtar translated herein. +
chos kyi rgyal po;Dharma-rāja +
rten 'brel;rten ciṅ 'brel par 'byuṅ;pratītya-samutpāda ba +
dbU ma;Mādhyamika;he philosophical school of thought founded by the great sage Nagarjuna, which offers pristine analyses concerning the proper understanding of voidness (''śūnyatā'') and which is accorded great esteem by all the major orders of Tibetan Buddhism. +
sku bem;definition=A heavy woolen monastic robe,allowed as special apparel for monks of the various Tantra Colleges. +
De-bzin-gśegs-pa;Tathāgata +
rtsa dbu ma;avadhūti +
Dam-can Chos-rgyal;definition=One of the chief "oath-bound" protecting deities of the Tibetan pantheon. This is the deity who protects the ''Miraculous Volume'' of the Ganden Oral Tradition teachings on Mahāmudrā. +
rDor-rje-rnal-'byor-ma;Vajrayogini +
dbaṅ skur;abhiṣeka;Tantric initiation. Literally, "a sprinkling of water from above." The term originally referred to the coronation ceremony of an Indian monarch. Later, it came to name the ritual marking entrance into the esoteric doctrine of Buddhism. +
Saṅs-rgyas;Buddha;Literally, an "Awakened One." The title given ro one who has attained complete enlightenment. Used especially with reference to Siddhārtha Gautama, the sixth-century Indian founder of the Buddhist Doctrine. +
dul bat 'dzin;Vinaya-dhara;A "vinaya-holder" is a keeper of the monastic discipline. Here, the epithet is used in reference to Jampel Gyatso in particular. +
sprul pat glegs bam chen mo;definition=The ''Great Miraculous Volume'' said to contain the various methods of the Ganden Oral Tradition of Mahāmudrā. The ''Miraculous Volume'' is an important ''leit motif'' in these namtar. +
