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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. +
thegpa chen po;Mahāyāna;Literally, the term means the "Great Vehicle." Philosophically, the various schools of the Mahayana expand the earlier teachings on voidness (''śūnyatā'') so that the latter has reference to both the "selflessness of the so-called 'self'" (''atmannairātmya'') and the "selflessness of all dharmas" (''dharma-nairātmya''). From the practice side, the Mahāyāna schools stress compassionate activiry, aimed at the universal liberation from ''saṃsāra'' of all beings without exception. +
dka' bzi;definition=Literally,the "Four Difficulties." A way of referring to the four areas of monastic study to be mastered,namely: Vinaya,Pramāṇa,Prajñāpāramitā,and Madhyamaka. Here,one who successfully does this earns the tide of" ''bKa' chen''." +
bla ma mchod pa;guru puja +
sindhura;A bright scarlet powdery substance consisting of red lead, or vermilion. The powder is used, especially in tantric initiations involving the female ''yidam'' Vajrayoginī, to mark the "three doors" [of body, speech, and mind] of the disciple. +
kha na ma tho ba;avadya +
rdo rje theg pa;Vajrayāna;Literally, the "Diamond (or, Indestructible) Vehicle." That form of Mahāyāna Buddhism which, while based firmly upon the vow to liberate all beings, offers the "speedy path" (''nye lam'') set forth in the ''tantras'' as a way of attaining complete Buddhahood in one's very lifetime. +
mi rtag pa;anitya;Impermanence. One of the quintessential doctrines of Buddhist theory. +
byaṅ chub sems dpa';bodhisattva +
