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May refer to the principle of enlightenment or to any enlightened being, in particular to Śākyamuni Buddha, the historical Buddha. +
That branch of the Kagyü lineage that traces back to Gampopa through Tüsum Khyenpa, the first Karmapa. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyü. ''See also'' Afterword: The Lineage and Its Teachings. +
The name given to the bodhisattva-to-be during the bodhisattva vow ceremony. +
One of the heavenly bodies of Indian cosmology. Rahu originally was a demon who tried to capture the sun and moon but was subdued and is now said to be one of the planets. He is responsible for eclipses. +
"Ka" refers to the oral instructions of the guru. It carries a sense of enlightened vision, and therefore often has the connotation of command. ''See also'' Afterword: The Lineage and Its Teachings. +
A lake in western Tibet, near Mt. Kailāsa, sacred to Cakrasaṃvara. +
The accumulation of merit (S: puṇya-sambhāra; T: bsod-nams-kyi-tshogs) is creating favorable conditions for following the path, by means of surrendering ego-oriented approaches, and exerting oneself toward dharma practice. The accumulation of wisdom (S: jñāna-sambhāra; T: ye-shes-kyi-tshogs) is the resulting realization. +
The sambhogakāya buddha of the karma family. +
A vajrayāna term for a kind of psychic heat generated and experienced through certain meditative practices. This heat serves to burn up all types of obstacles and confusion. One of the six yogas of Nāropa. +
A type of malevolent spirit, usually of the preta realm, who tends to cause disease-physical or psychological-due to a lack of mindfulness on the part of the practitioner. +
A fourth century Buddhist teacher, one of the founders of the Yogācāra school of Buddhism. +
Six practices and the abilities that are their fruitions. Nāropa taught these to Marpa. They are the yogas of caṇḍālī (T: gtum-mo), illusory body (S: māyādeha; T: sgyu-lus), dream (S: svapna; T: rmi-lam), luminosity (S: prabhāsvara; T: 'od-gsal), transference of consciousness (S: saṃkrānti; T: 'pho-ba), and the pardo (S: antarābhava; T: bar-do). +
The name of a bodhisattva, renowned for his unwavering perseverance in seeking enlightenment. He appears in the Prajñāpāramitā literature. His teacher was Dharmodgata, whom he met in the city of Gandhavatī. +
Generally, in the buddhadharma the practitioner takes the refuge vow, where he commits himself to the Buddha as example, the dharma as teaching, and the saṅgha as fellow practitioners on the path. The refuge vow marks the practitioner's formal entry into the dharma. In the vajrayāna, the refuge is fourfold, including the root guru, or sixfold, including the three roots and the three jewels +
A common epithet of Manjuśrī. +
One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas of the Indian vajrayāna tradition. He was a disciple of Virūpa and a master of the ''Hevajratantra''. +
There are several traditional enumerations, the most common of which is the six practices of the mahāyāna path: dāna (T: sbyin-pa; generosity), śīla (T: tshul-khrims; discipline), kṣaṇti (f: bzod-pa; patience), vīrya (T: btson-' grus; exertion), dhyāna (T: bsam-gtan; meditation), and prajñā (T: shes-rab; knowledge). They are called "transcendent" or "gone to the other shore" actions because they carry us across the river of saṃsāra and because they are based on prajñā, therefore acknowledging the bodhisattva's realization of twofold egolessness. For this reason, they transcend karmic entanglements of conventional conceptualized virtue. +
Associated with the vajra family, Vajrapaṇi is said to be the lord of mantra, also called Lord of Secret. He is a bodhisattva and is depicted in both peaceful and wrathful form. +
An honorific term for a Tibetan guru. +
