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The present world age markedby the degeneration of all discipline, morality, and wisdom. +
A heruka of the father order of anuttara tantra. Belonging to the vajra family, he exemplifies the penetrating quality of transmuted anger. Blue, sitting in the vajārasanā , he has six arms and four faces. With two arms he clasps his prajñā (consort) with his vajra and ghaṇṭā; the other four hands hold the mudrās of the other four buddha families: a dharmacakra, a flaming jewel, a lotus, and a crossed vajra. +
A tribe of ancient India into which Gautama, the historical Buddha, was born. The Buddha is known as Śākyamuni (sage of the Śākyas), and also lord of the Śākyas and king of the Śākyas. +
Said to be the name of the first king of Tibet, who descended from the sky to Yarlha Shampo mountain. +
An accomplished master of meditation practice and study. An official position in a monastery +
Three aspects of developing prajñā, which describe how the practitioner comes to a true understanding of the teachings. First, one hears or learns what the teachings are. Second, one contemplates or thinks about what this means. Finally, one comes to an intuitive, nonconceptual understanding through meditation. +
(S: paramārtha-satya; T: don-dam-pa'i-bden-pa; absolute truth; and S: saṃvṛtti-satya; T: kun-rdzob-kyi-bden-pa; relative truth) +
A yogic practice in which consciousness leaves the body. One of the six yogas of Nāropa. +
(1) The three realms of saṃsāra: realm of desire (S: kāmadhātu; T: 'dod-pa'i-khams), realm of form (S: rūpadhātu; T: gzugs-kyi-khams), and formless realm (S: ārūpyadhātu; T: gzugs-med-khams). (2) The eighteen elements classified in the abhidharma: the six sense organs, sense objects, and their corresponding consciousnesses. +
Utpattikrama and sampannakrama. +
The dharma that has been told are the teachings that one listens to, studies, and contemplates. The dharma that has been experienced are these same teachings fully understood and realized through meditation. +
Specifically, the Buddha's teaching. Lower dharma is how things work on the mundane level, e.g., how water boils. Higher dharma is the subtle understanding of the world-how mind works, how saṃsāra perpetuates itself and how it is transcended, and so on. More technically, in the abhidharma it refers to the most simple, ultimate elements of existence, which were enumerated in differing numbers by various schools. +
The consort of Hevajra. +
A form of yoga practiced in the vajrayāna, which involves working with the illusory body of nāḍī, prāṇa, and bindu by means of controlling mind, breath, and body. +
Often used in a technical sense to refer to the primary centers of the illusory body: head, throat, heart, and navel. +
A nāga queen, ruler of the world of water. +
A type of verse or song spontaneously composed by vajrayāna practitioners as an expression of their realization.anskrit=dohā +
A key term in vajrayāna referring to the simultaneous arising of sarṃsāra and nirvāṇa, naturally giving birth to wisdom. +
The five corruptions of the dark age: decrease in the length of life, perverted views and no faith in spirituality, the five kleśas being rampant, sentient beings are difficult to convert, and warfare and degraded society. +
