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Name for lands to the south and southwest of Tibet. +
The wisdom-activity of enlightenment, transcending all dualistic conceptualization. One's being is spontaneously wise, without needing to seek for it. The Tibetan term means "primordial knowing." +
A class of deities with human torsos and serpentlike lower bodies, said to inhabit low-lying marshy areas and bodies of water. They are associated with jewel-treasures and with knowledge. They are said to have guarded the ''Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras'' until the great teacher Nāgārjuna took custody of them. +
A province in eastern Tibet. +
A basic meditation practice common to most schools of Buddhism, whose aim is the taming and sharpening of the mind by means of coming back again and again to meditative discipline. Samātha is developed as a springboard for insight, seeing the transparency of experiences, rather than solidifying them.<br> Many Buddhist schools teach one to accomplish śamatha first, and only then how to cultivate vipaśyanā. Some lineages, including that of the Kagyü mahāmudrā, teach the possibility of developing simultaneous śamatha and vipaśyanā, as a stage in the experience of śūnyatā and mahāmudrā. +
An epithet of Milarepa-the person from Kungthang (a region in southwestern Tibet along the Nepalese border). +
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To do a vajrayana practice one must receive the empowerment from a qualified lama. One should also receive the practice instruction (Tib. ''tri'') and the textual reading (Tib. ''lung''). +
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Literally, the "great vehicle." These are the teachings of the second turning of the wheel of dharma which were first taught at Vulture Peak Mountain by the Buddha and emphasized shunyata, compassion, and universal Buddha-nature. +
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A school of Buddhism which emphasizes the hinayana teachings. +
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A mythical bird which hatches fully grown. +
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A high teacher in the Tibetan tradition. +
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See luminosity. +
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A great scholar. +
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Spiritual accomplishments of accomplished practitioners. +
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The emotional obscurations (in contrast to intellectual obscurations) which are usually translated as "poisons" or "defilements." The three main kleshas are (passion or desire or attachment), (aggression or anger); and (ignorance or delusion or aversion). The five kleshas are the three above plus pride and (envy or jealousy). +
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The advanced realization of the inseparability of samsara and nirvana and how these arise simultaneously and together. +
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A teacher from which one has received the instructions and empowerments that form the core of one's practice. +
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Vital essence drops located within the body and visualized in vajrayana practices. +
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See the three kayas. +
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A religious song spontaneously composed by a vajrayana practitioner. It usually has nine syllables per line. +
