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A great pandita or great scholar or teacher. +
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Karma is a universal law that when one does a wholesome action one circumstances will improve and when one does an unwholesome action negative results will eventually occur from the act. +
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These are the six sensory consciousnesses of sight hearing, smell, etc. Sixth is the mental consciousness. Seventh is afflicted consciousness and eighth is ground consciousness. +
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This has two main meanings: Any truth such as the sky is blue and secondly as it is used in this text, the teachings of the Buddha (also called buddha-dharma). +
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The texts of the vajrayana teachings. +
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Literally, extinguished. Individuals live in samsara and with spiritual practice can attain a state of enlightenment in which all false ideas and conflicting emotions have been extinguished. This is called nirvana. +
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The all encompassing space which is unoriginated and beginningless out of which all phenomena arises. +
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Literally, the mind of enlightenment. There are two kinds of bodhichitta- absolute bodhichitta which is completely awakened mind that sees the emptiness of phenomena and relative bodhichitta which is the aspiration to practice the six paramitas and free all beings from the sufferings of samsara. +
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A basic meditation practice aimed at taming and sharpening the mind. It is also called basic sitting meditation. +
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The three bodies of the Buddha: the nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya and dharmakaya. The dharmakaya, also called the "truth body", is the complete enlightenment or the complete wisdom of the Buddha which is unoriginated wisdom beyond form and manifests in the sambhogakaya and the nirmanakaya. The sambhogakaya, also called the "enjoyment body," manifests only to bodhisattvas. The nirmanakaya, also called the "emanation body" manifests in the world and in this context manifests as the Shakyamuni Buddha. +
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The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition. +
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Usually translated "diamond like." This may be an implement held in the hand during certain vajrayana ceremonies or it can refer to a quality which is so pure and so enduring that it is like a diamond. +
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Difficulties encountered by the practitioner. There are four kinds-skandha-mara which is incorrect view of self, kleshamara which is being overpowered by negative emotions, mrityumara which is death and interrupts spiritual practice, and devaputra-mara which is becoming stuck in the bliss that comes out of meditation. +
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These are the hinayana and mahayana texts which are the words of the Buddha. These are often contrasted with the tantras which are the Buddha's vajrayana teachings and the shastras which are commentaries on the words of the Buddha. +
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The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition. +
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See kayas. +
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An advanced vajrayana practice for combining bliss and emptiness producing heat as a byproduct. +
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One of the four major schools of Buddhism in Tibet. It was founded by Marpa and is headed by His Holiness Karmapa. The other three schools are the Nyingmapas, the Sakyas, and the Gelupas. +
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Conditioned existence which is ordinary life suffering which occurs because one still possesses passion, aggression, and ignorance. It is contrasted to nirvana. +
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These keep one from the path and they are attachment to gain. attachment to pleasure, attachment to praise, attachment to fame, aversion to loss, aversion to pain, aversion to blame, and aversion to a bad reputation. +
