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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. +
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An individual who has committed him or herself to the mahayana path of compassion and the practice of the six paramitas to achieve Buddhahood in order to free all beings from samsara. More specifically those with that motivation who have achieved liberation from samsara and are one of the ten bodhisattva stages that culminates in Buddhahood. +
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A philosophical school founded by Nagarjuna in the 2nd century. The main principle of this school is proving that everything is empty of self-nature as usually understood using rational reasoning. +
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Phenomena as it really is, not as it is perceived and this is often translated as "suchness" or "the true nature of things," or "things as-they-are." +
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These are a belief in the existence of everything (also called "eternalism"), a belief that nothing exists (also called "nihilism"), a belief that things exist and don't exist, and that reality is something other than existence and non-existence. +
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Buddha nature or that enlightened essence present in all beings that allows them to have the capacity to achieve enlightnement. It is closely related to tathagatagarbha. +
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The Madhyamika or Middle-way school divided into two major schools: the Rongtong which maintains voidness is devoid of inherent existence and Shentong which maintains voidness is indivisible from luminosity. +
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One usually begins the vajrayana path by doing the four preliminary practices which involve doing 100,000 refuge prostrations, 100,000 vajrasattva mantras, 100,000 mandala offerings, and 100,000 guru yoga supplications. +
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These six special yogic practices were transmitted from Naropa to Marpa and consist of tummo or the subtle heat practice, the illusory body practice, the dream yoga practice, the luminosity practice, the ejection of consciousness practice and the bardo practice. +
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Also called meditative absorption or one-pointed meditation and is the highest form of meditation. +
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Literally means "great seal" or "great symbol." This meditative transmission emphasizes perceiving mind directly rather than through skillful means. +
