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A philosophical school often called the Middle Way school founded by Nāgārjuna in the 2nd century. The main principle of this school is proving that everything is devoid of any inherent independent reality, that is, the teachings of emptiness. +
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These actions such as killing one's guru which cause one to be reborn immediately in the hell realm upon death. +
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One of the three bodies of buddhahood. It is enlightenment itself, that is wisdom beyond reference point. See kāyas, three. +
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Literally means "the lesser vehicle" which refers to the first teachings of the Buddha such as the four noble truths that developed into the 18 early schools of Buddhism. Also called the Theravādin path. +
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Refers to the dharmakāya of the Buddha. +
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A Tibetan word for ritual reading. To perform a vajrayāna practice, one must have a holder of the lineage read the text through (Tib. lung), give an explanation of the practice (Tib. tri) and give the empowerment for the practice (Tib. wang). +
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The all-encompassing space which is unoriginated and without beginning out of which all phenomena arise. The Sanskrit means "the essence of phenomena" and the Tibetan means "the expanse of phenomena" but usually it refers to the emptiness which is the essence of phenomena, +
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Teachings based on the Buddhist scriptures. Also called scriptural dharma or the teachings of the Tripiṭaka. +
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These are the hinayanā and mahayanā teachings which are the words of the Sākyamuni Buddha. They are often contrasted with the śāstras. +
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Cittamātra +
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These are the Buddha, the dharma, and the saṅgha. +
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The teachings of the Buddha concerning proper conduct. There are seven main precepts that may be observed by lay persons or various levels of monks and nuns. +
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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 four obstacles in reaching complete enlightenment are a dislike of the dharma, a strong belief in self, fear of suffering on the path, and lack of motivation to help others, ground, path, and fruition A logical method for describing something used in many Buddhist works. First one describes ṁe causal conditions (ground), then the coming together of these causes towards some goal (path), and finally the result (fruition), +
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These are the emotional (in contrast to intellectual) obscurations and are often called "mind poison" and translated as "defilements" in this text. The three main poisons are ataachment (also translated as desire), aggression (anger or adversion) and ignorance (or delusion). The five poisons are these three plus pride and jealousy. +
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the "three baskets." These are the sūtras (the narrative teachings of the Buddha), the vinaya (a code for monks and nuns) and the abhidharma (philosophical background of the dharma). +
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Literally, a jewel but in this context refers to the three jewels which are the Buddha, the dharma, and the saṅgha. +
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Literally, "very precious" and is used as a term of respect for a Tibetan guru. +
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Is believing in the solidity of relative reality by dividing all actions into subject and object and the exchange between the two. For example, on the relative level, one (subject) does a prostration (the action between) to a buddha statue (object) +
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see knowledge of how-it-is. +
