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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. +
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Not having the eight mental fabrications is to be without a beginning, without a cessation, without nihilism, without etemalism, without going, without coming, not being separate, and not being non-separate. +
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These are the characteristics of impermanent objects and mean an object has a beginning, it has a solid existence in the present, and it decays or disintegrates into smaller constituents in the future. +
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This is the transcendent knowledge of the variety of reality. +
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This is transcendent knowledge of the true nature of reality, not as it appears to individuals in saṃsāra. +
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The skillful means used by enlightened beings to present the dharma taking the person's capabilities and propensities into account. +
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The Buddha's teachings correspond to three levels: the hīnayāna, the mahāyāna and the vajrayāna with each set being one turning of the wheel of dharma. +
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Literally means "great vehicle" and are the teachings of the second and third turning of the wheel of dharma that teach the path of a bodhisattva, compassion for all beings, and realization of emptiness. +
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The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually described as consisting of ten levels in the sūtra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition. +
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One of the four major schools of Buddhism in Tibet headed by His Holiness Karmapa. The other three schools are the Nyingmapas, the Sākyas, and the Gelupas. +
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The dharma teachings which have been derived from direct realization. These contrast with dharma of statements. +
