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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary +
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(2nd cent. C.E.) Indian philosopher/dialectician and originator of the Madhyamika school. +
That which spins, or moves in circles, referring specifically to the cycle of suffering. +
Four preliminary instructions known as the Four Thoughts That Transform the Mind: the preciousness of a human birth, impermanence, the suffering of the six realms of samsaric existence, and karma. +
The confidence that comes from recognizing and being sure about the presence of one's core essence of enlightenment; it brings willingness to train the mind and is connected with devotion. +
One of the many names for enlightenment, it refers to removing ignorance that obscures the mind and realizing absolute truth. +
A fully enlightened compassionate being who, through the "superior" motivation and practices of the mahayana path, goes beyond personal liberation to benefit all sentient beings. (See also Three yanas) +
The three vehicles of the Buddhist path. Hinayana, the "narrow vehicle," refers to an initial stage of self liberation, with an emphasis on cutting through ego fixation. Mahayana, the "great vehicle," brings realization of emptiness and egolessness of self and others, culminating in the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to liberate all sentient beings. Vajrayana, or "indestructible vehicle," sometimes referred to as "tantra," recognizes wisdom and compassion in the form of the guru, devotion to whom brings enlightenment, the fruition of the Buddhist path. +
The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha in whom one takes refuge. +
The three lower realms (hell realm, hungry ghost realm, and animal realm) and three higher realms (human realm, jealous god realm, and god realm) of samsaric existence. Since the god and asura (jealous god) realms are often considered as one, the six realms are sometimes referred to as five realms. +
Literally, "sending and taking,"a contemplative practice that generates loving-kindness and compassion for sentient beings. +
Any cause, or first action, producing some effect or fruition, which then becomes another cause. Awareness of cause and effect brings understanding of karma. +
The Middle Way teachings of Buddhism, which expose the falsity of the extreme views of nihilism and eternalism. +
The wind element, or breath. +
One who, through hinayana practices, has gone beyond emotional defilements to attain the lesser fruition of individual liberation, or "arhatship." +
From ''bodhi'', meaning "awakening," the actual place where the Buddha attained enlightenment and first taught. Also known as Vajrasana, "land of vajra," or "vajra mind," referring to buddha mind or a situation or place where, upon viewing vajra mind, one could realize one's inherent buddha nature. +
The three unvirtuous actions of body (killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct); four of speech (lying, sowing discord, harsh speech, and idle chatter); and three of mind (covetousness, wishing harm on others, and wrong view). Their opposites are the ten virtuous actions. +
The energetic or expressive aspect of enlightened mind in the form of a tutelary deity. In Tibetan Buddhism, the focus of one's formal practice might be one of hundreds of such deities. As tutelary deity, the yidam is a personal protector of one's practice and guide to enlightenment. +
One of the deities in the Tibetan vajrayana teachings, known as the embodiment of compassion. +
(1040-1123) Great yogi and poet of Tibetan Buddhism and the Karma Kagyu lineage. +
