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A term used both for the vital winds that circulate through the right channel of the rasanā and for the exhalation of breath. The path of the vital wind of exertion is thus the right nostril.  +
Each of the four initiations is further classified into four, such as the vase initiation of the vase initiation, the vase initiation of the secret initiation, the vase initiation of the initiation of primordial awareness dependent on an embodiment of wisdom, and the vase initiation of the fourth initiation.  +
The warmths are various key experiences that arise along the path. These are precursors or foretastes of the actual signs that arise later. The warmths are like smoke and the signs are like fire. Smoke appears first, indicating the imminent arising of fire. The warmths arise on the mundane path and the signs arise on the transcendent path.  +
A Sanskrit term used in the Buddhist tantric tradition for a male semi-wrathful deity.  +
This obscure term refers to the total release of knots in the channels, of pains and so forth in the channels, and of attachment to various experiences. It refers to definitive techniques for the elimination of these hindrances so that they are permanently removed.  +
The mental ground of an individual that is the basis for all the experiences included in saṃsāra and nirvāṇa.  +
One of the three main channels. The rasanā is located to the right of the central channel.  +
The four maṇḍalas are the channels of the body, the channel syllables, the essential constituent nectars (enlightenment mind, drops), and the vital wind of primordial awareness. These are the supports that transform into the four kāyas. The universal ground consciousness, or mind, is supported by these four and transforms into the fifth kāya.  +