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lit. the Blissful. The name of the "Western Paradise," the pure land of the Buddha Amitabha. +
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The three main afflictions of attachment, hatred, and ignorance. ''See'' Afflictions. +
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''See'' Main mind. +
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An intermediary state. This term most often refers to the state between death and subsequent rebirth. In fact, human experience encompasses six types of bardo: the bardo of the present life (''rang bzhin skye gnas bar do''), the bardo of meditation (''bsam gtan gyi bar do''), the bardo of dream (''rmi lam gyi bar do''), the bardo of dying ('' 'chi ka'i bar do''), the luminous bardo of ultimate reality (''chos nyid bar do''), and the bardo of becoming (''srid pa'i bar do''). The first three bardos unfold in the course of life. The second three refer to the death and rebirth process which terminates at conception at the beginning of the subsequent existence. +
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Teacher, the equivalent of spiritual master or lama. +
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A central notion of the Mahayana teachings of the second turning of the Dharma wheel. They are a means of approach to ultimate reality through an understanding of three qualities implicit in all phenomena. The three doors are: (1) all phenomena are empty; (2) they are beyond all attributes; and (3) they are beyond all aspiration or expectation. +
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The ultimate nature of phenomena (namely, their lack of inherent existence) beyond the four ontological extremes. +
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The sixth and highest heaven of the desire realm, where gods have power over the enjoyments that other gods have created. +
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A term with several levels of meaning. Basically, it means a ritual gesture performed with the hands. +
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In a Buddhist context, ignorance is not mere nescience but mistaken apprehension. It is the incorrect understanding of, or failure to recognize, the ultimate nature of the person and phenomena, and falsely ascribing true existence to them. +
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The traditional classification of the Dharrjia according to the Nyingma school. The first three are known as the three causal vehicles of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas. Following these are the three" vehicles of the outer tantras, namely, Kriyayoga, Upayoga, and Yogatantra. Finally there are the three vehicles of the inner tantras: Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga. +
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A positive action, such as a profound state of meditation devoid of the motivation of bodhichitta. The characteristic feature of this kind of action is that it invariably produces rebirth in the form or formless realms of samsara. Other actions lack this unwavering or invariable quality in the sense that, depending on circumstances, their result may ripen in a realm different from the one normally to be expected. +
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One of the New Translation schools, founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357—1419), whose head is the Throne-Holder of Ganden and whose most illustrious member is His Holiness the Dalai Lama. +
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The Three Jewels, spiritual masters, abbots, and so forth, who possess extraordinary spiritual qualities of elimination and realization and in respect of whom actions bring forth powerful karmic effects. +
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The name of the Buddhist ethical teachings in general and of the code of monastic discipline in particular. +
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A member of the priestly caste of ancient India; this term often indicates hermits and spiritual practitioners. It should be noted that the Buddha rejected the caste system and proclaimed on several occasions that the true Brahmin is not someone so designated through an accident of birth, but one who has thoroughly overcome defilement and attained freedom. ''See also'' Four castes. +
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One who through compassion strives to attain the full enlightenment of buddhahood for the sake of all beings. Bodhisattvas may be "ordinary" or "noble" depending on whether they have attained the path of seeing and are residing on one of the ten bodhisattva grounds. +
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''See'' Tradition of the Profound View. +
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A method of textual analysis adopted by the panditas of Nalanda and used by Tibetan scholars. It consists of a sequence of five topics: the author of the treatise (''mdzad pa po''), its scriptural source (''lung gang nas btus''), its general philosophical tendency (''phyogs gang du gtogs''), its condensed meaning (''bsdus don''), and its purpose (''dgos ched''). +
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The wheel or round of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences all of which are characterized by suffering. ''See also'' World of desire. +
