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lit. holder of the vajra. The name of a sambhogakaya Buddha who is the union of the five enlightened lineages. Vajradhara is sometimes equated with Samantabhadra. +
The first of the Hinayana tenet systems, in which the indivisible particles of matter and the indivisible instants of consciousness are regarded as ultimate truths. +
(1403-78). A great tertön and the first compiler of the Nyingma tantras (''rnying ma rgyud 'bum''). +
(1487-1542). Otherwise known as Ngari Penchen Pema Wangyal (''mnga' ri pan chen pad ma dbang rgyal''), a tertön and a scholar renowned for his treatise on the three vows (''sdom gsum rnam nges''), in which he expounds and defends the position of the Nyingma school. +
(1813-99). The tertön name of Jamgön Kongtrul, recognized as the incarna tion of Vairotsana - one of the first, as well as the greatest, of Tibetan translators. Jamgön Kongtrul was instrumental in the development of the Rimé movement in Eastern Tibet. He was a prolific author of immense erudition, a highly realized master, and a tertön, or treasure-revealer. +
The all-embracing expanse of ultimate reality; the emptiness of phenomena that is inseparable from their appearance. +
lit. pith instructions. ''See also'' agama. +
Esoteric teachings that elucidate the tantras. In the tantra classification of the Nyingma school, the inner tantras are divided into three groups: mahayoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga. In this same system, these three groups are also referred to as ''rgyud, lung'', and ''man ngag'' (Skt. tantra, agama, and upadesha, respectively), where mahayoga is regarded as tantra (''rgyud''), anuyoga is regarded as elucidation (agama, or ''lung''), and atiyoga is regarded as pith instruction (upadesha, or ''man ngag''). +
lit. unsurpassable tantra. The fourth and highest class of the tantra according to the fourfold classification of the tantras preferred in the New tradition. It corresponds to the three inner tantras (maha, anu, and ati) as contrasted with the three outer tantras (kriya, charya, and yoga) of the sixfold Nyingma classification. +
A small ritual drum, traditionally made from the tops of two skulls fastened back-to-back. +
Name of the palace of Guru Padmasambhava in his pure land, the glorious Copper-Colored Mountain of Chamara. ''See also'' Chamara; Copper-Colored Mountain. +
The great mountain at the center of a universal system according to the cosmology of ancient India. +
The five constituents, one physical and four mental, found when, in the search for the self, the human "person" is subjected to analytical investigation. They are the material form or body, feelings, perceptions, conditioning factors, and consciousness. The coming together of these aggregates gives rise to the impression of "I." +
A ritual offering, of more or less elaborate design, made usually of dough, but sometimes of clay. +
(c. tenth century). An Indian mahasiddha, or master of high accomplishment. He was the author of three famous cycles of dohas, or songs of realization. +
The sacramental bond and commitment in the Vajrayana established between the master and the disciples on whom empowerment is conferred. The samaya bond exists also between the disciples of the same master and between the disciples and their practice. +
(1212-70). One of the five "tertön kings," who were the greatest of the treasure-revealers. +
Another name for the Vajrayana. ''See'' resultant vehicle. +
lit. one who has gone thus. A synonym for Buddha. +
The three objects of refuge as spoken of in the tantra teachings: the guru, the root of blessings; the yidam deity, the root of accomplishment; and the dakini, the root of enlightened activities. The three roots are the tantric parallel to the Three Refuges of the sutra teachings. +
