Also known as Prahevajra. First human lineage holder of the Great Perfection, author of Three Statements That Strike the Vital Point, teacher of Manjushrimitra. +
Also translated as the "four ways of leaving things as they are" in Dzogchen practice: (1) the view of a freely resting mountain (ri bo cog bzhag gi lta ba); (2) the wisdom intention of a freely resting ocean (rgya mtsho cog bzhag gi dgongs pa); (3) the pith instructions for freely resting awareness (rig pa cog bzhag gi man ngag); and (4) the techniques, which entail the total presence of visionary appearances (snang ba cog bzhag gi thabs). +
The eight avenues of ordinary consciousness: the five sense consciousnesses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch), (6) mind consciousness, (7) ego consciousness, and (8) all-ground consciousness. +
Goddesses who guard the four gates of the Secret Mantra mandala: (1) the Hook Lady (lcags kyu ma); (2) the Noose Lady (zhags pa ma); (3) the Chain Lady (lcags sgrog ma); and (4) the Bell Lady (dril bu ma). +
(1357–1419). Also known as Lobsang Drakpa (blo bzang grags pa) or Je Rinpoche. Famous master and prolific writer inspired by the Kadam tradition of Atisha. Founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism. +
The successive steps of visualization employed in the generation stage of meditation: (1) the moon cushion emerging from the Sanskrit vowels, (2) the sun cushion emerging from the Sanskrit consonants, (3) the seedsyllable of buddha speech, (4) the hand implements emblematic of buddha mind, and (5) the complete body of the yidam deity. The moon cushion represents the mirrorlike wisdom, the sun cushion represents the wisdom of evenness, the seed-syllable and symbolic qualities represent the wisdom of discernment, the combination of all of these represents the wisdom of accomplishment, and the complete form of the deity represents the wisdom of the space of reality. +
(1) Sleep (gnyid); (2) unconsciousness (dran med); (3) absorption of cessation ('gog pa'i snyoms 'jug); (4) absorption devoid of perception ('du shes med pa'i snyoms 'jug); and (5) being in the realm of the conceptionless gods ('du shes med pa'i lha yul). +
The first three of the nine vehicles (theg pa rim pa dgu): those of the (1) shravakas (nyan thos theg pa); (2) pratyekabuddhas (rang rgyal theg pa); and (3) bodhisattvas (byang chub sems dpa' theg pa). +