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(1040-1123) — one of the most famous yogis and poets in Tibetan religious history; much of the teachings of the Karma Kagyu schools passed through him. See ''The Life of Milarepa'' and ''The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa''. His name means 'Cotton-clad Mila.' +
authorization to study a scripture by listening to it being read aloud. +
treasure revealer of the Kyasu clan; Kyasu being Chokgyur Lingpa's family name. One wall of Kyasu mansion is still visible an hour's walk from Tsechu monastery in Nangchen. +
'greater vehicle';' connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to scope of aspiration, methods applied and depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the bodhisattva vow to liberate all sentient beings through compassion and insight into emptiness. +
jewelry and garments of silk for a peaceful deity and bone-ornaments for a wrathful. +
Oral Transmissions of the Old School; 56 volumes in the expanded edition published by Dudjom Rinpoche. The predominant number of scriptures concern the three inner tantras. +
in this book, short for Jamgön Kongtrul the First. +
(1700-1774) — eighth in the line of Situ incarnations; great scholar and visionary, doctor and painter; founded Palpung in 1727. +
exoteric teachings belonging to Hinayana and Mahayana that regard the path as the cause of enlightenment, as opposed to the esoteric, tantric teachings. +
of the Tsangsar clan; one of the masters in the Barom Kagyu lineage; Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's ancestor. +
a province in the northern part of Himachal Pradesh, India. +
famous palace of the Dalai Lamas and the landmark of Lhasa. +
(1002/12-1097) — great forefather of the Kagyu lineage. See ''Life of Marpa the Translator''. +
(b.1951) — oldest son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and abbot of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudha, Nepal. +
(Helambhu), sacred valley three days walk north of Kathmandu. +
abbot of Vikramashila who ordained the first Tibetan monks at the invitation of King Trisong Deutsen. +
practitioner of Vajrayana who keeps long hair, wears a different robe than monks, and can be married. +
the place where Chokgyur Lingpa revealed the terma treasure ''Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel''. Situated in Nangchen on the road between Jekundu and Sharda. +
tradition; one of the eight chariots of the practice lineages, brought to Tibet by Atisha Dipamkara in the eleventh century. +
