Also called the Seven-Line Prayer, this is the famous supplication to Padmasambhava in seven lines that begins: "On the northwest border of Oddiyana..." +
These are the four essential recollections, the four correct trainings, the four supports for miraculous ability, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven branches of enlightenment, and the eightfold path. +
Four visionary appearances that arise in Dzogchen Tögal practice: (1) the vision of the direct perception of reality (chos nyid mngon sum gi snang ba); (2) the vision of ever-increasing meditative experience (nyams gong 'phel ba'i snang ba); (3) the vision of the culmination of awareness (rig pa tshad phebs kyi snang ba); and (4) the vision of the cessation of clinging in reality (chos nyid du 'dzin pa zad pa'i snang ba). +
(1) Vidyadhara of Maturation (rnam smin rig 'dzin); (2) Vidyadhara with Power over the Life Span (tshe dbang rig 'dzin); (3) Vidyadhara of the Great Seal (phyag chen rig 'dzin); and (4) Vidyadhara of Spontaneous Presence (lhun grub rig 'dzin). +
(b. 705). Abbot of Vikramashila Monastery in India. Invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, founded Samye Monastery, ordained the first Tibetan monks. +
Also called the four ways of cutting. These are profound methods for severing attachment to the ego by offering one's body to the four types of guests through visualization. They are practiced respectively at dawn, noon, evening, and night: (1) the white feast (dkar 'gyed); (2) the red feast (dmar 'gyed); (3) the variegated feast (khra 'gyed); and (4) the black feast (nag 'gyed). +
Daughter of King Trisong Detsen. First recipient of the Khandro Nyingtik treasure cycle, revealed by her later incarnation Pema Ledreltsel (1231?–1307?). +
The ten guiding principles of past saints: (1) leave your mind to the Dharma, (2) leave your Dharma to a beggar's life, (3) live your beggar's life until death, (4) leave your death to a cave, (5) cast yourself out from your place among others, (6) take your place among the dogs, (7) find a place among celestial beings, (8) embrace unswerving determination, (9) embrace indifference to what others may think of you, and (10) retain wisdom. +
One of the three most important sacred mountains of Tibet, along with Mount Kailash (gang dkar ti se) and Lapchi (la phyi), on the border of Tibet and Arunchal Pradesh, India. +
(1) The lama (bla ma); (2) tutelary deity (yi dam); and (3) dakini (mkha' 'gro). Respectively, these confer blessings, accomplishments, and enlightened activities. +