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The name by which Padmasambhava is most commonly known in Tibet +
The second of the six gods' realms in the world of desire. The abode of Indra and his thirty-two ministers +
A mythical bird symbolizing primal wisdom, of great size and able to fly as soon as it is hatched. The five colors in which it is sometimes represented symbolize the five wisdoms. It is the enemy of the nagas, and is depicted with a snake in its beak, symbolizing consuming the afflictive emotions +
“the three bodies”: the three aspects of Buddhahood: dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya +
Thoughts of hatred, attachment, and so on that prevent one from attaining liberation. +
A follower of the Basic Vehicle who attains liberation (the cessation of suffering) without the help of a spiritual teacher +
Exercises combining visualization, concentration, and physical movements, in which the flow of subtle energies through the subtle channels is controlled and directed. These practices should only be attempted with the proper transmission and guidance, after completing the preliminary practice and achieving some stability in the generation phase +
The view that denies the existence of past and future lives, the principle of cause and effect, and so on. One of the extreme views refuted by the proponents of the Middle Way +
Meditative absorption, a state of mind without any distraction, essential for all meditative practices, the result of which depends on the motivation and view of the meditator. Non-Buddhist meditative concentration leads to rebirth in the worlds of form and formlessness. The concentrations of the Shravakas result in their attaining the level of Arhat, while only those of the Bodhisattvas can result in Perfect Buddhahood +
The seven points of the ideal meditation posture: legs crossed in the vajra posture, back straight, hands in the gesture of meditation, eyes gazing along the nose, chin slightly tucked in, shoulders well apart “like a vulture's wings,” and the tip of the tongue touching the palate +
The belief in an eternally-existing entity, a soul for instance. This is one of the extreme views refuted by the proponents of the Middle Way +
The usual term for a Kadampa teacher, later used as the title for a doctor in philosophy in the Gelugpa School +
A Bodhisattva on one of the ten Bodhisattva levels +
Tibet's greatest translator and one of the first seven monks to be ordained in Tibet. He was one of the principal disciples of Padmasambhava and of Shri Singha +
The practice of Dharma in general, but often used to refer to activities such as prostrations, circumambulation, reciting the scriptures, and so on +
A false belief, particularly a view that will lead one to courses of action that bring more suffering +
Also known as Jamgön Kongtrul the Great. An important teacher of the nonsectarian movement, responsible, with Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, for compiling several great collections of teachings and practices from all traditions, including the Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings (rin chen gter mdzod) (1813-1899) +
One of the schools of the New Tradition, founded by Khön Könchok Gyalpo (1034-1102) +
(1308-1363) Also known as the Omniscient Sovereign or King of Dharma: one of the most influential spiritual masters and scholars of the Nyingmapa School. He wrote more than two hundred and fifty treatises covering almost all of Buddhist theory and practice up to the Great Perfection, including the Seven Treasures (mdzod bdun), the Nyingtik Yabzhi (snying tig ya bzhi), the Trilogy of Rest (ngal gso skor gsum), the Trilogy of Natural Freedom (rang grol skor gsum), the Trilogy of Dispelling Darkness (mun sel skor gsum), and the Miscellaneous Writings (gsung thor bu) +
A sage, hermit, or saint; particularly the famous sages of Indian myth, who had enormous longevity and magical powers +
