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(8th-9th cent.) — renowned Indian master who visited Mount Kailash at the time of King Trisong Deutsen and transmitted the ''Guhyagarbha'' tantra to the Tibetan translator Jnana Kumara of Nyag. +
one of the four main monasteries of the Nyingma tradition in Kham. Situated south of Derge, near Palyul. +
Lodrö Thaye (1813-1899); prophesized by the Buddha Shakyamuni in the ''King of Samadhi Sutra'' and by Padmasambhava in many of his termas. He studied and mastered all the Buddha's teachings. His primary teachers were the Fourteenth Karmapa, Situ Pema Nyinje Wangpo and the Great Khyentse. He became the teacher of the fifteenth Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje. He is renowned as an accomplished master, scholar, writer, poet, and artist, and authored and compiled more than 100 volumes of scriptures. Among these, the best known is the ''Five Treasuries''. In ''Splendor'' he is referred to as Old Kongtrul or simply Kongtrul. +
nature of mind. Pointing out the mind essence: the main aim of the 'pointing-out instruction' is to make obvious to the meditator what it is that knows and thinks —— not as a theory but a direct experience. ''See'' pointing-out instruction. +
one of the three main 'seats' of Chokgyur Lingpa. When the tertön went there, he had a vision of the Sixteen Arhats or the Sixteen Elders. "Neten" means "elders" in Tibetan. It is situated on the border between Nangchen (Qinghai) and Chamdo (Tibet Autonomous Region) near Tsechu Gompa. +
(19th-20th cent.) — Polo Khenpo Dorje; disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung. +
A Tibetan accomplished master of the Drigung Kagyu school who was an emanation of Nagarjuna and also Phamo Drupa (1110-70), one of the three foremost disciples of Gampopa. +
Sutra refers to the teachings of both Hinayana and Mahayana; Tantra refers to Vajrayana. +
family name of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and an ancient kingdom in Nangchen. +
first ruler of all of Tibet, took the throne in 247 BC. +
the three kayas: dharmakaya, saṃbhogakaya and nirmanakaya. Dharmakaya is the 'body' of enlightened qualities, which is devoid of constructs, like space. Can be either an aspect of the yogi's experience or of final enlightenment. Sambhogakaya is the sublime form of a buddha in the buddhafields endowed with the 'major and minor marks'. Nirmanakaya is the incarnations to influence and benefit sentient beings. +
''Three Vajra Practices of Approach and Accomplishment'', one of the eight chariots of the Practice Lineage brought to Tibet by the master Orgyenpa (1230-1309) who had traveled to the terrestrial pure land Uddiyana where he met the female buddha Vajra Varahi. +
a learned teacher in a monastery or the one who gives precepts of monastic ordination. +
shrine objects; statues, scriptures and stupas. +
(1910-1991) — one the five immediate re-embodiments of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Regarded by followers of all four schools as one of the foremost recent masters of Tibetan Buddhism. In the early days of his life, Tulku Urgyen first knew him as Tulku Salgah or Rabsel Dawa. +
one of King Trisong Deutsen's queens who made obstacles for Vairotsana, resulting in his exile. +
sacred implement in tantric rituals. +
Tsikey Chokling; the incarnations of Chokgyur Lingpa residing at Tsikey monastery. Presently there are two, one in Boudhanath, Nepal and one in Tsikey monastery, Tibet. +
Pema Kyung Dzong, retreat place high up on the mountain above Tsurphu. +
Usually known under the name Shantarakshita. The Indian pandita and abbot of Vikramashila in India and of Samye who ordained the first Tibetan monks. +
