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The Dharma protectors fulfill the enlightened activities of the lama in protecting the teaching from being diluted and its transmission from being disturbed or distorted. Protectors are sometimes emanations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, and sometimes spirits, gods, or demons who have been subjugated by a great spiritual master and bound under oath +
The third of the three worlds, at the peak of existence. It comprises the spheres of Infinite Space, Infinite Consciousness, Utter Nothingness, and Neither Existence nor Nonexistence +
“all-concealing truth”: the apparent truth perceived and taken as real by the deluded mind, which conceals the true nature of phenomena. +
An Indian mahasiddha, author of three cycles of dohas (songs of realization) +
Milk, butter, and curd, which are traditionally considered to be very pure foods +
A manifestation of supreme enlightenment in the form of sound: syllables which, in the sadhanas of the Secret Mantrayana, protect the mind of the practitioner from ordinary perceptions and invoke the wisdom deities +
A form of prayer comprising seven parts: prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting the teachers to turn the wheel of Dharma, requesting them not to pass into nirvana, and dedication of merit +
One of the four great arguments used by the Madhyamika School in investigating the nature of phenomena. It demonstrates that no phenomenon can truly exist either as a single, discrete thing or as a plurality of such things +
“union (Tib. 'byor) with the natural state (Tib. rnal ma)”: a term for spiritual practice +
“the mind of enlightenment”: on the relative level, it is the wish to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all beings, as well as the practice of the path of love, compassion, the six transcendent perfections, etc. necessary for achieving that goal; on the absolute level, it is the direct insight into the ultimate nature +
Lit. “inconceivable”: the first monastery in Tibet, in the Tsangpo Valley southeast of Lhasa, built during the time of King Trisong Detsen +
The method for accomplishing the level of a particular deity, for example, the lama, yidam, or dakini +
A fabulous jewel found in the realms of the gods or nagas that fulfills all one's wishes +
Five successive stages in the path to enlightenment: the paths of accumulating, joining, seeing, meditation, and the path beyond learning +
The ten conditions that enable one to hear and practice the Buddha's teachings. They are divided into five individual advantages and five circumstantial advantages +
A synonym for spiritual teacher +
An epithet of the Buddha Shakyamuni, often translated as “Mighty One.” He was called “capable” because, when he was a Bodhisattva and there was none who had the courage to tame the most unfortunate beings, with extremely gross views, afflictive emotions, and actions, he, our kind Teacher, was the only one, of all the 1,002 Buddhas of this Excellent Kalpa, who had the strength or capacity to vow to benefit them +
The body of form, which includes the sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya together +
The eight states of freedom from the eight unfavorable conditions, such freedom being essential in order to hear and practice the Buddha's teachings +
Faith, discipline, generosity, learning, a sense of decency, a sense of shame, and wisdom +
