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The followers of the tantras that were translated and propagated from the tenth century onwards by the translator Rinchen Zangpo and others. It designates all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism except for the Nyingmapa, or Ancient Tradition +
The knowing (shes pa) that has always been present since the beginning (ye nas), awareness, clarity-emptiness, naturally dwelling in all beings +
(1) The original Buddha (Adibuddha), the source of the lineage of the tantra transmissions of the Nyingma School; he who has never fallen into delusion, the Dharmakaya Buddha, represented as a naked figure, deep blue like the sky, in union with Samantabhadri, as a symbol of awareness-emptiness, the pure, absolute nature, ever present and unobstructed; (2) the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, one of the eight principal Bodhisattva disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, renowned for the way in which, through the power of his concentration, he miraculously multiplied the offerings he made +
The first of Tibet's three great religious kings. It was during his time that the first Buddhist temples were built +
“moving through space”: the feminine principle associated with wisdom and with the enlightened activities of the lama. This term has several levels of meaning. There are ordinary dakinis, who are beings with a certain degree of spiritual power, and wisdom dakinis, who are fully realized +
This word has been used to translate the Tibetan ye in expressions like ye nas, “from the very beginning,” or ye dag, “pure from the beginning.” However it should be understood that this does not refer to a first moment of origin or creation in the distant past, but rather to the fact that the pure nature has always been intrinsically present +
The subtle energy determined by one's karma, as opposed to ye shes kyi rlung, the energy connected with wisdom +
Any one of the texts on which the Vajrayana teachings are based. They reveal the continuity between the original purity of the nature of mind and the result of the path, which is the realization of that nature +
The perception of all the world and its contents as a pure Buddhafield, as the display of kayas and wisdoms +
The protectors of the four directions, who dwell in the first of the six god realms of the world of desire +
Serpentlike beings (classed in the animal realm) living in the water or under the earth and endowed with magical powers and wealth. The most powerful ones have several heads +
“knowledge holder”: one who through profound means holds the deities, mantras, and the wisdom of great bliss +
Factors that veil one's buddha nature. +
A deity representing enlightenment, in a male or female, peaceful or wrathful form, that corresponds to the practitioner's individual nature. The yidam is the source of accomplishments +
(1) Making material offerings, (2) helping him through physical, verbal, or mental tasks, and (3) practicing what he teaches +
The absence of true existence in all phenomena +
“promise”: sacred links between the teacher and disciple, and also between disciples, in the Vajrayana. The Sanskrit word samaya can mean: agreement, engagement, convention, precept, boundary, etc. Although there are many detailed obligations, the most essential samaya is to consider the teacher's body, speech, and mind as pure +
