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one of the eight great bodhisattvas; chief compiler of the Vajrayana teachings; also known as Lord of Secrets. +
(until 1975) independent kingdom in the Himalayas, between Nepal and Bhutan. +
''Chöwang Gyatsa''; collection of one hundred empowerments for the practice of Chö. +
demon of obstacles; anything that distracts a practitioner from the Dharma and the pursuit of lasting happiness and liberation. +
The Tibetan school of Buddhism founded by Tsongkhapa as a reformation of the tradition of Atisha Dipamkara. +
Samten Gyatso's attendant and Tulku Urgyen's childhood friend. +
one of the three main stupas of the Kathmandu valley. +
pills, tiny white pearls; often found among the ashes of sublime people and great meditators. +
terma treasure revealed by Guru Chöwang. +
a monastery or temple hall connected to a hermitage. +
stones carved or engraved with the mani mantra of Avalokiteshvara: OM MANI PADME HUNG. They are often made under commission by a devotee to increase the merit of the living or the dead and placed where other people can benefit from seeing or circumambulating them. +
concealed treasures of many kinds, including texts, ritual objects, relics, and natural objects. +
(1295-1375) — one of the eleven great revealers of hidden treasures with the name Lingpa. +
of the threefold precepts: ''see'' triple-vow vajra holder. +
shrine room dedicated to a special statue representing Padmasambhava. +
the famous temple and most important pilgrimage site in Lhasa, houses the Jowo statue of Buddha Shakyamuni. +
lord of the locality, local spirit. +
an exclamation used in Chö practice; same as PHAT but with different pronunciation. +
The four visions in Dzogchen practice: ''dharmata'' in actuality, increase in experience, culmination of awareness and exhaustion of phenomena. Four stages in Mahamudra practice: one-pointedness, simplicity, one taste, and nonmeditation. +
'Wheel of Time.' A tantra and a Vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni himself, showing the interrelationship between the phenomenal world, the physical body and the mind. +
