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Shakya thub pa;Śākyamuni;'the Sage of the Śākyas', n. of the historical Buddha. +
rigs;Families,five;families,five;kula;see pp.46—7. 'Six F.' are obtained by adding Vajrasattva (''Hevajra-tantra'' II. iv. 100—102). +
'dren pa;Guide;guide;nāyaka;common epithet of a Buddha +
rnal 'byor pa,rnal 'byor ma;Yogin,yoginī;an ascetic, a practitioner of ''yoga'', i.e. of Tantra;esp. one who engages in sexual and other Tantric practices incompatible with keeping monastic vows. Fem. yoginī. +
theg pa;Vehicle;vehicle;yāna;a means to Liberation;in the 'Lotus Sūtra' (Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra) the various V. are compared to carts of different sizes. 'Both V.' (theg pa che chung, lit. 'the Great and Small V.') means the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, the latter being also called the V. of the Perfect Buddhas. 'The Supreme V.' (theg mchog) is Tantra, the Vajrayāna, strictly speaking included in the Mahāyāna. The three V., in the present book, are Hīnayāna, (non-tantric) Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. +
rang sangs rgyas;Pratyeka-buddha;a Hīnayāna ''Arhant'' who attains ''Nirvāṇa'' without needing teachings in that lifetime, but lacks the complete realization of a Buddha so cannot benefit limitless sentient beings as a Buddha does. +
Mahāsattva;'Great Being', standard epithet of Bodhisattvas. +
ro langs;Vetāla;see Corpse-raiser. +
'jig rten dbang phyug;Lokeśvara;'Lord of the World', a title of the Bodhisattva Lord Avalokita. +
gzugs sku;Form-body;form-body;rūpa-kāya;a ''Saṃbhoga-kāya'' or ''Nirmāṇa-kāya'' of a Buddha — what we would call Her 'Body' as contrasted with the ''Dharmakāya'', which is Her Mind. +
las kyi rigs (tshogs);Action Family;action family;karma-kula;the Family of Amoghasiddhi +
'phrin las;Divine activity;divine activity;karman;see Action. +
bdag nyid chen po;Mahātma;one of noble nature, exceedingly wise, etc. +
bdud rtsi;Nectar;nectar;amṛta +
dge tshul;Novice;novice;śramaṇera;monk and nun novices alike are bound by a somewhat less severe version of the ''bhikṣu's'' discipline. While ''bhikṣu'' ordination cannot be taken before the age of twenty, novice ordination can be taken younger;the vows are taken for life. +
yi dvags;Hungry ghost;hungry ghost;preta +
spyod rgyud;Caryā-tantra;second of the four levels of Tantra +
'dzam bu chu bo;Jambu river;jambu river;a mythical river formed by the juice of the fruits of the immense ''jambu'' tree (rose-apple tree, ''Eugenia jambolana'') growing on Mount Meru, with golden sand +
mi'am ci;kiṃnara;Kinnara;kinnara;mythical beings with a horse's head and a human body (or vice versa). They became celebrated as celestial musicians, along with the ''gandharvas''. +
thams cad yod par smra ba;Sarvāstivāda;'pan-realism', a prominent and influential Hīnayānist school named after their assertion that a ''dharma'' exists during all time, wandering from the future to the present when it seems to arise and transferred into the past when it perishes. +
