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byang chub kyi sems;Awakening Mind;awakening mind;bodhicitta;See note 1.  +
Karnapa;The name of a place in ancient India where competitions were held to see who could endure the most pain.  +
srid pa;Conditioned existence;conditioned existence;bhava;Existence conditioned by disturbing conceptions and tainted actions;the same as cyclic existence.  +
bye brag smra ba;Vaibashika;A follower of a Hindu school of philosophy.  +
nyon mong;Disturbing conception;disturbing conception;klesha;See note 7.  +
mngon sum;True perception;true perception;pratyaksa;See note 38.  +
dbu rna pa;Madhyamika;A follower of the Madhyamaka philosophical school founded by Nagarjuna See note 34  +
chos sku;Dharmakaya;The fully realised and awakened mind of Buddha.  +
'kha 'gro ma;Dakini;A form of being somewhat similar to a fairy or nymph. Some exist within cyclic existence, others are free from it.  +
'jig rten dbang phyug;Avalokiteshvara;lit: 'the lord of the world', the name of the Bodhisattva of Compassion.  +
byang chub sems dpa;Bodhisattva;A being who, having developed the Awakening Mind, devotes his life to the task of achieving Buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings.  +
rig byed;Veda;Ancient Indian hymns believed to have divine origin.  +
sa'i snying po;Ksitigarbha;lit: 'the heart of earth', the name of a Bodhisattva.  +
bde bar gshegs pa;Sugata;lit: 'one who has gone to bliss,' an epithet for a Buddha.  +
dge 'dun;Sangha;lit : 'those who aspire for virtue,' the realised beings who assist in one's spiritual development.  +
theg dman;Hinayana;The 'lesser spiritual pursuit' of the Shravaka and the Pratyekabuddha aimed at one's personal liberation alone.  +
kun rdzob bden pa;Deceptive truth;deceptive truth;samvrtisatya;This terin refers to all existent phenomena other than emptinesses, i.e. everything apprehended by the valid cognitions of ordinary beings. They are deceptive because the way in which they appear and the way in which they exist do not correspond: they appear as truly existent whereas in reality they are found to be empty of true existence.  +
don dam bden pa;Ultimate truth;ultimate truth;paramarthasatya;The true nature of all phenomena, i.e. their emptiness and identitylessness.  +