Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
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mtho ris;High rebirth;high rebirth;svarga;rebirth as a god or human being +
dpa' bo;Hero;hero;vīrā;a grade of Tantric adept +
bcom ldan 'das ma;Lady;lady;bhagavatī;a title of female Buddhas. +
dge bsnyen;Upāsaka;a Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows (to avoid killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, intoxicating liquor and lying). Fem. upāsikā. +
'dul ba;Vinaya;'basket' of the scriptures (see ''Piṭaka'') concerned with monastic discipline, the rules for the behaviour of monks and nuns and the conduct of their communal business. +
drag po;Rudra;'Roarer, Howler': Vedic god of tempests, who later became known by the euphemistic title of Śiva, 'benevolent, auspicious'. +
log lta;Perverse view;perverse view;mithyā-dṛṣṭi;e.g. disbelief in rebirth and the laws of actions and results. +
rin 'byung;Ratna-saṃbhava;n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Jewel Family. +
dge slong;Bhikṣu;a fully-ordained Buddhist monk, observing 253 rules (or thereabouts) +
bskyed rim;Developing Stage;developing stage;utpatti-krama;first of the two Stages of ''Anuttara-yoga-tantra'' +
bdag 'dzin;Self-grasping;self-grasping;ātma-grāha;a mind apprehending an independently existent self-nature of a person or of ''dharmas'';the misconception of a truly-existing self. +
khams;Elements,eighteen;elements,eighteen;dhātu;a sentient being can be regarded as made up of eighteen e., three for each sense — visual object e., visual faculty e., visual consciousness e., etc. ... mental object e., mental faculty e., mental consciousness e. +
slob dpon;Master;master;Ācārya +
Bandhuka;the flower ''Pentapetes phoenicia'' +
thugs dam,yi dam;Tutelary deity;tutelary deity;Enlightened deity on whom one's Tantric practice is centred. +
ri rab;Sumeru,Mount;sumeru,mount;Meru +
dbu ma;Madhyamaka;'Middle Way System', highest philosophical system of Indian Buddhism. +
lha mo;Goddess;goddess;devī;'the Goddess' is of course Tārā. +
tshangs pa chen po;Mahābrahmā;'Great Brahmā', Brahmā. +
dge 'dun;Saṅgha;'community, congregation'. The Saṅgha in which one takes Refuge is the Community of Saints, or ''Ārya'' Beings — those of the Hīnayāna, the ''Śrāvaka'' and ''Pratyekabuddha Āryas'';those of the Mahāyāna, the ''Ārya'' Bodhisattvas and Buddhas;and those of the Vajrayāna, the Heroes, ''Ḍākinīs'', etc. This is Ultimate Saṅgha;Relative Saṅgha is the community of ordained monks and nuns, which should be honoured as representing the actual Saṅgha Refuge just as Buddha-images and sacred texts should be revered as representing the actual Buddha and Dharma. +
