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bar do;Bardo;bardo;the intermediate state between death and the next rebirth +
rig ma;Vidyā;'knowledge-woman, mantra-woman', a yogin's consort in Tantric sexual practices. +
tshogs;Accumulations,the two;accumulations,the two;saṃbhara;the accumulations of merits and of Wisdom-knowledge that one must gather by practising the Perfections so as to achieve Enlightenment +
gnod sbyin;Yakṣa;a class of semidivine beings, generally beneficent but sometimes malignant so that it is well to propitiate them with offerings. Many are local divinities of the countryside, often dwelling in sacred trees and guarding the treasure buried nearby. Others live on Mount Meru, guarding the realm of the gods. They are ruled by ĸubera, the god of wealth and guardian of the northern quarter. +
rdzogs pa'i rim pa,rdzogs rim;Completing Stage;completing stage;utpanna-krama;second of the Two Stages of Anuttara-yoga-tantra +
Kadampas;kadampas;The early lamas of the Kadam lineage, founded by the Indian master Atisha, after he arrived in Tibet in 1042. ''See also'' Gelug. +
Garab Dorje;garab dorje;An Indian siddha and first human progenitor of the Dzogchen teachings of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. +
shi-ne;A group of meditation practices, with and without a specific object of mindfulness, that bring the mind into a state of quiescence. The breath is most usually taken as the primary object of meditation in the practice of ''shamatha''. ''Shamatha'' is practiced in all the Buddhist meditation traditions and is commonly considered the preliminary to ''vipashyana'', or insight. ''See also'' vipashyana. +
Mantrayana;"The vehicle of mantras," another term for Vajrayana Buddhism. +
tathagata-garbha;more commonly translated into English (somewhat incorrectly) as "buddha-nature." The term refers to the embryonic enlightenment that is within each sentient being. +
tantra;A text containing the Vajrayana teachings of the Buddha. The tantras contain teachings, visualizations, and various ritual practices reflecting the Vajrayana, or diamond vehicle, and are typically geared to one or another of the great tantric ''yidams''. Most Tibetan Vajrayana practice is grounded in one or another of the classical tantras. +
Mahayoga;The seventh of the nine ''yanas'' of the Nyingma path. Mahayoga emphasizes the visualization of tantric deities and the practice of the liturgies and meditations associated with them. +
Gampopa;gampopa;(1079-1153 CE). One of the two principal students of Milarepa (the other being Rechungpa). When Gampopa met Milarepa, he was a Kadam monk, and subsequently he combined Milarepa's meditative and eremitical approach with the settled monasticism of his Kadam training. Through his disciple, Tusumkhyenpa, he was instrumental in the formation of the Kagyü sublineage, the Karma Kagyü, presided over by the Karmapa line of incarnations. +
bodhichitta;"Mind (or heart) of enlightenment." ''Bodhichitta'' is the essence of enlightenment that, according to the Mahayana, exists in the heart of all sentient beings. Understood in Tibetan Buddhism as another name for the buddha-nature, it is gradually brought to the full maturity of buddhahood through the various Mahayana practices. +
Dzogchen;dzogchen;The "great perfection";according to the Nyingma lineage, the highest of the nine ''yanas'', or vehicles, of practice and realization. Dzogchen contains two major facets, ''trekchö'', "cutting through," and ''tögel'', "crossing over." ''Trekchö'' refers to the cultivation of a mind that is utterly empty and without any constraints, limitations, or preoccupations. ''Tögel'' refers to the practice of relating to appearance as a vehicle of immediate liberation. +
no-self;no-self;anatman;The teaching that while in ordinary experience there appears to be a substantial "self" at the root of our human person, when such a truly existing self is sought for, it cannot be found. Realization of no-self is described as the hallmark of enlightenment in the early Buddhist teachings. In the Mahayana, the doctrine of no-self is further developed: first is the no-self of the individual, and second, the no-self of all phenomena. This latter "selflessness of the dharmas" points to the fact that any aspect or element of our experience is also, itself, without a self. +
three yanas;three yanas;The three "vehicles," Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. +
bodhi;Enlightenment +
three bodies of the Buddha;three bodies of the buddha;trikaya;Shakyamuni Buddha and all other buddhas are held to possess three bodies of enlightenment, the ''trikaya''. The ''nirmanakaya'', "the transformational body," is a buddha's physical body of flesh and blood, visible to ordinary sentient beings. The ''sambhogakaya'', the enjoyment body, is the form of the buddha seen through the medium of spiritual vision. This body has form but no material substantiality. The ''dharmakaya'', the body of truth or reality, is the ultimate nature of the buddha, the enlightened mind, the awakened state itself. All three bodies are united in a fourth body, the ''svabhavikakaya'', the essential body. +
lhagthong;lhagthong;Insight practice. ''See'' vipashyana. +
