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'khor lo sgyur ba'i rgyal po;The wheel-turning king;the wheel-turning king;Chakravartin;The wheel-turning king. The name given to a special kind of exalted being who has dominion over a greater or smaller part of the three-thousandfold universe, so called because he is said to possess a great wheel-shaped weapon with which he subdues his enemies. According to traditional cosmology, such beings appear only when the human life span surpasses eighty thousand years. By analogy, the word is also used as a title for a great king. +
dbu ma'i gtan tshigs bzhi;Four Arguments;four arguments;The four great Madhyamika arguments used to prove that phenomena are without intrinsic being. The first is the so-called diamond splinters argument. This addresses the question of causes and shows that it is impossible for phenomena to arise produced from themselves, from something else, from both self and other or uncaused. The second argument deals with effects and demonstrates that it is impossible for effects, whether existent or nonexistent, to be produced. The third examines both cause and effect together and refutes the production from any of the four alternatives. The fourth investigates the nature of phenomena and is divided in two separate arguments: the argument of dependent arising and the argument of neither one nor many. +
spangs rtogs kyi yon tan;Qualities Of Elimination And Realization;qualities of elimination and realization;Spiritual qualities (e.g., the realization of the five kinds of enlightened vision) that shine forth in proportion as the emotional and cognitive veils are removed from the mind's nature. +
bye brag pa;Vaisheshika;A non-Vedic doctrinal system generally linked with the Nyaya school and laying great emphasis on analysis and reason. +
gzungs;Dharani;The term is used to refer to the accomplishment of different kinds of unfailing memory. It is also a verbal formula, often quite long, blessed by a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, belonging to the sutra tradition and similar to the mantras of the Vajrayana. +
tshad ma;Valid Cognition;valid cognition;A cognition that correctly knows its object, a nondeceptive cognition that brings about certainty regarding its object. +
ma rig pa;Ignorance;ignorance;avidya;In a Buddhist context, ignorance is not mere nescience but mistaken apprehension. It is the incorrect understanding of, or failure to recognize, the ultimate nature of the person and phenomena, and the false ascription of true existence to them. +
zhi ba lha;Shantideva;(flourished in the first half of the eighth century C.E.) A member of Nalanda University and the celebrated author of the ''Bodhicharyavatara'', He upheld the view of the Prasangika Madhyamika in the tradition of Chandrakirti. +
nag tsho tshul khrims rgyal ba;Nagtso Lotsawa;nagtso lotsawa;(b. 1011). A translator and minister of the king Changchub Ö, sent to India in 1037 to invite Atisha Dipamkara to Tibet. +
ma yin dgag;Affirming Negative;affirming negative;A negation in which the possibility of another (positive) value is implied. For example, in the statement "It isn't a cat that is on the roof," the presence of a cat is denied, but in such a way as to suggest that there might be something else. Compare this with the statement "There is nothing on the roof" This is a nonaffirming negative (''med dgag''), which negates without implying anything else. +
ldog pa;Isolate;isolate;A term used in Buddhist logic and epistemology. Literally, the Tibetan word ''ldog pa'' means "reverse." An isolate of an object (sometimes also called "distinguisher") is defined as "that which is the reverse of what is not that object." In other words, it is the equivalent of a given object in purely conceptual terms. There are different kinds of isolates, and, generally speaking, they are used in Buddhist logic to explain the possibility of predication in the absence of universals, the reality of which, on the whole, is denied, in Buddhism. +
Neither One Nor Many;neither one nor many;See Argument of neither one nor many. +
Atmyavada;A general term for the traditions of Indian philosophy that assert the existence of the self, or atman-that is, the orthodox schools of Hinduism. It is opposed by the ''nairatmyavada'' (in other words, Buddhadharma), which denies the atman. +
go ram pa bsod nams seng ge;Gorampa;(1429-1489). A major scholar of the Sakya school and one of the most important commentators of the writings of Sakya Pandita. His works greatly contributed to the final shaping of the Sakya system in the domain of logic and ,epistemology and clearly defined the philosophical differences separating the Sakya and Gelug schools. +
red mda' ba gzhon nu blo gros;Rendawa;rendawa;(1348-1412). An important Sakya master from whom Je Tsongkhapa received the Madhyamika teachings. +
mdo sde pa;Sautrantika;One of the four systems of Buddhist tenets. Together with the Vaibhashika school, the Sautrantika is considered as belonging to the Hinayana. The Sautrantikas are divided into two subgroups: the Sautrantikas following scripture (''lung gi rjes 'brang'') and the Sautrantikas following reasoning (''rigs kyi rjes 'brang''). The former group is quite close in outlook to the Vaibhashikas;the latter is particularly associated with Dharmakirti and is remarkable for its elaborate epistemology and logic. It is widely studied and utilized in Tibetan Buddhism. +
gcig du bral gyi gtan tshigs;Argument Of Neither One Nor Many;argument of neither one nor many;One of the four great Madhyamika arguments, which investigates the nature of phenomena. All phenomena both inside and outside the mind are devoid of real existence because it can be shown that neither a single, discrete, truly existent thing, nor a plurality of such things, exists. +
'phags pa;superior,sublime,noble one;superior,sublime,noble one;Arya;lit. superior, sublime, or noble one. One who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. +
bdag po'i rkyen;Dominant Condition;dominant condition;One of the four conditions systematized by Vasubandhu in his ''Abhidharmakosha'' to explain how causality functions. The other three are the causal condition (''rgyu'i rkyen'') the immediately preceding condition (''de ma thagpa'i rkyen''), and the objective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen''). +
gtso sems;Main Mind;main mind;A technical term of Buddhist epistemology, referring to the consciousness that detects globally the presence of an object, while the different types of mental factors (''sems byung'') apprehend and react to particular aspects of that object. +
