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the process that leads from the unenlightened state of a sentient being to the awakened state of a buddha +
denotes the sphere of intrinsic awareness, or buddha nature, as being that of subtle lucidity free of defilement [clarity, luminous absorption (BM); clear light (GL, MW, SL, WPT); sheer lucency, vibrant source of experience (KB); luminosity (LS, SGK, VH); utter lucidity (PT)] +
the flow or "thread" of conserous awareness from moment to moment that is misapprehended as a discrete "self" or ego-entity +
formal techniques to promote spiritual development and accomplishment +
literally, "body"; a dimension of enlightened being, functioning as a basis for positive qualities and aspects of pristine awareness [gestalt (FRC); founding stratum (KB); aspect/form of the unconceivable qualities of Buddhas (ws)] +
discriminating transcendent knowledge; knowledge gained through analytical investigation leading to the definitive conclusion that all phenomena are emptiness +
one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
uniform pervasiveness; one of the four key points of samaya of the ''t'hreg-chhod'' approach of Great Perfection; the experience of samsara and nirvana as free of biased extremes [omnipresent (GL); continuous (KB); free (MD); openness (PT); all-pervasiveness (RP)] +
awakened mind, buddha(hood); also, one of the five buddha families, denoting the ground of being whereby the distortions of habitual patterns are cleared away in basic space and the context of pristine awareness and positive qualities unfolds +
the school of Tibetan Buddhism based upon the teachings of the Indian master known to Tibetans as P'hadampa Sang-gyay (ཕ་དམ་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་), who visited Tibet in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries; the focus is the pacification of suffering through realization of emptiness, and the main scriptural sources are the sutras of the Perfection of Transcendent Knowledge (Prajñāpāramitā) +
the path of Buddhist practice based upon principles expounded in the tantras +
a spiritual approach that leads one away from the origin of suffering—the shravaka, pratyekabuddha and bodhisattva paths +
literally, "Distinct Manifestation"; among the buddhas of the five families, the one associated with the central direction; the name denotes the positive qualities of the nature of mind becoming fully evident +
consciousness that perceives all apparent phenomena of the six senses—the five physical senses and the realm of mental constructs +
the third of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; the approach of calm abiding and penetrative insight to perceive basic space, devoid of defining characteristics +
the unenlightened state of a sentient being +
the epithet of Shiva, regarded (especially in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism) as a protector of the Buddhadharma +
the Great Perfection approach of Buddhist practice, so called because the modes of samsara, nirvana and the spiritual path are "perfect" (''dzog'') within this approach, which is "great" (''chhen'') because it functions as the common ground of all spiritual approaches; the third of seven terms referring to the Great Perfection teachings as explained to Dudjom Lingpa by Ekajati [already self-perfected state (DZP); absolute completeness (KB); total completeness (PE)] +
broadly, any phenomenon or event in one's experience; in the context of dharmakaya, the term connotes the fact that all phenomena are inherently present as uncontrived, natural attributes [concepts and meanings (KB)] +
spiritual approaches that evoke intrinsic awareness through ascetic practices—the kriyatantra, upayatantra, and yoga-tantra +
