Property:Gloss-def
From Buddha-Nature
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denotes the "field" (''zhing'') of basic space as the "fundamental constituent" (''kham'') of being from which there is no wavering +
literally, "Bearer of the Vajra"; the dharmakaya buddha embodying the ultimate nature of mind; the form manifested by Shakyamuni when teaching tantra +
one of the five buddha families, denoting the ground of being unsullied by flaws +
desire-attachment; one of the five basic afflictive emotions +
literally, in Tibetan, "center and circumference"; the symbolic configuration depicting a pure realm with deities dwelling therein, expressing the totality of the enlightened state of being [immeasurable existence and wisdom energy (ws)] +
literally, "family"; a schema for describing deities in terms that correspond to the fixation of living beings on their species; five such families are usually enumerated (''see dor-je, lay, pad-ma, rin-chhen'' and ''sang-gyay'') +
a karmically neutral state resulting from a nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness and functioning as the ground (''zhi'') of all (''kun'') cyclic existence [all ground (cs); stratum of all things (KB); basis of all (NJ); fundamental structuring of all experience (PE); basis of samsara and nirvana, which is not unobscured (ws)] +
literally, "all-embracing consummation of samsara and nirvana," since all phenomena of samsara and nirvana (''khor-day'') are subsumed within the embrace (''ub'') of the sphere of buddha nature and are in a state of consummation (''chhub'') therein; the sixth of seven terms referring to the Great Perfection teachings as explained to Dudjom Lingpa by Ekajati +
pure vision [pure perception (DZP, PC, WPT); pure thereness (KB); sacred outlook (RW); pure phenomena (ws)] +
there are two aspects of this secrecy: "concealment" (Tib. ''bay-pai sang-wa'' [སྦས་པའི་གསང་བ་], in that vajrayana teachings are kept very private and imparted only under certain conditions, and "self-secrecy" (Tib. ''gab-pai sang-wa'' [གབ་པའི་གསང་བ་]), in that such teachings cannot be comprehended without preparation and personal instruction +
display [play (BM, FRC, NJ, PC); manifestation (GL); playfulness (KB); excitement (PE)] +
literally, "(one) gone to suchness"; an epithet for a buddha, often Shakyamuni Buddha +
the union of the essential emptiness of the nature of mind and its inherent lucidity [compassion (BM, DZP, NJ, PC, VH, WPT); energy (DZP, MW, SL); resonance (of Being) (FRC); responsiveness (KB); greatness of mind (PT); capacity (RP)] +
conduct, in the sense of how one's view and meditation carry over into and influence daily activities [behavior, action (GL)] +
literally, "Manifest Joy"; the pure realm associated with the buddha Akshobhya and the eastern direction +
literally, "unique bindu, or sphere (of being)," unique in the sense that samsara and nirvana are of one taste in bodhicitta; the fourth of seven terms referring to the Great Perfection teachings as explained to Dudjom Lingpa by Ekajati [single circle (cs)] +
the lucidity of mind that accounts for the realization and manifestation of sambhogakaya [nature (BM, DZP, GL, PT, SL, VH); actuality (of Being) (FRC, KB); natural (NJ, PC); natural expression (NS, WPT); actuality, essence (PE)] +
one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
immeasurable mansion (of a deity); denotes the fact that the positive qualities of the ground of being cannot be measured and completely fill the whole of samsara and nirvana +
habitual patterns; patterns established by physical, verbal or mental actions carrying over from lifetime to lifetime [habitual tendencies (cs); unconscious propensities (GL); ingrained tendencies, sedimented (KB); instinct (MW); habitual propensities (NJ); karmic traces (SL)] +
