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the sixth of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school, also known as the Great Perfection approach (''see'' Dzogchen), within which are subsumed the meanings of the eight lower approaches (''see t'heg-pa rim-pa gu''). The great perfection is the nature of reality—the ground of being and its manifest aspect—spontaneously present and self-arising [yoga of the innermost essence (MW)] +
literally, "absence of ultimate defining characteristics"; one of the three "doorways to liberation" (''see t'har-pai go''); refers to the fact that buddha nature is free of characterization, comparison or demonstration [absence of characteristics (NJ, PC); attributelessness (NS); signlessness (HTV)] +
subtle energy of karma, resulting in discursive thought patterns +
the category of direct transmission instructions; the third of three categories of teachings in atiyoga, or Great Perfection +
discriminating pristine awareness; one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); the unceasing avenue for the expression of the lucidity of mind that knows the inherent nature of things and perceives them in their variety [discriminative primordial wisdom (BM); All-encompassing Investigating Awareness (MK); pristine wisdom of discernment (MW); discerning timeless awareness (PPTC); discriminating awareness-wisdom (RW); discerning wisdom (SGK); discriminating wisdom (WPT)] +
skillful means as the element in spiritual development that corresponds to the level of relative reality, associated with the gaining of merit +
meditation in which the mind rests naturally [contemplation (BM, MW, PE, SL); meditative concentration (DZP, VH); meditative stabilization (ME, NJ, PC)] +
a great vajrayana master and siddha of Indian Buddhism; Dudjom Lingpa was an emanation of Saraha +
manifestation [appearances (cs, NJ, PC); display (cs); coming-into-presence (FRC); thereness, (self-)presentation, reflective-thematic (KB); how things appear, presence (PE); sensory appearances (PT); perceptions (WPT)] +
the schema of nine yanas, or spiritual approaches, elaborated in the teachings of the Nyingma school; the three paths of the shravaka, pratyekabuddha and bodhisattva, and the six levels of tantra—kriyatantra, upatantra, yogatantra, mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga; the eight lower approaches are subsumed within the ninth yana of atiyoga, or Great Perfection +
forces that bind one to cyclic existence and obstruct the pursuit of virtue; four are usually enumerated—afflictive emotions, the mind-body aggregates, mortality and fascination with positive meditative experiences that impedes progress on the path to enlightenment +
transcendent knowledge that constitutes realization of the ultimate nonexistence of both the self of the individual personality and the self-nature of phenomena +
literally, "doorway or gateway to liberation"; factors that allow for the possibility of liberation from the cycle of unawakened existence (''see mon-pa med-pa, tong-pa-nyid'' and ''tsan-ma med-pa'') +
ultimate reality; the final mode of being as "meaningful" (''don''), which is "sacred" (''dam'') in that it is the foremost of what is to be realized +
one of the five basic emotional "poisons" that obscure the nature of mind +
the true nature of phenomena or reality [ultimate nature (BM); the nature of phenomena and mind (FG); meaningfulness (KB); ultimate content of what is (PE); uncontrived essential nature (ws)] +
implies "beyond all the angles and corners of concepts" [sphere, circle (cs); creative essence (DZP); essence (WPT)] +
awareness (''shey'') that is atemporal and pristine (''ye''), having always been the true nondual nature of mind [primordial wisdom (BM, NJ, PC); wisdom (DZP, RW); existential awareness (FRC); pristine cognition (KB); ever fresh awareness (PE); timeless awareness (PT); primal wisdom (SL, WPT); wakefulness (VH)] +
literally, "Powerful Lord with Eyes Gazing Down"; the bodhisattva embodying the compassion of all buddhas and bodhisattvas; also referred to as the "Supremely Compassionate One" (Skt. Mahākaruṇika; Tib. T'hugje Chhenpo [ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོ་]) +
a traditional metaphor for the illusion-like nature of phenomena +
