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a formula, usually in Sanskrit, repeated aloud, the function of which is to protect the mind from erroneous views +
a traditional metaphor for the illusion-like nature of phenomena +
literally, "body of perfect enjoyment"; the pure form manifestation of enlightened being perceptible only to beings of advanced realization [enjoyment dimension of awakening (MW); body of perfect rapture (NS); primordial contact with total richness and all its satisfactions (PE); immeasurable qualities of flawless, inconceivable, desireless exaltation form (ws)] +
literally, "stealer of breath"; a personification of the erroneous investment of one's body with true existence, since this misapprehension robs one of the breath of lasting happiness +
planets and stars reflected in water; a traditional metaphor for the illusion-like nature of phenomena +
the unceasing avenue for the six kinds of sensory objects, integrating this information into a coherent picture of the phenomenal world +
literally, "Dense Array"; the pure realm associated with the buddha Vairocana and the central direction +
relative reality; the level upon which all (''kun'') phenomena manifest in a "false" (''dzob'') manner, as though they truly existed [superficial reality (MW)] +
authentic/true; one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
original purity [primordial purity (BM, DZP, MW, NGP, NS, SL, VH, WPT); pure from the beginning (DZ, DZP); diaphanous (FRC); absolutely pure (KB)] +
literally, "intermediate state"; four, or sometimes six, bardo states are enumerated in Tibetan Buddhist teachings; commonly, the term denotes the interval between death and rebirth. +
creative force; stirring of the subtle energy of karma that accounts for all phenomena +
spontaneous presence or accomplishment; one of the four key points of samaya of the Great Perfection; refers to the fact that phenomena are self-manifesting and that the qualities of buddhahood are timelessly perfect without having to be cultivated [spontaneous perfection (RP); spontaneously self-perfected (SL)] +
the first of the three categories of teachings in atiyoga, or Great Perfection +
literally, "oneness"; one of the four key points of samaya of the Great Perfection; reduction of all of samsara and nirvana to a single, self-occurring pristine awareness [single, unique (GL); sole (MD)] +
one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
master of the Indian Buddhist tradition who was primarily responsible for bringing the vajrayana teachings to Tibet in the eighth century; also referred to as Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche +
obscuration, the most fundamental level of which is ignorance of the essential nature of the ground of being +
literally, "Accomplishment of Meaning"; among the buddhas of the five families, the green buddha associated with the northern direction; the name denotes the self-occurring nature of all aspects of reality +
a famous teacher and revealer of hidden treasure teachings in the Nyingma school, who lived from 1615 to 1672; Dudjom Lingpa was a later incarnation in the succession of rebirths that included Duddul Dorje +
