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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 +
literally, "sky goer"; sky dancer; the feminine embodiment of pristine awareness; in the ultimate sense, the term denotes emptiness as the space in which all phenomena manifest +
literally, "youthful vase body"; the sphere of intrinsic awareness is "youthful" (''zhon-nu''), since it is free of all birth, death and decay; like a "vase" (''bum''), since there is no violation of its encompassing spontaneous presence; and referred to as "body," or "kaya" (''ku''), since it supports an amassing of all qualities of buddhahood; the seventh of seven terms referring to the Great Perfection teachings as explained to Dudjom Lingpa by Ekajati +
while the term may refer to any systematic means of developing one-pointed attention and insight, in the context of the Great Perfection it implies maintaining ongoing awareness of the primordial ground of being +
one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); refers to the fact that emptiness is not an inert void, but is free of sullying factors, like a polished mirror in which anything can arise [mirror(-like) primordial wisdom (BM); Mirrorlike Awareness (MK); mirror-like timeless awareness (PPTC); mirror-like wisdom (RW, WPT); Mirror Wisdom (SGK)] +
all-embracing consummation (''see khor-day ub-chhub'') +
the subjective pole of experience; conceptual thought patterns that perpetuate perceptions of sensory objects [subject, that which apprehends (GL); reifying concepts (PT)] +
harmful influences due to ignorance and negativity, personified as a malevolent and demonic figure +
one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
a traditional metaphor for the illusion-like nature of phenomena +
literally, "transcendence beyond sorrow"; the awakened state of buddhahood +
