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Chamara;NGAYAB;ngayab;The name of the subcontinent lying to the south and west of the continent of Jambu (our world) according to Buddhist cosmology (see Mount Meru). It is here that the Buddha-field of Guru Rinpoche is located. +
sgrol ma;TARA;According to the level of the teaching, a female Sambhogakaya or Bodhisattva, manifestation of great compassion, displaying peaceful and wrathful forms. The most well known and practiced are green and white Tara. "Tara of the Seven Eyes," mentioned in the first chapter, is a reference to White Tara, who is always depicted with a third eye in her forehead and eyes on the palms of her hands and feet, symbolic of her all-seeing compassion. +
GENERATION AND PERFECTION;generation and perfection;See creation and perfection +
dam tshig gi rdzas Inga;FIVE SUBSTANCES OF SAMAYA;five substances of samaya;Semen, blood, urine, excrement, and flesh. These substances, which are ordinarily regarded as repulsive, are transformed into the five nectars (and are so called) when their pure nature is realized. +
bdud;DEMON;demon;When not being used in an obviously metaphorical sense, this term refers either to a spirit or, symbolically, to obstacles on the path. The Demon of the Aggregates refers to the five skandhas (body, sensation, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness) as described in Buddhist teaching as the basis for the imputation of the notion of "I," the personal self, which constitutes the root cause of suffering in samsara. The Demon of the Afflictions refers to defiled emotions such as attachment, anger, ignorance, pride, and jealousy, which are productive of suffering. The Demon Lord of Death refers not only to actual death but to the momentary transience of all phenomena, the nature of which is suffering. The Demon Son of Gods refers to mental wandering and the attachment to phenomena apprehended as really existent. +
yum chen mo;GREAT MOTHER;great mother;The Prajnaparamita, transcendent Wisdom, direct realization of emptiness, so called because such realization is the source or "mother" of Buddhahood. +
sbas yul;HIDDEN LAND;hidden land;There are basically two kinds of hidden lands: those physically located on the earth's surface and those which exist in dimensions, so to speak, other than the present world, but which can be entered by certain individuals. Strictly speaking, the Tibetan word sbas yul or beyul refers only to the first kind, while the sccond kind arc normally referred to as Khacho (mkha spyod). Beyul are regions, secret valleys, etc., specially blessed and sealed by Guru Padmasambhava, and other beings of great spiritual attainment, as places of protection for the teachings in later times of decadence and peril. Except in the case of people with special karma and good fortune, they cannot be entered, or even perceived. HIGHER INSIGHT (lhag mthong, Tib.;vipashyana, Skt.). The perception of the ultimate nature of phenomena. +
tshe dpag med;AMITAYUS;lit. Boundless Life. An aspect of Buddha Amitabha, usually represented in Sambhogakaya form. Meditation on Amitayus prolongs life. +
dam tshig;SAMAYA;The sacramental bond and commitment in the Vajrayana established between the master and the disciple to whom he or she gives empowerment. Samaya also refers to the sacred links between the disciples of the same master and between the disciples and their prac-tice. +
lho nub;SOUTHWEST;southwest;See Ngayab +
CREATION AND PERFECTION;creation and perfection;The two principal phases of tantric practice. The creation (also referred to as "generation" and "development") stage (bskyed rim) involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (rdzogs rim) refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this;it also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essence of the body. +
khri ralpa can;TRI RALPACHEN;tri ralpachen;The third major Buddhist king of Tibet. He lived in the eleventh century and instigated the systematization of Tibetan grammar and vocabulary for the purposes of translation of texts from Sanskrit. He was assassinated by his brother Lang Darma. He is said to have been a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani. +
SHANTARAKSHITA;Also traditionally referred to as Khenpo Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva Abbot. A great Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism, abbot of the university of Nalanda, invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen. +
khams gsum;THREE WORLDS;three worlds;A categorization of samsaric exis-tence: (i) the world of desire, consisting of the six realms, from the hells up to the first six spheres of the god realm, (2) the divine realm of form, and (3) the divine realm of nonform. +
gcod;CHO;cho;lit. cutting, to cut. The name of a yogic practice based on the teaching of the Prajnaparamita, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Phadampa Sangye and propagated by the yogini Machig Lapdron. The goal of cho is the destruction of ego-clinging. +
EMAHO;emaho;See Kyeho +
kun tu bzang po;SAMADHI;The utterly enlightened mind, pure, immutable, omnipresent, and unobstructed. It is symbolized in the form of a Buddha, naked and colored the deep blue of endless space. Samantabhadra is the origin of the tantric transmission of the Nyingma school. +
dbyangs can ma;SARASVATI;The female deity of art, science, music, and speech, traditionally regarded as the original teacher of the Sanskrit language. +
LORDS OF THE THREE FAMILIES;lords of the three families;The Bodhisattvas Manjushri, Avalokita, and Vajrapani. In this context, the three Families are respectively those of the Buddha's Body, Speech, and Mind. +
KYEHO,KYEMA;kyeho,kyema;Tibetan poems, and various other forms of expostulation, are often preceded by exclamatory words or phrases indicative of the general tone and content of what is being said. For example, Emaho is an expression of wonder, Ho of courage and determination, while Kyema and Kyehii express grief. +
