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rdo rje sems dpa';VAJRASATTVA;Lit., Indestructible Being. The Buddha of the Vajra Family, corresponding to the mirror-like wisdom that is the pure nature of the aggregate of consciousness and affliction of aver-sion, and is linked with the enlightened activity of pacifying. +
CONCENTRATION OF HEROIC FEARLESSNESS;concentration of heroic fearlessness;See threefold concentration +
dag pa'i zhing;PURE LAND;pure land;See Buddha-field +
bsod nam;MERIT;merit;Good karma, the positive energy generated by wholesome actions of body, speech, and mind. +
zhing khams;BUDDHA-FIELD;buddha-field;A sphere or dimension manifested by a Buddha or great Bodhisattva, in which beings may abide and progress towards enlightenment without ever falling into lower states of existence. In fact, any place, viewed as the pure manifestation of spontaneous Wisdom, is a Buddha-field. +
rgyu mtshan nyid kyi theg pa;CAUSAL VEHICLE;causal vehicle;The vehicle of teachings based on the sutras, according to which beings possess the potential of Buddhahood, which must be gradually developed in order to be fully actualized. By contrast, the Vajrayana or tantra teachings work on the understanding that this Buddha-nature is fully perfect already with no need of development (for this reason it is known as the result vehicle). The purpose of the practice is to dispel the defilements that obscure it. +
MANTRA OF SIX SYLLABLES;mantra of six syllables;The "Mani," the mantra of Avalokiteshvara: Om Mani Padme Hung. +
'byung ba;ELEMENTS;elements;See five elements +
rigs Inga;FIVE FAMILIES;five families;The five Buddha Families, namely: Tathagata, Vajra, Jewel, Lotus, and Action. These represent five aspects of Buddhahood. They are presided over by the Dhyani Buddhas, who are generally depicted in a mandala arrangement as follows: blue Vairochana in the center (Tathagata), white Vajrasattva in the east (Vajra), yellow Rat-nasambhava in the south (Jewel), red Amitabha in the west (Lotus), and green Amoghasiddhi in the north (Action). +
las kyi phyag rgya;KARMAMUDRA;In this context, a name given to partner in the practice of skillful means (see definition of third empowerment in the entry for empowerment). The karmamudra is the source of the wisdom of bliss-voidness. +
yang dag;VISHUDDHA;A heruka of the Vajra Family, repre-senting the mind aspect;one the main yidams of the Mahayoga tantra. +
'bri;DRI;dri;A female yak. +
spyod rgyud;UPATANTRA;Known also as Ubhaya or Charya-tantra. It exposes the philosophical view of the Yogatantra and the disci-pline of the Kriyatantra. +
BON;The ancient native religion of Tibet, existing at the time of the introduction of Buddhism in the eighth century and surviving to this day. In this translation, the term Bon may refer to the tradition itself and also to its adherents, who are, however, sometimes referred to as Bonpo. The relationship between Buddhism and Bon is very complex. Usually a dis-tinction is made between white Bon and black Bon, corresponding to the Inner Bon and the Gyu Bon of the story. The Inner Bon, which exists to this day and has been recognized by the Dalai Lama as the fifth religious tradition, has many teachings in common with the Buddhadharma, to which it is very close. +
PARAMITA;See perfections +
BODY;body;See Trikaya +
rnal 'byor rgyud;YOGATANTRA;The third of the outer sections of tantra. It emphasizes meditation, the importance of the mind, in order to realize emptiness, without neglecting, however the external discipline of the body and speech. +
SHAKYAMUNI;Gautama, the historical Buddha of our age, the founder of Buddhism. +
sku gsum;TRIKAYA;According to the teachings of the Mahay-ana, the transcendent reality of perfect Buddhahood is described in terms of two, three, four, or five bodies or kayas. The two bodies, in the first case, are the Dharmakaya, the Body of Truth, and the Rupakaya, the Body of Form. The Dharmakaya is the absolute, "emptiness" aspect of Buddhahood. The Rupakaya is subdivided (thus giving rise to the three bodies mentioned above) into the Sambhogakaya, the Body of Perfect Enjoyment, and the Nirmanakaya, the Body of Manifestation. The Sambhogakaya, the spontaneous clarity aspect of Buddhahood, is perceptible only to highly realized beings. The Nirmanakaya, compassion aspect, is perceptible to ordinary beings and appears in our world most often, though not necessarily, in human form. The system of four bodies consists of the three just referred to, together with the Svabhavikakaya, the Body of Suchness, which refers to the union of the previous three. Occasionally there is men-tion of five bodies—the three kayas together with the immutable diamond or vajra body (the indestructible aspect of Buddhahood) and the Body of Complete Enlightenment (aspect of qualities). +
spyan ras gzigs;AVALOKITESHVARA;the "Lord who Sees." Name of the Bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all the Buddhas. Avalokiteshvara, sometimes called Avalokita, is the Sambhogakaya emana-tion of the Buddha Amitabha. +
