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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 +
literally, one with "a courageous mind bent upon enlightenment"; one who follows or has accomplished the mahayana path, which leads to realization of the nonexistence of both the self of the individual personality and the self-nature of phenomena +
famous teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism who lived from 1014 to 1074 +
one of the five basic emotional "poisons" that obscure the true nature of mind +
sensory object [cognitive domain (FRC); object (NJ, PC)] +
the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism; dating from the eighth century when Padmakara visited Tibet +
a spiritual approach integrating principles of spiritual development into a practical system of application +
a school of Tibetan Buddhism, most commonly referred to as "Chod" (literally, "cutting through"), founded by the Tibetan teacher Machig Labdron (མ་ཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་) in the twelfth century as an extension of the Zhijed teachings (''see'' Pacification school) +
literally, "body of the essential nature itself"; the fourth kaya, the totality of the three kayas as inseparable [founding stratum of pure facticity (KB); essential dimension of awakening (MW); embodiment of essential nature (NJ)] +
literally, "Limitless Illumination"; among the buddhas of the five families, the one associated with the western direction; the name denotes the unlimited manifest aspect of the ground of being +
the fifth of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; an approach in which all phenomena are realized to be perfect in their supreme purity and equalness +
