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one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); the awareness of samsara and nirvana as the display of equal purity in supreme emptiness [primordial wisdom of equanimity (BM); wisdom of sameness (LS); Awareness of Fundamental Sameness (MK); primordial wisdom of the nature of equality (NJ); pristine cognition of sameness (NS); timeless awareness of equalness (PPTC); All-equalizing Wisdom (SGK); wisdom of equality (WPT)] +
literally, "cutting through solidity"; one of two phases of Great Perfection practice and teaching (''see also t'hod-gal''); ''Buddhahood Without Meditation'' is a manual of ''t'hreg-chhod'' teaching [cutting through (BM, NGP, NJ, PC, VH); breakthrough, cutting through all attachment (DZP); barrier-free (FRC); Seeing Through (NGP)] +
literally, "nonexistence"; one of the four key points of samaya of the Great Perfection; the definitive conclusion that the nature of all phenomena is ineffable emptiness, with no inherent existence or self-nature +
accomplishment gained through spiritual practice; two kinds of siddhis are distinguished: relatively mundane powers and accomplishments, such as clairvoyance and telepathy, and the sublime siddhi of enlightenment itself +
literally, "body of truth"; a dimension of enlightened being, direct realization of the true nature of reality [ultimate body (BM); reality dimension of awakening (MW); body of reality (NS); primordial contact with the total field of events and meanings (PE); completely pure formless form (ws)] +
one of the seven vajra attributes of space and the true nature of being +
literally- "murderous executioner"; the personification of the erroneous investment of one's body with true existence, since this misapprehension provides the link from death to the next birth in cyclic existence +
mind in the ordinary sense, entailing a nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness, with discursive thoughts subject to origination and cessation as the dynamic energy of this nonrecognition [cognitive act (cs); mentation (FRC); mind (GL, KB, NJ, PC, PE); thoughts, thought process (GL); intentiveness, operational cognitiveness (KB); the finite, dualistic rational mind / discursive, conceptual mind (NGP); experiencing, potential for experience (PE)] +
ephemeral meditative experience [experience (cs); mystical experience (GL); apparent experiences (NJ); experiential sign of the development of practice (PE)] +
literally, "Blissful (Realm)"; pure realm associated with the buddha Amitabha and the western direction +
the true nature of mind itself, as contrasted with the contents of mind as thoughts, perceptions, emotions and so forth [Mind (BM); pure experience, experience-as-such (FRC); Mind-as-such (KB, LS); mind-essence (LM); nature of mind (NJ, PC)] +
literally, "vajra essence of sheer lucidity"; the fifth of seven terms referring to the Great Perfection as explained to Dudjom Lingpa by Ekajati [doctrine of the adamantine essence of the Clear Light (GL); clear light vajra essence (Nj, PC)] +
nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness; lack of awareness of one's essential nature [unenlightenment (BM); low-level (cognitive) intensity (FRC); loss of pure awareness (KB); unawareness, ignorance (MW); non-recognition (NJ)] +
one of the five basic afflictive emotions +
literally, "Under Nothing"; the pinnacle pure realm, another epithet for the pure realm of Ghanavyuha, that of the Buddha Vairocana +
a term referring to seven attributes of space—invulnerability, indestructibility, authenticity, incorruptibility, stability, unobstructedness and invincibility; one of the five buddha families, denoting the ground of being endowed with these attributes +
literally, one who "feeds upon smells"; a class of gods in the desire realm +
literally, "potential for reaching a state of bliss"; often rendered "buddha nature"; the nature of mind as the potential that accounts for any being awakening to buddhahood +
emotionally afflicted ideational consciousness; the conception of an "I" causing the mind to react on the basis of emotionality [emotionally toned ego-act (KB); defiled mind (MW); passion-based mental events (NJ); consciousness of the intellect endowed with conflicting emotions (NS)] +
pristine awareness of the basic space of phenomena, or dharmadhatu; one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); the realization that samsara and nirvana are of one taste in the basic space of the true nature of reality [primordial wisdom of the ultimate sphere (BM); wisdom of absolute expanse (LS); awareness of the Expanse of Dharma (MK); primoridal wisdom of the dharmadhatu (sphere of truth) (NJ, PC); pristine cognition of the expanse of reality (NS); timeless awareness of the basic space of phenomena (PPTC); Wisdom of Dharmadhatu (SGK); wisdom of absolute space (WPT)] +
