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literally, "Lake-Born Vajra of Oddiyana"; epithet of an aspect of Padmakara +
literally, "Lion of Speech"; a bodhisattva embodying the wisdom and transcendent knowledge of all buddhas and bodhisattvas +
refers to the "worldview" or philosophical underpinnings of a given spiritual approach; in the context of the Great Perfection, view is the understanding of the supreme common ground of samsara and nirvana—basic space in which the three modes of samsara, nirvana and the spiritual path are perfect and complete +
An impermanent phenomenon; something that performs a function. +
See Emptiness. +
A Mahayana Buddhist tradition popular in Tibet and Japan. +
To give a label or name to an object. To give meaning to an object. +
The factors allowing all beings to attain full enlightenment. +
Attitudes and emotions such as ignorance, attachment, anger, pride, jealousy, and confusion that disturb our mental peace and propel us to act in ways harmful to others. +
A false and nonexistent quality that we project onto persons and phenomena; existence independent of causes and conditions, parts, or the mind labeling a phenomenon. +
A person who has realized emptiness directly. +
A place established by a Buddha or bodhisattva where all conditions are conducive for practicing the Dharma and attaining enlightenment. +
Any dissatisfactory condition. It doesn't refer only to physical or mental pain, but includes all problematic conditions. +
Any person who has purified all defilements and developed all good qualities. "The Buddha" refers to Shakyamuni Buddha, who lived 2,500 years ago in India. +
Unsatisfactory conditions. See Suffering. +
The realizations and cessations of suffering and its causes. In a more general sense, Dharma refers to the teachings and doctrine of the Buddha. +
Entrusting one's spiritual development to the guidance of the Three Jewels-the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. +
Habituating ourselves to positive attitudes, beneficial emotions, and accurate perspectives. +
The state of a Buddha, that is, the state of having forever eliminated all disturbing attitudes, karmic imprints, and their stains from one's mindstream, and having developed one's good qualities and wisdom to their fullest extent. Buddhahood supersedes liberation. +
According to the Prasangika Madhyamaka School, it is the lack of independent, or inherent, existence. This is the ultimate nature or reality of all persons and phenomena. +
