Property:Gloss-def
From Buddha-Nature
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An emotion that, based on exaggerating the good qualities of a person or thing, clings to it. +
The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. +
The wish for all sentient beings to have happiness and its causes. +
Intentional action. Our actions leave imprints on our mindstreams that bring about our experiences. +
A series of syllables consecrated by a Buddha and expressing the essence of the entire path to enlightenment. Mantras can be recited during meditation to calm and purify the mind. +
Taking uncontrolled rebirth under the influence of afflictions and karma. +
Imprints of positive actions that will result in happiness in the future. +
Existent objects. This includes both permanent and impermanent existents. +
See Altruistic intention. +
A wisdom thoroughly discriminating phenomena. When conjoined with meditative quiescence, it enables one to analyze the meditation object and simultaneously remain single-pointedly on it. +
Any person who directly and nonconceptually realizes emptiness. In a more general sense, Sangha refers to the communities of ordained monastics. It is sometimes used to refer to Buddhists in general. +
A type of meditation used to develop concentration. It involves training the mind to rest single-pointedly on its object of meditation. +
The meditation practice associated with a particular Buddha. This is often a written text that one follows, by chanting or reading, in order to meditate on that Buddha. +
The cessation of suffering and its causes. Freedom from cyclic existence. +
(Tib: bpyad sgom) A type of meditation used to discern and understand the main points of a meditation topic. This may involve thinking but eventually goes beyond conceptions. +
A negation that eliminates its object of negation but does not imply an affirmative phenomenon. +
A meditational deity, one of a number of Buddhas. +
A teaching of the Buddha; a Buddhist scripture. Sutras are found in all Buddhist traditions. +
A deep understanding that becomes part of us and changes our outlook on the world. When we realize love, for example, the way we feel about and relate to others changes dramatically. +
A person who, when seeing any sentient being, spontaneously feels the altruistic intention. +
