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dakini;A feminine figure who ranges in meaning from a worldly deity with a variety of functions to an enlightened embodiment of wisdom. +
Potala;potala;The pure land of Chenrezik and, by extension, the residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. +
Tsurphu;tsurphu;The main seat of the Karmapas in Tibet, located in the Tölung Valley about twenty miles west of Lhasa. +
Guru Rinpoche;guru rinpoche;Venerated by the Tibetans as the Second Buddha, Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") was invited from India to Tibet in the ninth century. By subjugating negative forces, he established Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet and hid numerous terma (q.v.) throughout the Himalayan region for the sake of future generations. +
pramana;The term can refer to an instance of valid cognition or to the whole system of dialectics, which is a central part of the curriculum of higher Buddhist studies. It is considered a path to valid knowledge and is usually divided into three types: direct, inferential, and scriptural. +
Vajradhara;"The One Holding a Vajra" and embodying the ultimate, the dharmakaya. Usually depicted as deep blue and holding a bell and dorje crossed over his heart. +
Shentong;shentong;One of the two Madhyamaka schools, the Shentong sees the fully awakened mind as resplendent with positive qualities and asserts that the buddha nature is present within all beings at the beginning of the path and becomes manifest at enlightenment through practices along the path that remove veils obscuring what was always there. Hence its name, which translates as "empty of what is other to it": the nature of mind itself is free of and unaffected by temporary, adventitious stains. ''See also'' Rangtong. +
kalön;kalön;A minister in the government. +
Svatantrika;Translated as "the Autonomy school," since it propounds the use of independent syllogisms to enable an individual to see that phenomena are not inherently existent and, further, that their true nature is emptiness. It belongs to the Rangtong school of the Madhyamaka tradition. +
Mantrayana,Secret;A synonym for the Vajrayana. +
doha;A song of attainment or song of experience spontaneously sung by realized masters. +
rime;rime;Literally, "without bias" and usually translated as "nonsectarian," it often refers to the great renaissance of Buddhism in nineteenth-century Tibet. +
amrita;A nectar that brings freedom from birth and death;it can also function as a purifying liquid to cleanse away defilements. +
samadhi;A meditative stabilization that involves undistracted, deep concentration when one's attention is exceptionally clear and focused one-pointedly. Many different kinds of samadhis are described in the sutras. +
perfections,six or ten;perfections,six or ten;Also translated as "transcendent perfection," or more literally, "gone to the other shore," since by practicing them, one is carried across to the far shore of samsara and into liberation. As six, they are: generosity, discipline, patience, joyful diligence, stable contemplation, and deeper knowing. As ten, four more are added: skillful means, aspiration, strength, and primordial wisdom. They constitute the bodhichitta of engagement and, along with meditation on the nature of the mind, form the path of a bodhisattvas practice. On each of the bodhisattva levels, the practice of one of the perfections is fully accomplished;for example, on the first level, generosity is brought to perfection. +
abhidharma;In the early compilation of the Buddhas teachings known as the tripitaka, the abhidharma ("higher teachings") is the third of three parts (along with the sutras and the vinaya). It sets forth a systematic structuring of experience whereby it is analyzed into numerous categories, thus training discriminating wisdom and providing objects of meditation. +
pratyekabuddha;Often translated as "self realizers" or "solitary buddhas," these practitioners of the Foundational Vehicle attain their realization without the help of a teacher and through the contemplation of the twelve links of dependent arising. +
kapse;kapse;Fried biscuits in ornamental forms made for New Year's celebrations. +
tertön;tertön;A realized master who discovers or reveals terma. +
Gyalwa;gyalwa;Usually translated as "the Victorious One." The Karmapa is referred to as the Gyalwa Karmapa or the Gyalwang (Victorious and Powerful) Karmapa. In a more general context, "Gyalwa" refers to a buddha. +
