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chos;Dharma;The Buddha's doctrine, the teachings transmitted in the scriptures, and the qualities of realization attained through their practice. Note that the Sanskrit word dharma has ten principal meanings, including "anything that can be known." Vasubandhu defines the Dharma, in its Buddhist sense, as the "protective dharma" (chos skyobs): "It corrects ( 'chos) every one of the enemies, the afflictive emotions;and it protects (skyobs) us from the lower realms: these two characteristics are absent from other spiritual traditions." +
bden bzhi rnam pa bcu drug;Sixteen subdivisions of the Four Noble Truths;sixteen subdivisions of the four noble truths;The four aspects of the truth of suffering—impermanent, unsatisfactory, empty, and not the self;those of the truth of origination—source, cause, intensely producing, and condition;those of the truth of cessation—cessation, pacification, goodness, and definitive;and those of the truth of the path—path, pertinent, effective, and conducive to release. (See Treasury of Precious Qualities, Appendix 3.) +
Tala;An Asian palm tree, the palmyra. +
'thub pa chen po;Mahamuni;The Great Capable One, an epithet of Buddha Shakyamuni. +
khams gsum;Three worlds;three worlds;The world of desire, the world of form, and the formless world (see chart on pp. 184-185). Alternatively ( 'jig rten gsum, sa gsum, srid gsum), the world of gods above the earth, that of humans on the earth, and that of the nagas under the earth. +
so sor thar pa;Pratimoksha;Lit. "individual liberation": the collective term for the different kinds of Buddhist ordination and their respective vows, as laid down in the Vinaya. +
mnar med;Torment Unsurpassed;torment unsurpassed;Avici;The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Ultimate Torment. +
klu;Naga;A serpentlike being (classed in the animal realm) living in the water or under the earth and endowed with magical powers and wealth. The most powerful ones have several heads. +
bdud;Demon;demon;mara;In the context of Buddhist meditation and practice, a demon is any factor that obstructs enlightenment. Four principal demons are described in the teachings: the demon of the aggregates, the demon of afflictive emotions, the demon of the Lord of Death, and the demon of the sons of the gods (or demon of distraction). +
lha;Gods;gods;deva;A class of beings who, as a result of accumulating positive actions in previous lives, experience immense happiness and comfort, and are therefore considered by non-Buddhists as the ideal state to which they should aspire. Those in the worlds of form and formlessness experience an extended form of the meditation they practiced (without the aim of achieving liberation from samsara) in their previous life. Gods like Indra in the world of desire, as a result of their merit, have a certain power to affect the lives of other beings and are therefore worshipped, for example, by Hindus. +
nyon mongs pa;Afflictive emotions;afflictive emotions;klesha;Mental factors that influence thoughts and actions and produce suffering. The five principal afflictive emotions are attachment, aversion or hatred, bewilderment or ignorance, jealousy, and pride. +
dkon mchog gsum;Three Jewels;three jewels;Triratna;The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. +
nyan thos;Shravaka;Lit. "one who listens": one who follows the Basic Vehicle of the Buddha's teachings and aims to attain liberation for himself as an Arhat. +
pha rol tu phyin pa drug;Six transcendent perfections;six transcendent perfections;sadparamita;Transcendent generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. +
Brahmin;A member of the priestly caste in Indian society. +
zhi gnas;Sustained calm;sustained calm;shamatha;The basis of all concentrations: a calm, undistracted state of unwavering concentration. +
dge tshul;Shramanera;The first stage in monastic ordination. Shramaneras do not observe all the precepts of fully ordained bhikshus or bhikshunis, but it is incorrect to refer to them as "novices" in that many of them remain shramaneras throughout their lives without necessarily progressing to full ordination. +
dbu ma;Madhyamika;The philosophical doctrine propounded by Nagarjuna and his followers, the Middle Way that avoids the extremes of existence and nonexistence. +
dge 'dun;Sangha;The community of Buddhist practitioners. +
theg pa chen po;Great Vehicle;great vehicle;Mahāyāna;The vehicle of the Bodhisattvas, referred to as great because it aims at full Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. +
