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mya ngan las 'das pa;Nirvana;Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be loosely understood as the goal of Buddhist practice, the opposite of samsara, it is important to realize that the term is understood differently by the different vehicles;the nirvana of the Basic Vehicle, the peace of cessation that an Arhat attains, is very different from a Buddha's nirvana, the state of perfect enlightenment that transcends both samsara and nirvana. +
dge slong ma;Bhikshuni;A fully ordained nun. +
phung po lnga;Five aggregates;five aggregates;pañchaskandha;The five psychophysical components into which a person can be analyzed and which together produce the illusion of a self. They are form, feeling, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness. +
kandha;See Five aggregates. +
mya ngan 'das;Parinirvana;The point at which an enlightened being leaves his or her earthly body. +
dge bsnyen;Upasaka;A layman who has taken refuge in the Three Jewels and keeps one or more of the basic precepts. +
thub pa;Capable One;capable one;Muni;An epithet of the Buddha Shakyamuni, often translated as "Mighty One." He was called capable because, when he was a Bodhisattva and there was no one who had the courage to tame the most unfortunate beings with extremely gross views, afflictive emotions, and actions, he, our kind Teacher, was the only one, of all the 1,002 Buddhas of this Excellent Kalpa, who had the strength or capacity to vow to benefit them. +
brgya byin;Indra;The ruler of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. +
spyan ras gzigs;Avalokiteshvara;Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. +
nye bar len pa'i phung po lnga;Five causal aggregates;five causal aggregates;The five "tainted" aggregates produced by afflictive emotions and actions in a previous life and which will again produce further afflictive emotions and actions. +
rgyal ba;Conqueror;conqueror;Jina;Also "Victorious One": a general epithet for a Buddha. +
spangs rtogs;Elimination and realization;elimination and realization;Eliminating (or getting rid of) all obscurations, and realizing the two kinds of knowledge of a Buddha (q.v.). +
Mahayana;See Great Vehicle. +
'jigs pa chen po bcu drug;Sixteen great dangers (or fears);sixteen great dangers (or fears);Those related to (1) earth (earthquakes, landslides), (2) water (oceans, floods, drowning), (3) fire, (4) wind (cyclones), (5) lightning, (6) weapons, (7) imprisonment and the law, (8) robbers, (9) ghosts, (10) wild elephants, (11) lions, (12) poisonous snakes and food poisoning, (13) epidemics and disease, (14) untimely death, (15) poverty, and (16) not accomplishing one's wishes. Also listed as dangers and fears related to (1) obstacles created by gyalpo spirits, (2) celestial beings, (3) sicknesses caught from sadag spirits, (4) diseases such as leprosy, (5) famine, (6) war, (7) harm caused by sadhu, (8) harm caused by elemental spirits, (9) lightning, (10) frost and hail, (11) earthquakes, (12) fire, (13) water, (14) falling stars, (15) outer space, and (16) nightmares. +
phyir mi 'ong ba;Non-Returner;non-returner;In the context of the Basic Vehicle, a state of realization where one will no longer be reborn in the desire realm. It is the stage before the attainment of the level of Arhat. In the context of the Great Vehicle, a Bodhisattva Non-Returner is one who cannot return to a samsaric state of mind, though he may still manifest in samsara to benefit beings. +
'khor ba;Samsara;Lit. "wheel," and therefore also translated as "cyclic existence": the endless round of birth, death, and rebirth in which beings suffer as a result of their actions and afflictive emotions. +
'jigs pa chen po brgyad;Eight great dangers (or fears);eight great dangers (or fears);Those related to lions, elephants, fire, snakes, water, chains, robbers, and flesh eaters (harmful spirits and rakshasas). +
lha min;Asura;Also called a demi-god or jealous god: a class of beings whose jealous nature spoils their enjoyment of their fortunate rebirth in the higher realms and involves them in constant conflict with the gods in the god realms. +
Avici;The Sanskrit name of the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed. See Torment Unsurpassed. +
rin po che sna bdun;Seven precious attributes of royalty;seven precious attributes of royalty;saptaratna;Also called the "seven attributes of royalty" (rgyal srid sna bdun): the precious golden wheel, precious wish-fulfilling jewel, precious queen, precious minister, precious elephant, precious horse, and precious general. +
