Property:Gloss-term
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ri rab;Mount Meru;mount meru;Lit. "the supreme mountain": the four-sided mountain in the form of an inverted pyramid which is the center of our universe according to Buddhist cosmology. +
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. +
dkon mchog gsum;Three Jewels;three jewels;Triratna;The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. +
bslabs pa gsum;Three Trainings;three trainings;trishiksa;The threefold training in discipline, concentration, and wisdom. +
Mahayana;See Great Vehicle. +
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. +
sde snod gsum;Three Pitakas;three pitakas;tripitaka;See Pitaka. +
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). +
yi dvags;Preta;Also known as hungry ghost or spirit: a class of beings whose attachment and miserliness in previous lives result in constant hunger and the frustration of their desires. +
de bzhin nyid;Thusness;thusness;Tathata;The absolute nature of things, emptiness, the absolute space free from elaboration. +
'dzam bu gling;Jambudvipa;The southern continent according to Buddhist cosmology, the world in which we live. +
Tala;An Asian palm tree, the palmyra. +
rnal 'byor;Yoga;Lit. "union with the natural state": a term for spiritual practice. +
mya ngan 'das;Parinirvana;The point at which an enlightened being leaves his or her earthly body. +
Avici;The Sanskrit name of the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed. See Torment Unsurpassed. +
mdo;Sutra;(1) A scripture containing the teachings of the Buddha;(2) the Sutra-pitaka (mdo sd), the one of the Three Pitakas that deals with meditation. +
gyal ba'i dbang po;Sovereign of the Conquerors;sovereign of the conquerors;An epithet of the Buddha, one who is victorious over the four demons. +
mtho ris;Higher realms;higher realms;The gods' realms, the asuras' realm, and the human realm. +
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. +
Aggregates;aggregates;See Five aggregates. +
