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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." +
rnal 'byor pa;Yogi;A person practicing a spiritual path. +
byang chub sems dpa';Bodhisattva;A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is enlightenment for all beings. +
mnar med;Torment Unsurpassed;torment unsurpassed;Avici;The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Ultimate Torment. +
zhi gnas;Sustained calm;sustained calm;shamatha;The basis of all concentrations: a calm, undistracted state of unwavering concentration. +
rgyal ba;Conqueror;conqueror;Jina;Also "Victorious One": a general epithet for a Buddha. +
mtshams med lnga;Five crimes with immediate retribution;five crimes with immediate retribution;pañchanantariya;Also called five sins with immediate effect: (1) killing one's father, (2) killing one's mother, (3) killing an Arhat, (4) creating a split in the Sangha, and (5) malevolently causing a Buddha to bleed. Someone who has committed one of these five actions takes rebirth in the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed immediately after death, without going through the intermediate state. +
rgyal ba;Victorious One;victorious one;Jina;A general epithet for a Buddha. +
Brahmin;A member of the priestly caste in Indian society. +
'nges legs;Lasting happiness;lasting happiness;Lit. "certain good" or "ultimate excellence": the lasting happiness of liberation and omniscience (i.e., Buddhahood). +
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. +
rgyal dbang;Mighty Victor;mighty victor;A Buddha who is victorious over the four demons. +
bsam gtan;Samadhi;Meditative absorption of different degrees. Generally translated as "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. +
thub pa;Muni;See Capable One. +
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. +
dbu ma;Madhyamika;The philosophical doctrine propounded by Nagarjuna and his followers, the Middle Way that avoids the extremes of existence and nonexistence. +
tshangs pa;Brahma;Lit. "pure": the name given to the principal god in the world of form. +
'thub pa chen po;Mahamuni;The Great Capable One, an epithet of Buddha Shakyamuni. +
byis pa;Childish beings;childish beings;Ordinary, ignorant beings who lack wisdom and are thus trapped in samsara. +
