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kun mchog ldan gyi stong gzugs / rnam kun mchog ldan;empty form endowed with every supreme aspect;empty form endowed with every supreme aspect;Predominantly referring to Viśvamātā, the mahāmudrāconsort, the highest development of aspected emptiness or empty form. +
mi dmigs pa;nonapprehended;nonapprehended;anupalabhda +
ye shes kyi phyag rgya ma;wisdom mudrā consort;wisdom mudrā consort;jñānamudrā +
'pho ba;wind movement;wind movement;The twelve daily shifts or movements of inner wind or breath from petal to petal of the navel channel wheel. These occurapproximately every two hours and are correlated with the twelve lagna or ascendants appearing on the horizon approximately every two hours. +
phyag rgya ma;mudrā consort;mudrā consort;mudrā;A consort is called a mudrā or “seal” because she guarantees or can be relied upon (yid ches, āpta) to grant bliss.The three main types of consorts are activity, wisdom, and mahāmudrā consort +
sgrib pa;obscuration;obscuration;As well as referring to the afflictions and the corresponding karmicly produced phenomena of the world, in Kālacakra thinkingordinary phenomena, including the body, are “obscured” until they are transformed into nonmaterial empty form, which at its developmental peak is the enlightened form of Kālacakra and his enlightened surroundings +
gnyug ma sems;primordial mind;primordial mind +
spyan lnga;five eyes;five eyes;Fleshly, celestial, wisdom, dharma, and gnosis: the suprasensory perception of empty forms occurring in completion stagemeditations, and generated by the winds entering the central channel. +
khams gsum;three worlds;three worlds;Usually referring to the desire, form, and formless realms. +
ting nge 'dzin;meditative concentration;meditative concentration;samādhi;Generally, an advanced meditative development in which the mind can be effortlessly held toaparticular object. Although by its nature it is almost synonymous with meditative absorption and peaceful abiding, a meditative concentration is often used to develop powers or to bring about some magical transformation in inanimate phenomena. Because of this function meditative concentrations are variously named. In Kālacakra, meditative concentration is the sixth of the six yogas +
dal rkang;slow stage;slow stage;When the planets, commencing from their birth constellations, move through the progressive and regressive early and later stepsby way of increment and decrement. +
yab yum zhal sbyor;mother-and-father embrace;mother-and-father embrace;Here referring to empty-form Kālacakra and Visvamātā in union +
rten gyi dkyil ’khor;base mandala;base mandala;The celestial mansion and its inner mandalas that house or support the resident deities. +
glo bur;transient;transient +
nyer sgyur;upasargā;A particle prefixed to roots in Sanskrit. +
byed rtsis and grub rtsis;karaṇa and siddhānta astronomy;karaṇa and siddhānta astronomy;According to most Tibetan traditions, karaṇa and siddhānta are two systems of astronomy.Siddhānta is the astronomy of the Kālacakra Root Tantra. This was weakened by the arrival of the barbarians and replaced by the more non-Buddhist karaṇa astronomy. Karaṇa astronomy was used by Kalki Mañjuśrī Yaśas in his compilation, the Condensed Kālacakra Tantra, in order to be in accord with the thoughts and beliefs of the non-Buddhist ṛṣi he was trying to convert. According to Edward Henning, siddhānta refers to the textbooks of astronomical theory used in ancient India, while karaṇa is the practical methodology of the siddhānta. +
shes bya sgribs pa;phenomena obscuration;phenomena obscuration;jñeyāvaraṅa;The potential for the development of mental afflictions or, in Kālacakra, for the emission ofseminal fluid. +
stong gzugs;empty form;empty form;The nonmaterial, atomless forms, developed only on the Kālacakra completion stage, that serve as bases for the development ofenlightened forms. Supreme among these empty forms is the mother-father Kālacakra union that replaces the flesh-and-blood body at the time of enlightenment. In other tantras a parallel can be found in the illusory body. Empty forms are created by the winds entering the central channel. Their appearance to the yogi is effortless and without contrivance, like prognostic images that appear in a clairvoyant's mirror. +
lhan skyes kyi bde ba;innate bliss;innate bliss +
bu lon;decrement;decrement;Subtraction used in calendrical calculation, usuallyfrom the mean position of a planet, to ascertain the true position. +
