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The spiritual vehicle of the "action tantras," which is practiced by not confounding one's pure Vajrayāna behavior with ordinary, impure conduct.  +
Single-pointed mindfulness, manifest mindfulness, the absence of mindfulness of the substrate, and the self-illuminating mindfulness of the substrate consciousness. See CM 354, VS 511-13, VE 40-41.  +
A mental function of every sentient being that serves as the basis for the emergence of all discursive thoughts, and which transforms thoughts into the objects of all appearances.  +
A coarse or subtle conduit included within the triad of channels, vital energies, and bindus. The three principal channels are avadhūti, lalanā, and rasanā. The quintessence of the channels is the hollow crystal kati channel See CM 387; VE 279-80.  +
One of the eight aggregates of consciousness, manifesting as a primal grasping to the self as a subject. The natural potency of the darkness of ignorance and delusion.  +
The subtlest aspect of sound, represented by the curved line above such Tibetan and Sanskrit syllables as Hūṃ and Oṃ.  +
It is certain that (1) one without the necessary karmic propensities cannot realize the sugatagarbha, (2) one who realizes it cannot but achieve confidence, (3) one who achieves confidence cannot but become liberated, and (4) one who is liberated cannot but become enlightened. SeeBM 337, GD 221, VE 189.  +
Undistracted, even placement of the mind upon its object for as long as one wishes, culminating in the achievement oféamatha.  +
Transient, anomalous psychological and/or somatic experience triggered by authentic meditative practice. The normal response to such experiences is to reify them, in which case they may become chronic problems. To allow them to self-release, one must simply be discerningly present with them, without reifying them or grasping to their inherent existence as "I" or "mine."  +
The "mind only spiritual vehicle, which is perfected by realizing that appearances are not other than the mind. See CM 390, VE 302.  +
Spiritual teachings and practices that lead one irreversibly away from suffering and the source of suffering and toward the attainment of liberation and enlightenment.  +
An advanced state of meditative stabilization included in the form realm, including the four dhyānas.  +
A three-sided ritual container, often made ofmetal, black on the outside and red on the inside, and sometimes marked with skulls. It is visualized in various ways: as the space of awareness of ultimate reality, as the miserable states of existence, as the womb of the consort, and as a prison.  +