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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.  +
An apparitional city of ethereal beings appearing by the power of samādhi in conjunction with the presence of a nearby vessel and moisture.  +
This is the honorific form of bsam pa, which means "thought" or "intention." However, according to Gangteng Tulku Rinpoché, in the context of these teachings it is the honorific form of lta ba, which means "view" or "perspective."  +
Exceptional modes of perception that arise along thepath to enlightenment. perfections, six (Tib. pha rol tu phyin pa drug, Skt. saṭpāramita). Generosity, ethical discipline, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. See VS 515, FP 7-8.  +
The four dimensions of the formless realm, which are spontaneously actualized by the substrate, arc boundless space, boundless consciousness, nothingness, and neither discernment nor nondiscernment.  +
The perfect time, place, teacher, retinue, and Dharma, or teaching. Also called five fully endowed circumstances, excellences, or certainties.  +
Direct insight into some fundamental aspect of reality. In the context of the Great Perfection, this refers to the subtle, exact knowledge ofhow all appearing phenomena are nonobjective and empty from their own side, culminating in the decisive knowledge of the one taste ofgreat emptiness—the fact that the whole of samsāra and nirvāṇa naturally arises from the expanse of the ground and is not established as anything else.  +
Lit. "giving and taking," this refers to the exchange of self and others in order to reduce self-cherishing and cultivate bodhicitta, practiced by giving others one's happiness with the out breath and taking on their sufferings with the in breath.  +
Maheśvara, Indra, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Kāmeśvara, Gaṇapati, Bhriṅgiridhi, and Kumāraṣaṇmukha.  +
The unsatisfying nature of saṃsāra, the first Noble Truth, consisting of blatant suffering, the suffering of change, and existential suffering.  +