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Lit. "well-gone one," an epi thet of a buddha meaning one who has gone to the far shore of liberation, fulfilling one's own and others' needs by achieving perfect enlightenment. sugatagarbha (Skt., Tib. bde gshegs sayingpo). The essence, or womb, of the sugatas; synonymous with "buddha nature."  +
The primordial nature of the mind, which is beyond the three times and all conceptual elaborations, and knows the nature of the ground of being. SeeBM 354; GD 142-43,326-27; VE 109-10,116-21.  +
Identifying awareness, then bringing forth spacious awareness, free of activity, and by practicing that uninterruptedly, finally achieving stability within oneself.  +
The "lamp" located at the heart and included among the six lamps discussed in the teachings on the direct crossing over. See CM 423, VS 590-91, VE 424.  +
(1) Not viewing that which has form as form, (2) recognizing the absence of inner form and not viewing outer forms, (3) not viewing the sense base of boundless space, (4) not viewing the sense base of boundless consciousness, (5) not viewing the sense base ofnothingness, (6) not viewing the sense base of neither discernment nor nondiscernment, (7) not viewing the pleasantness of the dispersal of obscurations, and (8) not viewing the cessation ofdiscernments and feelings.  +
Unenlightened beings who are oath-bound, usually by Padmasambhava or another adept, to protect the Dharma.  +
A realized being who is either firmly on the path to enlightenment or who has already achieved enlightenment and incarnates for the sake of the world.  +
The pristine expanse of the sole bindu inside the citta lamp of the flesh, which is the space of awareness, in which the bindus and vajra strands appear. See CM 424-26, VS 591, VE 425-27.  +
The stage of generation entailing objects that are grasped with the mind as if they existed by their own characteristics. Within the Vajrayāna, this is taught as the path of definite perfection and the path of the power of the view. See VE199.  +
Powerful realization or empowerment that is experienced in connection with a guru or a physical place or object associated with a realized being. Consecration of an inanimate object or substance.  +
Lit. "awakened one," an enlightened being in whom all mental afflictions and obscurations are dispelled and all excellent qualities are brought to perfection.  +
The teachings concerning rules and discipline of the Buddha's disciples; one of the three baskets of sūtra, vinaya, and abhidharma.  +
The unceasing stream of consciousness that goes from one life to another and finally to the state of enlightenment, so it may become virtuous or nonvirtuous. Only when its essential nature becomes manifest is it seen to be of the nature of unstructured awareness. It is identical to the substrate consciousness. See VE 109-10.  +
The mirror like aspect of primor dial consciousness. A characteristic of the sharp vajra of wisdom, the experience of the spontaneously actualized essential nature. See CM 363,386.  +