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A "samaya demon" which has taken on such rebirth due to tranhgressing the samayas of secret mantra.  +
The right channel among the three principal channels that run vertically through the torso and up into the head.  +
The ontological aspect of primordial consciousness, which correctly knows the nature of ultimate reality, the sugatagarbha; this corresponds to knowing the essential nature of pristine awareness.  +
Dzokchen, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles transmitted by the Nyingma school The clear-light absolute space of phenomena, having no center or periphery, from which all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāria spontaneously arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.  +
The altruistic motivation to achieve perfect enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings of the three realms from the ocean of suffering of mundane existence and bring them to the state of omniscience. See VE 204-5.  +
Lit. "all good," with many meanings, depending upon the context: (1) the name of a particular bodhisattva who is one of the eight principal bodhisattva disciples of the Buddha sākyamuni; (1) a synonym for buddha nature in general; and (3) a synonym for the dharmakāya, in the form of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, from whom, according to the Nyingma tantras, the diverse buddha bodies emanate and from whom the higher tantric lineages arise. As such, Samantabhadra is also the result attained through the Dzokchen practice of cutting through (Tib. khregschod).  +
A small image of an enlightened being, usually molded of clay and produced in large quantities.  +
The reified appearances of phenomena arising due to delusion. The world of appearances (snang lugs) is the basis of delusion, while the nature of existence (gnas lugs) is the basis of liberation.  +
The direct crossing over preliminary practice of differentiating samsāra from nirvāṇa with respect to the body, speech, and mind. See VS s86-89, VE 395-418.  +
Any of the twelve sense bases. Any of the five "signs" (Tib. mtshan ma, Skt. nimitta) that eventually arise due to meditating on the generic emblems of the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space.  +
The phenomenological aspect of primordial consciousness—omniscience; this perceives all the manifestations of the natural radiance of pristine awareness.  +
To be strongly attached to something, reifying and grasping at it without realizing its emptiness.  +
The twofold accumulations of merit (bsod noms), which culminates in the achievement of the form (rūpakāya) of a buddha, and of wisdom (ye shes), which culminates in the achievement of the mind (dharmakāya) of a buddha.  +
A mental process that arises in conjunction with consciousness, by means ofwhich one engages in various ways with the objects of apprehension.  +