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The principal delusion is the reification of oneself and ''other phenomena,'' which acts as the root of all other mental affliction  +
The designation of matricide for the rūdra (of self-concepts) because he devours (obscures) his mother (the sugatagarbha). See CM 403, GD 276.  +
The eight philosophical assertions of origination, cessation, existence, nonexistence, coming, going, diversity, and unity.  +
The lowest subdivision of the commoners caste (śūdra) of Vedic India, known in English as "untouchables."  +
The samādhis of aspiration (Tib. 'dunpa),enthusiasm (Tib. brtson 'grus), intention (Tib.semspa), and analysis (Tib. dpyodpa).)  +
How things actually are, in contrast with their modes of appearance (Tib. snang tshul).  +
The "full enjoyment embodiment" of an enlightened being, which is accessible only to āryabodhisattvas and buddhas.  +
A ritual offering made to beings to persuade them not to interfere with ones spiritual practice.  +
The pristine essence of a phenomenon, as contrasted with its impure portion, derivative, residue, or dregs (Tib. snyigs ma, Skt. kaṣāya). See VE129,424-5.  +
Primordial consciousness that unimpededly discerns the displays of pristine awareness, which knows reality as it is and perceives the full range of all phenomena; this is purified as Bhagavān Amitābha. When obscured by ignorance, it manifests externally as red light; this is reified as the derivative element of fire. Its radiance is transformed into mentation and gives rise to thoughts of attachment and the aggregate of recognition. See GD 150-55, VE 1x1-15.  +
A "wheel" of channels through which vital energies course. The fivefold classification of the cakras includes the cakra of great bliss at the crown of the head, the cakra of enjoyment at the throat, the dharmacakra at the heart, the cakra of emanation at the navel, and the cakra ofs ustaining bliss at the genital region. See VEz8o.  +
The eye of great, all-pervasive wisdom that comprehends saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as being totally subsumed within great enlightenment, which entails natural liberation in the absolute space of the ground—the great purity and equality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. See GD }i6.  +