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In the Ayurvedic and Tibetan medical systems, the bodily constituent, or humor, responsible for movement and change.  +
The gateways of compassion, the lights, the kāyas, the facets of primordial consciousness, nonduality, freedom from extremes, the impurity of saṃsāra, and the purity of nirvāṇa. See GD 253-54>  +
Lit. "three-thousandfold worlds," meaning one thousand- to the third power, or one billion worlds; each has a Mount Meru and four continents. There are said to be a countless number of these throughout the vastness of space. gaqacakra (Skt., Tib. tshogs 'khor). Ritual offerings to the awakened beings. See VE150-64.  +
The veiling effects of obscurations that cause the five facets of primordial consciousness to appear as the five poisons, the five aggregates, and the five elements.  +
A symbol of ultimate reality, with the seven attributes of invulnerability, indestructibility, reality, incorruptibility, stability, unobstructability, and invincibility. See CM 385; BM 337; GD 88-89; VE 63-64,188-89.  +
Primordial consciousness by which all pure, free, simultaneously perfected deeds and activities are accomplished naturally, of their own accord; this is purified as Bhagavān Amoghasiddhi. When obscured by ignorance, it manifests externally as green light; this is reified as the derivative element of air. Its radiance is transformed into subtle grasping of the five sensory consciousnesses and gives rise to thoughts of envy and the aggregate ofcompositional factors. See GD 150-53, VE 121-25.  +
Lit. "deathless" or immortality, this is one result ofspiritual practice and also refers to sacramental substances.  +
The "natural embodiment" of the buddhas, which is the one nature of the dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya.  +
*''enjoyments, seven'' (Tib. nyer spyod bdun). The seven offerings of water for drinking, water for bathing the feet, flowers, incense, light, perfume, and food.   +
A Vajrayāna system of practice, corresponding to anuyoga, which is based upon the practice of the stage of generation.  +
Latent tendencies or habitual propensities underlying the manifestations of consciousness.  +
Lit. "heroic being," one who shows great courage in not succumbing to mental afflictions and in striving diligently in spiritual practice. A highly realized male bodhisattva who manifests in the world in order to serve sentient beings.  +