egolessness;egolessness;the fact that the seemingly real identity in a person or phenomenon cannot be found to be of a permanent, partless and independent nature. +
hearing lineage;hearing lineage;given from the master's voice to the disciple's ears, and only to one person at a time, rather than being a printed text. +
Langdarma;langdarma;(841-906) — evil oppressor who almost succeeded in eradicating Buddhism in Tibet;brother of King Ralpachen;assassinated by Palgyi Dorje. +
view,meditation and conduct (and fruition);view,meditation and conduct (and fruition);the philosophical orientation, the act of growing accustomed to that, the implementation of that insight during the activities of daily life, and the final outcome resulting from such training. Each of the nine vehicles has its particular definition of view, meditation, conduct and fruition. +
Maṇḍala;maṇḍala;'center and surrounding;' usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A maṇḍala is often a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. +
Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling monastery;ka-nying shedrub ling monastery;founded by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche at the great stupa of Boudhanath in Nepal;abbot and vajra master are Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Chokling Rinpoche. +
Dzongsar monastery;dzongsar monastery;the seat of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo in Derge county, home of the famous Buddhist college and subsequently the seat of the successor, Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. +
Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes;spontaneous fulfillment of wishes;terma treasure of Chokgyur Lingpa that contains a supplication to Padmasambhava famous under the same name. +
Sakya Pandita;sakya pandita;(1182-1251) — Kunga Gyaltsen;renowned scholar and Tibetan statesman;staved off a Mongolian invasion (1244) by converting Emperor Godan Khan to Buddhism. +
hundred peaceful and wrathful deities;hundred peaceful and wrathful deities;The 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities. The are often related to the after-death experience of the ''bardo'' state. The details are found in the ''Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo''. +
Hayagriva;hayagriva;Tantric deity shown with a horse's head within his flaming hair;wrathful aspect of Buddha Amitabha. Identical with Padma Heruka, Lotus Speech, among the ''Eight Sadhana Teachings''. +
Sogyal Rinpoche;sogyal rinpoche;incarnation of the treasure revealer Lerab Lingpa, based in France;author of ''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying''. +