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Drukpa Kagyu;drukpa kagyu;The Kagyu teachings transmitted from Gampopa through Phamo Drubpa to Lingje Repa. +
Uddiyana;country to the north-west of ancient India where Padmasambhava was born on a lotus flower. +
Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes;spontaneous fulfillment of wishes;terma treasure of Chokgyur Lingpa that contains a supplication to Padmasambhava famous under the same name. +
Lama Putse;lama putse;Pema Tashi;learned disciple of the third Chokling of Neten and of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. +
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''. +
Geshe Chayulwa;geshe chayulwa;(1075-1138) — a master in the old Kadam tradition who was also one of the teachers of Gampopa, the great Kagyu master. +
Way of a Bodhisattva;way of a bodhisattva;The Indian master Shantideva's famous work on Mahayana training and realization. +
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''. +
Collected Nyingma Tantras;collected nyingma tantras;''Nyingma Gyubum'';Literally the "One Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras." The website for The Collected Tantras of the Ancients at Virginia University lists around 388 different titles. +
Monkey-Faced Ganapati;monkey-faced ganapati;a protector of the Dharma. +
Benchen monastery;benchen monastery;one of the main Kagyu monasteries in Nangchen;seat of the Sangye Nyenpa incarnations, Chimey and Tenga Rinpoches. +
Kilaya;kilaya;deity usually known as Vajra Kilaya or Vajra Kumara;wrathful form of Vajrasattva. +
Riwoche monastery;riwoche monastery;important monastic center for the Taklung branch of the Kagyu lineage, situated to the south of Nangchen a little more than one hundred kilometers from Chamdo. +
Drong Gompa;drong gompa;(Bong Gompa) the monastery of Lama Tendzin Dorje, Chökyi Nyima's previous life, which is situated several days' journey north of Lhasa on the route to Kham through Nakchukha. Drong means wild yak. +
Palyul;palyul;Namgyal Jangchub Ling, one of the four main Nyingma monasteries in Kham;founded in 1665 by Rigdzin Kunsang Sherab. +
Tsewang Norbu;tsewang norbu;(1856-1915/6) — Chokgyur Lingpa's first son and lineage holder;teacher of Samten Gyatso. +
Taktsang;taktsang;Tiger's Nest, sacred place of Padmasambhava above the Paro valley of Bhutan. +
momo;momo;Chinese style dumplings, filled with meat or cottage cheese. +
