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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. +
Asura or Asura Cave;asura or asura cave;sacred place where the Lotus-Born master subdued the evil forces of afflicting negative conditions on Nepal through the practice of Vajra Kilaya and manifested the Mahamudra Vidyadhara level. Situated near Pharping in the Kathmandu valley. +
chuba;chuba;traditional Tibetan dress used by lay people for both men and women, but with different style and folds. +
Tana;tana;monastery in Nangchen originally Yelpa Kagyu, named Horse-Eared after distinctively shaped mountain peaks above it;site of Ling Gesar's tomb. +
Tilopa;tilopa;great Indian siddha, teacher of Naropa, and father of the Kagyu lineage. +
nine vehicles;nine vehicles;nine gradual vehicles of the Nyingma school: Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva, Kriya, Upa, Yoga, Maha, Anu, and Ati. They are meant to be alternative approaches to liberation and enlightenment for people of various types of capacity and inclinations. +
Prince Murub;prince murub;second son of King Trisong Deutsen;close disciple of Padmasambhava, attained enlightenment and took the vow to come back repeatedly to reveal the hidden treasures of the Lotus-Born master;later incarnated as Chokgyur Lingpa. +
naga;naga;powerful long-lived serpent-like beings who inhabit bodies of water and often guard great treasure. Nagas belong half to the animal realm and half to the god realm. They generally live in the form of snakes, but many can change into human form. +
Chokgyur Lingpa;chokgyur lingpa;(1829-1870) — important revealer of hidden treasure from Padmasambhava;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's great-grandfather. +
Prajnaparamita;prajnaparamita;transcendent knowledge;Mahayana teachings on insight into emptiness, transcending the fixation of subject, object and action;associated with the Buddhas second turning of the wheel of Dharma. Since Prajnaparamita eliminates the most subtle obscuration, this insight is often called Mother of All Buddhas. +
Lachab monastery/Gompa;lachab monastery/gompa;Lachab Jangchub Nordzin Chöling;main monastery of Samten Gyatso and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in Nangchen. +
