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From Buddha-Nature
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Tashi Lhunpo;tashi lhunpo;monastery, seat of the Panchen Lama in Shigatse;founded in 1447 by Gedun Drub (1391-1475), Tsongkhapa's nephew and disciple;used to house up to four thousand monks. +
composure;composure;state of meditation or equanimity;often opposed to post-meditation, the state of involvement in daily activities. +
Mao Tse-tung;mao tse-tung;helmsman of Communism in China;seen by many Tibetans as possessed by a demonic force bent on destroying the Dharma and happiness of sentient beings. +
Dharma protector;dharma protector;nonhumans who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers;can be either 'mundane' i.e. virtuous samsaric beings or 'wisdom protectors' who are emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas. +
Tendzin Rabgye;tendzin rabgye;healer and accomplished master from one of the old temples of the Barom Kagyu. +
om manipeme hung;om manipeme hung;famous mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. +
Padmasattva;padmasattva;chief deity in a mind treasure revealed by Old Khyentse after Chokgyur Lingpa's passing. In a vision, he saw the great tertön in his saṃbhogakaya form and, receiving an empowerment and teachings, wrote them down. +
Drakda;drakda;birthplace of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche near the Life-Lake of Yeshe Tsogyal (Tsogyal Lhatso), situated at Drakda some 20 km from Samye. +
Derge;derge;large independent kingdom in Kham that used to occupy the present-day counties of Jomda, Derge, Palyul, and Sershul. +
Realization Directly Revealed;realization directly revealed;teachings on the Great Perfection entitled ''Samantabhadra's Realization Directly Revealed (Kuntu Zangpö Gongpa Sangtal du Tenpa)'' from the great revealer of hidden treasures Rigdzin Gödem's tradition of Northern Treasures. +
means and liberation;means and liberation;refer, in the Kagyu context, to Naropa's Six Doctrines and Mahamudra. +
Dharma;teaching of the Buddha. +
Three Roots;three roots;guru, yidam and dakini. The ''guru'' is the root of blessings, the ''yidam'' of accomplishment, and the ''dakini'' of activity. They are usually three types of sadhana practice. +
Sang-Ngak;sang-ngak;(Uncle Sang-Ngak);the uncle of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. +
Songtsen Gampo,King;songtsen gampo,king;(617-698) — first great Dharma King, who prepared the way for transmission of the teachings;regarded as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. He married Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal and Princess Wen Cheng of China who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based on Dharma principles, and had his minister Tönmi Sambhota develop the Tibetan script. During his reign the translation of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began. +
Ngedön Ösel Ling;ngedön ösel ling;one of the monasteries built by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche situated on the hilltop behind Swayambhu in the Kathmandu valley;now the seat of Tsoknyi Rinpoche in Nepal. +
tertön;tertön;revealer of hidden treasures, concealed mainly by Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal. +
yidam practice;yidam practice;training in all sights, sounds and thoughts as being deity, mantra and samadhi. +
arhats,sixteen;arhats,sixteen;disciples of the Buddha who vowed to preserve the Dharma until the coming of Maitreya, the future awakened one. +
Shechen Rabjam;shechen rabjam;(1910-195?) — one of the main masters at Shechen monastery. +
