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Ngakchung,Khenpo;ngakchung,khenpo;(1879-1941) — ''see'' Khenpo Ngakchung. +
Banyak Ating;banyak ating;(20th cent.) — governor of Sikkim and benefactor of tulku Urgyen. +
Dakpo Kagyu;dakpo kagyu;synonym for the Kagyu lineages, since Gampopa became known as the master from Dakpo. +
Karma Lingpa;karma lingpa;14th cent. Tertön mostly known for revealing the text now famous as ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' or more correctly ''The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo''. +
Ngabö;ngabö;high government official in the nineteen fifties' Lhasa. +
reliquary box;reliquary box;(''gau''), amulet box to carry around ones next or place on the shrine;may contain relics from a past master. +
tokden;tokden;full-time meditators who never cut their braided hair;often they are monks. +
Avalokiteshvara;bodhisattva of compassion, often depicted with four arms. +
Buddha Shakyamuni;the historical Buddha, regarded as the chief teacher of our present age. +
Treasury of Nyingma Songs;treasury of nyingma songs;compilation by Kyungtrul of spiritual songs by masters of the Nyingma lineage. +
Jangchub Shönnu;jangchub shönnu;Lumey Dorje's nephew and successor;early master in the Barom Kagyu lineage. +
Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123) — one of the most famous yogis and poets in Tibetan religious history;much of the teachings of the Karma Kagyu schools passed through him. See ''The Life of Milarepa'' and ''The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa''. His name means 'Cotton-clad Mila.' +
reading transmission;reading transmission;authorization to study a scripture by listening to it being read aloud. +
Kyasu Tertön;kyasu tertön;treasure revealer of the Kyasu clan;Kyasu being Chokgyur Lingpa's family name. One wall of Kyasu mansion is still visible an hour's walk from Tsechu monastery in Nangchen. +
Mahayana;mahayana;'greater vehicle';' connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to scope of aspiration, methods applied and depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the bodhisattva vow to liberate all sentient beings through compassion and insight into emptiness. +
tantric ornaments;tantric ornaments;jewelry and garments of silk for a peaceful deity and bone-ornaments for a wrathful. +
Nyingma Kahma;nyingma kahma;Oral Transmissions of the Old School;56 volumes in the expanded edition published by Dudjom Rinpoche. The predominant number of scriptures concern the three inner tantras. +
Old Kongtrul;old kongtrul;in this book, short for Jamgön Kongtrul the First. +
Situ Chökyi Jungney;situ chökyi jungney;(1700-1774) — eighth in the line of Situ incarnations;great scholar and visionary, doctor and painter;founded Palpung in 1727. +
Sutra system;sutra system;exoteric teachings belonging to Hinayana and Mahayana that regard the path as the cause of enlightenment, as opposed to the esoteric, tantric teachings. +
