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the aspect of consciousness that is aware only of the consciousness itself. It is asserted by the Chittamatra school and refuted by the Madhyamaka school. +
Indian Buddhist master of the second century who elucidated the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras of Buddha; the major expounder of the Madhyamaka philosophy. +
Indian master of the sixth century who elucidated Nāgārjuna's exposition of the Madhyamaka philosophy; author of the ''Madhyamakāvtāra'' ([[sic]]). +
the ten stages or grounds through which advanced bodhisattvas pass on their way to enlightenment. +
third of the four major schools of Buddhist philosophy; this Mahāyāna school denies the existence of external objects and asserts the true existence of the mind; sometimes referred to as the Mind-only school. +
those paths of Buddhist thought and practice stressing the attainments of the full enlightenment of buddha hood for the benefit of others; the paths of the bodhisattva; the so-called greater vehicle. +
the mistaken view with which one believes one's I or self to exist independently and inherently, instead of being a mere imputation on the everchanging aggregates. +
the hub around which the various segments of the universe are arranged; visualized especially at the centre of mandala offerings. +
Skt., ''ālayavijñāna''; asserted by the Chittamātra school as the consciousness upon which the seeds of karmic actions are placed. +
the form body of a buddha comprising the sambhogakāya and nirmanakāya. +
knowing or understanding, specifically of the actual way in which things exist; the realizations leading to the attainment of the truth body (dharmakāya) of a buddha. +
liberation from cyclic existence; the "higher" nirvana refers to the complete enlightenment of a buddha. +
Sanskrit syllables and words used in tantric practices to transform ordinary speech and protect the mind from ordinary conceptualizations. +
Indian master; mentor to Nāgārjuna and highly accomplished tantric practitioner. +
the state of realization of an arhat or a buddha. +
the dependent and relational character of phenomena; any phenomenon so characterized. Establishing things as dependent arisings - i.e. as dependent upon parts, causes and mental imputation for their existence - overcomes the false view of their being inherently self-existent. +
founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. +
a non-Buddhist school of materialist thinkers who denied the validity of the law of moral causation (karma). +
one of Shākyamuni's closest disciples, known for his wisdom. +
states of deep meditative concentration four immeasurables meditation upon love, compassion, equanimity and joyfulness. +
