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Lumey Dorje;lumey dorje;of the Tsangsar clan;one of the masters in the Barom Kagyu lineage;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's ancestor. +
Khunu;khunu;a province in the northern part of Himachal Pradesh, India. +
Potala;potala;famous palace of the Dalai Lamas and the landmark of Lhasa. +
Marpa;marpa;(1002/12-1097) — great forefather of the Kagyu lineage. See ''Life of Marpa the Translator''. +
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche;chökyi nyima rinpoche;(b.1951) — oldest son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and abbot of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudha, Nepal. +
Yölmo;yölmo;(Helambhu), sacred valley three days walk north of Kathmandu. +
treasure revealer;treasure revealer;''see'' tertön. +
Shantarakshita;abbot of Vikramashila who ordained the first Tibetan monks at the invitation of King Trisong Deutsen. +
ngakpa;ngakpa;practitioner of Vajrayana who keeps long hair, wears a different robe than monks, and can be married. +
Khala Rong-go;khala rong-go;the place where Chokgyur Lingpa revealed the terma treasure ''Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel''. Situated in Nangchen on the road between Jekundu and Sharda. +
Kadam;kadam;tradition;one of the eight chariots of the practice lineages, brought to Tibet by Atisha Dipamkara in the eleventh century. +
Buddhaguhya;(8th-9th cent.) — renowned Indian master who visited Mount Kailash at the time of King Trisong Deutsen and transmitted the ''Guhyagarbha'' tantra to the Tibetan translator Jnana Kumara of Nyag. +
Katok monastery;katok monastery;one of the four main monasteries of the Nyingma tradition in Kham. Situated south of Derge, near Palyul. +
Jamgön Kongtrul;jamgön kongtrul;Lodrö Thaye (1813-1899);prophesized by the Buddha Shakyamuni in the ''King of Samadhi Sutra'' and by Padmasambhava in many of his termas. He studied and mastered all the Buddha's teachings. His primary teachers were the Fourteenth Karmapa, Situ Pema Nyinje Wangpo and the Great Khyentse. He became the teacher of the fifteenth Karmapa, Khakyab Dorje. He is renowned as an accomplished master, scholar, writer, poet, and artist, and authored and compiled more than 100 volumes of scriptures. Among these, the best known is the ''Five Treasuries''. In ''Splendor'' he is referred to as Old Kongtrul or simply Kongtrul. +
mind essence;mind essence;nature of mind. Pointing out the mind essence: the main aim of the 'pointing-out instruction' is to make obvious to the meditator what it is that knows and thinks —— not as a theory but a direct experience. ''See'' pointing-out instruction. +
Neten monastery;neten monastery;one of the three main 'seats' of Chokgyur Lingpa. When the tertön went there, he had a vision of the Sixteen Arhats or the Sixteen Elders. "Neten" means "elders" in Tibetan. It is situated on the border between Nangchen (Qinghai) and Chamdo (Tibet Autonomous Region) near Tsechu Gompa. +
Bomta Khenpo;bomta khenpo;(19th-20th cent.) — Polo Khenpo Dorje;disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung. +
Gar Drubchen;gar drubchen;A Tibetan accomplished master of the Drigung Kagyu school who was an emanation of Nagarjuna and also Phamo Drupa (1110-70), one of the three foremost disciples of Gampopa. +
Sutra and Tantra;sutra and tantra;Sutra refers to the teachings of both Hinayana and Mahayana;Tantra refers to Vajrayana. +
Tsangsar;tsangsar;family name of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and an ancient kingdom in Nangchen. +
