Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
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Tersey Tulku;tersey tulku;(1887/9-1955/7) — ''see'' Uncle Tersey. +
Mingyur Chödrön;mingyur chödrön;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's sister. +
ropani;ropani;measurement for land in Nepal;eight ropanis are approximately one acre, sixteen one hectare. +
Drepung;drepung;one of the three major Gelukpa monasteries around Lhasa. +
gönchung;gönchung;a shrine room, often small for the Dharma protectors. +
rainbow body;rainbow body;at the time of death of a practitioner who has reached the exhaustion of all dualistic clinging through the Dzogchen practice of Tögal, the five gross elements which form the physical body, dissolve back into their essences, five-colored light. Sometimes the only remainder is the hair and the nails are left behind. In the chapter on Accomplishment, ''Rainbow Painting'', Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche gives a fascinating account of an old nun attaining rainbow body in the shed of a benefactors house, [epk] +
Shigatse;shigatse;(Zhigatse), Tibet's second largest town, location of Tashi Lhunpo, seat of the Panchen Lamas. +
Dilyak monastery;dilyak monastery;Dabzang Rinpoche's monastery in Nangchen, founded by the first Dabzang Rinpoche. +
Jambhala,Black;jambhala,black;a particular manifestation of Jambhala, the god of wealth. +
Lamdrey;lamdrey;''(Path and Fruit)'' vital teachings of the Sakya tradition that come from the India master Virupa. +
Samsara;'cyclic existence,' 'Vicious circle' or 'round' of birth and death and rebirth within the six realms;characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance;the state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma and disturbing emotions. It also means ordinary reality, an endless cycle of frustration and suffering generated as the result of karma. +
Jatsön Nyingpo;jatsön nyingpo;(1585-1656) — revealer of terma, especially known for the ''Könchok Chidu'' teachings. +
Mount Dakpo;mount dakpo;Dakla Gampo;eight-peaked mountain in the region in Southern Central Tibet. +
Khampa Gomchen;khampa gomchen;an eccentric meditator and doctor who passed away in Nepal in the '80s. +
Samten Kangsar;samten kangsar;powerful spirit and guardian of the Dharma. +
Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo;situ pema wangchok gyalpo;(1886-1953) — enthroned by the fifteenth Karmapa and studied with Jamgön Kongtrul and the great scholar Zhenga. He later enthroned and offered the transmission of the Kagyu lineage to the sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpey Dorje. +
Kyirong;kyirong;southwest of Lhasa, on the old border of Nepal directly north of Kathmandu. +
Khyentse;khyentse;''see'' Dilgo Khyentse;Dzongsar Khyentse;Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo;Khyentse of Palpung. +
Lady Degah;lady degah;Dechen Chödrön;Chokgyur Lingpa's consort and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's great-grandmother. Her name means Dharma Lamp of Great Bliss. +
Ramoche;ramoche;temple in Lhasa;contains one of the two most famous Buddha statues in all of Tibet. +
