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The bliss simultaneously accompanying insight of the highest order. In tantric contexts, the bliss that accompanies the insight into voidness. +
One who succeeds in attaining enlightenment in one lifetime using tantric means. The subjects of the namtar translated herein. +
he philosophical school of thought founded by the great sage Nagarjuna, which offers pristine analyses concerning the proper understanding of voidness (''śūnyatā'') and which is accorded great esteem by all the major orders of Tibetan Buddhism. +
Tantric initiation. Literally, "a sprinkling of water from above." The term originally referred to the coronation ceremony of an Indian monarch. Later, it came to name the ritual marking entrance into the esoteric doctrine of Buddhism. +
Literally, an "Awakened One." The title given ro one who has attained complete enlightenment. Used especially with reference to Siddhārtha Gautama, the sixth-century Indian founder of the Buddhist Doctrine. +
A "vinaya-holder" is a keeper of the monastic discipline. Here, the epithet is used in reference to Jampel Gyatso in particular. +
Literally, the term means the "Great Vehicle." Philosophically, the various schools of the Mahayana expand the earlier teachings on voidness (''śūnyatā'') so that the latter has reference to both the "selflessness of the so-called 'self'" (''atmannairātmya'') and the "selflessness of all dharmas" (''dharma-nairātmya''). From the practice side, the Mahāyāna schools stress compassionate activiry, aimed at the universal liberation from ''saṃsāra'' of all beings without exception. +
A bright scarlet powdery substance consisting of red lead, or vermilion. The powder is used, especially in tantric initiations involving the female ''yidam'' Vajrayoginī, to mark the "three doors" [of body, speech, and mind] of the disciple. +
Literally, the "Diamond (or, Indestructible) Vehicle." That form of Mahāyāna Buddhism which, while based firmly upon the vow to liberate all beings, offers the "speedy path" (''nye lam'') set forth in the ''tantras'' as a way of attaining complete Buddhahood in one's very lifetime. +
Impermanence. One of the quintessential doctrines of Buddhist theory. +
Literally, "great accomplished one." The term is used most frequently to refer to the famed group of eighty-four Indian Buddhist siddhas. Here, any greatly accomplished Buddhist tantric adept. +
The relics or bodily remains left after the cremation of an advanced tantric adept. They are usually described as small, hard, pearl-like particles of various colors and, as in the case of Sanggye Yeshe here, they sometimes form themselves into clumps or shapes of various organs, said to remain from the "arcane body" of the saint. +
Literally, "Conqueror." A common epithet for a Buddha. +
The channels or pathways in the arcane body generated by a tantric adept. The mind-bearing "winds" (''prāṇa'') are said to course through the ''nāḍī''. +
The feminine principle of ultimate insight. Often rendered "wisdom ḍākinī," the term is also a common epithet for Vajrayoginī. +
A semiwrathful [heruka] deity of the wisdom, or mother tantra, class of tantric practice. One of the three chief deities meditated upon in association with the Ganden Oral Tradition of Mahāmudrā. +
The renowned Indian Buddhist sage who founded the Madhyamaka school based upon his explication of the doctrine of ''śūnyatā'', especiallyas presented in his work the ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''. +
An honorific form meaning "glorious" and "resplendent." +
The "Goddess of Learning and Eloquence" in both the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. She appears several times in these namtar and was the special tutelary deity of the First Panchen, Losang Chökyi Gyeltsen. +
Literally, "she who goes in the sky." A wrathful or semiwrathful feminine ''yidam'' symbolizing voidness and insight. She is the tricky and playful inspirer who instigates or occasions consummate insight. +
