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One who has destroyed (''hata'') the three great enemies (''ari'') of greed, hatred, and ignorance. The ideal saint of Theravādin Buddhism. +
The first of the "two stages" associated with the practices of highest yoga tantra. Called the "Generation Stage," it is preliminary and preparatory to the practices taken up during the "Completion Stage." +
Literally, "the Immovable." Name of the Saṃbhogakāya form of Buddha-nature, and a central deity in the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''. +
Literally, a "warrior sky-goer." Specifically, a masculine semiwrathful or wrathful ''yidam'', who may also function as a messenger or as a protector. +
Literally, the "Great Gesture," or "Great Seal." Mahāmudrā refers both ro the ground of realiry and to those advanced tantric meditative methods relied upon by the ''siddhas'' of India and Tibet to lead them to the supreme attainment of enlightenment in one lifetime. Interpreting the term's philosophical position poetically and aesthetically, a contemporary author translates the term as the "Magnificent Stance." +
A patron or sponsor, especially of religious persons or undertakings. +
The second of the "rwo stages" of highest yoga tantric practice, called the "Completion Stage." That stage wherein, having attained identity with the deity, the tantric adept performs the yogic techniques of controlling the vital energies (''Skt. prāṇa'') and the mystic "drops" (''Skt. bindu'') until he or she is successful in uniting the "illusory body" and the "clear light" yogas so as to usher in the experience of "total integration" (''Tib. zuṅ 'jug''), enlightenment itself. +
Literally, the "three baskets" or "collections" of scriptute setting forth the Buddhist teachings. These include the collections of ''Sūtra'' [Buddha's discourses], ''Vinaya'' [stories and axioms related to monastic discipline], and ''Abhidharma'' [later commentarial works]. +
The Tibetan compound term literally means "center and periphery." Maṇḍalas are diagrams or models, of the universe and of realiry itself, that are used as aids to meditative/spiritual transformation. They are usually represented as a diagram with a central deiry sutrounded by other symbolic components. Though they are often painted, they may be made of colored sand as well. They are always conceived of as being three-dimensional, and the constructed form has the basic structute of a palace having a center with four doors, or gates, in the cardinal directions. +
The eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage who journeyed to Tibet in order to rejuvenate the Buddhist doctrine there. His teachings led to the creation of the Kadampa order of Buddhism in Tibet. +
See entry under "grub chen." +
Literally, the "Thus Gone (or "Thus Come") One." The term is an epithet for the Buddha. +
The "afflictive, defiling emotions," especially those forces primarily active in the production of ''saṃsāric'' states: greed, hatred, and ignorance. +
Literally, a "magically created body." The form assumed by enlightened beings in order to teach other sentient beings. Also, a title given to the recognized reincarnations of high ''lamas'' in Tibet. +
Literally, "continuous going," ''saṃsāra'' refers to the round of transmigratory experience, which arises chiefly out of ignorance and is characterized by suffering, uneasiness, pain, and discomfort. One who attains enlightenment is completely freed from this cycle. +
The term used in meditation theory to denote the state of complete and total absorption, wherein consciousness and the object of meditation are unified. +
Literally, "Deathless." The sacred nectar, or ambrosia, used in Vajrayāna initiations and practice. +
A tantric practitioner. In this book ''yogi'' refers to someone who has already attained stability in the natural state of mind and is proficient in the practices based on ''nadis'', ''pranas'', and ''bindus''. +
"Revealed treasure". (When capitalized, ''Terma'' refers to the tradition or the body of terma literature.) When Padmasambhava gave empowerments and teachings to his main disciples, he entrusted specific teachings to each one. These teachings were miraculously hidden in various places—temples, images, the sky (i.e., a parchment falls from the sky into the terton's hand), rocks, and lakes. Those found in nature are called earth treasures (sa gter). He foretold that in future incarnations these disciples would reveal (find) these hidden teachings and share them for the benefit of beings. These incarnations are known as ''tertöns''. In the case of "mind treasures" (dgongs gter), the hidden teachings are not physically unearthed but arise in the tertön's mind by the blessings of Padmasambhava. When a terma is called "rediscovered" (yang gter), this means it was first concealed by Guru Padmasambhava and then found by a tertön. When a terma is called "re-extracted," it means that it was (i) hidden by Padmasambhava and (2) rediscovered or revealed by a first terton, who then realized that the time was not suitable and hid the treasure again; it was then (3) revealed a second time by a later tertön, who shared it with others. We could also call this a "twice-discovered" terma. +
The six realms of existence in which one takes rebirth, until liberation from samsara is attained. The three higher realms are the long-life god (''deva'') realm, the jealous god (''asura'') realm, and the human realm. The three lower realms are the animal realm, the hungry ghost (''preta'') realm, and the hell realm. +
