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Dusum Khyenpa;dusum khyenpa;(1110-1193) — first Karmapa and disciple of Gampopa. +
Karmey Khenpo;karmey khenpo;(b.19th cent.) — Karmey Khenpo's full name was Karmey Khenpo Rinchen Dargye. My teacher, Samten Gyatso, described Karmey Khenpo as "the great tertön's disciple, who was a reincarnation of Khenpo Bodhisattva and repeatedly certified by the great masters Khyentse, Kongtrul, and Chokling, and an outstanding master in his own right." [tur] +
Heru Gompa;heru gompa;a monastery in Nangchen near Tana south of Lachab;the seat of Kyungtrul Kargyam. +
root guru;root guru;vajra master who confers empowerment, who bestows reading transmission, or who explains the meaning of the tantras. A practitioner of Vajrayana can have several types of root guru. The ultimate root guru is the master who gives the pointing-out instruction so that one recognizes the nature of mind. +
Ganapati;ganapati;a monkey-faced guardian of the Buddha's teachings. +
Sangye Yeshe of Nub;sangye yeshe of nub;(b.9th cent.) — Nubchen Sangye Yeshe;one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava;chief recipient of the Anu Yoga teachings and visited India and Nepal seven times. When the evil king Langdarma attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet, Sangye Yeshe instilled fear in the king by causing an enormous scorpion, the size of nine yaks, to magically appear by a single gesture of his right hand. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche is considered one of his reincarnations. +
four mind-changings;four mind-changings;The reflections of the four mind-changings cover the topics of precious human body, impermanence, karma and samsaric suffering. These contemplations are like loosening up the hard soil and preparing a field to be fertile and ready to grow the seeds of enlightenment. +
Maha;maha;short for Mahayoga;the first of the three inner tantras: Maha, Anu, and Ati Yoga. +
Mahayoga;mahayoga;first of the three inner tantras of the Nyingma school;emphasizes sadhana practice and the view that liberation is attained through growing accustomed to the insight into the indivisibility of the superior two truths —— purity and equality. The pure natures of the aggregates, elements and sense factors are the male and female buddhas and bodhisattvas. At the same time, everything that appears and exists is of the equal nature of emptiness. +
Karma Chagmey;karma chagmey;(1613-1678) — great saint and tertön, belonging to both the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions. His monastery was Neydo (Nemdho) Tashi Chöling in Chamdo. Known for his ''Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen''. +
Lotus-Born master;lotus-born master;English translation of Padmasambhava. +
Nyoshul Khen;nyoshul khen;(1932-1999) — Jamyang Dorje;one of the greatest recent khenpos of the Nyingma tradition;renowned for his spontaneous poetry and songs of realization;disciple of Shedrub Tenpey Nyima and one of the holders of the ''Hearing Lineage of Nyingtig'' which came through Jigmey Lingpa and Paltrul Rinpoche. +
longevity practice;longevity practice;practices for restoring vital energy that has been degenerated and dissipated which causes illness, aging and death to occur. +
tangka;tangka;sacred painting on cloth;can be rolled up as a scroll. +
four modes and six limits;four modes and six limits;The indispensable keys for unlocking the meaning of the tantras. The four modes are the literal, general, hidden, and the ultimate. The six limits are the views of the expedient and definitive meaning, the implied and the not implied, the literal and the not literal. +
Lama Latsey;lama latsey;one of Karmey Khenpo's disciples;important holder of the monastic precepts in Kham. +
Puntsok Wangdu;puntsok wangdu;Bhutanese dignitary of the ''drashö'' rank;father of one of the incarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. +
empowerment;empowerment;The conferring of power or authorization to practice the Vajrayana teachings, the indispensable entrance door to tantric practice. Empowerment gives control over one's innate vajra body, vajra speech and vajra mind and the authority to regard forms as deity, sounds as mantra and thoughts as wisdom. +
all-ground;all-ground;alaya;a sentient being's basic state of mind;'expanse of the all-ground' refers to the vastness of basic being. +
Sahor;sahor;kingdom in ancient India;believed to be identical with Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. +
