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Vajradhara;dharmakaya buddha of the Sarma Schools;refers also to one's personal teacher of Vajrayana or to the all-embracing buddha nature. +
Manang;manang;district in northwestern Nepal. +
Argong;argong;''see'' Ngaktrin of Argong. +
Calling the Guru from Afar;calling the guru from afar;famous devotional chant written by Jamgön Kongtrul. +
Tenga Rinpoche;tenga rinpoche;master from Benchen monastery in Nangchen;close friend of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. +
Great Mother of Transcendent Knowledge;great mother of transcendent knowledge;the twelve thick volumes of the ''Prajnaparamita'' scriptures, one of the most famous sutras in Mahayana. +
Ratna Lingpa;ratna lingpa;(1403-1478) — one of the major revealers of treasures whose termas are still practiced today in Nangchen. +
Shri Singha College;shri singha college;school of higher Buddhist studies at Dzogchen monastery. +
Uncle Tersey;uncle tersey;(1887/9-1955/7) — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's uncle;Tersey means son of the tertön. +
Karsa Yuri;karsa yuri;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's mother. +
tsa-tsa;tsa-tsa;small clay image of a buddha or stupa, stamped from a mold. +
Samten Gyatso;samten gyatso;(1881-1945/6) — master of the Barom and ''New Treasures'' lineages;based at Lachab monastery in Nangchen;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoches uncle & root guru. +
pith instructions;pith instructions;practical and concise advice on how to carry out a spiritual practice in the most simple and effective way. +
heruka;heruka;a wrathful deity, for instance Hayagriva or Vajra Kilaya. +
drubdra;drubdra;the "practice center" where the traditional three-year retreat takes place. +
Great Stupa of Boudha;great stupa of boudha;The Jarung Khashor Stupa at Boudhanath, Nepal, situated in the Kathmandu valley. For details, see Keith Dowman, ''The Legend of the Great Stupa''. +
lotsawa;lotsawa;translator of the canonical texts;usually worked with Indian panditas. +
Dzogchen;dzogchen;Also known as Great Perfection and Ati Yoga. The highest teachings of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. The early lineage masters include Garab Dorje, Manjushrimitra, Shri Singha, Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava and Vairotsana. Numerous Dzogchen teachings were concealed as ''termas'' treasures by these masters and revealed through the following centuries. These teachings are embodied in the oral instructions one receives personally from a qualified master. +
Gangtok;gangtok;capital of the former (up to 1975) independent kingdom Sikkim, situated between Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. +
Shantideva;(685-763) — one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas of India;composed the famous ''Bodhisattva Charya Avatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva)''. +
