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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)''. +
Nyingma school;nyingma school;teachings brought to Tibet and translated mainly during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and in the subsequent period up to Rinchen Zangpo in the ninth century, chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Shantarakshita, and Vairotsana. The two main types of transmission are Kahma and Terma. Practices are based on both the outer and inner tantras with emphasis on the practice of the inner tantras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga and Ati Yoga. +
Machen Pomra;machen pomra;the mighty Amnye Machen Range, also called Magyal Pomra;sacred mountain said to be the abode of Machen Pomra, powerful protector of the Dharma in Tibet. +
Karma Gön;karma gön;The monastic seat of the Karmapa incarnations in Kham, situated in Lhatö, on the road between Surmang and Chamdo, south of Nangchen. Seat of the first incarnations of Situ Rinpoche. +
Sarma schools;sarma schools;New schools: Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug as well as Shijey and Chö, Jordruk, Shangpa Kagyu, and Nyendrub (Kalachakra). +
Ladakh;ladakh;area to the far west of Tibet, presently in India, north of Kashmir. +
Ga Lotsawa;ga lotsawa;great siddha and translator who visited India;also known as Palchen Galo ['Galo' is an abbreviation of Ga Lotsawa, or "the translator of the Ga clan"]. He stayed at Nalanda monastery and meditated in the Cool Grove Charnel Ground, where he had a vision of a wisdom-protector and received predictions, [tur] +
Kunzang Tuktig;kunzang tuktig;''Heart Essence of Samantabhadra'';collection of terma teachings revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa focused on the peaceful and wrathful deities as the development stage and on Trekchö and Tögal as the completion stage. +
tsiu;tsiu;spirit of recurring calamity. +
Gomde,the Land of Meditators;gomde,the land of meditators;a name for Nangchen. +
chang;chang;Tibetan beer brewed primarily from barley. +
