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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. +
Dagger of the Sevenfold Profundity;dagger of the sevenfold profundity;Zabdun Purpa;zabdun purpa;belongs to the cycle of Kilaya, which is one of the seven sets of revelations among the ''Sevenfold Profundity'', a terma treasure revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa. "Dagger" stands for Kilaya. This practice was also performed at Tsurphu. +
Longchenpa;longchenpa;(1308-1363) — major lineage master and writer of the Nyingma lineage;an incarnation of Princess Pema Sal, the daughter of King Trisong Deutsen, to whom Guru Rinpoche had entrusted his own lineage of Dzogchen known as ''Khandro Nyingtig''. He is single-handedly regarded as the most important writer on Dzogchen teachings. His works include the ''Seven Great Treasuries'', the ''Three Trilogies'' and his commentaries in the ''Nyingtig Yabzhi''. A more detailed account of his life and teachings is found in ''Buddha Mind'' by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, Snow Lion, 1989. +
Bönpo;bönpo;religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the 9th Century. +
basic nature of reality;basic nature of reality;dharmata;unformed and unconditioned nature of things which can be realized in personal experience. +
triple-vow vajra holder;triple-vow vajra holder;outer level of ethical precepts, inner level of bodhisattva trainings, and innermost tantric level of a vidyadhara. Someone who observes all three is a 'vajra holder of the threefold precepts'. +
Great Scroll Depicting the Hundred Wondrous Deeds;great scroll depicting the hundred wondrous deeds;the famous Tsurphu Scroll an early Ming dynasty silk-backed painting with Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uighur and Arabic inscriptions. It depicts the miracles performed by the Fifth Karmapa Dezhin Shekpa during his 22-day visit to the Yunglo (Yongle) emperor in Nanjing in 1407. The emperor also offered the Karmapa the famous Black Hat, which he had seen in a vision during a religious ceremony. +
Secret Mantra;secret mantra;synonym for Vajrayana. +
Chimey Dorje;chimey dorje;(1884-1948?) — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's father and an adept Chö practitioner. +
Lungtok of Nyoshul;lungtok of nyoshul;(1829-1901/2) — one of Paltrul Rinpoche's disciples;main teacher of Khenpo Ngakchung. +
Tsikey Chokling;tsikey chokling;''see'' Chokling of Tsikey. +
