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'og min;Akanishta;Literally, "which is not below";the Unexcelled Buddha-field. In general, the highest of all buddha-fields. According to the Vajrayana, the place where bodhisattvas attain final buddhahood. There are, in fact, six levels of Akanishta, ranging from the highest heaven of the form realm up to the ultimate pure land of the dharmakaya. +
ri ma la ya;Mount Malaya;mount malaya;Malayagiri;The place where the Lord of Secrets taught the Secret Mantra to the five noble beings, situated on present-day Sri Lanka. It is now known as Adam's Peak. +
dkar gsum;three whites;three whites;Curd, milk, and butter. +
rigs drug;six realms;six realms;Six modes of existence caused and dominated by a particular mental poison: the realms of the hells (anger), pretas (miserliness), animals (ignorance), humans (desire), demigods (jealousy), and gods (pride). They correspond to deluded perceptions produced by karma and apprehended as real. +
grub thob;One who has gained accomplishment through the practice of the Vajrayana. +
myang ngan 'das;nirvana;Literally, "the state beyond suffering." This term indicates the various levels of enlightenment attainable in both the Hinayana and Mahayana. +
chos;Dharma;The common term for the Buddhist doctrine. In its widest sense it means all that can be known. In this text, the term is used exclusively to indicate the teaching of the Buddha. It has two aspects: the Dharma of transmission (''lung gi chos''), namely, the teachings that are actually given, and the Dharma of realization (''rtogs pa'i chos''), or the states of wisdom, etc., that are attained through the application of the teachings. Dharma can also simply mean "phenomena." +
sangs rgyas gsang ba;Buddhaguhya;A master of Maha Yoga and a teacher of both Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra. +
phrin las nor bu rin po che;Thinley Norbu Rinpoche;thinley norbu rinpoche;A highly learned and realized being, he is one of the late Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's sons and holder of the Dudjom Tersar lineage. He lives in the United States and has published some of the most amazing books on Dharma written in English. +
mnyam pa nyid;equality,evenness;equality,evenness;samata;The fact that all things have the nature of emptiness. +
mdo;sutra;A discourse or teaching by the Buddha. Also refers to all the causal teachings that regard the path as the cause of enlightenment. +
dge slong;bhihshu;A fully ordained Buddhist monk. +
dpa' bo;daka;Literally, "hero." Tantric equivalent of a bodhisattva;the male equivalent of a dakini. +
pra se na;oracular mirror;oracular mirror;A way of doing divination by looking at images in a mirror. +
gtsang legs grub;Lekdrub of Tsang;lekdrub of tsang;Vairotsana's companion on the journey to India. After receiving transmission from Shri Singha, he decided to return to Tibet but was killed by border guards. He reincarnated as Yudra Nyingpo in Tsawarong. +
theg dman;The fundamental system of Buddhist thought and practice deriving from the first turning of the wheel of Dharma and centering around the teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the twelvefold chain of dependent arising. +
da ma ru;damaru;damaru;A small hand drum made from human skulls used in tantric rituals. +
lha srin sde brgyad;eight classes of gods and demons;eight classes of gods and demons;According to the sutras, these are the devas, nagas, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, and mahoragas, all of whom were able to receive and practice the Buddha's teachings. These eight classes can also refer to eight types of mundane spirits that can help or harm but are invisible to human beings: ''ging, mara, tsen, yaksha, rakshasa, mamo, rahula'', and ''naga''. +
lta ba;view;view;dristi;The authentic point of view, the actual knowledge and experience of the natural state. +
sde snod gsum;Tripitaka;The three collections of the words of the Buddha (Vinaya, Sutra, and Abhidharma). Their purpose is the development of the three trainings of discipline, concentration, and discriminating knowledge, while their function is to remedy the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance. +
