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dbang;empowerment;empowerment;abhisheka;The authorization to practice the Vajrayana teachings, which is the indispensable entrance to tantric practice. It enables one to master one's innate vajra body, speech, and mind and regard forms as deities, sound as mantras, and thought as wisdom. +
dga' ldan;Tushita;Literally, "the Joyous." The name of the pure land of the thousand buddhas of this eon, inhabited only by bodhisattvas and buddhas. The heavenly realm in which Lord Maitreya resides awaiting his appearance in this world as the next Buddha. +
kun tu bzang mo;Samantabhadri;The consort of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra. Their union symbolizes the inseparability of the phenomenal world and emptiness. +
nyon mongs lnga;five poisons;five poisons;The five conflicting emotions of anger, desire, ignorance, jealousy, and pride. +
sems nyid,dgongs pa'i bcud;mind essence;mind essence;The nature of one's mind, which is taught to be identical to the essence of all enlightened beings. It should be distinguished from "mind" (''sems''), which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought. +
rnal 'byor pa;yogi;Tantric practitioner. In this text it refers to someone who has already attained stability in the natural state of mind. +
thon mi sam bho tra;Thonmi Sambhota;thonmi sambhota;An emanation of Manjushri who was a minister of King Songtsen Gampo. Sent to India by Songtsen Gampo to study grammar and writing, on the basis of the Indian scripts he created the forms of the Tibetan letters and composed eight treatises on the Tibetan alphabet. +
shes rab gsum;three kinds of wisdom;three kinds of wisdom;The discriminating wisdoms resulting from hearing, contemplating, and practicing the teachings. +
dri med bshes gnyen;Vimalamitra;One of the greatest masters and scholars of Indian Buddhism. He went to Tibet in the ninth century where he taught and translated numerous Sanskrit texts. He was one of the principal sources, together with Guru Padmasambhava, of the Dzogchen teachings in Tibet. +
bskyed rdzogs;development and completion;development and completion;The two principal phases of tantric practice. The development stage (''bskyed rim'') involves meditation on sights, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The completion stage (''rdzogs rim'') refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into and the experience of emptiness. It also indicates meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essential substances of the body. Development and completion may also refer to the first two inner tantras, Maha and Anu. +
bsam yas;Samye;samye;Literally "inconceivable." The first monastery in Tibet, it is located in the Tsangpo Valley southeast of Lhasa;built by King Trisong Deutsen, it was consecrated by Padmasambhava. +
rdzongs gsar mkhyen brtse rin po che;Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche;dzongsar khyentse rinpoche;Reincarnation of Jamyang Chokyi Lodro, who was regarded as the greatest Tibetan master of the last century. +
mngon pa;Abhidharma;The third section of the Tripitaka (the other two sections are Vinaya and Sutra). Systematic teachings on metaphysics, focusing on the training of discriminating knowledge by analyzing elements of experience and investigating the nature of existing things. +
rnal 'byor chen po;The first of the three inner tantras. Maha Yoga scripture is divided into the Tantra Section and the Sadhana Section. The Tantra Section consists of the Eighteen Maha Yoga Tantras, and the Sadhana Section of the ''Eight Sadhana Teachings''. The Maha Yoga scriptures emphasize the means of the development stage and the view that liberation is attained by growing accustomed to insight into the nature of the indivisibility of the two truths. +
drag ngags;fierce mantras;fierce mantras;A type of mantra belonging to the wrathful deities that is used to dispel demonic forces that obstruct the Buddhist doctrine or the welfare of beings. +
rdzogs pa chen po;Great Perfection;great perfection;mahasandhi;The ultimate view of the Nyingma school. See Ati, Ati Yoga. +
gzugs med khams;formless realm;formless realm;The four highest states of samsaric existence. +
sad mi mi bdun;seven men to be tested;seven men to be tested;The first seven fully ordained monks in Tibet, who were ordained by the abbot Shantarakshita. They were the minister Ba Trhizi, Ba Selnang, Pagor Vairotsana, Ngenlam Gyalwa Chokyang, Ma Rinchen Chok, Khon Lui Wangpo, and Lasum Gyalwa Changchub. When the king decided they turned out well, he had Shantarakshita ordain another three hundred people. +
sgrib pa;obscurations;obscurations;avarana;Mental factors that veil the true nature of the mind. In the general Buddhist teachings, several types are mentioned: the obscuration of karma preventing one from entering the path of enlightenment;the obscuration of disturbing emotions preventing progress along the path;the obscuration of habitual tendencies preventing the vanishing of confusion;and the final obscuration of dualistic knowledge preventing the full attainment of buddhahood. +
dag pa gsum;three purities;three purities;In Kriya Tantra, the purity of deity and mantra, the purity of substance and rapture, and the purity of mantra and contemplation. +
