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sems sde;Mind Class;mind class;The first of the three divisions of Ati Yoga. +
bon po;Bonpo;bonpo;The religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the ninth century. +
byang chub;enlightenment;enlightenment;bodhi;Generally means the state of buddhahood, characterized by the perfection of the accumulations of merit and wisdom and by the removal of the two obscurations. It can also refer to the lower stages of enlightenment of an arhat or pratyekabuddha. +
dpang skong phyag brgya pa'i mdo;Sutra of a Hundredfold Homage for Amendment of Breaches;sutra of a hundredfold homage for amendment of breaches;Sakshipuranasudraka-sutra;The first Buddhist text that appeared in Tibet, which fell on to the roof of King Lha Thothori Nyensheľs palace during the fifth century and was translated by Thonmi Sambhota. +
bdag nyi ma;One of the Dzogchen lineage masters who is sometimes designated as a prostitute and sometimes as a nun;prostitute may describe the sub-caste of the origin of this teacher. She received the transmission of the mind essence from Rishi Bhashita and became a teacher of Nagarjuna. +
rdo rje;Diamond or vajra weapon;a symbol of indestructibility. Also represents skillful means or compassion. The vajra is frequently employed in tantric rituals in conjunction with the bell, which in turn symbolizes the wisdom of emptiness. +
rigs lnga;five families;five families;panchakula;he five buddha families: Tathagata, Vajra, Ratna, Padma, and Karma. They represent five aspects of the innate qualities of our enlightened essence. Each of them is presided over by a buddha: respectively, Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi. +
gshin rje gshed;A wrathful form of Manjushri, yidam of one of the Eight Sadhana Teachings of Maha Yoga. +
ma mo;mamo;A class of semi-divine beings who sometimes act as protectors of the Dharma. +
Ma ha yo ga'i rgyud sde bco brgyad;Eighteen Root Tantras of Maha Yoga;eighteen root tantras of maha yoga;Five root tantras of body, speech, mind, quality, and activity: ''Sarvabuddha Samayoga, Secret Moon Essence, Gathering of Secrets, Glorious Supreme Primal Tantra'', and ''Activity Garland''. Five display tantras related to sadhana practice: ''Heruka Display Tantra, Supreme Steed Display Tantra, Compassion Display Tantra, Nectar Display Tantra'', and ''Twelvefold Kilaya Tantra''. Five tantras related to conduct: ''Mountain Pile, Awesome Wisdom Lightning, Arrangement of Precepts, One-Pointed Samadhi'', and ''Rampant Elephant Tantra''. Two subsequent tantras for amending incompleteness: ''Magical Net of Vairochana'' and ''Skillful Lasso''. The one outstanding tantra that epitomizes them all is the ''Essence of Secrets, the Tantra of the Magical Net of Vajrasattva'', known as the ''Guhyagarbha''. +
lo tsa ba;locchava;lotsawa;lotsawa;Tibetan translators of the canonical texts who usually worked closely with Indian panditas. The title literally means "bilingual." +
tshul khrims sgron;A nun from Khotan who became Vairotsana's foremost female disciple. +
rang byung ye shes;self-existing wisdom;self-existing wisdom;Basic wakefulness that is independent of intellectual constructs. +
zhi gnas;shamatha;Essentially a concentration in which the mind remains focused on an object of concentration. It is a state of calm abiding, which, though of great importance, is incapable unto itself of overcoming ignorance and the conception of a self. +
kLong dgu bam po nyi khri;Twenty Thousand Sections of the Ninefold Expanse;twenty thousand sections of the ninefold expanse;Important teachings of the Space Class. +
rgyal ba;Conqueror;conqueror;jina;An epithet of the Buddha. +
snub nam mka'i snying po;Nub Namkhai Nyingpo;nub namkhai nyingpo;One of the translators who were sent to India by King Trisong Deutsen in order to search for the teachings. Along with his companions he studied the Yangdag Heruka doctrine with Master Humkara. +
'khor ba;samsara;The wheel, or round, of existence;the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences, all of which are characterized by suffering. +
bha ga li'i lo;Bengali year;bengali year;A period of six months. +
rgyal mo tsha ba rong;Gyalmo Tsawarong;gyalmo tsawarong;District between eastern Tibet and China. +
