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bde wa ra dza;Devaraja;One of the Indian lineage masters of the Dzogchen teachings, who was a disciple of Manjushri Bhadra and the teacher of Buddhagupta. +
sil bai' tshal;Sitavana;Cool Grove, a sacred charnel ground to the northeast of Bodhgaya, which is inhabited by many dakinis and savage beings. It has a great stupa, which contains many special tantras in caskets that were hidden by the dakinis. Padmasambhava practiced ascetics there for many years. Garab Dorje also spent many years there teaching the dakinis, and it was there that Manjushrimitra met him. +
yar lha sham po;Deity riding a white yak, oath-bound by Padmasambhava. Also refers to a mountain in the Yarlung Valley of central Tibet, where the first king of Tibet is said to have descended from the sky. +
thig le nyag gcig;single sphere;single sphere;A symbolic description of dharmakaya being like a single sphere because it is devoid of duality and limitation and defies all conceptual constructs that could be formed about it. +
nyag ye shes gzhon nu;Nyag Jnana Kumara;Expert translator and disciple of Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Vairotsana, and Yudra Nyingpo. He worked closely with Vimalamitra in translating the Maha Yoga and Ati Yoga tantras. +
khyi'i rgyal po;Kukkuraja;King of Dogs. He is so called because in the daytime he taught a thousand warriors and yoginis in the guise of a dog, and at night they would perform feast offerings and other practices in the charnel grounds. There were two Kukkurajas, the Elder and the Younger;the Younger is also called Dhahuna. +
phyag na rdo rje;A great bodhisattva, one of the eight close sons. He personifies the power and mind of all buddhas. +
mDo bcu gsum;Thirteen Sutras;thirteen sutras;A set of scriptures belonging to the Mind Class. +
gsal byed rin po che 'bar ba'i dkyil 'khor;Illuminating Blazing Gem;illuminating blazing gem;Name of the mandala through which direct pointing out of the mind essence is given. +
Byang sems rdo la gser zhun;Bodhichitta Written in Pure Gold on Stone;bodhichitta written in pure gold on stone;A text written by Manjushrimitra as a confession to Prahevajra;one of the five major scriptures of the Mind Class that were translated by Vairotsana. +
Rang grol mngon sum du ston pa man ngag gi skor;Cycle of Instructions Directly Showing Self-Liberation;cycle of instructions directly showing self-liberation;The last of the three categories of the Mind Class tantras. +
sGrub pa bka' brgyad;Eight Sadhana Teachings;eight sadhana teachings;Eight chief yidam deities of Maha Yoga and their corresponding tantras and sadhanas: Manjushri Body, Lotus Speech, Vishuddha Mind, Nectar Quality, Kilaya Activity, Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities, Maledictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship. +
gung srong gung btsan;Gungsong Gungtsen;gungsong gungtsen;King Songtsen Gampo's son, who ruled Tibet for a few years but died at the age of nineteen. +
bya rgod phung po'i ri;Vulture Peak;vulture peak;Place near Rajgir in Bihar, central India, where the Buddha taught. +
li yul;Khotan;khotan;Located in Chinese Turkestan, Khotan was one of the greatest Buddhist centers during the first millennium A.D. +
has po ri;Hepori;hepori;A small mountain near Samye that is considered to be one of the four sacred mountains in Tibet. +
Rig pa'i khu byug;Cuckoo of Awareness;cuckoo of awareness;The first of the Eighteen Major Scriptures of the Mind Class taught by Shri Singha to Vairotsana and Tsang Lekdrub. +
rgyud lung man ngag;tantras,scriptures,and instructions;tantras,scriptures,and instructions;Refers to the teachings of Maha Yoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga, respectively. Can also refer to the three categories of the fundamental scriptures of Dzogchen. +
tshogs gnyis;two accumulations;two accumulations;sambharadvaya;The accumulations of merit and wisdom. +
sangs rgyas sha kya thub pa;Buddha Shakyamuni;The sage of the Shakyas;the Buddha of our time who lived around the fifth century B.C. +
