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From Buddha-Nature
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stong gsum;three-thousandfold world;three-thousandfold world;A billionfold cosmic system of worlds, each of which comprises a Mount Meru and four cosmic continents. +
theg pa chen po;The Great Vehicle. The characteristic of Mahayana is the profound view of the emptiness of the ego and of all phenomena coupled with universal compassion and the desire to deliver all beings from suffering and its causes. +
khri srong de'u btsan;Trisong Deutsen;trisong deutsen;The third Dharma king of Tibet and an emanation of Manjushri. He appeared in the fifth reign after Songtsen Gampo and was thirteen years old when he started ruling the kingdom. He invited many masters to Tibet to propagate the true doctrine, built Samye, and established Buddhism as the state religion of Tibet. There are many different opinions about his birth and death dates. +
'khon klu'i dbang po;Khon Lui Wangpo;khon lui wangpo;One the seven men to be tested, the first seven monks ordained by Shantarakshita. Another of the twenty-five close disciples of Padmasambhava. According to the ''Chronicles'', Kawa Paltsek was sent to India with Chokro Lui Gyaltsen, not Khon Lui Wangpo, to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. +
sems dpa'i rnal 'byor;sattvayoga;Encompasses the contents of the three outer tantras, in particular Yoga Tantra. +
tsha ba rong;Tsawarong;tsawarong;The river valley of Gyalmo Tsawarong in the far east of Kham. +
snga 'gyur;Early Translation;early translation;Refers to the Nyingma school. +
yi dvags;Famished spirits or hungry ghosts, one of the six classes of beings in samsara. +
mu stegs pa;heretic;heretic;Non-Buddhist. Refers to teachers of non-Buddhist philosophies who adhere to the extreme views of eternalism or nihilism. +
na lan dra;Nalanda;The famous monastic university built at the birthplace of Shariputra some distance north of Bodhgaya in Bihar. Nalanda had a long and illustrious history, and many of the greatest masters of the Mahayana lived, studied, and taught there. It was destroyed in 1200 C.E. +
'dus srong mang po rje;Dusong Mangpoje;dusong mangpoje;King Mangsong Mangtsen's son, who ruled Tibet 676-704. +
bya ba;Kriya;The tantra of activity, which is the first of the three outer tantras. Kriya Tantra emphasizes ritual cleanliness — cleanliness of the mandala and the sacred substances — and physical cleanliness of the practitioner, who practices ablutions, changes clothes three times a day, and eats specific foods. +
phurba;Kilaya;The activity aspect of all the buddhas, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva. The practice of this deity is related to the four aspects of the Kila: the ritual object, compassion, bodhichitta, and awareness-wisdom. +
spam songs rgyas mgon po;Pam Sangye Gonpo;pam sangye gonpo;A disciple of Yudra Nyingpo who became one of the lineage holders. +
spyan ras gzigs;Avalokiteshvara;The "Lord Who Sees";name of the bodhisattva who embodies the speech and compassion of all the buddhas and who is sometimes referred to as ''Lokeshvara'', the Lord of the World. The sambhogakaya emanation of Buddha Amitabha. +
shan 'byed,la bzla,rang grol;distinguishing,resolving,and self-liberation;distinguishing,resolving,and self-liberation;The three essential points in ''trekcho'' meditation, corresponding to the three categories of the Mind Class scriptures. +
rdzogs chen sde gsum;Three Classes of Dzogchen;three classes of dzogchen;After Garab Dorje established the six million four hundred thousand Dzogchen tantras in the human world, Manjushrimitra divided them into three categories: the Mind Class emphasizing luminosity;the Space Class emphasizing emptiness;and the Instruction Class emphasizing their inseparability. +
de bzhin gshegs pa;tathagata;Literally, "one who has gone thus";a synonym for fully enlightened buddha. +
khyung;garuda;A kind of bird, in both the Indian and Tibetan traditions. A creature of great size, immediately upon hatching it is able to fly. A symbol of primordial wisdom. +
sku bzhi;four kayas;four kayas;The dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya as well as the svabhavikakaya, the kaya of the nature as it is, which represents the in separability of the first three +
