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'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 +
zhing khams;pure land;pure land;A place or world manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva through the spontaneous qualities of his realization. A place where beings can progress toward enlightenment without falling back into the lower realms of samsara. Also, any place whatsoever when it is perceived as a pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom. +
mi dmigs;nonconceptual;nonconceptual;Thought-free, not held in mind, free of all discursive activity. +
sNga 'gyur lnga;Five Early Translations;five early translations;The Dzogchen Mind Class scriptures that were translated by Vairotsana. +
phyogs bcu;ten directions;ten directions;The four cardinal and intermediary directions, together with the zenith and nadir. +
gSang ba'i snying po;Guhyagarbha;''Essence of Secrets''. The chief Maha Yoga tantra of the Nyingma school. +
chims phu;The hermitage of caves above Samye where Padmasambhava and many other great masters spent years in retreat. +
jo mo sman mo;Jomo Menmo;jomo menmo;Female treasure revealer. She was an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal, the main consort of Padmasambhava, and was one of the wives of the great ''terton'' Guru Chowang (1212-70). She rediscovered one version of the ''Great Image''. +
kun dga' mo;Kungamo;kungamo;One of the Indian Dzogchen lineage masters, a disciple of Shri Singha. +
'dod khams;world of desire;world of desire;A general term referring to the six samsaric realms;the first of the three worlds of existence. +
sems dpa rdo rje;Sattvavajra;Another name for Vajrapani. +
