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dha rma seng ge;Dharma Senge;dharma senge;A master who lived in the nineteenth century and was a teacher of Shukseb Jetsun and a student of the first Dodupchen Rinpoche. +
ngo bo nyid kyi sku;svabhavikakaya;Essence body, sometimes counted as the fourth kaya, and constituting the unity of the three kayas. Jamgon Kongtrul defines it as the aspect of dharmakaya that is "the nature of all phenomena, emptiness devoid of all constructs and endowed with the characteristic of natural purity." +
dbang po;Indra;The supreme god and king of the Heaven of the Thirty-three. Indra is regarded as a protector of the Buddhist doctrine. He resides on the summit of Mount Sumeru in the Palace of Complete Victory and is also known as Shakra (''brgya byin''), the ruler of the devas. +
rig 'dzin;vidyadhara;Literally, "awareness-holder." Someone of high attainment in the Vajrayana. According to the Nyingma tradition, there are four levels of vidyadhara corresponding to the ten (sometimes eleven) levels of realization of the Sutrayana. They are: (1) the vidyadhara with corporal residue, (2) the vidyadhara with power over life, (3) the Mahamudra vidyadhara, and (4) the vidyadhara of spontaneous presence. +
chos dbyings;dharmadhatu;The absolute expanse;emptiness pervaded with awareness. +
cags drel;Iron Mule;iron mule;A practice to accomplish speed walking. +
phyi rgyud;outer tantras;outer tantras;The tantras belonging to the three vehicles of Kriya, Upa, and Yoga. +
rnal 'byor;yoga;Literally, "joining" or "union" with the natural state of the mind. A term commonly used to refer to spiritual practice. +
kun dga' bo;Ananda;The son of Buddha Shakyamuni's uncle who became the Buddha's personal attendant. Ananda was able to remember every word the Buddha spoke;he compiled the Buddha's teachings and served as the second patriarch in the oral transmission of the Dharma. +
ye shes lnga;five wisdoms;five wisdoms;panchajnana;The five wisdoms of buddhahood corresponding to the five buddha families: mirror-like wisdom (Vajra family), wisdom of equality (Ratna, or Jewel family), all-discerning wisdom (Padma, or Lotus family), all-accomplishing wisdom (Karma, or Action family) and wisdom of dharmadhatu (Tathagata family). They represent five distinctive functions of our enlightened essence. +
kun gzhi'i rnam shes;all-ground consciousness;all-ground consciousness;alaya-vijnana;Consciousness as the ground of all experience. According to the Mahayana, the all-ground is the fundamental and indeterminate level of the mind in which karmic imprints are stored. +
phyag rgya chen po;Mahamudra;Literally, "Great Seal." This refers to the seal of the absolute nature of all phenomena. The term is used for the teaching, the practice, and the supreme accomplishment. +
chos sku;dharmakaya;The first of the three kayas, which is devoid of constructs, like space. The body of enlightened qualities. See three kayas. +
sa;level;level;bhumi;The levels or stages of a bodhisattva on the way to perfect enlightenment. +
'phags pa;arya;Sublime or noble one, one who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: arhats, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and buddhas. +
kha sar pa ni'i lo;Khasarpani year;khasarpani year;Possibly a period of six months. +
rgyud;tantra;Literally, "continuity." The Vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. Tantra can also refer to all the resultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole. +
mkhan po;abbot;abbot;In general, the transmitter of the monastic vows. This title is also given to a person who has attained a high degree of knowledge of Dharma and is authorized to teach it. +
nyis 'dzin,gzung 'dzin;duality;duality;The ordinary perception of unenlightened beings. The apprehension of phenomena in terms of subject and object and the belief in their true existence. +
bslabs pa gsum;three trainings;three trainings;trishika;Trainings in ethical discipline, concentration, and discriminating knowledge. The three trainings form the basis of the Buddhist path. +
