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the successive steps in the career of an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva; Buddhahood is attained from the Tenth Stage. A Master of the T.S. is thus an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva or a Buddha. +
i.e. all space. They are enumerated as the four cardinal and four intermediate points plus up and down +
one-pointed concentrated meditation, and analytical meditation on Emptiness +
see Marks and Signs. +
'the Sweet-voiced', a form of Mañjuśrī. +
the Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha Refuges. +
principal officiant at the ordination of a monk or nun. +
'Blissful', n. of Amitābha's Pure Land. +
most important of the three poisons +
cross-legged sitting posture with the shins flat on the ground forming virtually a straight line, right ankle on top of the left. +
the Law of the Buddhas. +
a half-line of Skt verse (usually becoming a whole line in Tib. translation). +
'glorious, holy', a respectful title. +
'circle, disk,' esp. the 'circle' composed of a deity and her or his emanations, attendants and environment; also the disk of an entire universe visualized as an offering, and the round plate or tray that serves as physical support for this practice. +
head (=body), throat (=speech), heart (=mind). +
a Discourse of the Buddha, scripture of the Sūtra ''Piṭaka''; also, all exoteric teachings of Buddhism (the three ''Piṭakas'' and their commentaries) as opposed to the esoteric, Tantric teachings. +
the state of continually having to take rebirth under the control of karma and defilements. +
'great perfected one', realized Tantric practitioner. +
