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rtsod dus;Age of Strife;age of strife;he present world-age, dominated by decline and degeneration. +
pad ma gsung;Lotus Speech;lotus speech;The heruka of the padma family or the tantric teachings connected to this deity, which are among the Eight Sadhana Teachings. +
rlung;Prana;The "winds" or energy currents of the body. +
dpal gyi ye shes;Palgyi Yeshe;palgyi yeshe;Born into the Drogmi clan he was also known as Palgyi Yeshe of Drogmi. He was an adept translator and rendered numerous sutras and tantras into Tibetan, including the Tantra of the Mother Deities Mamo. He received the transmission of the mother deities from Padmasambhava and became an accomplished mantrika. +
gnubs sangs rgyas ye shes;Sangye Yeshe of Nub;sangye yeshe of nub;One of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava. He was the chief recipient of the Anu Yoga teachings, as well as the Yamantaka teachings or Mahayoga. In addition to Guru Rinpoche, his other teachers were Traktung Nagpo and Chŏgyal Kyong of India, Vasudhara of Nepal, and Chetsen Kye from the country of Drusha. He visited India and Nepal seven times. When the evil king Langdarma attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet, Sangye Yeshe put fear in the king by making an enormous scorpion, the size of nine yaks, magically appear by a single gesture of his right hand. It is through his kindness that Langdarma had no courage to persecute the Vajrayana sangha who dressed in white robes and kept long hair. +
Eighteen inner tantras of Secret Mantra;eighteen inner tantras of secret mantra +
chang;Chang;chang;Tibetan wine, usually made from barley grains. +
rnying ma;Nyingma School;nyingma school;The teachings brought to Tibet chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Shantarakshita, and Vairochana and which were translated into Tibetan. This occurred mainly during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and in the subsequent period, up to the translator Rinchen Sangpo in the ninth century. The two main types of transmission that developed were Kama and Terma. Practices are based on both the outer and inner tantras, with emphasis on the practice of the Inner Tantras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga. +
ma mo rbod gtong;Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities;liberating sorcery of mother deities;One of the Eight Sadhana Teachings of Mahayoga. +
rtsa ba'i rgyud de kho na nyid bsdus pa;Tattvasamgraha Root Tantra;tattvasamgraha root tantra;One of the Four Major Sections of Yoga Tantra. +
yongs su mya ngan las 'das pa;"Completely passing beyond suffering." (i) The final entry into nirvana. (2) Honorific term for the passing away of a buddha or a fully accomplished master. +
dam chos pad-ma dkar po'i mdo;Saddharma Pundarika Sutra;"The Sutra of the White Lotus of the Sacred Dharma"/ Famous Mahayana scripture. +
tshogs rgyud che chung;Major and Minor Gathering Tantra;major and minor gathering tantra;A Mahayoga scripture explaining the ritual of a ganachakra. See also Feast offering. +
bde gshegs 'dus pa rtsa ba'i rgyud;Root Tantra of the Assemblage of Sugatas;root tantra of the assemblage of sugatas;Tantra belonging to the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga found in the Nyingma Gyůbum, vols. OM and AH. See also Assemblage of Sugatas. +
gser ri bdun;Seven golden mountains;seven golden mountains;According to the cosmology of the Abhidharma, seven circles of mountains surrounding Mount Sumeru, which is in the center of our universe. +
zhabs brten;Supportive rituals;supportive rituals;Rituals performed to remove obstacles to life and health. +
rig pa'i gnas lnga;Five sciences;five sciences;Grammar, dialectics, healing, arts and crafts, and religious philosophy. +
smin grol;Ripening and liberation;ripening and liberation;Two vital parts of Vajrayana practice: The empowerments, which ripen one's being with the capacity to realize the four kayas, and the liberating oral instructions, which enable one to actually apply the insight that was introduced through the empowerments. +
tsan dan tshal gyi dur khrod;Sandal Grove charnel ground;sandal grove charnel ground;The Golden Garland Chronicles (p. 179) describes this place as: "The eminent celestial sacred place of the vidyadharas, the wild jungle which is a crossroad on the secret path of great bliss." It is also counted among the traditional eight charnel grounds. +
sku gsum;Three kayas;three kayas;trikaya;Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya. The three kayas as ground are essence, nature, and expression;as path they are bliss, clarity, and nonthought;and as fruition they are the three kayas of buddhahood. The three kayas of buddhahood are the dharmakaya, which is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;the sambhogakaya, which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks, which are perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the levels;and the nirmanakaya, which manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings. In the context of this book, the three kayas are sometimes Buddha Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara, and Padmasambhava. See also Dharmakaya;Nirmanakaya;Sambhogakaya. +
