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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. +
'Unfailing Accomplishment', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Action Family. +
Ultimate Truth, Emptiness. +
Tibetans tend to attribute many, if not most hindrances to demons, sentient beings of the ''preta'' class +
that result of an action which consists of a particular state of rebirth. +
those of defilements (''kleśa'') and of knowables (''jñeya''), see p. 405, n.13. +
meditative absorption, concentration meditation, n. of the fifth Perfection. Four form and four formless ''dhyānas'' are taught +
for most purposes, there are six P. a Bodhisattva must practise — Giving, Morality, Patience, Joyous Energy, Meditative absorption (''dhyāna'') and Wisdom. In the scheme of the ''Daśa-bhūmika-sūtra'', the list is extended to ten by the addition of Skill in Means, Vow, Power and Wisdom-knowledge, but very little is taught of these extra four. Overwhelmingly the most important is the P. of Wisdom (''prajñā-pāramitā''), to which a major branch of the Sūtra and commentarial literature has been devoted. +
greed, hate, delusion. +
when seven suns blaze and the whole world is consumed in a firestorm +
third of the four levels of Tantra. +
