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snang ba mtha' yas;Amitabha;The chief buddha of the lotus family and lord of the pure land of Sukhavati. He is also the manifestation of discriminating wisdom. +
rgya nag gi ston pa hva zhang;Chinese teacher Hashang;chinese teacher hashang;A certain Chinese meditation teacher, Hashang Mahayana, whose viewpoint was refuted by Kamalashila in a public debate during the early spread of the teachings. +
snang srid;Appearance and existence;appearance and existence;The world and sentient beings;whatever can be experienced, the five elements, and has the possibility of existence, the five aggregates. +
rta mchog rol pa rtsa ba'i rgyud;Supreme Steed Display Root Tantra;supreme steed display root tantra;Tantra belonging to the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga. Two versions are found in the Nyingma Gyiibum) vol. HA. +
yang le shod kyi brag phug;Cave of Yangleshő;cave of yangleshő;Situated in the southern end of the Kathmandu Valley, near the village of Pharping. The Upper Cave of Yangleshő is also known as Asura Cave. +
dus kyi 'khor lo;Kalachakra +
pe kar;Pekar;pekar;The particular protector of the Samye appointed and bound under oath by Padmasambhava. Phonya (pho nya) (1) Messenger, emissary. (2) Spiritual consort in vajrayana practice. +
dga rab rdo rje;Surativajra,Prahevajra,Pramodavaj-ra;Garab Dorje;garab dorje;The incarnation of Semlhag Chen, a god who earlier had been empowered by the buddhas. Immaculately conceived, his mother was a nun, the daughter of King Uparaja (Dhahenatalo or Indrabhuti) of Uddiyana. Garab Dorje received all the tantras, scriptures, and oral instructions of Dzogchen from Vajrasattva and Vajrapani in person and became the first human vidyadhara in the Dzogchen lineage. Having reached the state of complete enlightenment through the effortless Great Perfection, Garab Dorje transmitted the teachings to his retinue of exceptional beings. Manjushrimitra is regarded as his chief disciple. Padmasambhava is also known to have received the transmission of the Dzogchen tantras directly from Garab Dorje's wisdom form. +
'dzam bu gling;Jambu continent;jambu continent;Our known world. The southern of the four continents, so-called because it is adorned with the Jambuvriksha (rose apple) tree. +
che mchog;Chemchok Heruka. Usually identical with Nectar Quality, the chief heruka of the ratna family. Sometimes, in the case of Assemblage of Sugatas, Most Supreme is the heruka who embodies all the buddha families. +
bla ma yi dam mkha' gro;Guru,yidam,and dakini;The three roots of Vajrayana practice: the guru is the root of blessings, the yidam is the root of accomplishments, and the dakini is the root of activities. +
dkyil 'khor;Mandala;(1) "Center and surrounding." Usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. (2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual. +
bla ma rig 'dzin;Guru Vidyadhara;A deity and set of scriptures belonging to the Nine Sadhana Sections. Often the Guru Vidyadhara and the eight herukas in the Eight Sadhana Teachings form a single mandala with nine groups of deities. The chief existing scripture for the teachings on Guru Vidyadhara is called the Root Tantra oĵ the Assemblage of Vidyadharas (rig 'dzin 'dus pa rtsa ba'i rgyud) and is the fifteenth tantra within the Assemblage of Sugatas, an immensely detailed collection of teachings on the Eight Sadhana Teachings and associated Vajrayana material brought to Tibet by Padmasambhava and taught to his main disciple. The Assemblage of Sugatas was concealed as a terma and later revealed by Nyang Ral Nyima Oser. The practice of Guru Vidyadhara is expressed through the principle known as the four aspects of approach and accomplishment. The most detailed terma on this principle was revealed by Sangye Lingpa (1340—1396) and is still renowned as Lama Gongdū (bla ma dgongs 'dus) in eighteen volumes of approximately seven hundred pages each. The Guru Vidyadhara is also the basis for innumerable sadhanas propagated by other tertőns, for instance the Rigdzin Dupa cycle within the termas of Longchen Nyingtig as well as the Barchey Kunsel cycle revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, which are both widely practiced to this day. +
zhi ba 'tsho;"Guardian of Peace." The Indian pandita and abbot of Vikramashila and of Samye, who ordained the first Tibetan monks. He was an incarnation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani and is also known as Khenpo or Master Bodhisattva or Bhikshu Bodhisattva Shantarakshita. He is the founder of a philosophical school combining Madhyamaka and Yogachara. This tradition was reestablished and clarified by Mipham Rinpoche in his commentary on the Madhyamakalamkara. +
rnal 'byor tshe'i rig 'dzin;Yoga of vidyadhara life;yoga of vidyadhara life;The tantric practice of attaining immortality by accomplishing the vidyadhara level of longevity. +
rtul shugs;Yogic discipline;yogic discipline;Additional practices for a tantrika in order to train in implementing the view of Vajrayana in daily activities;for example, feast offering. +
zangs gling ma;The name of the text used for this translation of Padmasambhava's life story. See Translator's Preface. +
ngo sprod;Pointing-out instruction;pointing-out instruction;The direct introduction to the nature of mind. A root guru is the master who gives the pointing-out instruction so that the disciple recognizes the nature of mind. +
'khor ba'i;Samsaric;samsaric;Of or pertaining to samsara;worldly, mundane, profane. +
rjes thob;Postmeditation;postmeditation;Generally, the period of being involved in sense perceptions and daily activities. Specifically, the period of being distracted from the natural state of mind. +
