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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. +
tshangs pa;Brahma;The ruler of the gods of the realm of form. +
nang rgyud sde gsum;Three Inner Tantras;three inner tantras;Mahayoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga. These three sections of tantra are the special characteristics of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. According to Jamgőn Kongtrűl the First: "The Three Inner Tantras are also known as the vehicles of the methods of mastery, because they establish the way to experience that the world and beings are the nature of mind manifest as kayas and wisdoms, and that everything is the indivisibility of the superior two truths, hereby ensuring that the practitioner will become adept in the method of gaining mastery over all phenomena as being great equality." The Three Inner Tantras are, respectively, also renowned as "development, completion, and great perfection" or as "tantras, scriptures, and instructions." According to Mipham Rinpoche, the Three Inner Tantras reached Tibet through six different lines of transmission: (1) As perceived by ordinary people in Tibet, Padmakara, the Second Buddha, taught only the instruction on the garland of views, but bestowed both the profound and extensive empowerments and instructions of all of the Three Inner Tantras to his exceptional disciples, including Sangye Yeshe, Rinchen Chok, Lui Wangpo of Khőn, and many others, the oral lineages of which have continued unbroken until this very day. Moreover, the major part of his teachings were sealed as terma treasures for the benefit of followers in future generations. (2) When the great translator Vairochana had received extensively the profound teachings of the Great Perfection from the twenty-five panditas, especially from Shri Singha, he returned to Tibet and imparted the Mind Section five times, as well as the oral lineage of the Space Section—both of which we have continued uninterruptedly. (3) The great pandita Vimalamitra arrived in Tibet and taught the Instruction Section chiefly to Tingdzin Sangpo of Nyang. This lineage was transmitted both orally and through terma treasures. (4) Sangye Yeshe of Nub received from four masters in India, Nepal, and Drusha innumerable teachings, headed by the important scriptures of Anu Yoga and Yamantaka. His lineage of the Scripture of the Embodiment of the Realization of All Buddhas is still unbroken. (5) Namkhai Nyingpo received the transmission of the teachings of Vishuddha from the Indian master Hungkara, which he then spread in Tibet. (6) During following generations, incarnations of the king and the close disciples of Padmasambhava have successively appeared—and still continue to do so—as great masters who, at opportune times, reveal the profound teachings that had been concealed as terma treasures in order to ensure the supreme welfare of people in Tibet and all other countries, both temporarily and ultimately.
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rgyud kyi,sngags kyi;Of or pertaining to Vajrayana. +
'od gsal rdo rje snying po;Luminous Vajra Essence;luminous vajra essence;A synonym for the Great Perfection or Dzogchen. +
bdud rtsi yon tan;Nectar Quality;nectar quality;One of the Eight Sadhana Teachings. The heruka of the ratna family or the tantric teachings connected with that deity. +
mang yul;Mang-yul;mang-yul;The area north of the Kathmandu Valley, between Trisuli and the present border of Tibet. +
dus lnga brgya;Five-hundred-year period;five-hundred-year period;Periods of each five hundred years. The Buddhadharma is said to last ten such periods. +
rtse le sna tshogs rang grol;b. 1608;Tsele Natsok Rangdről;tsele natsok rangdről;Important master of the Kagyű and Nyingma schools. He is also the author of The Mirror of Mindfulness and Lamp of Mahamudra, both published by Shambhala Publications. +
bde ba can;Sukhavati;"Blissful Realm." The pure realm of Buddha Amitabha. +
