gtong len;GIVING AND TAKING;giving and taking;A bodhicitta practice of giving one's virtue and happiness to others and taking their suffering and misdeeds upon oneself. +
bar do'i srid pa;BARDO STATE;bardo state;Usually this term refers to the intermediate state between death and the next rebirth, but in this context it means "gap" or "period" between two things. Sometimes it is translated as "intermediate state." +
dal ba brgyad;EIGHT FREEDOMS;eight freedoms;Not being in the three lower realms, not being a long-living god, not having wrong views, not a savage, not a mute, and not born in an age without buddhas. +
byang chub sems dpa';BODHISATTVA;bodhisattva;Someone who has developed bodhicitta, the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings. +
gzugs sku lhun grub kyi 'od gsal;SPONTANEOUSLY PRESENT LUMINOSITY OF THE RUPAKAYAS;spontaneously present luminosity of the rupakayas;The display during the bardo of dharmata. +
yar gyi zang thai chen po;GREAT UPPER DIRECTNESS;great upper directness;The attainment of enlightenment without having to go through the intermediate states. +
mngon shes lnga;FIVE SUPERKNOWLEDGES;five superknowledges;The capacities for performing miracles, divine sight, divine hearing, recollection of former lives, and cognition of the minds of others. +