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From Buddha-Nature
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bde ba can;BLISSFUL REALM;blissful realm;Sukhavati;The pure land of Buddha Amitabha. +
rgyal ba yum lnga;FIVE FEMALE BUDDHAS;five female buddhas;Dhatvishvari. Mamaki, Locana, Pandaravasini, Samayatara. +
rang bzhin brgyad cu'i rtog pa;EIGHTY INHERENT THOUGHT STATES;eighty inherent thought states;Thirty-three resulting from anger, forty from desire, and seven from delusion. (See list included in text.) +
rig 'dzin;VIDYADHARA;vidyadhara;"Knowledge-holder," holder [dhara] or bearer of knowledge [vidya]-mantra. +
nyon yid kyi rnam shes;AFFLICTED MIND CONSCIOUSNESS;afflicted mind consciousness;A term used in the abhidharma teachings. One of the eight consciousnesses, it harbors the thought "I am" and is the basis for all negative emotions. Also one of the eight collections. +
gcod;CHÖD;chöd;Pronounced ''choe''. Literally, "cutting." A system of practices set down by Machik Labdrön for the purpose of cutting through the four Maras. One of the Eight Practice Lineages of Buddhism in Tibet. +
rtsa;NADI;nadi;The channels in the vajra body through which the winds (prana) flow. +
'byor ba bcu;TEN RICHES;ten riches;The five riches from others are as follows: a buddha appears, teaches the dharma, the teachings remain, there are followers, and there are teachers with the kindness to teach. The five riches from oneself are: to be a human being, to be born in a central country, having the physical and mental faculties intact, not having a perverted livelihood, and having trust in the three jewels. +
yid kyi rnam par shes pa;MIND CONSCIOUSNESS;mind consciousness;One of the eight consciousnesses according to abhidharma. It is the function of discriminating and labeling things. +
phyi 'gyur;LATER TRANSLATION SCHOOLS;later translation schools;Sarma, the New Schools, composed of Kagyü, Sakya, and Gelug. +
dri med bshes gnyen;VIMALAMITRA;vimalamitra;A Dzogchen master invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen. +
dug lnga;FIVE POISONS;five poisons;Desire, anger, delusion, arrogance, and envy. +
cho ga gsum;THREE RITUALS;three rituals;Three steps in visualization of a deity: seat with seed syllable, attribute, and deity. +
rnying ma;NYINGMA SCHOOL;nyingma school;The teachings brought to Tibet and translated chiefly during the reign of King Trisong Detsen and in the following period up to Rinchen Sangpo. The two principal types of teaching are kama and terma. +
sdom gsum;THREE SETS OF PRECEPTS;three sets of precepts +
gter ma;TERMA;terma;The transmission through concealed treasures hidden, mainly by Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal for the benefit of future disciples. +
mngon par dga' ba;TRUE JOY;true joy;The pure realm of Buddha Akshobhya. +
lhan cig skyes pa'i ye shes;COEMERGENT WISDOM;coemergent wisdom;The innate wakefulness potentially present in all sentient beings. +
snag med 'od gsal;NONAPPARENT LUMINOSITY;nonapparent luminosity;The luminosity of dharmakaya or empty luminosity. +
chos kyi sgo mo;DHARMA-DOOR;dharma-door;A particular teaching whose practice is the entrance to the path of enlightenment. +
