Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
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chos kyi dbyings kyi ye shes;DHARMADHATU WISDOM;dharmadhatu wisdom;One of the five wisdoms. +
dpa' bo;DAKA;daka;Male enlightened practItIoner of vajrayana. Can also have deeper levels of meaning. +
thar pa dang thams cad mkhyen pa;LIBERATION AND OMNISCIENCE;liberation and omniscience;Refers to liberation from samsaric existence and the state of complete enlightenment. +
sangs rgyas dkon mchog;PRECIOUS BUDDHA;precious buddha;The state of buddha hood endowed with the perfect benefit for self and others. +
sku;KAYA;kaya;''Kaya'' literally means "body" in the sense of "embodiment of numerous qualities." Thus dharmakaya, for instance, is the "body" of all enlightened wisdom "qualities," such as the ten powers and the fourfold fearlessness. +
phyag rgya chen po;GREAT SEAL;great seal;Same as Mahamudra. +
kun tu bzang po;SAMANTABHADRA;samantabhadra;The primordial dharmakaya buddha. +
dag pa gnyis;TWOFOLD PURITY;twofold purity;Inherent or primordial purity and the purity of having removed all temporary obscurations. +
srid pa las kyi bar do;KARMIC BARDO OF BECOMING;karmic bardo of becoming;The period from emerging in a mental body until entering a womb at the moment of conception. +
rang bzhin sprul pa sku'i zhing;NATURAL NIRMANAKAYA REALM;natural nirmanakaya realm;The emanated realms of the five buddhas. +
mkhas pa nyer lnga;TWENTY-FIVE PANDITAS;twenty-five panditas;Twenty-five masters in the Dzogchen lineage from Garab Dorje to Guru Rinpoche, Vimalamitra, and Vairochana. +
dam pa gsum;THREE EXCELLENCIES;three excellencies;The excellent beginning of bodhicitta, the excellent main part of nonconceptualization, and the excellent conclusion of dedicating the merit. These three aspects should be part of any spiritual practice one does. +
zung 'jug rdo rje 'chang gi go 'phang;UNIFIED LEVEL OF VAJRADHARA;unified level of vajradhara;Synonymous with the state of complete enlightenment. +
zung 'jug gi 'bras bu;FRUITION OF UNITY;fruition of unity;Complete enlightenment, the unified level of a vajra holder. ''Unity'' refers to the union of means and knowledge, appearance and emptiness , or space and awareness. According to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, ''unity'' refers to the unified state of the kayas and wisdoms, in which ''kaya'' is emptiness endowed with the supreme of all aspects and ''wisdom'' is the mind of unchanging great bliss. +
las;KARMA;karma;''Karma'' literally means "action." In a general sense, it is the law of cause and effect, ruling that positive actions bring happiness and misdeeds yield suffering. Only through realizing selflessness and emptiness does one transcend the karma of cyclic existence, after which all activities are "undefiled" and result in manifesting the nirmanakayas for the benefit of beings. +
ring brgyud bka' ma;LONG LINEAGE OF KAMA;long lineage of kama +
snga 'gyur rnying ma;OLD SCHOOL OF THE EARLY TRANSLATIONS;old school of the early translations;Nyingma;nyingma +
bya rgyud,spyod rgyud,rnal 'byor rgyud;KRIYA,CHARYA,AND YOGA TANTRAS;kriya,charya,and yoga tantras;The three outer tantras among the nine vehicles. +
ye shes mdo;JNANASUTRA;jnanasutra;An Indian master in the early Dzogchen lineage who was a disciple of Shri Singha. A close dharma friend and later teacher of Vimalamitra. +
gzungs sngags;DHARANI MANTRAS;dharani mantras;Long mantras, used for various purposes. +
