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From Buddha-Nature
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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. +
rlung;WIND;wind;prana. +
gtum mo;TUMMO;tummo;chandali;One of the Six Doctrines of Naropa. +
rjes dran drug;SIX RECOLLECTIONS;six recollections;There are different lists, of which the most appropriate is as follows: recollection of the yidam deity, the path, the place of rebirth, the meditative state, the oral instructions of the teacher, and the view. +
yi dam;YIDAM;yidam;A personal deity and the root of accomplishment among the three roots. +
sgrub brgyud shing rta brgyad;EIGHT PRACTICE LINEAGES;eight practice lineages;The eight independent schools of Buddhism that flourished in Tibet: Nyingma, Kadampa, Marpa Kagyü, Shangpa Kagyü, Sakya, Jordruk, Shije, and Chöd. +
mtsho rgyal;TSOGYAL;tsogyal;Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, the close disciple of Guru Rinpoche who compiled the major part of his teachings. +
longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku;SAMBHOGAKAYA;sambhogakaya;The "body of perfect enjoyment." One of the three, four, or five kayas. The sambhogakaya should be understood in terms of ground, path, and fruition. The sambhogakaya of ground is the mind's innate capacity for knowing. The sambhogakaya of path is that as well as the luminous nature of bliss, clarity, and non thought. The sambhogakaya of fruition is defined as the five perfections: The perfect teacher is the fully enlightened buddha in a rainbow body adorned with the thirty-two major and eighty minor marks of excellence. The perfect retinue is the bodhisattvas on the ten bhumis. The perfect place is the pure realms of the five families. The perfect teaching is Mahayana and Vajrayana. The perfect time is the "perpetual circle of continuity." +
'pho ba;PHOWA;phowa;Ejection of consciousness to a buddha-field at the moment of death. +
gnas ris drug;SIX REALMS;six realms;The realms of the six classes of beings. +
na ro pa;NAROPA;naropa;The chief disciple of Tilopa and the guru of Marpa in the Kagyü Lineage. +
