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visualized image of the deity, with which the Tantric practitioner identifies herself. +
wishing all sentient beings to be happy +
'Divine Power', wife of Śakra or Indra +
pertaining to the Yogācāra, a Mahāyāna philosophical school also known as Citta-mātra. +
the terrible judge of the dead, king of the ''pretas'' in the underground Yama-world (''yama-loka'') and also guardian of the southern quarter. The 'Yamas' are either the ''pretas'' or his servants who on his orders throw sinners into hell (AdK, III pp. 153,156). +
faith, morality, conscience, consideration, learning, generosity and wisdom. +
a type of stringed instrument, Indian lute. +
the thirty-two characteristic Marks and eighty minor Signs of a Great Being (a Universal Monarch or a Buddha), such as thousand-spoked wheels on the palms and soles, the hairs of the body pointing upwards, and copper-coloured nails. See Conze, ''Large Sutra'', Appendix II. +
conceptual thoughts +
the present world-age +
escape from the world, in that one understands so well the faults of even the best of samsaric life that it arouses no attachment in one. +
a tree with bitter fruit, ''Azadirachta indica''. Every part of it is used for magical purposes. +
for the activity of a Buddha, or for Tantric rites, Tib. often uses the honorific (')''phrin las'', which I have sometimes translated as 'divine action' or 'divine activity'. The 'four activities' or 'four rites' are Pacifying or Calming, Increasing, Subjugating or Subduing, and Fierceness +
determination to attain Enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings +
giving, pleasant speech, helping, and consistency. +
the Vedic god of fire, guardian of the south-eastern direction +
'Highest Yoga Tantra', highest of the four levels of Tantra. +
'the Sage of the Śākyas', n. of the historical Buddha. +
see pp.46—7. 'Six F.' are obtained by adding Vajrasattva (''Hevajra-tantra'' II. iv. 100—102). +
