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nyan thos;SHRAVAKA;shravaka;A hinayana follower of the Buddha. +
dbang bzhi;FOUR EMPOWERMENTS;four empowerments;The empowerments of vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and precious word according to Anuttara Tantra of the Sarma schools or the Three Inner Tantras of the Nyingma system. The purpose of receiving these empowerments is to be "ripened" so as to be authorized to practice the following four aspects of the vajrayana paths:<br> By receiving the vase empowerment, one is authorized to practice the development stage, the union of appearance and emptiness, according to the teachings of Mahayoga Tantra.<br> By receiving the secret empowerment, one is authorized to practice the completion stage with concepts, the profound path, which is the unity of clarity and emptiness connected with the "higher gate" of Anuyoga Tantra.<br> By receiving the wisdom-knowledge empowerment, one is authorized to practice the completion stage with concepts, the phony a path, which is the union of bliss and emptiness connected to the "lower gate" of Anuyoga Tantra. By receiving the precious word empowerment, one is authorized to practice the Great Perfection, which is the union of awareness and emptiness connected to Ati Yoga Tantra.<br> Guru Rinpoche said in his Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo: The vase empowerment, which purifies the body and the nadis,<br> Is the seed of the vajra body and nirmanakaya.<br> The secret empowerment, which purifies speech and the pranas,<br> Is the seed of the vajra speech and samboghyakaya.<br> The phonya empowerment, which purifies the mind and the bindus,<br> Is the seed of the vajra mind and dharmakaya.<br> The ultimate empowerment, which purifies habitual patterns and the all-ground,<br> Is the seed of the vajra wisdom and the svabhavikakaya. +
mdod ma'i mgon po;PRIMORDIAL PROTECTOR;primordial protector;The originally enlightened one, Adibuddha, Samantabhadra. +
dngos grub;SIDDHIS;siddhis;The supreme and common accomplishments. The supreme siddhi is the attainment of complete enlightenment. The common siddhis are usually eight types of miraculous powers. +
nye brgyud gter ma;SHORT LINEAGE Of TERMA;short lineage of terma;The Dharma treasures concealed chiefly by Guru Rinpoche to be discoyered in the future by a tertön, a treasure revealer. +
rnam byang lnga;FIVE TYPES OF NAMJANG;five types of namjang;The natural lights of the buddha nature, the basic state of all beings. Depending upon whether the practitioner recognizes that these lights are the expression of his innate essence or grasps them as being phenomena external to himself, he will proceed toward liberation or further entanglement in samsaric existence. +
brda' don rtags gsum;SYMBOL,MEANING,AND SIGN;symbol,meaning,and sign;Three aspects of vajrayana teachings. For example, the ''symbol'' is the peaceful and wrathful deities depicted on painted scrolls, made by human beings;the ''meaning'' they symbolize is the enlightened qualities inherent within our buddha nature;the ''sign'' is that they naturally manifest to the dead person during the bardo of dharmata. +
lung rtogs;STATEMENTS AND REALIZATION;statements and realization;The authoritative scriptures and the realization of the dharma in the minds of noble beings. They are the two qualities of the Precious Dharma. +
lha rna yin);DEMIGOD;demigod;One of the six classes of beings. +
tshogs gnyis;TWO ACCUMULATIONS;two accumulations;The accumulation of merit and of wisdom. +
VIMA;vima;Short for Vimalamitra. +
sprul sku u rgyan rin po che;TULKU URGYEN RINPOCHE;tulku urgyen rinpoche;A contemporary master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages, who lives at Nagi Gompa in Nepal. +
dam tshig gi phyag rgya;SAMAYA-MUDRA;samaya-mudra;One of the four mudras. +
chos nyid mngon sum;MANIFEST DHARMATA;manifest dharmata;The first of the four visions in Dzogchen practice. +
ma gcig lab sgron;MACHIK LABDRÖN;machik labdrön;The great female master who set down the Chöd practice. +
jo nang pa;JONANGPA;jonangpa;Another name for Jetsun Taranatha) +
gnas lugs gzhi'i 'od gsal;GROUND LUMINOSITY OF THE NATURAL STATE;ground luminosity of the natural state;Synonymous with mother luminosity. +
yang gsang bla na med pa'i snying thig gi skor;INNERMOST UNEXCELLED CYCLE OF NYINGTHIG;innermost unexcelled cycle of nyingthig;The fourth of the four divisions of the Instruction Section of Dzogchen according to the arrangement of Shri Singha. ''See'' Appendix. +
so so thar pa'i ris bdun;SEVEN KINDS OF VOWS OF THE PRATIMOKSHA;seven kinds of vows of the pratimoksha;Seven sets of vows for ordained monks and nuns, novices, and lay people. +
sngar 'gyur;EARLY TRANSLATIONS;early translations;The teachings translated into Tibetan before the great translator Rinchen Sangpo, during the reigns of the Tibetan kings Trisong Deutsen and Ralpachen in the ninth and tenth centuries. +
