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. +
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. +
bskyed rim;DEVELOPMENT STAGE;development stage;utpattikrama;One of the two aspects of vajrayana practice, which involves mentally creating pure images in order to purify habitual tendencies. See stages of development and completion. +
blo ldog rnam bzhi;FOUR MIND-CHANGINGS;four mind-changings;(1) The freedoms and riches that are so difficult to find. (2) Impermanence and death. (3) Karma, the law of cause and effect. (4) The defects of samsara. Reflecting on these four topics of the facts of life causes one's mind to change and be directed toward dharma practice. +
ha shang gi lta ba;HASHANG VIEW;hashang view;The view propagated in Tibet by Chinese Buddhist masters. When used in a negative sense it means to simply pursue a meditative state devoid of conceptual thinking, that is, lacking the clarity of discriminating knowledge. +