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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). +
common epithet of a Buddha +
an ascetic, a practitioner of ''yoga'', i.e. of Tantra; esp. one who engages in sexual and other Tantric practices incompatible with keeping monastic vows. Fem. yoginī. +
a means to Liberation; in the 'Lotus Sūtra' (Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra) the various V. are compared to carts of different sizes. 'Both V.' (theg pa che chung, lit. 'the Great and Small V.') means the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna, the latter being also called the V. of the Perfect Buddhas. 'The Supreme V.' (theg mchog) is Tantra, the Vajrayāna, strictly speaking included in the Mahāyāna. The three V., in the present book, are Hīnayāna, (non-tantric) Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. +
a Hīnayāna ''Arhant'' who attains ''Nirvāṇa'' without needing teachings in that lifetime, but lacks the complete realization of a Buddha so cannot benefit limitless sentient beings as a Buddha does. +
'Great Being', standard epithet of Bodhisattvas. +
see Corpse-raiser. +
'Lord of the World', a title of the Bodhisattva Lord Avalokita. +
a ''Saṃbhoga-kāya'' or ''Nirmāṇa-kāya'' of a Buddha — what we would call Her 'Body' as contrasted with the ''Dharmakāya'', which is Her Mind. +
the Family of Amoghasiddhi +
