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From Buddha-Nature
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gling bzhi;FOUR CONTINENTS;four continents;The four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru: Superior Body, Jambudvipa, Cow Enjoyment, and Unpleasant Sound. Human beings live on all four continents, but on Unpleasant Sound they are not suitable to practice the buddha dharma. +
rgyud sde;TANTRIC SECTIONS;tantric sections;The four or six sections of tantras. +
LUMINOUS DHARMAKAYA;luminous dharmakaya +
padma 'byung gnas;PADMAKARA;padmakara;"Lotus-born." Same as Guru Rinpoche. +
SHRI SINGHA;shri singha;A master in the Dzogchen lineage and root guru of Guru Rinpoche. Shri Singha attained complete realization of the Dzogchen teachings and, along with Guru Rinpoche, was one of the only two masters to fully attain the "empowerment of the display of awareness," through which they could transform the phenomenal world in any way they desired. +
lam lnga;FIVE PATHS;five paths;The path of accumulation, joining, seeing, cultivation, and nonlearning. The five paths over the entire process from beginning dharma practice to complete enlightenment. +
pad ma;PADMA;padma;Same as Guru Rinpoche. +
smon pa'i byang chub kyi sems;BODHICITTA OF ASPIRATION;bodhicitta of aspiration;This is composed chiefly of the four immeasurables: compassion, love, sympathetic joy, and impartiality. +
ka dag chos sku'i 'od gsal;DHARMAKAYA LUMINOSITY OF PRIMORDIAL PURITY;dharmakaya luminosity of primordial purity;The Dzogchen word for our enlightened essence in its naked state. +
rang zhal;NATURAL FACE;natural face;The nature of mind. +
thun mong gi dngos grub brgyad;EIGHT COMMON SIDDHIS;eight common siddhis;Eight types of mundane miraculous powers +
thim rim;DISSOLUTION STAGES;dissolution stages;A process of physical and mental dissolution that all sentient beings go through at various times, as when falling asleep and even in the moment of a sneeze. Here these stages refer chiefly to the process of dying. +
gsang ba gsum;THREE SECRETS;three secrets +
rin po che'i sbubs;PRECIOUS SPHERE;precious sphere;Same as "precious realms of spontaneous presence." +
rtag lta;ETERNALISM;eternalism;The extreme view that the individual self, objective phenomena, and a creator god exist as something independent, everlasting, and singular. +
rgyu'i theg pa;CAUSAL VEHICLES;causal vehicles;Hinayana and mahayana. The emphasis of these teachings is to regard the path as the cause for attaining fruition: liberation from samsara or complete buddhahood. The resultant vehicles of vajrayana, on the other hand, regard the fruition of buddhahood as being inherently present within all beings, and the path is simply the act of removing the temporary obscurations that prevent us from receiving this correctly. +
bde gshegs snying po;SUGATA-ESSENCE;sugata-essence;Another word for buddha-nature, the enlightened essence inherent in all sentient beings. +
gsar rnying;NEW AND OLD SCHOOLS;new and old schools;The New Schools are Kagyü, Sakya, and Gelug. The Old School refers to the Nyingma. +
dam pa rigs brgya;HUNDRED SACRED ASPECTS;hundred sacred aspects;The forty-two peaceful and fifty-eight wrathful deities. +
don dam pa'i bden pa;ULTIMATE TRUTH;ultimate truth;The absolute nature of relative truth;that all phenomena are beyond arising, dwelling, and ceasing. +
