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From Buddha-Nature
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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. +
gsang sngags gsar ma;SARMA SCHOOLS OF SECRET MANTRA;sarma schools of secret mantra;See New Schools. +
khams gsum;THREE REALMS;three realms;The samsaric realms of Desire, Form, and Formlessness. +
thun bzhi;FOUR SESSIONS;four sessions;Dawn, morning, afternoon, and evening. +
sa lam;PATHS AND BHUMIS;paths and bhumis;The five paths and the ten bodhisattva levels. +
chos nyid kyi bar do;BARDO OF DHARMATA;bardo of dharmata;The period from dying until emerging in the mental body of the bardo of becoming. +
rdo rje slob dpon;VAJRA MASTER;vajra master;A tantric master who is adept in the rituals and meaning of vajrayana. The master from whom one receives tantric teachings. +
rtsa mdud);NADI-KNOTS;nadi-knots;Symbolic term for defilements in the channels of the vajra body, preventing the free flow of the pranas. +
de bzhin gshegs pa;TATHAGATA;tathagata;A fully enlightened buddha. +
brda'i 'od gsal;SIGN LUMINOSITY;sign luminosity;The experiences of manifest luminosity during the bardo of dying. +
sku gsung thugs rten;REPRESENTATIONS OF BODY,SPEECH,AND MIND;representations of body,speech,and mind;These are, for example, statues, scriptures, and stupas. +
