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From Buddha-Nature
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mya ngan las 'das pa;NIRVANA;nirvana;The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, ''nirvana'' is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. +
lhun grub' 'od gsal gyi snang ba;LUMINOSITY MANIFESTATIONS OF SPONTANEOUS PRESENCE;luminosity manifestations of spontaneous presence;The display during the bardo of dharmata. +
sdom pa gsum;THREE VOWS;three vows;The hinayana vows of individual liberation, the mahayana trainings of a bodhisattva, and the vajrayana samayas of a vidyadhara. +
'khor ba;CYCLIC EXISTENCE;cyclic existence;samsara;''Samsara'' means to spin or circle endlessly, as on a potter's wheel or on the rim of a water wheel. The idea is that sentient beings take birth and die, endlessly, in the six realms of samsara: the abodes of hell-beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, and gods. +
me long rdo rje;MELONG DORJE;melong dorje;A great Tibetan master in the Oral Lineage of the Nyingma School. +
mi la ras pa;MILAREPA;milarepa;A great Tibetan master and the chief disciple of Marpa. See'' The Life of Milarepa'' (Shambhala Publications, 1977). +
don dam shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa;ULTIMATE TRANSCENDENT KNOWLEDGE;ultimate transcendent knowledge +
mkha' spyod 'pho ba;PHOWA OF THE CELESTIAL REALM;phowa of the celestial realm;A type of phowa. +
rgyal ba'i dkyil 'khor;JINA MANDALAS;jina mandalas;The mandalas of the five buddhas. +
bstan bcos;TREATISES;treatises;shastra;Scriptures composed by accomplished or learned masters. +
ma'i 'od gsal;MOTHER LUMINOSITY;mother luminosity;The ground luminosity of the natural state, inherent as the enlightened essence of all sentient beings. +
bskyed rdzogs;DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLETION;development and completion;The two main aspects of vajrayana practice. By uniting the means (upaya) of the development stage, the fabricated, with the knowledge (prajña) of the completion stage, the unfabricated, a tantric practitioner swiftly attains complete enlightenment. +
lus 'phags po;SUPERIOR BODY;superior body;The eastern continent. +
rnam shes tshogs brgyad;EIGHT CONSCIOUSNESSES;eight consciousnesses;The all-ground consciousness, mind-consciousness, afflicted mind, consciousness, and the five sense-consciousnesses. +
rdzogs rim;COMPLETION STAGE;completion stage;The completion stage with concepts is the Six Doctrines of Naropa according to the Sarma schools or Anu Yoga in the Nyingma system;the completion stage without concepts is Essence Mahamudra according to Sarma or Dzogchen in the Nyingma system. +
mdo;SUTRAS;sutras;The discourses and teachings given by Buddha Shakyamuni. +
bar do dang po'i 'od gsal;LUMINOSITY OF THE FIRST BARDO;luminosity of the first bardo;Same as ''mother luminosity''. +
dag pa rab 'byams;ALL-ENCOMPASSING PURITY;all-encompassing purity;All the components of our existence, the skandhas, elements, and so forth of the world and of all beings, are, in their pure aspects, a pure realm consisting of the five male and female buddhas and so forth;so, when perceiving things as they are, there is not even a speck of impurity to find anywhere. This is the basic view of the Anuttara Tantra of the New Schools and the Three Inner Tantras of the Old School. For more information see Longchen Rabjam's ''phyogs bcu mun sel'', recently translated by Gyurme Dorje. +
sde gsum;THREE SECTIONS;three sections;The three divisions of Dzogchen: Mind Section, Space Section, and Instruction Section. +
tshad med bzhi;FOUR IMMEASURABLES;four immeasurables;Compassion, love, joy, and impartiality. +
