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'ja' lus;RAINBOW BODY;rainbow body;At the time of death of a practitioner who has reached the exhaustion of all grasping and fixation through the Dzogchen practice of Thögal, the five gross elements which form the physical body dissolve back into their essences, five-colored light (the natural lights of the buddha nature). Sometimes only the hair and the nails are left behind. +
bdud bzhi;FOUR MARAS;four maras;Lord of Death, Godly Son, Klesha, and Skandha. +
dam tshig;SAMAYA;samaya;The sacred pledge or commitment of vajrayana practice. There are many details, but essentially the samayas consist of, outwardly, keeping a harmonious relationship with the vajra master and one's dharma friends and, inwardly, not straying from the continuity of the practice. +
don gyi 'od gsal;TRUE LUMINOSITY;true luminosity;Empty luminosity. +
tshogs kyi 'khor lo,tshogs kyi mchod pa;FEAST OFFERING;feast offering;ganachakra;A tantric ritual connected to the sadhana practice of one of the three roots: guru, yidam, or dakini. ''Feast'' literally means "gathering": the gathering of enlightened guests, the practitioners, the feast articles, and the two accumulations of merit and wisdom. +
dag pa'i zhing sbyong ba;CULTIVATING PURE REALMS;cultivating pure realms;A practice connected with dream yoga. +
gangs can gyi yul;LAND OF SNOW;land of snow;Tibet. +
skye gnas kyi bar do;BARDO OF THIS LIFE;bardo of this life;The period from conception in the womb until catching a fatal disease or meeting with an irreversible cause of death. +
dkar lam,dmar lam,nag lam;WHITENESS,REDNESS,AND BLACKNESS;whiteness,redness,and blackness;The three experiences accompanying the stages of appearance, increase, and attainment. +
[rnal 'byor] chen po);MAHA;maha;The first of the three inner tantras. The emphasis of this tantra is the buddha-mandala as the pure aspect of oneself, the people, and the environment. The chief practice is the development stage. +
bar do dang po gzhi'i 'od gsal;GROUND LUMINOSITY OF THE FIRST BARDO;ground luminosity of the first bardo;Synonymous with ''mother luminosity''. +
lha;GOD;god;In this context, one of the six classes of beings. +
bar do dang po;FIRST BARDO;first bardo;Usually the moment of" ground luminosity. " +
snang srid;APPEARANCE AND EXISTENCE;appearance and existence;Whatever can be experienced and has a possibility of existence. Usually this term refers to the world and sentient beings. +
zhi ba rdo rje dbyings kyi lha tshogs;PEACEFUL DEITIES OF VAJRADHATU;peaceful deities of vajradhatu;The forty-two peaceful deities: Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, the five male and female buddhas, the eight male and female bodhisattvas, the six munis, and the four male and female gatekeepers. +
guru rin po che;GURU RINPOCHE;guru rinpoche;The essence of all the buddhas of the three times, the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding vidyadharas, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams, the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the dharma and the haughty forces of the phenomenal realm, is the one known as Mahaguru Padmasambhava throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the three kayas.<br> Invited by Manjushri's incarnation, the dharma-upholding king Trisong Detsen, he came to this snowy land of Tibet, the realm of the noble Great Compassionate One. He put all the vicious elemental forces under the majestic seal of his command, erected the triple-styled Unchanging and Spontaneously Perfected Temple, a palace with shrines, and strew the flowers of consecration. He established the great tradition of expounding and practicing the entire doctrine of the Buddha, and in particular he turned an infinite variety of the dharma-wheels of the tantras, texts, and instructions. of vajrayana.<br> He visited personally all the sacred places-the snow mountains, caves, and lakes-blessed them, and concealed innumerable named and unnamed treasures. Thus his immeasurable kindness permeates the entire land of Tibet, both the central and the surrounding lands, and will remain right up to the last of the final days in the future. Samaya. +
lung anu yoga;LUNG ANU YOGA;lung anu yoga;The second of the three inner tantras, emphasizing the completion stage. +
mkha' 'gro ma;DAKINI;dakini;One of the three roots. Spiritual beings who fulfill the enlightened activities. +
rdzogs chen;MAHA ATI;maha ati;The third of the three inner tantras. For the most part synonymous with Dzogchen. +
nyang dben ting 'dzin bzang po;NYANG BEN TINGDZIN SANGPO;nyang ben tingdzin sangpo;A close disciple of Vimalamitra and Guru Rinpoche. He later incarnated as the great tertön Jatson Nyingpo, one of Tsele Natsok Rangdröl's teachers. +
