Property:Gloss-term
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'khor ba yongs grol;FULLY LIBERATING SAMSARA;fully liberating samsara;The pure realm of Buddha Vairochana. +
pha dam pa;PHADAMPA;phadampa;The Indian mahasiddha who brought the Shije (zhi byed) teachings to Tibet. +
thun min gyi sngon 'gro;SPECIAL PRELIMINARIES;special preliminaries;The refuge, bodhicitta, Vajrasattva mantra, mandala offering, and guru yoga. +
bla rna la phyag 'tshal lo;NAMO GURU;namo guru;Homage to the master! +
bla ma;GURU;guru;Spiritual teacher, especially a vajrayana master. +
'dzam bu gling;JAMBUDVIPA;jambudvipa;The southern of the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru. The term usually refers to our known world. +
rnam par snang mdzad;VAIROCHANA;vairochana;(1) One of the fivebuddhas. (2) The great translator at the time of King Trisong Detsen (ninth century). +
thun mong gi sngon 'gro;GENERAL PRELIMINARIES;general preliminaries;The four mind-changings. Through these teachings one's mind will turn toward dharma practice. +
shes rab ye shes kyi dbang;WISDOM-KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERMENT;wisdom-knowledge empowerment;The third of the four empowerments. +
'jam dpal bshes gnyen);JAMPAL SHENYEN;jampal shenyen;Manjushrimitra;a great Indian pandita who became the chief disciple of Garab Dorje. According to the historical scriptures, Manjushrimitra was a highly respected scholar at Nalanda Buddhist University in India. The fame of Garab Dorje as a proponent of a new system transcending cause and effect (i.e., the causal vehicles) reached Nalanda, and the panditas were outraged. They would not permit such a heretic to misguide people and sent a delegation to refute Garab Dorje, who lived in the kingdom of Uddiya to the northwest of Bodhgaya. Manjushrimitra confronted Garab Dorje and tried to defeat him in debate but failed. Now, with trust in the teachings beyond effort, cause, and effect, Manjushrimitra felt strong remorse at having tried to defeat the Great Perfection and wanted to cut off his own tongue in order to prevent further misdeeds. Garab Dorje read his mind and said, "You can purify your obscuration if you cause the correct Dzogchen teachings to flourish in this world, but not by cutting off your tongue even a thousand times." Manjushrimitra then composed the treatise known as ''Gomnyam Drukpa'', "Six Experiences of Meditation," and upheld the system of the Great Perfection. Later, his level of realization became equal to that of Garab Dorje. +
yum lnga;FIVE CONSORTS;five consorts;The five female buddhas. +
klu grub;NAGARJUNA;nagarjuna;An Indian master of philosophy. ''See'' Acharya Nagarjuna. +
nyon mongs pa dug lnga;FIVE POISONOUS KLESHAS;five poisonous kleshas;The five poisons. +
mgon po klu grub;LORD NAGARJUNA;lord nagarjuna;Acharya Nagarjuna. +
BINDUS;bindus;(1) The red and white essences. (2) Spheres or circles. +
zhi byed;SHIJE;shije;Pacifying, one of the Eight Practice Lineages brought to Tibet by Phadampa Sangye. +
mched pa;INCREASE;increase;The second of the three experience of appearance, increase, and attainment. +
chos kyi dbyings;DHARMADHATU;dharmadhatu;The "realm of phenomena."Same as emptiness. In this context, ''dharma'' means the truth, and ''dhatu'' means space free from center or periphery. Another explanation is "the nature of phenomena," which is beyond arising, dwelling, and ceasing. +
klong chen pa;LONGCHENPA;longchenpa;Great Nyingma master and writer. +
rtsa ba'i bla ma;ROOT GURU;root guru;The general root guru is the vajra master from whom one receives empowerment and explanation of the tantric teachings. The specific root guru is the master who points out the nature of mind. +
