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unwholesome tendencies, much the same as defilements. +
the cessation of everything samsaric such as ignorance and suffering, the Liberation of an ''Arhant'' or a Buddha. Hīnayāna ''Nirvāṇa'' is supremely blissful but unhelpful to others, and the ''Arhant'' must eventually abandon that self-absorbed state and enter the Mahāyāna. '' 'Nirvāṇa' '' is also used for the passing away of a Buddha (and sometimes for that of other, presumably saintly persons), 'the N/ being the passing of 'the Buddha', Śākyamuni; when we ask Buddhas not to enter N., they are of course in N. already in one sense, but we want them to continue manifesting themselves, not to pass away. Non-conceptual (nirvikalpa, mam par mi rtog (pa)). +
the third Perfection. +
the Family of Amitābha. +
a dome-shaped monument housing relics of the Buddha or some revered person, embodying in its form an elaborate symbolism. +
Union of the Illusory Body and Clear Light, final section of the Completing Stage. The U of the Four ''Kāyas'', or U Beyond Learning, is Buddhahood. +
1. The magical weapon of the Vedic god Indra, made of metal and very hard and sharp. 2. A thunderbolt. 3. A Tantric implement symbolizing Method (Compassion), held in the right hand (male side), cf. Bell. Also a part of various other Tantric implements, e.g. v. hook, a hook with v.-shaped knobs on. 4. As a description of anything that is supposed to be impenetrably hard (v. wall, v. tent) or indestructible (Vajrayāna and just about everything involved in it) — adamantine. +
Awakening to Buddhahood from the sleep of ignorance, perfect knowledge +
'half-cross-legged' position +
Ultimate Truth, Emptiness. +
sometimes = the three poisons. +
the Universal Law, the fact that phenomena do not exist as they are apprehended by consciousness adhering to their true existence. The ''Dharmadhātu'' Wisdom is the Wisdom-knowledge directly cognizing this +
the conventional aspect of the practice of Dharma, equivalent to Compassion, as contrasted with the ultimate aspect, Wisdom. In Tantra, it is symbolized by the ''vajra'' and the male aspect. Also counted as seventh of the ten Perfections. +
the Ultimate Mode of Being of all things +
set of twenty-two prohibitions that anyone receiving an empowerment of ''Yoga-tantra'' or ''Anuttara-yoga-tantra'' must undertake to observe. See Lessing & Wayman, 328-9. +
the coral tree, ''Erythrina indica'', one of the five trees of paradise, with brilliant scarlet flowers. +
female deity considered a form of Tārā, whose particular function is subjugating, hence Her red colour. +
past, present, future. +
