brtan ma bcu gnyis;twelve goddesses of the earth;twelve goddesses of the earth;The TWELVE MĀTARAḤ. Various enumerations are given in [[Nebesky-Wojkowitz]], ''Oracles and Demons of Tibet'', (pp. 181-98). 481, 513, 537, 715 +
sngags gsum;three kinds of mantra;three kinds of mantra;Gnostic mantra (''rig-sngags'', Skt. ''vidyāmantra''), dhāranī mantra (''gzungs-sngags'', Skt. ''dhāraṇīmantra'') and secret mantra (''gsang-sngags'', Skt. ''guhyamantra''). The ''dgongs-pa grub-pa'i rgyud'' says, “One should know that all mantra are divided into three classes: gnostic mantra which are the essence of skilful means, dhāraṇīs which are the essence of discriminative awareness and secret mantra which are the non-dual pristine cognition.” Thus dhāraṇīs are said to originate from the teachings of the Transcendent Perfection of Discriminative Awareness, gnostic mantra from the Kriyātantra and secret mantra from [[Mahāyoga]], [[Anuyoga]] and [[Atiyoga]]. 257 +
pha rol tu phyin pa bcu;ten transcendental perfections;ten transcendental perfections;daśapāramitā;The six TRANSCENDENTAL PERFECTIONS with the addition of skilful means (''thabs'', Skt. ''upāya''), prayer or aspiration (''smon-lam'', Skt. ''praṇidhāna''), power (''stobs'', Skt. ''bala'') and pristine cognition (''ye-shes'', Skt. ''jñāna'');Mvt. (913-23). 236, 901-2 +
chos lnga;five doctrines;five doctrines;In the context in which this appears in ''Fundamentals'', p. 128, the precise enumeration has not been idendfied. +
yon tan gsum;three attributes;three attributes;triguṇa;According to Sāṃkhya philosophy, these are spirit (''snying-thobs'', Skt. ''sattva''), energy (''rdul'', Skt. ''rajas'') and inertia (''mun-pa'', Skt. ''tamas''). 65 +
zhi byed lugs gsum;three traditions of pacification;three traditions of pacification;The Ma, So and Kham traditions. Refer to ''Blue Annals'', (pp. 867-979). 657 +
bstan pa'i gtad rabs bdun;seven patriarchs;seven patriarchs;Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, Śāṇavāsika, Upagupta, Dhītika, Kṛṣṇa and Sudarśana. Their life stories are given in ''History'', pp. 432-9. +
gter ston brgya rtsa;hundred treasure-finders;hundred treasure-finders;Refer to [[Tulku Thondup]] Rinpoche, ''[[Hidden Teachings of Tibet]]'', pp. 189-201, for the traditional enumerations of the treasure-finders. 752 +
rtogs pa gnyis;two kinds of realisation;two kinds of realisation;The realisation which is primordially acquired (''ye-nas chos-nyid rang-gi rig-pas rtogs-pa'') and the realisation resulting from attainments acquired on the path (''lam-bsgom stobs-kyis rtogs-pa''). 27, 71-2, 176-7 +
(rdzogs chen gyi) lam gnyis;two paths (of the great perfection);two paths (of the great perfection);Cutting Through Resistance (''khregs-chod'') and All-Surpassing Realisation (''thod-rgal''). 334-45 +