sgron ma bzhi;four lamps;four lamps;The watery lamp of the far-sighted eyes (''rgyangs-zhag chu'i sgron-ma''), the lamp of emptiness which is the seminal point (''thig-le stong-pa'i sgron-ma''), the lamp of the expanse of awareness (''rig-pa dbyings-kyi sgron-ma'') and the lamp of discriminative awareness which is naturally present (''shes-rab rangbyung-gi sgron-ma''). 338-9 +
ngan 'grol song gsum;three evil destinies/existences;three evil destinies/existences;tisro durgatayaḥ;The denizens of hell (''dmyal-ba'', Skt. ''naraka''), the tormented spirits (''yi-dvags'', Skt. ''preta'') and the animals (''dud-'gro'', Skt. ''tiryak''). 58, 767 +
snying thig gi rtsa dbang bzhi;four root empowerments of the innermost spirituality;four root empowerments of the innermost spirituality;See FOUR EMPOWERMENTS OF THE INNERMOST SPIRITUALITY +
mkha' gsang gnyis;two secret centres;two secret centres;The secret or sexual centres of the father consort (''yab'') and the mother consort (yum). 277, 368 +
snang ba bzhi;four visionary appearances;four visionary appearances;The visionary appearance of the direct perception of reality (''chos-nyid mngon sum-gi snang-ba''), the visionary appearance of increasing contemplative experience (''nyams gong-'phel-ba'i snang-ba''), the visionary appearance of reaching the limit of awareness (''rig-pa tshad-phebs-kyi snang-ba'') and the visionary appearance of the cessation of clinging to reality (''chos-nyid-du 'dzin-pa zad-pa'i snang-ba''). 38, 332, 339, 341, 343, 371, 971 +
ma sang dpun dgu;nine masang brothers;nine masang brothers;This is the seventh group of spirits who took possession of Tibet in archaic times. Their names are Nyenya Pangkye (''gnyan-gYa' spang-skyes''), Karting Namtsho (''gar-ting nam-tsho''), Lenglen Lamtsangkye (''gleng-lan lam-tsang-skyes''), Rutho Karkye (''ru-tho gar-skyes''), Shedo Kartingne (''she-do kar-ting-nas''), Me Pemakye (''me padma skyes''), Sange Trhülpoche (''gsang-ge 'phrul-po-che''), Trangwa Trangmagur (''drang-ba drang-ma-mgur'') and Kötong Namtsha (''bkod-stong nam-tsha''). 949 +
bag chags lnga;five propensities of the subject-object dichotomy;five propensities of the subject-object dichotomy;pañcavāsanā;Those of the mundane body (''lus''), speech (''ngag''), mind (''yid''), social class (''rigs'') and duties (''bya-ba''). 357 +
rig pa'i dbang lnga;five empowerments of awareness;five empowerments of awareness;The common empowerments of water, crown, vajra, bell and name, the first two of which are conferred in Kriyātantra and the last three in Ubhayatantra. 354 +
mchog gi sprul sku stong rtsa;thousand supreme emotional bodies;thousand supreme emotional bodies;Refer to the ''Sūtra of Inconceivable Secrets'' as cited in Obermiller, ''[[History of Buddhism]]'', Pt. 2, pp. 91ff.;and see the preceeding entry. 409 +
mu bzhi;four limits;four limits;catuṣkoṭi;This can refer to the FOUR EXTREMES, to the four pairs constituting the EIGHT EXTREMES or to: the limits of birth and death or production and cessation (''skye-'gog'');the limits of eternalism and nihilism (''rtag-chad'');the limits of being and non-being (''yod-med'');and the limits of appearance and emptiness (''snang-stong''). 163-4 +
dag pa gnyis;two purities;two purities;The purities resulting from the removal of the obscuration of conflicting emotions and of the [[obscuration]] covering the knowable (''nyon-mong-gi sgrib-dang shes-bya'i sgrib-kyis dag-pa''). Alternatively, the primordial purity of emptiness and the purity which results from abandoning [[obscuration]]. 139-40 +