'dzam bu'i gling gi grong khyer chen po bcu drug;sixteen great cities of jambudvīpa;sixteen great cities of jambudvīpa;These are the spheres of activity of the SIXTEEN ELDERS. An alternative listing refers to the sixteen great countries of India: Aṅga, Magadha, Kāśī, Kosala, Vṛji, Malla, Ceḍi, Vatsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Matsya, Śūrasena, Aśmaka, Avanti, Gandhāra and Kamboja. 438 +
khams gong ma nyi shu rtsa gcig;twenty-one higer realms;twenty-one higer realms;The SEVENTEEN FORM REALMS together with the FOUR FORMLESS REALMS. 14-15, 61 +
bka' brgyud che bzhi;four great subsects of the kagyü tradition;four great subsects of the kagyü tradition;The [[Karmapa]] school founded by Tüsum Khyenpa, the Barampa school founded by Tarma Wangcuk, the Tshelpa school founded by Zhang Tshelpa Tsöndru Trakpa and the Phakmotrupa school founded by Phakmotrupa Dorje Gyelpo. 395, 853, 952 +
rtsa ba dam tshig lnga;five basic commitments;five basic commitments;According to Kriyātantra, these are not to sleep on a high bed or meditation throne (''khri-la nyal-bar mi-bya''), not to eat meat (''sha mi-za''), not to drink ale, i.e. alcohol (''chang mi-btung'') and not to eat garlic (''sgog-pa mi-za''), or radishes (''la-phug mi-za''). 350 +
sbyangs pa'i yon tan bcu gnyis;twelve ascetic virtues;twelve ascetic virtues;dvādaśadhūtaguṇa;Wearing clothing found in a dust-heap (''phyag-dar khrod-pa'', Skt. ''pāṃśukūlika''), owning only three robes (''chos-gos gsum-pa'', Skt. ''traicīvarika''), wearing felt or woollen clothes (''phyings-pa-can'', Skt. ''nāmantika''), begging for food (''bsod-snyoms-a'', Skt. ''paiṇḍapāika''), eating one's meal at a single sitting (''stan-gcig-pa'', Skt. 'aikāsanka''), restricting the quantity of food (''zas-phyis mi-len-pa'', Skt. ''khalu paścād bhaktika'), staying in isolation (''dgon-pa-ba'', Skt. ''āraṇyaka''), sitting under trees (''shing-drung-pa'', Skt. ''vṛkṣamūlika''), sitting in exposed places (''bla-gab med-pa'', Skt. ''ābhyavakāśika''), sitting in charnel grounds (''dur-khrod-pa'', Skt. ''śmāśānika''), sitting even during sleep (''cog-bu-pa'', Skt. ''naiṣadika'') and staying wherever one happens to be (''gzhi ji-bzhin-pa'', Skt. ''yathā saṃstarika'');Mvt. (1127-39). 227 +
gzigs pa lnga;five special considerations;five special considerations;Those which Śākyamuni made before taking birth in Jambudvīpa, namely, the special considerations of continent, family, father, mother and time. 416 +
rigs rnam gnyis;twofold buddha /enlightened family;twofold buddha /enlightened family;The buddha or enlightened family which naturally abides (''rang-bzhin gnas pa'i rigs'', Skt. ''prakṛtiṣṭhagotra'') and the buddha or enlightened family of inner growth (''rgyas-'gyur-gyi rigs''), Skt. ''samudānītagotra''). 191, 196-7 +
rnal 'byor lnga;five yogas (of [[mahāyoga]]);five yogas (of [[mahāyoga]]);These comprise one yoga of the [[creation stage]] belonging to the path of provisions (''tshogs-lam'') and four yogas of the perfection stage belonging to the phases of the path of connection (''sbyor-lam''). See [[Mipham]] Rinpoche, ''spyi-don 'od-gsal snying-po'', pp. 54-5. The four correspond to the experiences of warmth (''drod''), climax (''rtse-mo''), receptivity (''bzod-pa'') and supreme phenomenon (''chos-mchog''), which characterise the path of connection. 363 +
mngon shes drug;six supernormal cognitive powers;six supernormal cognitive powers;ṣaḍabhijñā;These are the FIVE SUPERNORMAL COGNITIVE POWERS with the addition of the supernormal power over the cessation of corruption (''zag-pa zad-pa'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''āsravakṣayābhijñā''). 21, 132, 415 +
(rang bzhin gnas pa'i) rigs de gnyis po;twofold enlightened family (which naturally abides);twofold enlightened family (which naturally abides);The body of reality as the enlightened family which naturally abides as reality (''chos-nyid rang-bzhin gnas-pa'i rigs'') and the body of form as the enlightened family which naturally abides as the apparition of reality (''chos-can rang-bzhin gnas-pa'i rigs''). 191-4 +