yang dag lha dgu;nine-deity maṇḍala of yangdak;nine-deity maṇḍala of yangdak;These are Yangdak Śrīheruka surrounded by the EIGHT GAURĪ, namely, the blue Gaurī in the east, the yellow Caurī in the south, the red Pramohā in the west, the black Vetālī in the north, the orange Pukkasī in the south-east, the dark-yellow Ghasmarī in the south-west, the dark-blue Śmaśānī in the north-west and the pale-yellow Caṇḍālī in the north-east. They are also known as ''Nine-Lamp Yangdak'' (''yang-dag mar-me dgu''). The same deities appear in many other wrathful maṇḍalas, e.g. the ''Secret Nucleus'' and ''[[Hevajra]]'', but in the latter, Pramohā and Śmaśānī are represented by Ḍombī and Śavarī, respectively. 621, 669 +
chos kyi don bcu;ten meanings of the word ''dharma'';ten meanings of the word ''dharma'';The knowable (''shes-bya''), the path (''lam'' ), nirvāṇa (''mya-ngan-las 'das''), objects of mind (''yid-kyi yul''), merit (''bsod-nams''), life-span (''tshe''), the scriptures (''gsung-rab''), emergent objects ('' 'byung-'gyur''), regulations (''nges-pa''), and religious traditions (''chos-lugs''). 51-3 +
sku gnyis;two buddha-bodies;two buddha-bodies;The body of reality (''chos-sku'', Skt. ''dharmakāya'') and the body of form (''gzugs-sku'', Skt. ''rūpakāya''). 18, 26, 169, 379 +
yan lag bdun pa;sevenfold service;sevenfold service;saptāṅga;Prostration, offering, confession and repentance, sympathetic joy, prayer that the wheel of the doctrine be turned, prayer that buddhas and [[bodhisattva]]s remain active in the world, and dedication of merit. 865 +
rigs lnga;five enlightened/buddha families;five enlightened/buddha families;pañcakula;The [[Tathāgata]] or Buddha family (''buddha rigs'' or ''de-bzhin gshegs-pa'i rigs'', Skt. ''tathāgatakula''), the Vajra family or family of Indestructible Reality (''rdo-rje'i rigs'', Skt. ''vajrakula''), the Jewel family (''rin-chen rigs'', Skt. ''ratnakula''), the Lotus family (''padma rigs'', Skt. ''padmakula'') and the Action family (''las-kyi rigs'', Skt. ''karmakula''). 11, 21, 33, 273, 343, 346, 355, 357, 447, 453, 561, 563, 623, 660, 672, 691, 746-7 +
'dul ba rnam par bzhi;four kinds of instruction (of the supreme emanational body);four kinds of instruction (of the supreme emanational body);Instruction by the great merit of the buddha-body (''sku bsod-nams chen-pos 'dul-ba)'';instruction by the direct perception of buddha-mind (''thugs mngon-sum-pas 'dul-ba'');instruction by inconceivable miraculous abilities (''rdzu-'phrul bsam-gyis mi-khyab-pas 'dul-ba'');and instruction by knowledge conveyed in speech (''gsung rig-pas 'dul-ba''). 21, 131-2, 146, 414, 415 +
mchims phu'i grub chen nyer lnga;twenty-five great accomplished masters of chimpu;twenty-five great accomplished masters of chimpu;Otherwise known as ''rje-'bangs nyer-lnga'' (the “king and his twenty-five subjects”), they are enumerated in ''History'', pp. 534-6. The exact enumerations of the fifty-five realised ones of Yangdzong, the one hundred and eight accomplished masters of Yerpa and Chuwori and the thirty mantra adepts of Sheldrak are unknown. Of the twenty-five ḍakīnīs, seventeen are enumerated. 537 +
rgyud kyi rab tu dbye ba bcu gnyis;twelve excellent divisions of mahāyoga unsurpassed tantra;twelve excellent divisions of mahāyoga unsurpassed tantra;The SIX ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES OF FATHER TANTRA and the SIX ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES OF MOTHER TANTRA. 274 +
ston pa dgung lo brgyad pa dang bcu gnyis pa'i sku tshad;Two images of the Teacher, representative of the Buddha himself, the size of an eight-year-old and that of a twelve-year-old still preserved in the Jokhang and Ramoche temples +