rig 'dzin rnam bzhi;four kinds of awareness-holder;four kinds of awareness-holder;The awareness-holder of maturation (''rnam-smin rig-'dzin''), the awareness-holder of power over the life-span (''tshe-dbang rig-'dzin''), the awareness-holder of the great seal (''phyag-chen rig-'dzin'') and the awareness-holder of spontaneous presence (''lhun-grub rig-'dzin''). 31, 260, 281-2, 363 +
zag pa gsum;three corruptions;three corruptions;The corruption of desire ('' 'dod-pa'i zag-pa''), the corruption of rebirth (''srid-pa'i zag-pa'') and the corruption of View (''lta-ba'i zag-pa''). 472 +
lha gnas gsum;three divine realms;three divine realms;As outlined in the chart on pp. 14-15, these are the FIVE PURE ABODES OF THE FORM REALMS, the TWELVE ORDINARY FORM REALMS and the realms of the SIX SPECIES OF KĀMA DIVINITIES. 458 +
klong gi sde dkar nag khra gsum;three branches of the spacial class;three branches of the spacial class;These are included in the FOUR CATEGORIES OF THE SPATIAL CLASS, as enumerated in ''Fundamentals'', (pp. 326-7). 539 +
'khor lo gsum;three spheres (of activity on the part of members of the saṃgha);three spheres (of activity on the part of members of the saṃgha);Exegesis (''bshad-pa''), attainment (''sgrub-pa'') and work (''las'');or alternatively renunciation (''spang-ba''), study (''slob-pa'') and work. 720, 724, 736, 738, 783, 824, 835, 840, 852 +
chos kyi rnam grangs drug cu;sixty doctrines;sixty doctrines;The TWELVE DEEDS OF THE SUPREME EMANATIONAL BODY in the twelve realms, each of which possesses the FIVE EXCELLENCESof place, teacher, retinue, doctrine and time. 137 +
dvangs ma drug;six pure essences;six pure essences;Those of the FIVE ELEMENTS the mind in their refined states. Their relationship to the buddha-body, speech and mind is explained under the THREE IMPERISHABLE INDESTRUCTIBLE REALITIES. 264 +
'od gsal rtags bcu;ten signs of inner radiance;ten signs of inner radiance;These are enumerated in Longcenpa, ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', p. 344, as smoke (''du-ba''), mirage (''smig-rgyu''), clouds (''sprin''), fire-flies (''me-khyer''), sunlight (''nyi-ma''), moonlight (''zla-ba''), the blazing of gemstones (''rin-po-che 'bar-ba''), eclipse (''sgra-gcan''), starlight (''skar-ma'') and rays of light ('''od-zer''). 301 +
snying thig gi (rtsa) dbang bzhi;four empowerments of the innermost spirituality;four empowerments of the innermost spirituality;As described in ''History'', pp. 499-501, these are the outer empowerment of conceptual elaboration (''phyi spros-bcas-kyi dbang'');the inner empowerment which is free from conceptual elaboration (''nang spros-bral-gi dbang'');the secret empowerment that is very unelaborate (''gsang-ba shin-tu spros-bral-gi dbang'');and the most secret empowerment which is extremely unelaborate (''gsang-chen rab-tu spros-bral-gi dbang''). The distinctions between these are explained in Longcenpa, ''Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems'', pp. 370-2. Briefly, the first employs a multiplicity of ritual objects and ideas, the second is free from both ritual objects and ideas, the third is beyond conception and description, while the fourth is the empowerment into the nature of the body of reality. 673, 674-5 +
dbang po drug;six sense organs;six sense organs;ṣaḍindriya;The FIVE SENSE ORGANS with the addition of the sense organ of the intellect (''yid-kyi dbang-po'', Skt. ''mana' indriya''). 55-6 +
phyag rgya spros bcas la bslab pa bzhi;four aspects of training in the elaborate seal (of mahāyoga meditation);four aspects of training in the elaborate seal (of mahāyoga meditation);The visualisation of maṇḍalas (''dkyil-'khor''), clusters of deities (''tshom-bu''), numbers of deities (''grangs'') and the faces and arms of the deities (''zhal-phyag''). 279-80 +
spyi don mam gsum;three general styles of exegesis;three general styles of exegesis;This is the second of the FOUR STYLES of appraisal of the secret mantra texts which (1) counters regret for entering into the sūtras, etc. (''mdo-sogs-la zhugs-pa'i 'gyod-pa zlog-pa'');(2) counters regret for entering the inner mantras, etc. (''sngags-nang-pa-la zhugs-pa'i 'gyod-zlog'');and (3) conveys the general meaning of the [[creation stage]] (''bskyed-rim-pa'i spyi-don''). 292-3 +