snga 'gyur che ba drug;six superiorities of the ancient translations;six superiorities of the ancient translations;According to [[Rongzompa]] (cited in ''History'', pp. 889-90), the ancient translations are superior through their benefactors (the THREE ANCESTRAL RELIGIOUS KINGS), their locations (Samye, etc.), their translators ([[Vairocana]], etc.), their scholars ([[Padmasambhava]], etc.), their large offerings and their very doctrines. 375 +
sad mi mi bdun;seven men who were tested;seven men who were tested;These were the first monks of Tibet: Ba Trhizi (''sba khri-gzigs''), ordained as Śrīghoṣa (''dpal-dbyangs'');Ba Selnang (''sba gsal-snang''), ordained as Jñānendra (''ye-shes dbang-po'');Ba Trhizher (''sba khri-bzher/-gzhir'');Pagor (''spa-gor'') [[Vairocana]], or Vairocanarakṣita;Ma Rincen-chok (''rma rin-chen-mchog'');Gyelwa Choyang (''rgyal-ba mchog-dbyangs'');and Khön Lüiwangpo Sungwa ('' 'khon klu'i dbang-po srung-ba''), or Nāgendrarakṣita. Alternate listings often include Tsang Lekdrup (''rtsang legs-grub'') or Lasum Gyelwei Cangcup (''la-sum rgyal ba'i byang-chub''). 511, 515, 575, 950 +
skye ba rim pa gsum;three phases of life;three phases of life;These are the phases from conception in the womb to the moment of birth (''mngal-du skye-ba bzung-pa-nas btsas-pa'i bar''), from the moment of birth to adult maturity (''btsas-nas nar-son-pa'i bar'') and from adult maturity to old age (''nar-son-nas rgan-po'i bar''). 34, 278-81 +
de kho na nyid gsum;three realities;three realities;According to the ''Tantra of the Secret Nucleus'', as explained in [[Sūryaprabhāsiṃha]]'s ''Commentary on the Secret Nucleus'', pp. 2-3, these are the uncreated reality which is the causal basis of the maṇḍala, the resultant reality which is the spontaneous [[Samantabhadra]] and the reality which appears as a chain of seed-syllables and is the causal basis of the secret enlightened mind. 915 +
don dam bden pa dkor bdun;seven aspects of spiritual wealth (of the ultimate truth);seven aspects of spiritual wealth (of the ultimate truth);These are the ultimate truth of the expanse (''dbyings don-dam''), the ultimate truth of pristine cognition (''ye-shes don-dam'') and the fivefold ultimate truth of the result, i.e. the great mystery of the buddha-body, speech, mind, attributes and activities ('' 'bras-bu don-dam''). 248-9 +
sha lnga;five meats;five meats;pañcamaṃsa;Those of human flesh, elephant, horse, dog and cow (or, in other traditions, lion and peacock), which are considered taboo by mundane beings. 274 +
rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba'i tshul bcu gnyis;twelve modes of dependent origination;twelve modes of dependent origination;dvādaśāṅgapratītyasamutpāda;These are ignorance (''ma-rig-pa'', Skt. ''avidyā''), habitual tendencies ('' 'du-byed'', Skt. ''saṃskāra''), consciousness (''rnam-shes'', Skt. ''vijñāna''), name and form (''ming-dang gzugs'', Skt. ''nāmarūpa''), the six activity fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and intellect (''skye-mched drug'', Skt. ''ṣaḍāyatana''), contact (''reg-pa'', Skt. ''sparśa''), feeling (''tshor-ba'', Skt. ''vedanā''), craving (''sred-pa'', Skt. ''tṛṣṇa''), the FIVE COMPONENTS (''nye-bar len-pa'i phung-po lnga'', Skt. ''upādānaskandha''), rebirth (''srid-pa'', Skt. ''bhava''), birth (''skye-ba'', Skt. ''jāti'') and old age and death (''rga-shi'', Skt. ''jarāmaraṇa'');Mvt. (2241-58). 25, 159, 228 +
tshigs la btsan lnga;five linking kings called ''tsen'';five linking kings called ''tsen'';Gyel Tore Longtsen, Trhi Tsen-nam, Trhi Drapungtsen, Trhi Thokje Thoktsen and Lha Thotori Nyentsen, in whose reign the “Awesome Secret” was revealed. 508, n. 535 +
gzugs med pa'i snyoms 'jug bzhi;four formless absorptions;four formless absorptions;catuḥsamāpatti;These correspond respectively to the FOUR FORMLESS REALMS at the summit of existence in saṃsāra;Mvt. (1492-5). 13, 61-2 +
mi zad rgyan gyi 'khor lo lnga;five wheels of inexhaustible ornament;five wheels of inexhaustible ornament;buddha-body, speech, mind, enlightened attributes and activities. 866 +
nyon mong/chos brgyad khri bzhi stong;eighty-four thousand conflicting emotions/phenomena;eighty-four thousand conflicting emotions/phenomena;The amalgam of the four groups of conflicting emotions referred to in the preceeding entry. 55, 133 +
lta stangs gsum;three gazes;three gazes;By gazing upwards at the ''ūrṇakeśa'', the eye of reality perceives the buddha-body of reality and propensities are removed. By gazing sideways, the eye of pristine cognition perceives the buddha-body of perfect rapture and so saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are blended in a common savour. By gazing downwards, the eye of discriminative awareness perceives the emanational body and so arrives at the appearance of pristine cognition. 907 +