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khregs chod;Cutting through Rigidity;cutting through rigidity;The practice consisting in cultivating the experience of the natural state, without artifice. It involves, after an initiatory stage, the capacity of integrating everything to this experience. Simply indulging in this experience without integration is of no use (for instance at the time of death). +
gTer ma;Terma;terma;Texts, objects or substances hidden by an enlightened master, to be revealed in future times by predestined individuals called Treasure Revealers (''gter ston''). +
Khyab pa lag ring;Khyabpa Lakring;khyabpa lakring;The Pervader-with-Long-Hands, the nemesis of Tönpa Shenrab, he eventually converted to Bön. +
man ngag sde;Precepts Section;precepts section;One of the three Sections or Series (''sde gsum'') of the Great Perfection. This system essentially characterizes the Dzogchen tradition of India and is not used in the texts originating from Zhangzhung. The main practices performed in this Precepts Section are the cultivation of the natural state (styled Trekchö in the Indian tradition) and the practice of Clear-Light (styled Thögel in the Indian tradition). +
sku;Bodies;bodies;One of the two modalities (with Wisdoms) expressing the true essence of the Natural State and the fruit of Buddhahood. +
sems;mind;mind;The process of inner discursiveness. +
rdzogs sku;Perfection Body;perfection body;The spontaneous aspect (''lhun grub'') of one's Nature (''rang bzhin''), abiding in fivefold displays and multicolored manifestations. It is the first of the two Form Bodies (''gzugs sku gnyis''). +
rDzogs pa chen po zhang zhung snyan rgyud;Oral Transmission of the Great Perfection in Zhangzhung;oral transmission of the great perfection in zhangzhung;The cycle of oral teachings that were eventually put into written form in the early 8th century by Tapihritsa and Nangzher Löpo. It is divided in four main sub-cycles. See Achard, ''La Structure du Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' for a complete description of this cycle. +
ye shes;Wisdoms;wisdoms;One of the two modalities (with Bodies) expressing the true essence of the Natural State and the fruit of Buddhahood. +
sems nyid;Mind,Mind itself;mind,mind itself;The nature of the mind. +
n tu bzang;Kuntuzangpo;kuntuzangpo;The primordial Enlightened One who is the source of the Dzogchen teachings. He is depicted as a blue naked Buddha, without ornaments. +
lhun grub;Spontaneity;spontaneity;The Spontaneity refers to the Nature (''rang bzhin'') of the primordial state and to its luminous aspect. It thus concerns the arising mode of the state and its dynamism. It has nothing to do with the Conduct as some deluded people think. Spontaneity precisely refers to the luminous nature of our mind and to its potential expressed in the variety of its arising modes. +
ka dag;Primordial Purity;primordial purity;The Primordial Purity refers to the Essence of the natural state which is defined as stainless from the beginning and empty. +
'ja' lus;Rainbow Body;rainbow body;Sign of the realization of the Perfection Body (''rdzogs sku''), manifesting within the display of rainbows, lights, Thigles, and various atmospheric phenomena. This Body is the fruit of the practice of Thögel. +
ngo bo;Essence;essence;The primordially pure (''ka dag'') and empty aspect (''stong cha'') of the natural state, corresponding to the abiding mode of the Absolute Body (''bon sku''). When applied to the notion of Wisdom (''ye shes''), this Essence is defined as an empty and luminous state devoid of conceptualizations, dualistic grasping, etc. +
kun gzhi'i dbyings;Space of the Universal Base;space of the universal base;The Space of the Single Thigle embracing all beings without exception. This state is illustrated by the sky without limit which embraces everything. +
sGron ma drug gi gdams pa;Instructions on the Six Lamps;instructions on the six lamps;The root-text of the second section of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü''. It contains the basic teachings of the main practice of Dzogchen — namely Trekchö and Thögel —, as well as instructions on the Fruit and the Bardo. It has been commented by Dru Gyelwa Yungdrung and Uri Sönam Gyeltsen. +
ang bzher lod;Nangzher Löpo;nangzher löpo;The 26th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'', he is said to have played a key-role in the protection of the teachings of Zhangzhung from the persecution launched by king Trisong Detsen. Together with his master Tapihritsa, he is responsible for the written codification of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' in the 8th century. +
Zhang zhung;Zhangzhung;zhangzhung;Country located in what is nowadays modern western Tibet. It was conquered by Tibetans in the 7th century but the eventual conquest was, according to Bon sources, completed only in the 8th century. +
sTag gzigs ‘Ol mo lung ring;Tazik Ölmo Lungring;tazik ölmo lungring;The birth-place of Tönpa Shenrab. Tazik is situated west of the Zhangzhung kingdom. Ölmo Lungring was its capital. +
