gtso sems;གཙོ་སེམས་;primary mind;primary mind;Composed of the six modes of consciousness and accompanied by the associated mental factors. See glossary of enumerations: five [sets of] associated mental factors. See also Kongtrul 2012, 144. +
dus bzhi;དུས་བཞི་;four eras;four eras;Era of completeness (rdzogs ldan gyi dus, kṛitayuga), threefold [era] (gsum ldan, tretāyuga), twofold [era] (gnyis ldan, dvāparayuga), and [era of] conflict (rtsod ldan, kaliyuga). The four eras are distinguished either in terms of their enjoyments (dharma, pleasures, wealth, and freedom) or in terms of dharma (that is, the observance of the ten virtues). This categorization of two types of eras is found in Puṇḍarīka's Stainless Light (see Newman 1987, 514–19). In his commentary on verse 98 of the Treasury of Abhidharma, Mikyö Dorje (Bestowing the Fulfillment of Accomplishment and Happiness, 646 ) says: "The era of Buddha Krakucchanda ('Khor ba 'jig) was the era of completeness because all the ten virtues were naturally completely present [or practiced]. The era of Buddha Kanakamuni (gSer thub) was the threefold era because while people did not emphasize abandoning the seven [unvirtues] of body and speech, they did emphasize abandoning the three [unvirtues] of mind. The era of Buddha Kāshyapa ('Od srung) was the twofold era because, although people did not emphasize abandoning covetousness, they did emphasize abandoning malice and wrong views. The era of Buddha Shākyamuni is one of extensive conflict." For other ways of categorizing the four eras, see Kongtrul 1995, 133–34 and 162–65. +
chu srang;ཆུ་སྲང་;"water weights";"water weights";pāṇīpala;The period of time it takes to breath in and out six times. Sixty pāṇīpalas make up one ghaṭikā. One pāṇīpala is equivalent to twenty-four seconds. Also translated as "minor clepsydra measure" and "interval." +
'jig rten dbang phyug;འཇིག་རྟེན་དབང་ཕྱུག་;"Lord of the World";"lord of the world";Lokeshvara;An epithet for Avalokiteshvara, of whom the Karmapas are considered to be emanations. +
byis pa'i dbang bdun;བྱིས་པའི་དབང་བདུན་;seven empowerments in the pattern of childhood;seven empowerments in the pattern of childhood;The empowerments of water (chu);crown (cod pan);silk ribbons (dar dpyang);vajra and ghaṇṭā (rdor dril);discipline (brtul zhugs);name (ming);and permission (rjes gnang). They are the first part of the Kālachakra empowerments. See Hopkins [1985] 1991, 257–353;Kilty 2004, 225–46;and Kongtrul 2005, 229–30 and 470–71n57. +