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lit. 'seal, token'. 1. A symbolic hand gesture, endowed with power not unlike a mantra. 2. A tantric consort. +
the trainings relating to Morality, to Concentration, and to Wisdom. +
fluid that exudes from bumps on the temples of a male elephant when he is in rut. +
see Defilement. The five ''kleśa'' and their relation to the Buddhas of the Five Families and their Wisdom-knowledges are given in ''Hevajra-tantra'' II.ii.52—59 and II.iv.101 and its commentaries as follows. Hatred when purified is Akṣobhya and his ''Dharmadhātu'' Wisdom-knowledge; delusion, Vairocana and the Mirror Wisdom knowledge; avarice, Ratnasaṃbhava and the Wisdom knowledge of Equality; greed, Amitābha and the Discriminating Wisdom-knowledge; and envy, Amoghasiddhi and the Wisdom-knowledge of Doing What Is to be Done. +
a realm inhabited entirely by ''Ārya'' Bodhisattvas, where Buddhas teach in ''Saṃbhoga-kaya'' form. +
a follower of Viṣṇu. +
'the Friendly', n. of a Bodhisattva now residing in Tuṣita, who is to appear on Earth as the next Universal Buddha. +
hand gesture similar to Boon-granting but with the hand the other way up, i.e. palm outward, fingers extended parallel pointing upwards +
a title of male Buddhas +
set of samsaric states of rebirth in which it is possible for gross defilements such as greed and hatred to manifest, including the hell, ''preta'', animal and human states and the lower ''deva'' states +
the present age, when the five degenerations are rife — those of lifetime, the era, beings, views and defilements +
'the Joyous', n. of the Pure Land of the thousand Buddhas of this eon, inhabited only by Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. +
the ruler of the gods of the Realm of Form. He has four faces +
third of the four Sublime Mothers (see Locanā), 'the White-robed Goddess', red in colour and the consort of Amitābha. +
the wrong views of eternalism (''śāśvata-dṛṣṭi'') and annihilationism (''uccheda-dṛṣṭi''), lit. that the personal self is eternal or that it truly ceases to exist, but often generalized to include all over- or under-estimation of just how much anything can be said to exist +
an important realization gained on entry to the eighth Bodhisattva Stage +
branch of Buddhist literature and practice concerned with the analysis of phenomena into their elementary constituents (dharma) +
perfected one, realized one, adept who has attained ''siddhi''. +
thread worn over the shoulder by brahmans. +
