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a Buddhist layman, bound by the five vows (to avoid killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, intoxicating liquor and lying). Fem. upāsikā. +
'basket' of the scriptures (see ''Piṭaka'') concerned with monastic discipline, the rules for the behaviour of monks and nuns and the conduct of their communal business. +
'Roarer, Howler': Vedic god of tempests, who later became known by the euphemistic title of Śiva, 'benevolent, auspicious'. +
e.g. disbelief in rebirth and the laws of actions and results. +
n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Jewel Family. +
a fully-ordained Buddhist monk, observing 253 rules (or thereabouts) +
first of the two Stages of ''Anuttara-yoga-tantra'' +
a mind apprehending an independently existent self-nature of a person or of ''dharmas''; the misconception of a truly-existing self. +
a sentient being can be regarded as made up of eighteen e., three for each sense — visual object e., visual faculty e., visual consciousness e., etc. ... mental object e., mental faculty e., mental consciousness e. +
the flower ''Pentapetes phoenicia'' +
Enlightened deity on whom one's Tantric practice is centred. +
'Middle Way System', highest philosophical system of Indian Buddhism. +
'the Goddess' is of course Tārā. +
'Great Brahmā', Brahmā. +
'community, congregation'. The Saṅgha in which one takes Refuge is the Community of Saints, or ''Ārya'' Beings — those of the Hīnayāna, the ''Śrāvaka'' and ''Pratyekabuddha Āryas''; those of the Mahāyāna, the ''Ārya'' Bodhisattvas and Buddhas; and those of the Vajrayāna, the Heroes, ''Ḍākinīs'', etc. This is Ultimate Saṅgha; Relative Saṅgha is the community of ordained monks and nuns, which should be honoured as representing the actual Saṅgha Refuge just as Buddha-images and sacred texts should be revered as representing the actual Buddha and Dharma. +
in Skt the word is wider (see Action), but in English it means a willed action of body, speech or mind, and the impression or seed this leaves on one's personal continuum, which must eventually ripen and produce a result. +
a large mythical bird, which eats snakes. +
earth, water, fire, air +
the 'Adamantine Vehicle' — also called the Mantra Vehicle, or Tantra. +
