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bka' gdams pa;Kadampa;kadampa;The Kadam tradition was brought to Tibet in the eleventh century by Atīśa Dīpaṅkara Śrījñāna, the great Indian teacher and reformer. The Kadampas placed great emphasis on monastic discipline, training in compassion, and study. This emphasis was incorporated into the Kagyü lineage by Gampopa who studied with Kadampa teachers prior to studying with Milarepa. The Kadam tradition is also carried on by the Geluk lineage +
gtsang;Tsang;tsang;One of the two central provinces of Tibet, the other being Ü. +
bka' babs bzhi;transmissions,four special;transmissions,four special;The transmissions that Tilopa received from his four main teachers. These four transmissions were passed from Tilopa to Nāropa and then to Marpa. They are the yogas of the illusory body, dream, luminosity, and caṇḍālī. +
byang chub kyi sems;heart of awakened mind;heart of awakened mind;bodhicitta;Absolute bodhicitta, according to Gampopa, is emptiness indivisible with compassion-radiant, unshakable, and impossible to formulate by concepts. Relative bodhicitta arises from a glimpse of ultimate bodhicitta, and is the aspiration to practice the pāramitās and to deliver all sentient beings from saṃsāra, out of one's compassion. +
sgo gsum;gates,three;gates,three;Body, speech, and mind. The three gates or modes through which one relates to the phenomenal world. +
snyigs ma'i dus;dark age;dark age;kaliyuga;The present world age markedby the degeneration of all discipline, morality, and wisdom. +
gsang ba 'dus pa;Guhyasamāja;A heruka of the father order of anuttara tantra. Belonging to the vajra family, he exemplifies the penetrating quality of transmuted anger. Blue, sitting in the vajārasanā , he has six arms and four faces. With two arms he clasps his prajñā (consort) with his vajra and ghaṇṭā;the other four hands hold the mudrās of the other four buddha families: a dharmacakra, a flaming jewel, a lotus, and a crossed vajra. +
sa;earth,stage,level;earth,stage,level;bhūmi +
Śākya;A tribe of ancient India into which Gautama, the historical Buddha, was born. The Buddha is known as Śākyamuni (sage of the Śākyas), and also lord of the Śākyas and king of the Śākyas. +
gnya' khri btsan po;Nyatri Tsenpo;nyatri tsenpo;Said to be the name of the first king of Tibet, who descended from the sky to Yarlha Shampo mountain. +
slob dpon;ācārya;An accomplished master of meditation practice and study. An official position in a monastery +
thos bsam sgom;learning,contemplation,and meditation;learning,contemplation,and meditation;Three aspects of developing prajñā, which describe how the practitioner comes to a true understanding of the teachings. First, one hears or learns what the teachings are. Second, one contemplates or thinks about what this means. Finally, one comes to an intuitive, nonconceptual understanding through meditation. +
truths,two;truths,two;(S: paramārtha-satya;T: don-dam-pa'i-bden-pa;absolute truth;and S: saṃvṛtti-satya;T: kun-rdzob-kyi-bden-pa;relative truth) +
'pho ba;ejection of consciousness;ejection of consciousness;A yogic practice in which consciousness leaves the body. One of the six yogas of Nāropa. +
khams;dhātu;(1) The three realms of saṃsāra: realm of desire (S: kāmadhātu;T: 'dod-pa'i-khams), realm of form (S: rūpadhātu;T: gzugs-kyi-khams), and formless realm (S: ārūpyadhātu;T: gzugs-med-khams). (2) The eighteen elements classified in the abhidharma: the six sense organs, sense objects, and their corresponding consciousnesses. +
dpal ldan lha mo;mahākā1ī;A female mahākāla +
stages of yoga,two;stages of yoga,two;Utpattikrama and sampannakrama. +
lung gi chos;what has been told and what has been experienced;what has been told and what has been experienced;The dharma that has been told are the teachings that one listens to, studies, and contemplates. The dharma that has been experienced are these same teachings fully understood and realized through meditation. +
chos;truth,law;truth,law;dharma;Specifically, the Buddha's teaching. Lower dharma is how things work on the mundane level, e.g., how water boils. Higher dharma is the subtle understanding of the world-how mind works, how saṃsāra perpetuates itself and how it is transcended, and so on. More technically, in the abhidharma it refers to the most simple, ultimate elements of existence, which were enumerated in differing numbers by various schools. +
bdag med ma lha mo;goddess of non-ego;goddess of non-ego;Nairātmyā Devī;The consort of Hevajra. +
