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tshogs kyi 'khor lo;gaṇacakra;A feast offering;a practice in which desire and sense perceptions are made part of the path. By celebrating the phenomenal world, the practitioner simultaneously extends his understanding of sacredness and further surrenders ego. +
zhen log;reversing attachment,nausea;reversing attachment,nausea;A strong sense of disgust for saṃsāra. It is nausea combined with clear seeing, rather than aggressive disgust. Revulsion leads to renunciation. +
bskyed pa'i rim pa;developing stage or practice;developing stage or practice;utpattikrama;One of the two stages of sādhana practice. In utpattikrama the practitioner develops and meditates with the visualization that is the focus of the sādhana. This stage has an emphasis on form, so that the practitioner appreciates the luminous and active nature of emptiness. +
theg pa dman pa or theg chung;lesser vehicle;lesser vehicle;hinayāna;The first of the three yānas, which is subdivided into the śrāvakayāna and pratyekabuddhayāna. +
śloka;A stanza of poetry. In the Sanskrit tradition, it has a particular kind of common epic meter. +
'jam dpal bshes gnyen;Mañjusrtmitra;An Indian master, accomplished in all nine yānas. He was the successor to Garap Dorje (dga'-rab-rdo-rje), the first human guru in the Nyingma ati lineage. Milarepa is said to be an emanation of Manjuśrīmitra. +
chang;chang;chang;Tibetan barley-beer. This term is also used in a general sense, referring to any liquor. +
spyod pa la gshegs pa;enter the action;enter the action;A technical term in vajrayāna referring to the stage of practice where one abandons all concepts of meditation and nonmeditation and directly encounters the phenomenal world. +
skye mched;sense-field;sense-field;āyatana +
ting nge 'dzin;fixing the mind,meditative absorption,concentration;fixing the mind,meditative absorption,concentration;samādhi;A state of total involvement in which the mind rests unwaveringly, and the content of the meditation and the meditator's mind are one. There are many different kinds of samādhi, depending on whether the meditation is developed with a certain mental image, a principle such as compassion, or with the mind itself as the object of meditation, for example.<br> Samādhi refers to the principle of absorption in meditation, but does not specify the degree of insight (vipaśyanā, prajñā) that is present. Thus, it could refer to a conditioned state of concentration in the six realms in which the sense faculties are halted, or to an unconditioned, flowing, and unobstructed experience. +
sgyu ma chen mo;great illusion;great illusion;Mahāmāyā;A tantra of the anuttara tantra +
antarābhava;existing in between;existing in between;pardo;pardo;The intermediate state after death and before the next rebirth. It is said usually to last forty-nine days. +
rkyang ma;lalanā;The main left nāḍī. +
don gnyis;benefits,two;benefits,two +
mārga;lam;lam;The practitioner's way to enlightenment, traditionally arranged into five paths: sambhāramārga (T: tshogs-lam;path of accumulation), prayogamārga (T: sbyor-lam;path of unification), darśanāmārga (T: mthong-lam;path of seeing), bhāvanāmārga (T: sgom-lam;path of meditation), and niṣṭhamārga or aśaikṣamārga (T: mthar-phyin-pa'i-lam, mi-slob-pa'i-lam;path of fulfillment or of no more learning).<br> On the path of accumulation, the meditator brings his being to the dharma by practicing the four foundations of mindfulness, and through insight (S: vipaśyanā;T: lhag-mthong), understanding what to cultivate and what to refrain from. The practitioner begins to transcend any notion of external savior and is able to cut the causes of rebirth in the lower realms.<br> On the path of unification, the meditator expands his vipaśyanā investigation of saṃsāra by developing a profound understanding of the four noble truths. He is able to cut the root of the desire realm (S: kāmadhātu).<br> On the path of seeing, the meditator accepts and understands the real significance of the four noble truths. ''See''ing the unsatisfactory nature of even the god realms of form (S: rūpadhātu), he begins to transcend them, entering the first level of attainment (S: bhūmi) of the bodhisattva.<br> On the path of meditation, the meditator practices and remains in the insight of the path of seeing. He attains to the second bhūmi onwards.<br> On the path of fulfillment or no more learning, the meditator attains vajra-like samādhi, entering the eleventh bhūmi-buddhahood. Other important descriptions of the path include the exposition of the bodhisattva bhūmis or stages, and the four yogas of mahāmudrā. +
dharmas of mahāmudrā,six;dharmas of mahāmudrā,six;Another name for the six yogas of Nāropa. +
mchod rten;stūpa;Originally, a memorial mound containing the relics of the Buddha, symbolizing the mind of the Buddha, the dharmakāya. Later, the relics of other enlightened beings, scriptures, statues, and so on were included in stupas. Stupas are objects of veneration and range from simple altar pieces to very large structures which may be seen for miles around. +
jo mo rdo rje kun grags ma;Lady Dorje Kundrak;lady dorje kundrak;One of the twelve tenma goddesses (T: bstan-ma-bcu-gnyis), subjugated by Padmākara (Padmasambhava). +
sprul sku;tülku;tülku;nirmaṇakāya;Someone who is the incarnation, manifesting the spiritual qualities of a previous enlightened teacher. From mahāyāna teachings, power over the circumstances of rebirth is said to be one of the attainments of the bodhisattva on the eighth bhami, providing the doctrinal foundation for the tülku phenomenon.<br> Karma Pakshi (Karmapa II) was the first recognized Tibetan tülku. A realized person transfers his spiritual energy to the karmic stream of another advanced but not enlightened person. This person is reborn as the tülku of that teacher. He has great potential, but it needs to be brought out by training. This is the most common type of tülku, known as "blessed" tülku.<br> This process reflects basic egolessness. In some cases, the energy of a previous teacher is divided into three or five incarnations. For instance, five tülkus of Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye were recognized-of his body, speech, mind, quality, and action. Even in the case of ordinary people, their karmic stream has no ego at its core. Therefore, it is incorrect to think of successive "re-" incarnations of the "same person, ' , except insofar as the tendency to ignorance (the definition of ego) is reincarnated in the same karmic stream (S: santāna). +
sgrol ma;Tārā;An emanation of Avalokiteśvara, she is said to have arisen from one of his tears. She embodies the female aspect of compassion and is a very popular deity in Tibet. Her two common iconographic forms are white and green. +
