Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
This is a property of type Text.
T
las;action;action;karma;According to the doctrine of action and result, one's present experience is a product of previous actions and volitions, and future conditions depend on what we do in the present. Actions may be classified in three ways: (1) wholesome-tending toward higher realms of saṃsāra, or in the presence of an enlightened attitude, toward liberation;(2) unwholesome-tending to perpetuate confusion and pain;and (3) neutral.<br> Karma originates from the false belief in an ego, which prompts a chain reaction of seeking to protect territory and maintain security. Virtuous action can lead to better states, but the chain reaction process itself can only be cut and transcended by insight and discipline. Karma is precise down to the minute details of body, mind, and environment. There is a "group karma" of families and nations, as well as individual karma. +
bcom ldan 'das;Bhagavat +
pad ma 'byung gnas;Padmākara;Another name for Padmasambhava, who brought vajrayāna to Tibet in the eighth century. He is also referred to as Guru Rinpoche, the precious teacher. +
phas pham par 'gyur ba'i chos bzhi;basic rules,four;basic rules,four;catvarāḥ pārājikā-dharmāḥ +
dkon mchog gsum;triratna;triratna;Buddha, dharma, and saṅgha-the three objects of refuge. Buddha is an example of a human being who transcended confusion, and also refers to enlightenment itself. Dharma includes the teachings that are told and written, as well as their realization-the dharma that is experienced. Saṅgha is the community of practitioners and also the assembly of realized ones. +
stobs;powers,ten;powers,ten;bala;The ten powers of a tathāgata: (1) knowing what is possible and what is not possible, (2) knowing the results of actions, (3) knowing the aspirations of men, (4) knowing the elements, (5) knowing the higher and lower powers of men, (6) knowing the path that leads everywhere, (7) knowing the origin of kleśas, which leads to meditation, liberation, samādhi, and equanimity,(8) knowing previous lives, (9) the knowledge of transference and death, (10) knowing that the defilements are exhausted. +
dbang skur;a sprinkling,annointment,empowerment,or initiation;a sprinkling,annointment,empowerment,or initiation;abhiṣeka;A ceremony in which a student is ritually entered into a maṇḍala of a particular tantric deity by his vajra master. He is thus empowered to practice the sādhana of that deity. In anuttarayogayāna there are four principal abhiṣekas: (1) vase abhiṣeka (kālaśābhiṣeka) which includes the abhiṣekas of the five buddha families: water (vajra), crown (ratna), vajra (padma), bell (karma), and name (buddha);(2) secret abhiṣeka (guhyābhiṣeka);(3) prajñājñāna-abhiṣeka;and (4) fourth abhiṣeka (caturthābhiṣeka). <br> An abhiṣeka is usually accompanied by a reading transmission (T: lung) and a trio The lung authorizes the student to read and practice the text. The tri is the master's oral instructions on how to practice. ''See also'' reading transmission, tri. +
rdzogs pa chen po;ati;The highest of the six tantric yānas of the Nyingma school of Tibet (Old Translation schooṇ The six are kriyā, upa (caryā), yoga, mahāyoga, anu, and ati. Ati teachings are the final statement of the fruition path of vajrayāna. +
stages of the path,two;stages of the path,two;Utpattikrama and sampannakrama. +
gtsug tor;uṣṇīṣa;An excrescence on the head of a buddha, which forms at the time of the attainment of enlightenment. +
rten 'brel;dependent co-origination;dependent co-origination;pratītya-samutpāda;The coming together of factors to form a situation. The Tibetan word has an additional connotation of auspiciousness. From the view of sacred outlook, coincidence gives rise to fitting, proper situations. +
nag po chen po;great black one;great black one;mahākāla;Mahākālas are the chief dharmapālas, protectors of the dharma. They are either black or dark blue in color and wrathful. ''See also'' dharmapāla. +
dbus;Ü;ü;One of the two central provinces of Tibet, the other being Tsang. +
lhag mthong;insight;insight;vipaśyanā;Having calmed the mind through śamatha meditation, the practitioner may begin to have insight into phenomena. This clear-seeing of the patterns of mind and its world is known as vipaśyanā. It expands into prajñāpāramitā. +
rang byung rgyal mo;Rangjung Gyalmo;rangjung gyalmo;A mahākalī, consort of Pernakchen (T: ber-nag-can), the central mahākāla of the Karma Kagyü. +
great scholar,teacher;great scholar,teacher;mahāpaṇḍita +
bdud rtsi;deathless;deathless;amṛt;Blessed liquor, used in vajrayāna meditation practices. More generally, spiritual intoxication. +
shes rab;knowledge;knowledge;prajñā;Prajñā is the natural sharpness of awareness that sees, discriminates, and also sees through conceptual discrimination. "Lower prajñā" includes any sort of worldly knowledge (e.g., how to run a business, how to cook a meaṇ "Higher prajñā" includes two stages: seeing phenomena as impermanent, egoless, and suffering;and a higher prajñā that sees śūnyatā-a direct knowledge of things as they are. +
khams gsum;worlds,three;worlds,three;The three worlds of saṃsāra: the heaven of the gods (T: lha), the world of humans (T: mi), and the underworlds of nāgas (T: klu). +
spyan ras gzigs dbang phyug;Avalokiteśvara;The bodhisattva of compassion. The Gyalwa Karmapa is said to be an incarnation of this bodhisattva;so also is the Dalai Lama. +
