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root downfalls,fourteen;root downfalls,fourteen;mūlāpatti +
byang chub sems dpa';bodhisattva;One who has committed himself to the mahāyāna path of compassion and the practice of the six pāramitās. The bodhisattva's vow, taken in the presence of one's spiritual friend (S: kalyāṇamitra), is one of relinquishing one's personal enlightenment to work for all sentient beings. The vow is continually renewed in order to mix one's being with the mahāyāna mind of bodhicitta. Bodhisattva deities represent qualities of enlightened mind active in our life. +
rtsa,dung,thig le;nāḍī,prāṇa,and bindu;nāḍī,prāṇa,and bindu;According to the yogic teachings of the path of upāya, one way of attaining realization is to synchronize body and mind. This is done by meditating on nāḍī, prāṇa, and bindu in the illusory body. By analogy. prāṇa is like a horse, mind-consciousness like the rider, and nāḍīs are like the pathways. The bindu is mind's nourishment. <br> Because of lasping into duality, the prāṇa functions in the left and right channels, lalanā and rasanā, corresponding to the activities of subject and object and to karmic activity. Through practice, the prāṇas can be brought back into the central channel (S: avadhūti), and therefore transformed into wisdom-prāṇa, and mind can recognize its fundamental nature, realizing all dharmas as unborn.<br> This belongs to advanced practice and can only be learned through direct oral transmission from an accomplished guru. When the meditator is well-established in the fundamental nature of mind, he meditates with this directly, having dissolved nāḍī, prāṇa, and bindu into sampannakrama. This is known as the attainment of vajra body. speech, and mind. These stages of meditation technically belong to the category of "sampannakrama with signs and without signs." +
dzam bu gling;Jambudvīpa;The southern continent or island of the Buddhist world-system named after the jambu (rose-apple) tree. The entire known world was regarded as Jambudvīpa. Since the buddhadharma is taught there, it is an auspicious place. +
nyams-rim-pa-bzhi;levels of experience,four;levels of experience,four +
yon tan brgyad;good qualities,eight;good qualities,eight;Qualities of Vajradhara, very similar to the seven aspects of supreme union. +
bsam gtan bzhi;dhyānas,four;dhyānas,four;Refers to the four meditation states of the rūpadhātu attained by advanced practitioners. However, these are still within the deva realm of saṃsāra. +
gnas lugs;things as they are;things as they are;The phenomenal world directly seen from sacred outlook, once the obscurations have been cleared. +
Luyipa;One of the mahāsiddhas, known for eating fish-guts. +
mi la thos pa dga';Mila-joyful to hear;mila-joyful to hear;Mila Thöpaga;mila thöpaga;The name of Milarepa, given to him by his father. +
theg pa;vehicle;vehicle;yāna;The vehicle that carries the practitioner along the path to liberation. On different yānas, the landscape of the journey, the nature of the practitioner, and the mode of transportation are seen differently. There is a distinctive outlook, practice, action, and fruition in each yāna. Presenting a particular yāna depends on the evolutionary readiness of the student and the accomplishment of the teacher.<br> In vajrayāna teachings there are three yānas-hīnayāna, mahāyāna, and vajrayāna. They can be practiced simultaneously. Sometimes "one yāna" is spoken of, referring to this simultaneous practice, and to the fact that no matter what the teachings, the student must make a gradual journey from confusion to enlightenment.<br> According to the Rime (ecumenical) and the Nyingma traditions, there are a total of nine yānas: śrāvakayāna and pratyekabuddhayāna (together comprising hīnayāna), mahāyāna, and six tantric yānaskriyā, upa (caryā), yoga, mahāyoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga. ''See also''hīnayāna, mahāyāna, vajrayāna. +
individual liberation;individual liberation;prātimokṣa +
bkra shis 'od zer;auspicious ray of light;auspicious ray of light;Maṅgalaraśmi;Trashi Öser's name in Sanskrit. +
'byung ba chen po;mahābhūta;mahābhūta;According to the abhidharma, all materiality can be seen as having the aspects of earth (solidity, tangibility), water (cohesion), fire (radiation, sustaining), and air (movement). +
Dharmakāya Buddha,sixth;dharmakāya buddha,sixth;This refers to Vajradhara, who is said to be the dharmakāya level of the sambhogakāya. The five jinas or tathāgatas are more purely sambhogakāya emanations. Hence, Vajradhara is the sixth. +
kun gzhi rnam par shes pa;store-house consciousness;store-house consciousness;ālaya-vijñāna;The root of dualistic consciousness, and hence of saṃsāra. It is the eighth consciousness according to the Yogacāra abhidharma exposition of mind. From a vajrayāna perspective, this term is also used as a synonym for dharmatā, the absolute, primordial basis of both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. Ālaya-vijñāna can be abbreviated to ālaya. +
bsam yas;Samye;samye;The first monastery built in Tibet, Samye was modeled after the Indian monastery Odantapurī. However, Samye's actual design is a combination of Indian, Chinese, and Tibetan styles. +
gshin rje;Yama;The lord of death, said to preside over the hells. +
dam pa'i chos dran pa nye bar bshag pa'i mdo;the foundations of mindfulness of the true dharma sūtra;the foundations of mindfulness of the true dharma sūtra;Saddharma-smṛtyupasthāna-sūtra;A famous sūtra of the Buddha where he elucidates the practice of mindfulness. +
sangs rgyas zhing;buddha field;buddha field;buddha-kṣetra;The realm of existence of a buddha. +
