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rnal 'byor ma;yogini;A female practitioner. +
all auspiciousness;all auspiciousness;sarva maṅgalam +
chos kyi 'khor lo;wheel of dharma;wheel of dharma;dharmacakra;Generally, this term is used as in dharmacakra pravartana ("turning the wheel of dharma"), which refers to teaching the dharma. More technically, it can refer to the heart cakra. +
byams;friendliness;friendliness;maitrī;Friendliness to oneself, the prerequisite for compassion for others. Maitrī also means the intention that subsequently manifests as compassion. +
kye'i rdo rje;Hevajra;A semiwrathful heruka. "He" is an exclamation of joy. Hevajra transforms sense pleasures and form into joy through realizing the identity of form and emptiness. He is depicted in four, six, and twelve-armed forms, dancing in union with his consort, Nairātmyā (T: bdag-med-ma;nonego). Hevajra was the yidam of Marpa the translator. Marpa's family of nine was said to be the Hevajra maṇḍala itself. His wife's name was Dagmema, Tibetan for Nairātmyā. +
Lapis lazuli;lapis lazuli;vaiḍūrya +
stong pa nyid;emptiness;emptiness;śūnyatā;A doctrine emphasized in mahāyāna, which stresses that all conceptual frameworks, including the dharma system of the hlnayanists, are empty of any "reality." As a realization, it grows out of the awakening of prajñā. First, at the hīnayāna stage, one's personal existence is seen through. Subsequently, the experience to which one clings is also dissolved through awareness. This is the realization of egolessness of self and a portion of egolessness of dharmas. At the mahāyāna level, through prajñā and compassion, the practice of the pāramitās, the practitioner cuts through the remaining subtle watcher. In vajrayāna, śūnyatā is equivalent to the feminine principle-unborn, unceasing, like space. +
black crown;black crown +
mchod pa;offerings;offerings;The principle of offering has several levels of application, generally based on generosity and surrendering one's ego-clinging. Outer (material) offerings of anything desirable in the world are given as expressions of gratitude, appreciation, and nonattachment. Inner offering is giving up the attachment to one's body. Secret offering is surrendering the ego reinforcement that we derive from dualistic emotions. The "fourth" offering is recognizing the inseparability of offerer, offering, and the recipient in things as they are. All the above offerings are referred to as "faith offerings" (T: dad-zas) and are made out of devotion to a guru or a deity.<br> Other types of offerings are made for the benefit of others. The merit of "food offerings" (T: gshin-zas) is dedicated to benefit dead persons in need. "Ransom offerings" (T: sku-glud) are made in instances where a person is possessed by a spirit, with the intent that the spirit will accept the ransom offering in lieu of the possessed person. +
og min;Akaniṣtha;The highest of the rūpadhātu deva realms, but usually used to mean the highest buddha realm. +
sngags pa;one who does mantra;one who does mantra;tāntrika;One who practices tantra or vajrayāna. +
mkha' spyod;celestial realm;celestial realm;khecara;A realm of the ḍākinīs. +
sems dpa' chen po;great being;great being;mahāsattva;A term that refers to great bodhisattvas. +
rjes su gnang ba;permission-blessing;permission-blessing;A type of empowerment for a student to practice or study a particular text or sādhana. It is often given for an abbreviated sādhana or for a practice that has no abhiṣeka connected with it. A permission-blessing is often given as a reading transmission. +
bstan bcos;treatise;treatise;śāstra;A type of Buddhist text;generally a commentary or a philosophical treatise. +
rdo rje gdan;indestructible seat;indestructible seat;vajrāsana;A term applied to Bodhgaya, the seat or residence of Śākyamuni Buddha, and also applied to Tsurphu, the residence of the Karmapas. The implication is that the Karmapas are buddha in person. This term also can be used to mean the lotus posture used in meditation practice. +
de kho na nyid;suchness;suchness;tattva;Things as they are. Synonomous with That and dharmatā. +
bcud len;rasayāna;An ascetic practice in which one takes only prepared food pills as sustenance. The food pills form a graded regimen. One starts with pills made of vegetable matter and gradually works up to pills made entirely of minerals. +
phung po;heap;heap;skandha;The five skandhas are aggregates of dharmas, which make up the individual and his experience. They are form (S: rūpa;T: gzugs), feeling (S: vedanā;T: tshor-ba), perception (S: saṃjñā;T: 'du-shes), formation (S: saṃskāra;T: 'du-byed), and consciousness (S: vijñāna;T: rnam-par-shes-pa)<br> In the confused state, we cling to one or another aspect of these five as a concrete self. When the skandhas are actually seen, no self is found in them, singly or taken together. Moreover, one does not find an individual apart from them. In vajrayāna, they are correlated to the five buddhas of the maṇḍala. +
zla 'od gzhon nu;Candraprabhakumārabhūta;A disciple of Śākyamuni, whose request is the occasion for the Buddha's uttering of the ''Samādhirāja-sūtra''. Gampopa is said to have been an incarnation of him. +
