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aṣta mantra wheel;aṣta mantra wheel;A circle of eight mantras. +
nyon mongs;poison;poison;kleśa +
'khor los bsgyur ba;turner of the wheel [of dharma];turner of the wheel [of dharma];cakravartin;A universal monarch. When Prince Gautama was born, it was foretold that he would become either a world enlightened one or a universal monarch, a king who propagates the dharma. This can be seen as a secular equivalent of enlightenment-one whose reign ushers in a golden age of civilization and culture. +
rdo rje theg pa;diamond-like,indestructible vehicle;diamond-like,indestructible vehicle;vajrayāna;The earliest literary evidence of vajrayāna surfaced in India around the middle centuries of the first millenium. Since this yāna consists of oral instructions and secret teachings, which would only have been given privately to a few of the most advanced students, or even to a master's single dharma heir, it is difficult to know how far back in history the tradition goes. Professor H. V. Guenther dates Śrī Siṃha, a great master of the ati lineage, at 52 A.D. It is quite likely that the availability of literary evidence really marks a second or third stage in the spreading of vajrayāna. From great masters like Śrī Siṃha or Saraha, who lived in solitary circumstances and had only a few disciples, vajrayāna entered the monastic framework, and from there, masters began to systematize it and make the teachings more accessible to a wider range of students.<br> In general, vajrayāna instruction is of two kinds: instruction meant to be understood the moment that it is shown, for giñed students capable of instantaneous enlightenment;and instruction by graded stages of practice, for those who come gradually to enlightenment.<br> From India and Central Asia, vajrayāna spread to Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Although anuttarayoga tantra was taught in China, it was not widely practiced and does not survive today. The japanese Shingon ("true word," i.e., mantrayāna) school, transmitted by Kobo Daishi, includes teachings of the lower tantras but not those of anuttaratantra.<br> It is said that Śākyamuni manifested as Vajradhara in order to teach vajrayāna. The tantras do not tend to present a dialogue between wakefulness and confusion, as in the sl1tras. Rather, vajrayāna presents the actuality of fruition. +
mnar med pa;Avīci hell;avīci hell +
chod;cutting;cutting;chö;chö;A vajrayāna meditation practice where one visualizes the cutting up and offering of one's body. Lord Atīśa said that surrendering and offering one's own ego-clinging is the most effective way to overcome the four māras. This practice was often performed in fearsome places. Chö teachings were introduced into Tibet by Pha-dam-pa-sangs-rgyas, and were spread by his chief disciple, the great woman teacher Ma-gcig-labs-sgron-ma. +
gnyan chen thang lha;Nyenchen Tanglha;nyenchen tanglha;Name of a mountain range north of Lhasa, the abode of a deity of the same name. Subjugated by Padmākara (Padmasambhava), he is an important protector of the teachings. +
mdo khams;Do-Kham;do-kham;Another name for Kham, a province of East Tibet where the Kagyü lineage enjoyed great popularity. +
rdo rje phag mo;diamond sow;diamond sow;Vajravārāhī;A ḍākinī, she is the consort of Cakrasaṃvara. She and Vajrayoginī are aspects of the same deity. Vajravārāhī is marked by a sow's head protruding above her left ear. The sow represents Vairocana buddha-ignorance and passion, dharmadhātu wisdom and compassion. +
nor bu rnam gsum;gems,three;gems,three;The three teachings that Tilopa received from Vajrayoginī: the tsakali of body, the seed syllable of speeṣh, and the mudrā of mind. These correspond to the lineage holder, the path that ripens, and the path that frees. +
kalpa;An extremely long aeon, sometimes reckoned at 4,320 million years. +
dga' ldan;joyful;joyful;Tuṣita;Śākyamuni Buddha, the Buddha of the present age, left Tuṣita heaven to come to the human world and teach the dharma. Maitreya, the next buddha, is said to reign in Tuṣita now and teach the dharma there. +
torma;torma;bali;A sculpture made out of tsampa and molded butter, used as a shrine offering, a feast offering substance, or as a representation of deities. There are traditional designs for each of the many types of torma. +
rnal 'byor bla med;none higher yoga;none higher yoga;anuttarayoga;The practice of the anuttarayogayāna, the highest of the four tantric yānas, according to the New Translation school of Marpa and his contemporaries. The first three yānas are kriyā, upa (caryā), and yoga. +
sngags;mantra;Mantra is explained in the tantras as that which protects the cohesiveness of the vajra mind. It is a means of transforming energy through sound, expressed by speech, breathing, and movement. Mantra is always done in conjunction with visualization and mudrā, according to the prescriptions of a sādhana transmitted by one's guru. Mantras are Sanskrit words or syllables. They express the quintessence of various energies, whether or not the mantra has conceptual content.<br> From the view of fruition, the practitioner should recognize all sound as mantra, all appearance as the deity's presence, and all thoughts as wisdom. +
Nāgārjuna;A famous Indian master of the first century A.D., and founder of the Madhyamaka school. There is also a tantric master of the same name who was a teacher of Tilopa. Traditional sources claim that these two are one and the same. His name comes from the legend that he retrieved the ''Prajñāpāramitā'' literature from the nāgas. +
so sor thar pa;prātimokṣa;prātimokṣa;A term that refers to the monastic discipline of the vinaya, which supports the individual liberation of the monk or nun. More generally, the nontheistic attitude of taking responsibility for one's own liberation from sarṃsāra. +
dri za;gandharva;A class of deities said to live off of smells. They are celestial musicians. +
nges don;true meaning;true meaning;nītārtha;The definitive, higher meaning. Texts and statements are considered as nttartha (true) or neyārtha (T: drang-don;literal) in meaning, depending on whether their meaning is ultimate-needing no qualifications or interpretation (nītārtha);or literal-a useful teaching but one that needs further qualification. +
'dul ba;vinaya;That portion of the Buddhist canon that deals with monastic discipline and ethics in general. +
