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tshangs bug;aperture of Brahmā;aperture of brahmā;brahmārandhr;An opening at the crown of the head at the top of the avadhūti. +
bdud;death;death;Māra;The temptor of Śākyamuni Buddha, who appeared just prior to his attaining enlightenment. More generally, māras are difficulties that the practitioner may encounter, often classified as: skandha-māra, misunderstanding the five skandhas as a self;kleśamāra, being overpowered by the kleśas;mṛtyu-māra, death, which interrupts one's practice unless the yogin knows how to make it part of the path;and devaputra-māra, seduction by the bliss of meditation-still dwelling in the god realms of saṃsāra. +
gnas lugs;natural state;natural state;Synonymous with "things as they are." A mahāmudrā term for the basic nature, and therefore the natural state-fresh, unfabricated, and spontaneous. +
nyi ma'i gnyen;kinsman or friend of the sun;kinsman or friend of the sun;Ādityabandhu;An epithet of Śākyamuni Buddha. Āditya (sun) is the gotra name of Śākyamuni's family. +
dug;poisons,five,three;poisons,five,three;Poison is synonymous with kleśa. The three root poisons are rāga (T: 'dod-chags;passion), dveṣa (T: zhe-sdang;aggression), and moha (T: gti-mug;delusion). The five poisons include the above three plus mānas (T: nga-rgyal;arrogance) and īrṣyā (T: phrag-dog;envy). ''See also'' realms, lower or higher. +
'bras spungs;Drepung;drepung;One of the three main Gelukpa monasteries, located north of Lhasa. +
dge bshes;kalyāṇamitra;kalyāṇamitra;geshe;geshe;A title given in recognition of scholarly and meditative accomplishment primarily by the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. +
jo bo sā kya;Lord Śākya;lord śākya;Jowo Śākya;jowo śākya;Refers to Śākyamuni. The two brothers, Jowo Śākya, refers to the two statues of Śākyamuni brought to Lhasa by the Chinese and Nepalese wives of Srong-btsan-sgam-po. +
rnying ma;ancient ones;ancient ones;One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Nyingmas adhere to the original ("old") form of vajrayāna Buddhism brought to Tibet in the eighth century by Padmākara (Padmasambhava) and others. This lineage stems from the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, through Vajrasattva, to the human gurus Garap Dorje (b. 55 A.D.), Mañjuśrīmitra, Śrī Siṃha (b. 289), and jñānasūtra, and from them to Vimalamitra and Padmākara, who had twenty-five major Tibetan disciples including his consort Yeshe Tsogyal, King Trisong Detsün, and Vairocana the translator.<br> The system of nine yānas originates from the Nyingma tradition. In addition to the four tantric yānas of the New Translation tradition- kriyā, upa or caryā, yoga, and anuttara-they subdivide anuttara tantra into mahāyoga, anu, and ati yoga yānas. These all stem from the perspective of ati tantra (T: rdzogs-chen;great perfection). The anuttara yoga tantra, the highest tantra of the New Translation school, can be considered the culmination of path tantra and the gateway to the fruition tantra perspective of mahāyoga. From the time of Karma Pakshi and Rangjung Dorje (Karmapas II and III), Kagyü masters have practiced the ati teachings in addition to those of mahāmudrā. +
'gro ba rigs drug;realms,lower or higher;realms,lower or higher;ṣaḍgati;All beings of saṃsāra belong to one of the six gates or realms. The higher realms include: deva (T: lha;god), asura (T: lha-ma-yin;jealous god), and nara (T: mi;human). The lower realms include: tiryak (T: dud-'gro;animal), preta (T: yi-dvags;hungry ghost), and naraka (T: dmyal-ba;helṇ<br> In each realm, there is a typical psychophysical pattern of recreating your experience, based on a predominant kleśa: pride (god), paranoia or jealousy (asura), passion or dissatisfaction (human), ignorance (animal), craving (preta), and aggression (helṇ The karmic momentum in most of the realms is so intense and overlapping that exiting from the realms only comes about when a being's karma in that realm happens to wear thin. Our human realm is considered very fortunate because the maintenance of ego is somewhat haphazard. Therefore, there is the possibility of altering out situation by cutting the cycle of saṃsāra. +
mon;Mön;mön;Name for lands to the south and southwest of Tibet. +
ye shes;wisdom;wisdom;jñāna;The wisdom-activity of enlightenment, transcending all dualistic conceptualization. One's being is spontaneously wise, without needing to seek for it. The Tibetan term means "primordial knowing." +
klu;snake;snake;nāga;A class of deities with human torsos and serpentlike lower bodies, said to inhabit low-lying marshy areas and bodies of water. They are associated with jewel-treasures and with knowledge. They are said to have guarded the ''Prajñāpāramitā-sūtras'' until the great teacher Nāgārjuna took custody of them. +
khams;Kham;kham;A province in eastern Tibet. +
zhi gnas;peaceful,calming;peaceful,calming;śamatha;A basic meditation practice common to most schools of Buddhism, whose aim is the taming and sharpening of the mind by means of coming back again and again to meditative discipline. Samātha is developed as a springboard for insight, seeing the transparency of experiences, rather than solidifying them.<br> Many Buddhist schools teach one to accomplish śamatha first, and only then how to cultivate vipaśyanā. Some lineages, including that of the Kagyü mahāmudrā, teach the possibility of developing simultaneous śamatha and vipaśyanā, as a stage in the experience of śūnyatā and mahāmudrā. +
gung thang pa;Kungthangpa;kungthangpa;An epithet of Milarepa-the person from Kungthang (a region in southwestern Tibet along the Nepalese border). +
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brtson grus/ brtson pa;striving/ effort;striving/ effort;vīrya +
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'dod pa la yem pa;sexual misconduct;sexual misconduct;kāmamithyācāra +
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snyigs ma;degeneration;degeneration;kaṣāya +
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’phong dpyad;archery;archery;dhanurveda +
