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The Madhyamaka or Middle-way school divided into two major schools: the Rongtong which maintains voidness is devoid of inherent existence and Shentong which maintains voidness is indivisible from luminosity.  +
A trantric deity that embodies qualities of Buddhahood that is practiced in the vajrayana.  +
dorje tek pa;There are three major traditions of Buddhism (hinayana, mahayana, vajrayana) The vajrayana is based on the tantras and emphasizes the clarity aspect of phenomena and is mainly practiced in Tibet.  +
salwa;In the vajrayana everything is void, but this voidness is not completely empty because it has luminosity. Luminosity or luminous clarity allows all phenomena to appear and is a characteristic of emptiness (shunyata).  +
lay;lay;Karma is a universal law that when one does a wholesome action one circumstances will improve and when one does an unwholesome action negative results will eventually occur from the act.  +
consciousnesses,eight;consciousnesses,eight;vijnana;These are the six sensory consciousnesses of sight hearing, smell, etc. Sixth is the mental consciousness. Seventh is afflicted consciousness and eighth is ground consciousness.  +
dharma;chö;chö;This has two main meanings: Any truth such as the sky is blue and secondly as it is used in this text, the teachings of the Buddha (also called buddha-dharma).  +