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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).  +
nya ngen lay day pa;Literally, extinguished. Individuals live in samsara and with spiritual practice can attain a state of enlightenment in which all false ideas and conflicting emotions have been extinguished. This is called nirvana.  +
dharmadhatu;chö yings;chö yings;The all encompassing space which is unoriginated and beginningless out of which all phenomena arises.  +
bodhichitta;chang chup sems;chang chup sems;Literally, the mind of enlightenment. There are two kinds of bodhichitta- absolute bodhichitta which is completely awakened mind that sees the emptiness of phenomena and relative bodhichitta which is the aspiration to practice the six paramitas and free all beings from the sufferings of samsara.  +
she nay;A basic meditation practice aimed at taming and sharpening the mind. It is also called basic sitting meditation.  +
The three bodies of the Buddha: the nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya and dharmakaya. The dharmakaya, also called the "truth body", is the complete enlightenment or the complete wisdom of the Buddha which is unoriginated wisdom beyond form and manifests in the sambhogakaya and the nirmanakaya. The sambhogakaya, also called the "enjoyment body," manifests only to bodhisattvas. The nirmanakaya, also called the "emanation body" manifests in the world and in this context manifests as the Shakyamuni Buddha.  +
bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhumi;The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.  +