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bodhisattva;chang chup sem pa;chang chup sem pa;An individual who has committed him or herself to the mahayana path of compassion and the practice of the six paramitas to achieve Buddhahood in order to free all beings from samsara. More specifically those with that motivation who have achieved liberation from samsara and are one of the ten bodhisattva stages that culminates in Buddhahood.  +
A philosophical school founded by Nagarjuna in the 2nd century. The main principle of this school is proving that everything is empty of self-nature as usually understood using rational reasoning.  +
dharmata;chö nyi;chö nyi;Phenomena as it really is, not as it is perceived and this is often translated as "suchness" or "the true nature of things," or "things as-they-are."  +
four extremes;four extremes;These are a belief in the existence of everything (also called "eternalism"), a belief that nothing exists (also called "nihilism"), a belief that things exist and don't exist, and that reality is something other than existence and non-existence.  +
der sheg nying po;Buddha nature or that enlightened essence present in all beings that allows them to have the capacity to achieve enlightnement. It is closely related to tathagatagarbha.  +
The Madhyamika 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.  +
nun dro;One usually begins the vajrayana path by doing the four preliminary practices which involve doing 100,000 refuge prostrations, 100,000 vajrasattva mantras, 100,000 mandala offerings, and 100,000 guru yoga supplications.  +