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lit. superior, sublime, or noble one. One who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. +
One of the four conditions systematized by Vasubandhu in his ''Abhidharmakosha'' to explain how causality functions. The other three are the causal condition (''rgyu'i rkyen'') the immediately preceding condition (''de ma thagpa'i rkyen''), and the objective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen''). +
A technical term of Buddhist epistemology, referring to the consciousness that detects globally the presence of an object, while the different types of mental factors (''sems byung'') apprehend and react to particular aspects of that object. +
Subdivision of the Sammitiya school, the distinctive tenet of which was the assertion of a quasi-permanent self, neither different from nor identical with the five aggregates. It was for this reason universally attacked by other Buddhist schools. +
The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be seen only by the primordial wisdom in a nondual manner. This is the so-called ultimate truth in itself (''rnam grangs ma yin pa'i don dam''). The Svatantrika Madhyamikas speak also of the approximate ultimate truth (''rnam grangs pa'i don dam''), which is the conceptual assessment of and an approach to the ultimate truth in itself. The approximate ultimate truth is a mental image posited in contrast with conventional truth. +
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the chief of the lotus buddha-family and of the pure land Blissful, where Buddhists of many cultures, including Tibetan, aspire to be reborn. +
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a fierce form of the bodhisattva Vajra-in-Hand (Vajrapani; Chagna Dorjay, phyag na rdo rje. +
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a form of Slayer of the Lord of Death (Shinjay Shay, gshin rje gshed), the wrathful deity of the buddha-family within the Eight Great Configurations of Deities. +
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one of the main protectresses of the Ancient Instruction Lineage. +
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one of the main protectresses of the Himalayan region. She and the four goddesses in her entourage promised to protect Buddhism under the influence of Guru Rinpochay and Milarepa. +
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the highest level of practice of Great Perfection. +
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three wealth gods, all yellow in color: Son of Renown, Yellow Jambhala, and Goddess of Continual Wealth (Lhamo Nor Gyunma, ''lha mo nor rgyun ma''). +
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one of the two main divisions of the practice of Great Perfection. +
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a treasure teaching discovered by Chok-gyur Daychen Lingpa in the vicinity of Kongtrul's retreat center. The three practices of this cycle - Vajrasattva, Yangdak, and Vajra Dagger - were performed daily during the retreat. +
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a treasure teaching discovered by Orgyen Laytro Lingpa, is classified by Kongtrul in ''The Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings'' as a meditation on the physically manifest body of enlightenment of the peaceful form of Guru Rinpochay. +
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the wrathful deity of the karma buddha-family within the Eight Great Configurations of Deities. The dagger he bears is three-sided. +
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a treasure teaching discovered by Jigmay Lingpa through three visions he had of Longchenpa. Kongtrul places this text within the section on Ati Yoga in ''The Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings''. +
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a wrathful deity within the Eight Great Configurations of Deities. +
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a protectress of the Ancient Instruction Lineage. +
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the deity whose meditation represents the pinnacle of the tantras of the Later Translations. +
