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victorious one;victorious one;One of the epitaths given to the Buddha, +
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nirmānakāya;See kāyas. +
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mngon shes;clear cognition;clear cognition;ngon she;ngon she +
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pāramitās;In Sanskrit it means "perfections." These are the six practices of the mahāyāna path: Perfection of generosity (dāna), of discipline (śīla), of patience (ksānti), of exertion (vīrya), of meditation (dhyāna), and of knowledge (prajñā) attachment, aggression and ignorance. +
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Buddha Śākyamuni;buddha śākyamuni;The Buddha, often called the Gautama Buddha, who is the latest Buddha and lived between 563 and 483 B. C. +
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yāna;tek pa;tek pa;Literally, a "vehicle" but in this text refers to a level of teaching. There are three main yānas (see hīnayāna, mahāyāna, and vajrayāṅa). +
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samvrtikāya;There is the body of ultimate truth (Skt. paramārthakāya) and the body of relative truth (Skt. samvrtikāya). This is the embodiment in relative truth. +
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bodhicitta;chang chup chi sem;chang chup chi sem;Literally, the mind of enlightenment. There are two kinds of bodhicitta—absolute or completely awakened mind that sees the emptiness of phenomena and relative bodhicitta which is the aspiration to practice the six pāramitās and free all beings from the sufferings of saṃsāra. +
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śāstra;ten chö;ten chö;The Buddhist teachings are divided into words of the Buddha (the sūtras) and the commentaries by others on the Buddha's works (śāstras). +
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dbang;empowerment;empowerment;wang;wang +
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theg pa chen po;mahāyāna;mahāyāna;teg pa chen po;teg pa chen po +
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four extremes;four extremes;These are a belief in the existence of everything ("eternalism"), a belief that nothing exists ("nihilism"), a belief that things exist and don't exist, and a belie, ṁat reality is something other than existence and non-existence. +
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dharma;cho;cho;Dharma has two main meanings: Any truth such as the sky is blue;second, as it is used in this text, the teachings of the +
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Maitreya;Maitreya In this work this refers to the Bodhisattva Maitreya who lived at the time of the Buddha. +
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panḍita;A great scholar. +
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śūnyatā;tong pa nyi;tong pa nyi;Usually translated as "voidness" or "emptiness." In the second turning of the wheel of dharma the Buddha taught that external phenomena and internal phenomena are devoid of any real inherent existence. +
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mu stegs pa;tīrthkas;tīrthkas;mu tek pa;mu tek pa +
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hungry ghosts;hungry ghosts;preta;yidak;yidak;A type of being who is always starved for food and water. See the six realms of saṃsāra. +
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gter ma;treasure;treasure;terma;terma +
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arhats;dra chom pa;dra chom pa;Accomplished hinayāna practioners who have eliminated the kleśa obscurations. They are fully realized śrāvakas and pratyekabuddha. +
