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theg pa chen po;mahāyāna;mahāyāna;teg pa chen po;teg pa chen po  +
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.  +
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  +
Maitreya;Maitreya In this work this refers to the Bodhisattva Maitreya who lived at the time of the Buddha.  +
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.  +
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.  +
arhats;dra chom pa;dra chom pa;Accomplished hinayāna practioners who have eliminated the kleśa obscurations. They are fully realized śrāvakas and pratyekabuddha.  +
relative truth;relative truth;kunsop;kunsop;There are two truths: relative and absolute. Relative truth is the perception of an ordinary (un- enlightened) person who sees the world with all his or her projections based on a false belief in ego.  +
tīrthikas;Religious people who believe in a personal self. Also referred to as icchantikas.  +
nang gi ye shes;inner jnana;inner jnana;nang gi yeshe;nang gi yeshe  +
poisons,three;poisons,three;The three poisons or major defilements also called desire or attachment, anger or aggression, and ignorance or bewilderment.  +
vajrayāna;dorje tek pa;dorje tek pa;One of the three major traditions of Buddhism (the hīnayāna, the mahāyāna and the vajrayāna). The vajrayāna was based on the tantras and became the major tradition of Tibet.  +
form kāyas;form kāyas;rūpakāya;The saṃbhogakāya and the nirmāṇakāya.  +
bde gshegs snying po;buddha nature;buddha nature;der sheg nying po;der sheg nying po  +
dharmatā;cho nyi;cho nyi;Dharmatā is often translated as "suchness" or "the true nature of things" or "things as they are." It is phenomena as it really is or as seen by a completely enlightened being without any distortion or obscuration so one can say it is "reality."  +