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sangs rgyas;Buddha;buddha;sang gye;sang gye +
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karma;lay;lay;Literally means "action" and karma is a natural law stating that when one does a wholesome action, one's circumstances will improve;when one does an un-wholesome action negative results will eventually occur from the act. +
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de bzhin gshegs pa'i nying po;tathātagharba;tathātagharba;de shin shek pe nying po;de shin shek pe nying po +
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rin po che;precious jewel;precious jewel;rinpoche;rinpoche +
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clear light;clear light;prabhāsvara;ösel;ösel;A subde state of mind and according to tantric teachings is the state of mind that highest realization is attained. +
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tathāgatas;Literally, those who have gone to "thatness" A title of the Buddhas. +
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tathātagatagarbha;de shin shek pay nying po;de shin shek pay nying po;This is the seed or essence of tathata (suchness) and is also called buddha essence or enlightened essence. +
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buddhakāyas;See kāyas +
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jñāna;yeshé;yeshé;Enlightened wisdom which is beyond dualistic thought +
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paths,five;paths,five;Traditionally, a practitioner goes through five stages or paths to enlightenment. These are The Path of Accumulation (Skt. sambhāramārga) which emphasizes purifying one's obscurations and accumulating merit. The Path of Junction or Application (Skt. prayogamārga) in which the meditator develops profound understanding of the four noble truths and cuts the root to the desire realm. The Path of Insight or Seeing (Sk. darśanamārga) in which the meditator develops greater insight and enters the first bodhisattva level. The Path of Meditation (Skt. bhāvanamārga) in which the' meditator cultivates insight in the 2nd through 10th bodhisattva levels. And the Path of Fulfillment (Skt. aśaiksammārga) which is the complete attainment of buddhahood. +
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Cittamātra;sem tsampa;sem tsampa;A school founded by Asaṅga in the fourth century and is usually translated as the Mind Only School. It is one of the four major schools in the mahāyāna tradition and its main tenet (to greatly simplify) is that all phenomena are mental events. +
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mahāpaṇḍita;A great Buddhist scholar (paṇḍita). +
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madhyamaka;u ma;u ma;A philosophical school often called the Middle Way school founded by Nāgārjuna in the 2nd century. The main principle of this school is proving that everything is devoid of any inherent independent reality, that is, the teachings of emptiness. +
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five actions of immediate result;five actions of immediate result;These actions such as killing one's guru which cause one to be reborn immediately in the hell realm upon death. +
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dharmakāya;cho ku;cho ku;One of the three bodies of buddhahood. It is enlightenment itself, that is wisdom beyond reference point. See kāyas, three. +
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hīnayāna;tek pa chung wa;tek pa chung wa;Literally means "the lesser vehicle" which refers to the first teachings of the Buddha such as the four noble truths that developed into the 18 early schools of Buddhism. Also called the Theravādin path. +
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svābhāvikakāya;Refers to the dharmakāya of the Buddha. +
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lung;lung;A Tibetan word for ritual reading. To perform a vajrayāna practice, one must have a holder of the lineage read the text through (Tib. lung), give an explanation of the practice (Tib. tri) and give the empowerment for the practice (Tib. wang). +
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dharmadhātu;cho ying;cho ying;The all-encompassing space which is unoriginated and without beginning out of which all phenomena arise. The Sanskrit means "the essence of phenomena" and the Tibetan means "the expanse of phenomena" but usually it refers to the emptiness which is the essence of phenomena, +
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dharma of statements;dharma of statements;lung gi cho;lung gi cho;Teachings based on the Buddhist scriptures. Also called scriptural dharma or the teachings of the Tripiṭaka. +
