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Tripitaka;the "three baskets." These are the sūtras (the narrative teachings of the Buddha), the vinaya (a code for monks and nuns) and the abhidharma (philosophical background of the dharma).  +
ratna;rin po che;rin po che;Literally, a jewel but in this context refers to the three jewels which are the Buddha, the dharma, and the saṅgha.  +
byang chub sems dpa';bodhisattva;bodhisattva;chang chub sem pa;chang chub sem pa  +
chos kyi dbyings;dharmadhātu;dharmadhātu;chö kyi yang;chö kyi yang  +
rinpoche;rinpoche;Literally, "very precious" and is used as a term of respect for a Tibetan guru.  +
triplistic thought;triplistic thought;Is believing in the solidity of relative reality by dividing all actions into subject and object and the exchange between the two. For example, on the relative level, one (subject) does a prostration (the action between) to a buddha statue (object)  +
eight mental fabrications;eight mental fabrications;Not having the eight mental fabrications is to be without a beginning, without a cessation, without nihilism, without etemalism, without going, without coming, not being separate, and not being non-separate.  +
three marks of existence;three marks of existence;These are the characteristics of impermanent objects and mean an object has a beginning, it has a solid existence in the present, and it decays or disintegrates into smaller constituents in the future.  +
knowledge of variety;knowledge of variety;ji nye pa;ji nye pa;This is the transcendent knowledge of the variety of reality.  +
knowledge of how-it-is;knowledge of how-it-is;I'i ta ba;i'i ta ba;This is transcendent knowledge of the true nature of reality, not as it appears to individuals in saṃsāra.  +