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Three kayas;three kayas;Three "bodies" of realization — dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, nirmanakaya — connected with mind, speech, and body of existence. Dharmakaya refers to the "body of reality," or fundamental essence;sambhogakaya to the "body of complete enjoyment," or nature of the essence;and nirmanakaya to the "emanated body," the action, or compassion, aspect of nature and essence together. The indivisibility of the three kayas is the ''svabhavikakaya'', also referred to as the "essence body." +
rnam rtog;Discursive thoughts;discursive thoughts;namtok;namtok +
Three realms;three realms;The form, formless, and desire realms are the three basic manifestations of samsara. Human beings are born into the desire realm, which expresses itself as the six realms of existence. +
gro ba;Sentient beings;sentient beings;drowa;drowa +
rgyud;Tantra(s);jud;jud;The vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. Tantra, meaning "continuity," refers to the expression of innate buddha nature in tantric scriptures. Tantra can also refer to all the resultant teachings of vajrayana as a whole. +
Terdag Lingpa;terdag lingpa;(1646-1714) Also known as Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, an incarnation of Vairochana and one of the greatest Nyingma lineage holders and discoverers of hidden teachings. He was a teacher/disciple of the fifth Dalai Lama and founder of Mindrolling Monastery in central Tibet. +
Stupa;A form of sacred architecture representing the pure presence of the Buddha and embodying essential principles of the body, speech, mind, qualities, and actions of enlightenment. +
dal brgyad;Eight freedoms;eight freedoms;dal-je;dal-je;The freedoms that make it possible to bring one's human existence to fruition. The first three refer to freedom from birth in the three lower realms. The fourth is freedom from birth in a barbarous place;the fifth, freedom from birth in the god realm;the sixth, freedom from wrong view;the seventh, freedom from birth in a place without a buddha;and the eighth, freedom from being born deaf and mute. +
bskal pa;kalpa;=kalpa;=kalpa;An eon lasting for thousands of years and made up of four stages: origination, continuation, gradual disintegration, and complete extinction. +
byang chub sems;Bodhichitta;jangchub sem;jangchub sem;"Awakened heart" or "enlightened mind." It relates to the mahayana principle of loving-kindness and genuine compassion, the generation of which cuts through selfishness and dispels the ignorance that grasps at individual liberation. +
ltos gzhi;basis of relation;basis of relation +
sgra bshad;etymology;etymology +
grags pa'i rjes dpag;inference through renown;inference through renown;prasiddha-anumāna +
dngos rgyu;actual cause;actual cause;sākṣāt-kāraṇa +
shes pa;consciousness;consciousness;jñāna/vijñāna +
mngon gyur;manifest phenomenon;manifest phenomenon;abhimukhī +
shes 'dod chos can;subject sought to be known;subject sought to be known +
rang mtshan;specifically characterized phenomenon;specifically characterized phenomenon;svalakṣaṇa +
khyab byed;pervader;pervader;vyāpaka +
shugs kyi bsgrub bya'i chos;implicit predicate of the probandum;implicit predicate of the probandum +
