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The first of the three inner tantras in the Nyingma system of nine vehicles. Here the emphasis is placed on the generation stage practices. +
In the system of nine vehicles used in the Nyingma tradi-tion, the second of the inner sections of tantra. In Anuyoga, emphasis is placed on the perfection stage of tantric practice. This is characterized by the experience of emptiness and meditation on the subtle channels, ener-gies, and essence of the physical body. +
Also called Oddiyana, a country to the northwest of ancient India, nowadays identified as the Swat Valley in Kashmir. It was here that Guru Padmasambhava was born. +
In the Buddhist teachings, virtuous behav-ior is systematized into ten wholesome activities. Three concern the body and consist of the abstention from killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct; four concern the speech faculty and are to refrain from lying, divisive speech, violent and aggressive speech, and worthless chatter; three concern the mind and are to refrain from covetousness, ill-will, and wrong views. +
The world of humans and animals inhabiting the earth's surface, the realm of the gods and spirits in the heavens above or the upper airs, and the kingdom of the nagas, etc., in the subterranean regions. Translated also as "three levels of the world." +
A string of 108 beads used for counting during mantra recitation. +
A region in the west of Tibet, the traditional birthplace of the Bon religion. +
The subtle central channel of the body into which, by means of the practice of the perfection stage (rdzogs rim), the subtle wind-energies are gathered, a process that gives rise to nondual wisdom. By extension, the term avadhuti is often used loosely to indicate nondual wisdom. +
This word has several levels of meaning. Most basically, it may be understood simply as a configuration, an intelligi-ble unit of space. The mandala of the deity, for example, is the sacred space at the center of which a wisdom deity is located. A mandala can also be understood as the arrangement of an offering and a powerful means of accumulating merit. It can take several forms, beginning with the offering of desirable objects, including one's own body, and extending to a symbolic offering of the entire universe and even the three kayas. The term is also used honorifically, as when speaking, for instance, of the mandala of the Guru's body. +
The ethical teachings of Buddhism, particularly in relation to the code of monastic discipline. +
The third part of the Tripitaka, the "three baskets." The Abhidharma is the corpus of texts expounding Bud-dhist metaphysical teaching. +
Lit., One Who Has Gone Thus. An epithet of the Buddhas. +
Twelve spirits, associated with mountain ranges in Tibet, who in the presence of Guru Padmasambhava vowed to protect the religion and the people of Tibet. +
The primordial state of the mind, clear, awake, free from grasping: the union of emptiness and clarity. +
Vajra Seat. See Diamond Throne +
See three dimensions of existence +
King of Tibet (born ca. 173 CE) during whose reign the Buddhadharma first made its appearance in Tibet in the form of relics and Sanskrit texts of the Buddhist scriptures. While not understanding these writings, the king recognized their sacred character and respectfully pre-served them. The first Buddhist king of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo, appeared four generations later. +
The subtle channels or veins (nodi, Skt.; rtsa, Tib.), the wind-energies (prana; rlung), and the bodily essences (bindu; thig le), which are manipulated and brought under control in the course of Anuyoga practice. +
The experience of beings in samsara is traditionally schematized into six general categories, referred to as realms or worlds. They are the result of previous action or karma. None of these states is satisfactory, through the degree of suffering in them varies. The three upper or fortunate realms, where suffering is alleviated by tem-porary pleasures or where pleasure predominates, are the heavens of the mundane gods, the realms of the asuras or demigods, and the world of human beings. The three lower realms, in which suffering predominates over all other experiences, are those of the animals, the hungry ghosts, and the hells. +
