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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. +
One of the ordinary accomplishments. The yogic ability to travel great distances extremely quickly and without fatigue. +
A cup or bowl made from the top of a human skull. Kapalas are used in tantric ceremonies and symbolize non-attachment and the nonexistence of the ego. +
Method of accomplishment. A tantric meditation practice involving visualization of a deity and the recitation of the associated mantra. +
Four spiritual powers ruling over a celestial realm situated in the world of desire. They are associated with the four cardinal directions, of which they arc considered to be the guardians. +
One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, transmits them to others, and practices them. The characteristic goal of the Shravaka is Arhatship, a personal, individual liberation from samsara, rather than the perfect enlightenment of Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. Shravakas are practitioners of the Hinayana or Root Vehicle, hence Shravakayana. +
Usually a generic term for a male yidam or meditational deity (generally wrathful or semiwrathful). In whatever form, a heruka is a representation of the ultimate nature of the mind. +
The community of all Dharma prac-titioners, from the ordinary beings up to the aryas, who have attained the path of Seeing and beyond. +
The Dhyani Buddha of the Tathagata Family, corresponding to the wisdom of all-embracing space, which is the pure nature of the aggregate of form and affliction of bewilderment, and is linked with the spontaneous accomplishment of the four enlightened activities. See five Families +
See Trikaya; rainbow body +
Bodhgaya in India, where the Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree. +
