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khams 'dus pa;gathering of the essential constituents;gathering of the essential constituents;The first, the middle, and the final gatherings represent the gradual clearing and purification of the nine or ten essential constituents within the body. The four or five vital winds and the five enlightenment minds gather into different channel locations within the body due to the practice of yoga. When these nine or ten essential constituents (the ḍākinīs and ḍākas or buddhas) gather into those specific locations, the ordinary body is transformed into a rainbow body. +
mkha' 'gro;ḍākas,ḍākinīs;The neuter Tibetan term ''mkha' 'gro'' is purposely used throughout the Tibetan texts. This term is the Tibetan translation of the masculine Sanskrit term ''ḍāka'', but is also used as an abbreviation for the feminine Tibetan term ''mkha' 'gro ma'', which is the Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term ''ḍākinī''. Thus an inherent ambiguity is often present in the use of the Tibetan term without the feminine ending ''ma''. In the Tibetan texts translated in this book the term ''mkha' 'gro'' is used to embrace both the masculine and feminine meanings. In many instances the intended gender is clear from context. But when the meaning is ambiguous, the single term ''mkha' 'gro'' has been translated as "ḍākas and ḍākinīs." This decision is based on conversations with His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Khenchen Appey Rinpoché, and Dezhung Rinpoché. +
'gros bzhi thim;dissolution of the four pulsations;dissolution of the four pulsations;The four pulsations are the pulsations of: the channels;the syllables (that are channels in the crooked forms of syllables);the drops, enlightenment minds, or nectars (terms used synonymously at various times);and the vital winds. The advance and retreat ('' 'jug ldog'') of these four in and out of the saṃsāra channels of the rasanā and lalanā and the central channel of nirvāṇa is referred to as ''pulsation ('gros)''. When the four pulsations have gone into the central channel and no longer retreat, this is referred to as the ''dissolution of the four pulsations ('gros bzhi thim)''. +
rdo rje'i skyil krung;vajra position;vajra position;The sitting position most often used for meditation, with the side of the left foot placed upon the right thigh and the side of the right foot placed upon the left thigh. +
khams bcu / dgu;nine or ten essential constituents;nine or ten essential constituents;Five of the essential constituents are the five vital winds of earth, water, fire, wind, and space, which are also referred to as the five ḍākinīs. The essential physical constituents of feces, urine, blood, reproductive fluid, and flesh are also referred to as the five nectars, or as the ḍākas or the enlightened bodies of the tathāgatas. Sometimes the vital wind of space is considered to be all-pervasive, and so the reference is to just nine essential constituents. +
rig ma;female embodiment of pure awareness;female embodiment of pure awareness;One of the common terms used for the female consort, or mudrā, whether imagined or actual. Another similar term is ''female embodiment of wisdom (shes rab ma)''. +
srog;vital wind of life;vital wind of life;A term used both for the vital winds that circulate through the left channel of the lalanā and for the inhalation of breath. The path of the vital wind of life is thus the left nostril. +
gdan gsum;three seats;three seats;The word ''seat'' is used to designate a group of deities. The three seats are usually listed as the seat of the buddhas and bodhisattvas, the seat of the female embodiments of pure awareness and the goddesses, and the seat of the male and female wrathful beings. Sometimes the three are listed as the buddhas, the bodhisattvas, and the wrathful beings. +
grub mtha';culmination of attainment;culmination of attainment;A culmination or limit of attainment is associated with each of the four initiations. These culminations of realization or attainment result from the specific practices of the respective initiations. These results arise at certain points along the path, and are not the ultimate and final results. The same Tibetan term also means "philosophical tenet," which is not applicable in this context. +
bha ga;bhaga;A Sanskrit word not translated into Tibetan. The term is used to designate a certain physical region of the body, mostly the abdomen below the navel, but sometimes also extending up to the heart cakra. Many of the key channel syllables are located in this region according to the Hevajra tradition. The same term is also used for the vulva. +
byung rgyal du btang / skyang;allow the natural expression;allow the natural expression;A phrase indicating how to deal with the various experiences that arise during meditation. According to Chogye Trichen Rinpoché, the essential point is to allow all experiences to arise naturally, without attachment to the pleasant ones and without viewing the disturbing ones as faults. +
lung;reading transmission;reading transmission;The reading aloud of a text by a teacher who has previously heard the reading of the text from his or her teacher. In this way, the reading transmission is traced back in an unbroken line to the author of the work. +
vowels such as ''a'' and consonant-syllables such as ''ka'' (''ā li kā li'');vowels such as ''a'' and consonant-syllables such as ''ka'' (''ā li kā li'');The fifty vowels and consonant-syllables of the Sanskrit language. The crooked channel syllables in the subtle body are in the shapes of these syllables. +
dwangs ma;clear essences;clear essences;The clear or pure essences of the nine or ten father and mother ḍākas and ḍākinīs, which are the nine or ten essential constituents of the vital winds and mind in a human body. +
mnyen lcug bzhi;four malleable qualities;four malleable qualities;The ability to totally control the vital winds, the channels, the syllables, and the nectars, which have become completely malleable. +
rten 'brel lnga;five dependently arisen connections;five dependently arisen connections;The Path with the Result emphasizes five dependently arisen connections: the outer dependently arisen connections, the inner dependently arisen connections, the secret dependently arisen connections, the dependently arisen connections of reality, and the ultimate dependently arisen connections. Sakya Paṇḍita said that the way to make this key Buddhist tenet of dependent arising into the path of meditation was only explained in full detail in the teachings of the Path with the Result. It is perhaps ''the'' fundamental theme of this tradition. +
sku;kāyas;The system of the Path with the Result speaks of five kāyas: the nirmāṇakāya (''sprul sku''), the sambhogakāya (''longs sku''), the dharmakāya (''chos sku''), the svābhāvikakāya (''ngo bo nyid kyi sku''), and the utterly pure svābhāvikakāya (''ngo bo nyid kyi sku shin tu rnam par dag pa''). +
spyi bo,spyi gtsug,tshangs pa'i bu ga,gtsug tor;top of the head,crown of the head,aperture of Brahmā,cranial dome;top of the head,crown of the head,aperture of brahmā,cranial dome;uṣṇiṣa;These terms are often very specific. The top of the head is eight finger-widths above the eyebrows. The crown of the head is twelve finger-widths above the eyebrows, and the aperture of Brahmā refers to the juncture of the bones of the skull at that point. The cranial dome is a knob or dome that protrudes from the crown of the head at the point of enlightenment. +
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary +
'khor lo gsum;Three spheres;three spheres;lit. three wheels. Conceptions of the inherent existence of the object, the subject, and the action itself. +
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary +
so sor thar pa;Individual liberation;individual liberation;pratimoksha;''See'' Pratimoksha. +
