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Shakyamuni;Historical Buddha Gautama, who attained full enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, circa 500 B.C.E. +
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snod;Pitaka;lit. basket. Collection of scriptures. +
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mchod rten;Stupa;lit. support of offering. Symbolic representation of the Buddha's enlightenment. Stupas, perhaps the most typical of Buddhist monuments, are to be found in a variety of forms all over the Buddhist world. They often contain the relics of enlightened beings and are objects of great reverence. +
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'du shes med pa'i snyoms 'jug;Absorption of nonperception;absorption of nonperception;The absorption experienced by the insensate gods of the form realm and the gods of the formless realms. In this absorption, the sense consciousnesses are arrested although the defiled emotional consciousness (''nyon yid'') continues to function. +
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rton pa bzhi;Four reliances;four reliances;These are: (1) reliance not on the person of the teacher but on the teaching;(2) reliance not on the mere words of the teaching but on its intended meaning;(3) reliance not on the expedient but on the absolute meaning;and (4) reliance not on intellectual understanding but on nonconceptual wisdom that sees the absolute truth directly. +
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dpag tshad;League;league;yojana;An ancient Indian measurement of distance which according to the ''Abhidharmakosha'' corresponds to 4.5 miles or 7.4 kilometers. +
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de bzhin gshegs pa;Tathagata;lit. "One who has gone thus." An epithet of the Buddhas. +
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nyon mongs pa;Defiled emotions;defiled emotions;klesha;''See'' Afflictions. +
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dri med bshes gnyen;Vimalamitra;One of the greatest masters and scholars of Indian Buddhism. He went to Tibet in the ninth century where he taught and translated numerous Sanskrit texts. He was one of the principal sources, together with Guru Padmasambhava, of the Dzogchen teachings in Tibet. +
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glo bur gyi dri ma;Adventitious veil or stain;adventitious veil or stain;Impermanent emotional and cognitive obscurations that afflict the mind but which, not being intrinsic to its nature, can be removed from it. ''See'' Two obscurations;Twofold purity. +
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lus 'phags po;Videha;''See'' Four continents. +
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chos hi bdag;Phenomenal self;phenomenal self;Innate and conceptual apprehension of phenomena as inherently existent. +
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Generation and perfection;generation and perfection;The two principal phases of tantric practice. The generation stage (''bskyed rim''), also referred to as creation stage or development stage, involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (''rdzogs rim''), also referred to as completion stage, refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this. It also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essential substances of the body. +
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lhag mthong;Vipashyana;lit. enlarged vision or profound insight. Vipashyana is essentially the primordial wisdom that overcomes the ignorant belief in the existence of the self and realizes ultimate reality. +
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stong gsum;Three-thousandfold universe;three-thousandfold universe;A billionfold cosmic system of universes, each of which comprises a Mount Meru and four cosmic continents. +
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ye shes lnga;Five wisdoms;five wisdoms;The five wisdoms of buddhahood corresponding to the five Dhyani Buddhas or five Buddha families: mirrorlike wisdom (''me long lta bu ye shes'', Vajrasattva: vajra family), wisdom of equality (''mnyam nyid ye shes'', Ratnasambhava: the jewel family ), all-discerning wisdom (''so sor rtog pa'i ye shes'', Amitabha: the lotus family), all-accomplishing wisdom (''bya ba sgrub pa'i ye shes'', Amoghasiddhi: the action family), and wisdom of dharmadhatu (''chos dbyings ye shes'', Vairochana: the Tathagata family). +
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bsod nams cha mthun;Virtue tending to happiness;virtue tending to happiness;All positive actions performed on the basis of a belief in a truly existent agent, act, and object, and which are productive of samsaric happiness. +
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bdud rtsi;Amrita;lit. the ambrosia that overcomes the Demon of Death. The draft of immortality and symbol of wisdom. +
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phyir mi 'ong ba;Nonreturner;nonreturner;The Shravaka level of realization, the attainment of which implies no further rebirth in the desire realm. This is not to be confused with the Mahayana level of Nonreturner, which indicates that the Bodhisattva in question will not return to the samsaric state of mind, even though he or she will continue to manifest in the world in order to assist others. +
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dpa' bo;Daka;lit. hero. A name given to male Bodhisattvas in the tantras;the male equivalent of a dakini. +
