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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. +
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sa gsum;Levels of existence,three;levels of existence,three;''See'' Three dimensions of existence. +
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gi wang;Bezoar;bezoar;A concretion found in the stomachs or entrails of certain animals and which is endowed with medicinal properties. +
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sdug bsngal brgyad;Eight types of suffering;eight types of suffering;A classification of sufferings particularly associated with the human condition. These are birth, old age, sickness, death, and the sufferings of encountering enemies, of being separated from loved ones, of not having what one wants, and of having to put up with what one does not want. +
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Langdarma;langdarma;Brother of the religious king Ralpachen. When the latter was murdered by his Bönpo ministers in the year 906, Langdarma became king. He persecuted Buddhism and almost succeeded in eradicating it, especially in its monastic form, from Tibet. After six years of rule he was assassinated by a Buddhist yogi. +
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dpag bsam gyi shing;Wish-fulfilling tree;wish-fulfilling tree;A magical tree which has its roots in the asura realm but bears its fruit in the divine sphere of the Thirty-three. +
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kun gzhi;Alaya;lit. the ground-of-all. According to the Mahayana, this is the fundamental and indeterminate level of the mind, in which karmic imprints are stored. +
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kun rdzob bden pa;Relative truth;relative truth;lit. all-concealing truth. This refers to phenomena in the ordinary sense, which, on the level of ordinary experience, are perceived as real and separate from the mind and which thus conceal their true nature. +
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ba lang spyod;Godaniya;''See'' Four continents. +
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rgyu mtshan nyid kyi theg pa;Expository vehicle of causality;expository vehicle of causality;The paths of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas. The expository vehicle is so called because (1) it expounds the path that leads to the attainment of the goal and (2) the practitioners of this vehicle work only with the causes that bring forth—in a direct sense—the result of their particular path (e.g., arhatship in the case of Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas) and, indirectly, the final result of buddhahood. In contrast with the expository vehicle of causality, one speaks also of the resultant vehicle. This is so called because here the result of the path (namely, the empty and luminous nature of the mind) is utilized and practiced as the path. The resultant vehicle is another name for the Vajrayana. +
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Refuge tree;refuge tree;The field of refuge, the Three Jewels, and so forth, visualized as seated in the center and on the four great branches of a tree, for the purposes of taking refuge. ''See also'' Field of merit. +
