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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. +
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dag pa'i sa gsum;Three pure grounds;three pure grounds;''See'' Ground. +
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yang dag par spong ba bzhi;Four genuine restraints;four genuine restraints;These are: (1) the preemptive halting of negativities not yet generated;(2) the rejection of negativities already arisen;(3) the solicitation of positive states not yet present;and (4) the protection from decline of positive states already generated. +
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Master of Orgyen;master of orgyen;''See'' Padmasambhava. +
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rgya mtsho sprin;Sagaramegha;A master belonging to the Lower school of Svatantrika Madhyamika and commentator on the ''Bodhisattva Grounds'' by Asanga. +
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rang sangs rgyas;Pratyekabuddha;A "Solitary Buddha," one who, without relying on a teacher, attains the cessation of suffering by meditating on the twelve links of dependent arising. Pratyekabuddhas realize the emptiness of the person and go halfway to realizing the emptiness of phenomena. In other words, they realize the emptiness of perceived phenomena—but not that of the subject, the perceiving mind. +
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ltung ba;Downfall;downfall;A transgression of one of the precepts, which, if not properly confessed and repaired, will result in rebirth in the lower realms. +
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byang chub kyi sems;Bodhichitta;On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On the absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhichitta refers to the essential physical substance which is the support of the mind. +
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yi dam;Yidam;yidam;A tantric deity, in male or female form, representing different aspects of enlightenment. Yidams may be peaceful or wrathful and are meditated upon according to the nature and needs of the individual practitioner. +
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phyogs bcu;Ten directions;ten directions;The four cardinal and four intermediary directions, together with the zenith and nadir. +
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gsur;burnt offering;burnt offering;Sur;sur;Food burnt on coals and offered in charity to spirits who are able to consume only the smell of burnt food. +
