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kun tu bzang po;Samantabhadra;(1) Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, one of the eight Close Sons of the Buddha, renowned for his offerings emanated through the power of his concentration;(2) the primordial Buddha who has never fallen into delusion, the symbol of awareness, the ever-present pure and luminous nature of the mind. +
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tshangs ris;Heaven of the Pure;heaven of the pure;The first level of the first samadhi of the form realm. +
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mi dal ba brgyad;Eight conditions that lack freedom to practice the Dharma;eight conditions that lack freedom to practice the dharma;Eight existential states in which spiritual growth is either impossible or severely hampered. These are the conditions of hell beings, pretas, animals, long-lived gods without perception, the inhabitants of barbarous lands, people who are severely handicapped physically and mentally, and people who espouse false beliefs or who live in a kalpa in which no Buddha has appeared. +
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gsang sngags;Mantrayana;''See'' Vajrayana. +
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skyes bu 'bring;Beings of middle scope;beings of middle scope;Practitioners of the Hinayana teachings who aspire to liberation from the cycle of existences. +
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khyung;Garuda;A kind of bird, in both Indian and Tibetan tradition. A creature of great size, it hatches already fledged and is able to fly at once. It is therefore used as a symbol of primordial wisdom. +
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bde ba can;Sukhavati;lit. the Blissful. The name of the "Western Paradise," the pure land of the Buddha Amitabha. +
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dug gsum;Three poisons;three poisons;The three main afflictions of attachment, hatred, and ignorance. ''See'' Afflictions. +
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sems byung;Mental factors;mental factors;''See'' Main mind. +
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bar do;An intermediary state;an intermediary state;Bardo;bardo;An intermediary state. This term most often refers to the state between death and subsequent rebirth. In fact, human experience encompasses six types of bardo: the bardo of the present life (''rang bzhin skye gnas bar do''), the bardo of meditation (''bsam gtan gyi bar do''), the bardo of dream (''rmi lam gyi bar do''), the bardo of dying ('' 'chi ka'i bar do''), the luminous bardo of ultimate reality (''chos nyid bar do''), and the bardo of becoming (''srid pa'i bar do''). The first three bardos unfold in the course of life. The second three refer to the death and rebirth process which terminates at conception at the beginning of the subsequent existence. +
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slob dpon;Acharya;Teacher, the equivalent of spiritual master or lama. +
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rnam thar sgo gsum;Three doors of perfect liberation;three doors of perfect liberation;A central notion of the Mahayana teachings of the second turning of the Dharma wheel. They are a means of approach to ultimate reality through an understanding of three qualities implicit in all phenomena. The three doors are: (1) all phenomena are empty;(2) they are beyond all attributes;and (3) they are beyond all aspiration or expectation. +
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stong pa nyid;Emptiness;emptiness;shunyata;The ultimate nature of phenomena (namely, their lack of inherent existence) beyond the four ontological extremes. +
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gzhan 'phrul dbang byed;Mastery over Magical Creations of Others;mastery over magical creations of others;Paranirmita vashavarttina;The sixth and highest heaven of the desire realm, where gods have power over the enjoyments that other gods have created. +
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phyag rgya;Mudra;A term with several levels of meaning. Basically, it means a ritual gesture performed with the hands. +
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ma rig pa;Ignorance;ignorance;avidya;In a Buddhist context, ignorance is not mere nescience but mistaken apprehension. It is the incorrect understanding of, or failure to recognize, the ultimate nature of the person and phenomena, and falsely ascribing true existence to them. +
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theg pa dgu;Nine vehicles;nine vehicles;The traditional classification of the Dharrjia according to the Nyingma school. The first three are known as the three causal vehicles of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas. Following these are the three" vehicles of the outer tantras, namely, Kriyayoga, Upayoga, and Yogatantra. Finally there are the three vehicles of the inner tantras: Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga. +
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mi g.yo ba'i las;Unwavering action;unwavering action;A positive action, such as a profound state of meditation devoid of the motivation of bodhichitta. The characteristic feature of this kind of action is that it invariably produces rebirth in the form or formless realms of samsara. Other actions lack this unwavering or invariable quality in the sense that, depending on circumstances, their result may ripen in a realm different from the one normally to be expected. +
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dge lugs pa;Gelugpa;gelugpa;One of the New Translation schools, founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357—1419), whose head is the Throne-Holder of Ganden and whose most illustrious member is His Holiness the Dalai Lama. +
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yon tan gyi gzhi;Field of exalted qualities;field of exalted qualities;The Three Jewels, spiritual masters, abbots, and so forth, who possess extraordinary spiritual qualities of elimination and realization and in respect of whom actions bring forth powerful karmic effects. +
