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dkon mchog gsum;Three Jewels;three jewels;triratna;The Triple Gem of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha;the object of Buddhist refuge. +
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dge tshul;Shramanera;The first stage in the monastic ordination implying the observance of certain precepts. ''See'' note 160. +
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mkha' 'dro ma;Dakini;lit. moving through space. The representation of wisdom in female form. There are several levels of dakini: wisdom dakinis, who have complete realization, and worldly dakinis, who possess various spiritual powers. The word is also used as a title for great women teachers and as a respectful form of address to the wives of spiritual masters. +
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Lilavajra;Name of a master who transmitted the Mahayoga tantras to Buddhaguhya and Vimalamitra. +
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rig 'dzin;Vidyadhara;lit. awareness holder or knowledge holder. A being of high attainment in the Vajrayana. According to the Nyingma tradition, there are four levels of Vidyadhara corresponding to the ten (sometimes eleven) levels of realization of the Sutrayana. They are: (1) the Vidyadhara with corporal residue (''rnam smin rig 'dzin'');(2) the Vidyadhara with power over life (''tshe dbang rig 'dzin'');(3) the Mahamudra Vidyadhara (''phyag chen rig 'dzin'');and (4) the Vidyadhara of spontaneous presence (''lhun grub rig 'dzin''). +
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bslabs pa gsum;Three trainings;three trainings;Trainings in ethical discipline (''tshul khrims''), concentration (''ting nge 'dzin''), and wisdom (''shes rab''). The three trainings form the basis of the Buddhist path. +
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sems tsam pa;Chittamatrins;the upholders of "mind-only." Followers of the Chittamatra (also called the Yogachara) philosophy of the Mahayana, which asserts the self-cognizing mind as the ultimate reality and identifies shunyata, or emptiness, as the absence of the subject-object dualism that overspreads and obscures the underlying pure consciousness. The Chittamatra or Yogachara school was founded by Asanga and his brother Vasubandhu (fourth century), who base themselves on the scriptures of the third turning of the Dharma wheel, such as the ''Sandhinirmochana-sutra''. +
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Bhutichandra;Disciple of Shakya Shri (thirteenth century) and exponent of the three vows. +
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tshogs;Ganachakra feast,or sacred feast;ganachakra feast,or sacred feast;A ritual offering in tantric Buddhism in which oblations of food and drink are blessed as the elixir of wisdom and offered to the yidam deity as well as to the mandala of one's own body. +
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'od gsal;Radiant clarity;radiant clarity;''See'' Luminosity. +
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shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa;Prajnaparamita;(1).The paramita of transcendent wisdom, the knowledge of emptiness;(2) the collection of sutras belonging to the second turning of the Dharma wheel and expounding the doctrine of shunyata, the emptiness of phenomena. +
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Heruka;A term used to refer to any meditational deity, a symbol of the ultimate nature of the mind. +
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byang chub yan lag so bdun;Thirty-seven elements leading to enlightenment;thirty-seven elements leading to enlightenment;A system of thirty-seven factors practiced on the paths of accumulation, joining, seeing, and meditation, by means of which progress is made toward enlightenment. +
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kun dga' rgyal mtshan;Sakya Pandita;sakya pandita;(1182—1251). Regarded as an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri, one of the most illustrious masters in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Belonging to the Sakya school, he was a great polymath and Sanskritist. His work on the three types of vow, ''The Three Vows Distinguished'', was and is extremely influential. +
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zad mi shes pa'i rgyan gyi 'khor lo;Wheel of inexhaustible ornaments;wheel of inexhaustible ornaments;The enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities of the Buddhas. +
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Shakya Shri;A Kashmiri master, the last abbot of Vikramashila, who visited Tibet in the early thirteenth century. He was the source of the lineage of monastic ordination called the Middle Vinaya lineage (''bar 'dul'') of the Ngor branch of the Sakya school. +
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Transcendent perfection;transcendent perfection;''See'' Paramita. +
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lha min;demigod,"Titan";demigod,"titan";Asura;One of six classes of beings in samsara. The asuras are usually considered to be similar to the gods, with whom they are sometimes classified. Their dominant emotional characteristic is envy, and they are constantly at war with the gods, of whom they are jealous. +
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rtsa;Subtle channels;subtle channels;nadi;The psychophysical channels located in the body, which act as the paths for the subtle wind energies that transport the essences. There are three main channels and thousands of subsidiary ones. The system of channels, energies, and essences is the basis for yogic practice. +
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'phags pa'i nor bdun;Seven sublime riches;seven sublime riches;Faith, discipline, generosity, learning, sense of shame, consideration of others, and wisdom. +
