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rigs lnga;Five Families;five families;The five families of Tathagata, vajra, jewel, lotus, and action, representing five aspects of buddhahood. Each of them is presided over by a Dhyani Buddha: Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi, respectively. +
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rtsa rlung thig le;Channels,energies,and essence drops;channels,energies,and essence drops;nadi prana bindu;The subtle channels, wind energies, and essences, brought under control in the practice of Anuyoga. +
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rgyal chen rigs bzhi;Four Great Kings;four great kings;These are the gods who are traditionally considered to be the protectors of the four directions. Their realm is the lowest divine sphere of the desire realm situated on the four terraces or "steps" of Mount Meru. +
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phun sum tshogs pa lnga;Five excellences;five excellences;The five perfections of place, teacher, retinue, time, and teaching. According to the Shravakayana, this refers to the Buddha Shakyamuni and the various moments and geographical locations in which he expounded the Dharma to his disciples. According to the Mahayana, this refers to the Sambhogakaya Buddhas such as Vairochana, expounding the teachings of the Great Vehicle in various buddhafields, in the eternal present beyond time, to a vast retinue of Bodhisattvas residing on the tenth ground. In the latter case, the five excellences are also called the "five certainties" (''nges pa lnga''). +
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bden gnyis;Two truths;two truths;The relative truth and absolute truth, the interpretation of which is pivotal in the establishment of the various system of Buddhist tenets. ''See'' Relative truth;Absolute truth. +
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byang chub;Enlightenment;enlightenment;bodhi;''See'' Nirvana. +
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Bhumi;''See'' Ground. +
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mngon pa;Abhidharma;The third section of the Tripitaka (the other two sections being the Vinaya and the Sutras). The Abhidharma is the corpus of texts expounding the metaphysical content of the Sutras. +
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blo gros brtan pa;Sthiramati;(510—570 c.e.). A follower of Vasubandhu. It is said that he was the rebirth of a pigeon that had spent its life nesting near Vasubhandu's dwelling place, with the result that it heard the master's recitation of scripture so frequently that it was reborn as a human being and became one of his greatest disciples. +
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Sutrayana;''See'' Mahayana. +
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tshogs brgyad;Eight consciousnesses;eight consciousnesses;lit. eight gatherings. A way of classifying the functions of the mind according to the Chittamatra school, also used in the Vajrayana. The eight types of consciousness are the five sense consciousnesses followed by the mental consciousness, the defiled emotional consciousness of conceiving "I," and the consciousness of the alaya, the fundamental level of the mind. +
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sgrib gnyis;Two veils;two veils;''See'' Two obscurations. +
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chos dbyings;Dharmadhatu;The expanse of ultimate reality, emptiness. +
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rnal 'byor;Yoga;lit. joining ('' 'byor'') or union with the natural state of the mind (''rnal ma''). A term commonly used to refer to spiritual practice. +
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'jam dpal dbyangs;Manjushri;A tenth-ground Bodhisattva, one of the eight Close Sons of the Buddha. He is the personification of the body aspect and the wisdom of all the Buddhas. ''See also'' Asanga;Nagarjuna. +
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lan gcig phyir 'ong ba;Once Returner;once returner;The Shravaka level of attainment, so called because it implies that one more birth in the desire realm is necessary before liberation is attained. +
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'phrul dga;Enjoying Magical Creations;enjoying magical creations;Nirmanarati;The fifth divine sphere of the desire realm, in which the gods can magically produce whatever they wish. +
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gnyis 'dzin,gzung 'dzin;Duality,dualistic perception;duality,dualistic perception;The perception of ordinary beings. The apprehension of phenomena in terms of subject and object, and the belief in their true existence. +
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ma yin dgag;Affirming negative;affirming negative;An affirming negative is a negation in which the possibility of another (positive) value is implied. For example, in the statement "It isn't a cat that is on the roof," the presence of a cat is denied, but in such a way as to suggest that something else is there. Compare this with a nonaffirming negative (''med dgag''), which simply negates without any further implication, for example, in the statement "There is nothing on the roof." +
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shing rta chen po;Great Chariot;great chariot;Name of Gyalwa Longchenpa's autocommentary to the ''Mind at Rest (sems nyid ngal gso)'', one of the three treatises of the ''Trilogy of Rest (ngal gso skor gsum)'', a description of the entire path, up to and including the Great Perfection, which is expounded according to the scholarly method ("the great way of the panditas") and according to the experiential method of pith instruction ("the profound way of the yogis"). +
