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The ultimate nature of phenomena. +
Four types of activity performed by realized beings to help others and eliminate unfavorable circumstances: pacifying, increasing, attracting or magnetizing, and fierce subjugation. +
Grounded in the realization of emptiness, and cultivated on the Path of Seeing and above, unfailing memory is one of the characteristics of the highest attainment. Generally speaking, one can distinguish eight (in this text seven) different powers of unfailing memory, such as the power to give an explanation of and teaching on one word for an infinite length of time. +
Lit., One Who Has Gone to, and Proceeds in, Bliss. An epithet of the Buddhas. +
The ten levels of Bodhisattva realization in Mahayana Buddhism, covering the paths of Seeing and Meditation. GURU SENGE DRADOK. One of the eight manifestations of Padmasamb-hava. +
lit. Foe-Destroyer. One who has vanquished the enemies of afflictive emotion and is thus definitively liberated from the sufferings of samsara. Arhatship is the goal of the teachings of the root vehicle, the Shravakayana. +
Lit. the Loving One. The Bodhisattva now dwelling in heaven of Tushita who will become the fifth Buddha of this age. +
Earth, air, fire, water, and space, the principles of solidity, movement, heat, liquidity, and unobstructiveness. +
An Indian princess, the daughter of the king of Sahor, Mandarava became the disciple and spiritual consort of Guru Padmasambhava. Her father was outraged and condemned both of them to be burned to death. While they were on the blazing pyre, Guru Padmasambhava miraculously transformed it into a lotus pool (now renowned as the lake Tsopema at Rewalsar in India). This convinced the king of Padmasambhava's great wisdom and power, and he requested teachings and allowed his daughter the freedom to pursue her spiritual destiny. Mandarava went with Guru Padmasambhava as his consort to the great cave of Maratika (now in Nepalese territory) where they actualized the state of vidhyadhara of immortality. Mandarava remained in India but visited Tibet several times. MAN 1. See mantra of six syllables +
See Lords of the three Families +
See Buddha-field +
Womb. By extension, this term refers to the Dharmadhatu, emptiness. +
One of the foremost disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. A great translator, monk, and siddha of the Nub clan whose main seat was Lhodrak Kharchu. +
A level of spiritual attainment after which it is impossi-ble to fall again into the sufferings of samsara. +
A member of a class of nonhuman beings said to be nourished on smells. They are renowned for their beauty and generally associated with music. +
Lit., the state beyond suffering. This term indicates the various levels of enlightenment as set forth in both the Shravakayana and Mahayana teachings. +
In both the Mahayana and Hinayana (though differently in each case), progress towards enlightenment is described in terms of five paths or degrees of attainment. The paths are called, progressively, Accu-mulation, Joining, Seeing, Meditation, and No More Learning. Bodhisatt-vas on the Mahayana paths of Accumulation and Joining are referred to as "ordinary" or "mundane" since their practice has not yet brought them beyond samsara. Those on the levels of the Mahayana Path of Seeing and Meditation (in which emptiness is directly perceived) are called "noble" or "superior," i.e., Aryas. See also grounds +
See threefold concentration +
