so so rang rig (pa'i ye shes);སོ་སོ་རང་རིག་༼པའི་ཡེ་ཤེས༽་;personally experienced (wisdom);personally experienced (wisdom);pratyātmavedanīya(jñāna) (svapratyātmāryajñāna) +
gter bdag gling pa;Terdag Lingpa;terdag lingpa;(1646-1714). Another name of Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje. A celebrated tertön and founder of the monastery of Mindroling, a major center of the Nyingma tradition in Central Tibet. Terdag Lingpa compiled the Nyingma kahma, the collection of the long (oral) lineage of the Nyingma school, and made a collection of all the earlier terma, or treasure teachings. +
ye shes sems dpa';Jnanasattva;lit. primordial-wisdom being. Invoked, in the context of the practice of the generation stage (''bskyed rim''), from the wisdom expanse of the dharmakaya. It then merges with, and abides in, the heart of the samayasattva (the commitment being), namely, the visualized meditational deity. +
bden gnyis;Two Truths;two truths;The twofold status of every phenomenon: apparent existence on the relative level and emptiness of inherent existence on the ultimate level. The interpretation of the doctrine of the two truths is the criterion distinguishing the various levels of Buddhist tenet systems. +
khams gsum;Three Realms;three realms;Three dimensions that together constitute a single world-system. These are the desire realm (comprising the six realms of the gods, asuras, humans, animals, pretas, and hell-beings), followed by the heavens of the form realm and the formless realm. +
skyabs gsum;Three Refuges;three refuges;The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, the latter consisting of the spiritual community of those who have attained the grounds of realization. +