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The lineage of masters who emphasize one's personal experience of the teachings as opposed to the scholastic lineage of expounding the scriptures (bshad brgyud). See Eight Practice Lineages. +
The three realms of samsaric existence. +
The final stage of the tenth bhumi which results in buddhahood. +
Discourse or teaching by the Buddha. Also refers to all the causal teachings that take the cause as the path as a whole. This includes the teachings of both hinayana and mahayana. +
The veils that cover one's direct perception of the nature of mind. In the general Buddhist teachings several types are mentioned: the obscuration of karma preventing one from entering the path of enlightenment, the obscuration of disturbing emotions preventing progress along the path, the obscuration of habitual tendencies preventing the vanishing of confusion, and the final obscuration of dualistic knowledge preventing the full attainment of buddhahood. +
The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Literally it means the "foundation of all things." +
A term for hinayana and mahayana taken together and compared with the "supreme vehicle," vajrayana. +
Dharmakaya realized for the benefit of self and rupakaya manifested for the welfare of others. +
The vehicle of bodhisattvas striving for perfect enlightenment for the sake of all beings. For a detailed explanation, see Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara. +
See Fourth empowerment of mantra. +
A sutra belonging to the third turning of the wheel of the dharma. +
"Cyclic existence," Vicious circle," or "round" of births and deaths. The state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma, and disturbing emotions. +
Exercises utilized in the six doctrines of Naropa. +
One of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining. +
The perceptions or appearances perceived during the postmeditation state. +
The direct teachings on emptiness and luminosity as opposed to the "expedient meaning" (drang don), which leads to the definitive meanmg. +
The perfect and complete enlightenment of dwelling in neither samsara nor nirvana. +
"Coemergent" means arising together with or coexisting with one's mind, like sandalwood and its fragrance. "Ignorance" here means lack of knowledge of the nature of mind. In mahamudra practice this is the deluded aspect, the moment of oblivion that allows confused thinking to occur. +
The spiritual practices of clearing away what obscures the sugatagarbha, for example, the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva according to the special preliminaries. +
