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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. +
The shamatha state at the first bhumi. which is embraced with insight into emptiness. +
The general outer preliminaries are the four mind-changings; the special inner preliminaries are the four times hundred-thousand practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. For details, see The Torch of Certainty (Shambhala Publications, 1977) and The Great Gate (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1989). +
The first abode in the formless realm dwelling on the thought, "Space is infinite!" Inseparability Of The Three Kayas (sku gsum dbyer med) +
"Accomplished one," someone who has attained siddhi; an accomplished master. +
The state of complete and perfect buddhahood. +
The third stage in the practice of mahamudra. +
The three sections of tantra: kriya, charya, and yoga. +
The physical eye, the divine eye, the eye of discriminating knowledge, the eye of dharma, and the eye of wisdom (also called "buddha-eye"). +
"Body" in the sense of a body or embodiment of numerous qualities. +
The Kagyu teachings transmitted from Gampopa to Phagmo Drubpa, and from him to Lingje Repa. +
