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The third of the four formless realms in which one dwells on the thought, "Nothing whatsoever!" +
Entities of different teachings such as the eighty-four thousand sections of the Buddha's words. +
Lasting forever as in an eternalistic point of view or ceasing to exist as in a nihilistic view. +
Indian mahasiddha, the guru of Naropa, and father of the Kagyu lineage. +
General Preliminaries (thun mong gi sngon 'gro) The four contemplations on precious human body, impermanence and death, cause and effect of karma, and the defects of samsara. +
The "Unexcelled Continuity" by Maitreya. Translated and published as The Chan~eless Nature (Karma Drubgyud Darjay Ling, 1985) and as Buddha Nature: Oral Teachings by Thrangu Rinpoche (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1988). +
The mahamudra practice connected to the six doctrines of Naropa. See Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's "Introduction." +
Refers in this context to the progressive bodhisattva path. +
Generally, the period of involvement in sense perception and activities. Specifically, the time when distracted from the natural state of mind. See also Meditation and postmeditation. +
Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal. The name means "sanctuary for Kagyu and Nyingma teaching and practice." +
The fourth of the five paths on which one cultivates and trains in the higher practices of a bodhisattva, especially the eight aspects of the path of noble beings. +
An Indian master of philosophy. +
The first of the "four aspects of ascertainment" on the path of joining. Getting close to the flamelike wisdom of the path of seeing by possessing concentration concurrent with discriminating knowledge. +
"Homage to mahamudra," the great seal. +
The practice of supplicating for the blessings and mingling the mind of an enlightened master with one's own mind. One of the special inner preliminaries. +
The dharmakaya is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities. Sambho- gakaya is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks, perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the bhumis. The nirmanakaya manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings. +
The "essence body," sometimes counted as the fourth kaya, the unity of the first three. +
The mahamudra system based on the prajnaparamita scriptures and emphasizing shamatha and vipashyana and the progressive journey through the five paths and ten bodhisattva bhumis. +
The five aspects or "aggregates" that comprise the physical and mental constituents of a sentient being: physical forms, sensations, conceptions, (mental) formations, and consciousnesses. +
