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Generally, buddha hood is attained by uniting the two aspects of means and knowledge, in mahayana compassion and emptiness, and in vajrayana the stages of development and completion. According to the Kagyu schools in particular, these two aspects are the "path of means," referring to the six doctrines and the "path of liberation," referring to the actual practice of mahamudra.  +
The skandhas, elements, and so forth of the world and beings are, in their pure aspects, the five male and female buddhas.  +
The winds circulating within the human body, which have the nature of the five elements: the life-upholding, the downward-clearing, the upward-moving, the equally-abiding, and the pervading wind.  +
The ten bodhisattva levels or stages: the joyous, the stainless, the radiant, the brilliant, the hard to conquer, the realized, the reaching far, the unshakable, the good intelligence, and the cloud of dharma. These ten stages are included in the last three of the five paths.  +
One of the four domains in the realm of form, the causes of which are produced through a meditation state of the same name.  +
The four dhyanas, the four formless states, and the shravaka's samadhi of peace.  +
The four basic and the four temporary strayings. See also under Basic straying and Temporary straying.  +
The third of the four empowerments in the anuttara yoga system, which introduces the unity of bliss and emptiness.  +
Figurative expression for the teachings of the buddhas.  +
The state of not holding on to subject and object.  +
Samadhi, full discernment of phenomena, mindfulness, diligence, joy, pliancy, impartiality.  +
Basic wakefulness independent of intellectual constructs.  +