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Not straying from the continuity of the practice.  +
A collection of spontaneous vajra songs by the Indian masters of the mahamudra lineage.  +
Accomplished masters in the Indian lineages of vajrayana practice. For details of their life stories, see Buddha's Lions (Dharma Publishing) and Masters of Mahamudra (Suny Press).  +
A great lineage master in the Drukpa Kagyu school.  +
Anything that can be experienced, thought of, or known.  +
Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya. The three kayas as ground are "essence, nature, and expression," as path they are "bliss, clarity, and nonthought," and as fruition they are the "three kayas of buddhahood." See also Dharmakaya; Sambhogakaya; Nirmanakaya.  +
The five sense consciousnesses and the mind consciousness.  +
Literally the "eight aspects of the path of noble beings": right view, thought, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration. These are perfected on the path of cultivation.  +
"Cutting through." One of the two main aspects of dzogchen practice, the other being thogal. See also Cutting through.  +
At the level of the first bodhisattva bhumi one is able to simultaneously manifest one hundred nirmanakayas for the benefit of beings. There are eleven other such sets of one hundred abilities. For details see the Abhisamayalamkara by Maitreya.  +
Similar to the five ruling faculties but differing in that they have become indomitable by adverse factors. They cover the last two of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining.  +
"Emanation body," the third of the three kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that tames and can be perceived by ordinary beings. See also Three kayas.  +