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The "highest"; the realm of Vajradhara, the dharmakaya buddha. For a discussion of the various types of Akanishtha, see Gyurme Dorje's forthcoming translation of Longchen Rabjam's Phyogs bCu Mun Sel. +
Four stages in mahamudra practice: one-pointedness, simplicity, one taste, and nonmeditation. +
Similar to mundane dhyana. +
The aspect of mind which, taking the all-ground as reference, conceives the thought "I am"; one of the eight collections of consciousnesses. +
See Two accumulations. +
The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, nirvana is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment, which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. +
Same as complete enlightenment or buddhahood. +
Belief in a permanent and causeless creator of everything. In particular, the belief that one's identity or consciousness has a concrete essence which is independent, everlasting, and singular. +
The second of the five paths on which one grows closer to and joins with the realization of the truth of reality. +
The wisdom which is the unity of awareness and emptiness introduced through the fourth empowerment. +
The fifth of the five paths and the state of complete and perfect enlightenment. +
The "Precious Master," refers to Padmakara, Padmasambhava. +
Synonymous with complete buddhahood. +
The last stage in the yoga of nonmeditation, which is the complete collapse of fixation and conceptual mind, like a cloud free from the clouds of intellectual meditation. Synonymous with complete enlightenment. +
In the context of vajrayana practice, this term is used in a derogative sense and is renowned as a severe sidetrack from the path of enlightenment. The mistake comes from regarding meditation practice as being the act of cultivating and fixating on a state in which sensations and thoughts are absent. +
The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. +
"Solitarily Enlightened One," one who has reached perfection in the second hinayana vehicle, chiefly through contemplation on the twelve links of dependent origination in reverse order. +
One of the "three gates of emancipation." +
The fourth of the ten bodhisattva bhumis. +
Usually refers to the temporary experiences of bliss, clarity, and nonthought produced through meditation practice. Specifically, one of the three stages: intellectual understanding, experience, and realization. +
