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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. +
A sutra of the third turning of the wheel of the dharma. Used as basis for Yogachara and Chittamatra. +
In the context of mahamudra practice, meditation is "the act of growing accustomed" or "sustaining the continuity." +
The type of person who does not need to go through progressive stages on the path. +
Non-Buddhist teachers of philosophy adhering to the extreme views of etemalism or nihilism. +
The second abode in the formless realm dwelling on the thought, "Consciousness is infinite!" +
The first three of the "four sections of tantra. " General Vehicles (thun mong gi theg pa) Hinayana and mahayana. Synonymous with common vehicles. +
The Buddha's teachings; sometimes dharma can mean phenomena or mental objects as well as attributes or qualities. +
A person belonging to the priestly caste. +
(Fifth century B.C.E.: 566-476 or 558-468 B.C.E.) The fourth Buddha of our era (skal pa) who, like his predecessors, manifested himself in the twelve works. He initiated the Buddhist teachings transmitted up until the present. +
One of the principal meditational buddhas or deities (yidams) of the anuttarayogatantra. He is especially popular in the Kagyu lineage practices. +
