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One of the first ten disciples of Buddha, son of a notable Indian family. +
A famous Bönpo master who was a rival of Milarepa. +
Major deity whose state corresponds to one of the levels of the world of pure form. +
Famous monastic university of eastern Bihar, founded by the king Dharmapāla in about the year 800. It progressed until the decline of Nālanda and remained in existence until the Muslim invasions of the thirteenth century. Atīśa was its chancellor before coming to Tibet. +
Meditational deity whose practice is particularly associated with purification. +
(1813-1899) Extremely brilliant in his youth, recognized by the eleventh Situpa Pema Wangcho Gyelpo (1886-1952) as a tulku, he undertook, with other great masters — among them Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Mipham Rinpoche, Chogyur Dechen Lingpa and Dza Patrul — a great revivd movement known as the Rimé, the impartial approach. This movement was based on the spiritual experience and fundamental unity of the different traditions, beyond their specific formulations. Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye left an immense heritage in the form of five treasures: ''The Encyclopedia of Traditional Knowledge (shes bya mdzod)'' in four volumes; ''The Treasury of Precious Terma (rin chen gter mdzod)'' in sixty-three volumes; ''The Treasury of Kagyu Tantras (bka' brgyud sngags mdzod)'' in eight volumes; ''The Treasury of Essential Instructions ofthe Eight Practice Lineages (gdams ngag mdzod)'' in ten volumes; and ''The Treasury of Vast Words (rgya chen bka' mdzod)'' in ten volumes — his personal writings.<br>Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye played an essential role in many lineages, compiling teachings and allowing for their continuous transmission. In the second generation, he had several emanations, the best known being Pelpung Kongtrul, Pelden Khyentse Öser (1904-1953), who became a link in the transmission of the Kamtsang-Kagyu lineage; Sechen Kongtrul Padma Drimé (1901-1960), who was Trungpa Rinpoche's (1939-1987) root lama, and Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, who was recognized especially as the emanation of the enlightened activity of Jamgön Kongtrul. In the third generation, Pelpung Kongtml Chöki Senge Tenpe Gocha (1954-1992), disciple of the sixteenth Karmapa, was particularly well known; he taught in the West. +
One of Khyungpo Neljor's masters. See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
(1842-1924) Also called Natsho Rangdröl (snga tshogs rang grol). One of Mipham Rinpoche's principal disciples +
(978-1128, or 990-1139) Tibetan initiator of the Shangpa lineage. See Shangpa-Kagyu. +
Name of a deity (yidam) and tantra of anuttarayoga. He belongs to the maṇḍala of the deities of the five tantras (rgyud sde lha lnga). +
Also known as Karma Chame (or Karma Araga, 1613-1678). A meditator and adept of both the ancient and new traditions, he remains famous in particular for his texts addressed to hermits on retreat (''ri chos zhal gdams'') and those associated with Chenrezig and Sukhāvatī (''bde ba can gyi mon lam''). At death he manifested the rainbow body. +
Some say, in accordance with a prophecy and ancient texts, that Lawapa and Indrabhūti, the king of Oḍḍiyāna, are the same person. In some transmissions, Lawapa is the master of Indrabhūti, as well as of Virupa. Niguma declared him, along with herself, to be the only other holder of the teachings that she transmitted to Khyungpo Neljor. +
Intrinsic nondual awareness. +
Literally, "wheel of bliss," a male yidam and a cycle of tantras and practices associated with him, particularly associated with bliss. Cakrasaṁvara is very important in many schools of Vajrayāna Buddhism, especially the Kagyu school. +
The first phase of yidam practice, in which one visualizes oneself as the yidam deity. First one visualizes the form deity (the pledge being) and then joins it with the wisdom of the actual deity (the wisdom being). For more information on these two phases, see Kongtrul (1996). +
Five important commentarial teachings given by the bodhisattva Maitreya to the great Indian teacher Asaṅga. +
The philosophic traditions of the teaching on emptiness, the middle way between the extremes of eternalistic and nihilistic ideas about reality. +
The esoteric instructions of Virūpa within the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. +
Transference, usually refers to the practice of purposefully transferring the consciousness right at the moment of death to a pure land or desirable state. The practitioner trains in doing this during his or her lifetime. It is an integral aspect of the Chöd practice. +
