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A single syllable conceived as one expression of enlightened mind. It represents a primal vibration and corresponds to the seminal source of being. Each deity springs from a single seed syllable. +
Small images of stūpas used as reliquaries. Often tsa-tsas are made as a way to accumulate merit. +
The nature of mind itself, pure of ignorance and afflictive emotions. From a Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint, this is the basic nature of mind which is concealed by ignorance. +
The buddha of the future, currently manifesting as a high-level bodhisattva. According to legend, Maitreya gave many important teachings. See Five Dharmas of Maitreya. +
The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perfection or pāramitā, (''see'' Six pāramitās), or the goddess associated with transcendent intelligence, the Great Mother, Yum Chenmo. It also refers to the Mahāyāna sutras and teachings expounding the doctrine of śūnyatā, the emptiness of phenomena. These include ''The Heart Sutra'', the ''Eight Thousand'', the ''Twenty-Five Thousand'', and the ''One Hundred Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others. +
Also, the Great Compassionate One. One of the most important yidams of Tibetan Buddhism, the bodhisattva who represents the compassion of the buddhas. +
The highest of all the pure lands. +
The "Supreme Horse," a horse-headed yidam of the Mahāyoga class. +
"Nonself," a goddess personifying the selflessness of individuals and phenomena, usually portrayed as blue or black, alone or with Hevajra. +
An Indian teacher from the city of Kapilavastu, one of the teachers of Dampa Sangye. +
''See'' Prajñāpāramitā. +
Malevolent or obstructing spirits. +
A realm of existence free of suffering and obstacles, created by the aspiration of a buddha, such as Amitābha. +
A common type of dharma protector deity. +
The main yidam of the Kagyu lineage. She appears as a red ḍākinī in the charnel ground, wielding a hooked knife and wearing a garland of fresh human heads. She has a human head and a sow's head. Also called Vārahī or Vajrayoginī. +
One of the most important wisdom beings in Tibetan Buddhism, a bodhisattva or goddess who serves as a yidam and a protector and an inspiration to practitioners. +
The male (white) and female (red) substances which, together with the consciousness, are the causes of the conception of human life. +
The life-force energy current, literally, "wind," the psychophysical energy present in the body which gives vitality and life, moving through the inner channels and cakras. +
A kind of spiritual power whereby one can read many texts at once out loud. +
A buddha considered the head of all the buddha families, regarded as a dharmakāya buddha in the new schools of Tibetan Buddhism. +
