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''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. +
Literally "action," karma is the action and reaction of causes and conditions, both physical and psychological, in creating new situations. Karma is said to be meritorious (beneficial) or negative (detrimental). +
(617?-650) The first of the great dharma kings of Tibet, ruling in the seventh century c.e. He made Buddhism the official religion of Tibet and encouraged the development of the written form of the Tibetan language. +
One of the foremost students of the historical Buddha, embodying wisdom. +
The four different types or levels of tantra, the kriyātantra, ubhayatantra or caryātantra, yogatantra, and unsurpassed yogatantra. ''See also'' Tantras. +
The ideal of the Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, beings who, having given rise to bodhicitta, dedicate themselves to developing wisdom and compassion for the benefit of others in this and all future lives through taking the bodhisattva's vow. +
A yidam deity traditionally associated with practices of longevity and good health. +
A powerful being in Indo-Tibetan mythology, the nāga is commonly represented as a being with a human torso and head and with a serpent's body. Nāgas are commonly associated with water and with wealth and dwell in subterranean areas. +
Beneficent or neutral spirits that protect the practitioner on the path. They may also be bad spirits arising as or appearing to be gods, as in the case of ''lha dön''. +
Meditational deity or "chosen" deity. The second of the Three Roots, yidams are the central figures in the elaborate visualization practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism. These practices are done only with the blessing and guidance of a qualified lama. The yidam is called the root of accomplishment, as it is through doing these practices that realization is accomplished. +
A naturally occurring spirit abiding in mountains, cliffs, and patches of earth, often a kind of earth goddess. +
