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On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On an absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of mind and the true status of phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhicitta refers to the essential physical substance, a fluid found in the heart center, which is the support of mind. +
The indigenous shamanistic religion of Tibet, preceding the arrival of Buddhism. Bön has continued to thrive and integrate various Buddhist ideas while retaining its own separate identity. +
A powerful malevolent or hostile spirit or demon, the embodiment of obstacles on the path to liberation. +
A spirit or hungry ghost who consumes the potent essences of food and wealth. It personifies ultimate envy and miserliness and is usually exorcised during rituals to promote food and wealth. +
Spiritual powers are traditionally divided into supreme and common. Included in the common are magical powers such as telepathy, the ability to fly, clairvoyance, and so on. The supreme spiritual powers refer to the development of perfect wisdom, enlightenment itself. +
Empowerment is an important practice of Vajrayāna Buddhism in which students are symbolically invested with the ability to do particular practices by a qualified lama. The four empowerments are (1) the vase empowerment, the empowerment of body; (2) the secret empowerment, the empowerment of speech; (3) the wisdom empowerment, the empowerment of mind; and (4) the word empowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment. +
A type of ''sadak''. A spirit attached to a particular path of ground, taking that ground to be a self. +
Literally, "Great Illusion," an important tantric yidam deity. +
The second phase of yidam practice, in which one dissolves the visualization of oneself as the yidam deity and rests directly in the nature of mind. The yogic practices such as tummo are also counted as completion phase. +
Beings or spirits who act to protect a given place or person. Dharma protectors are beings that have been tamed by a great dharma teacher like Padmasaṁbhava and actually serve the best interests of the Dharma. +
Often translated as "teacher" or "guru." The lama corresponds to the Buddha among Three Roots of Vajrayāna practice. Because lamas can work directly with the mind of the student, they are said to be the most important being for the student's development. Thus they are called the root of blessings. +
The Buddhist scriptures on monastic discipline and moral conduct and the code of conduct they teach. +
Guardians of power spots or sacred places. +
An important Vajrayāna practice common to all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, in which one requests and symbolically receives the blessings of one's root lama. +
The third vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes also called the path of skillful means. The Vajrayāna path, associated with the tantras, involves doing special practices, including deity visualization practice, as the means to speedily attain enlightenment. Also called Secret Mantra or Mantrayāna or Tantrayāna. +
The structures of the subtle body, emanating out from the cakras and through which ''prāṇa'', or life-force energy, flows. The central channel, which directly connects the cakras, is of particular importance. It is said that realization occurs when the prāṇa enters the central channel, and hence it is the object of yogic practice. +
The great bodhisattva and yidam deity associated with perfect wisdom. He carries a flaming sword, which cuts through ignorance, and a text signifying learning. +
"Treasure-lord harm-bringer," class of spirits who guard treasure or wealth and can be treacherous. ''See'' Nöchin. +
A tantra and associated deity that became one of the major practice lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It is known for its unique system of cosmology and association with the hidden realm of Śambhala and its lineage of kings. +
In the Buddhist cosmological systems, there are several ways of dividing the universe. The three realms are the desire realm, the form realm, and the formless realm. Within the desire realm, a further categorization is made into six realms: the hell realms, the hungry ghost realms, the animal realm, the human realm, the demigod realm, and the god realms. +
