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An indigenous spirit associated with fire and destruction. +
Literally, "Great Completion," the fruitional teachings of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. +
The constituent parts of a sentient being: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Sometimes the word ''aggregate'' is used to refer to the entire body. +
Also called the ten ''bhūmis'' or ten grounds. The ten levels of advanced realization of one following the path of a bodhisattva. +
In Mahāyāna Buddhism the path is described in terms of a gradual journey consisting of the five paths of Accumulation, Application, Seeing, Meditation, and No More Learning. +
''See'' Tripiṭaka. +
Something like a theologian; literally, "A virtuous spiritual friend ." Most often the term refers to monks who have earned a degree after many years of religious studies. +
A type of malicious spirit, associated with hungry ghosts, which is said to influence the weather and send hailstorms. +
Literally, "kings," gyalpos are spirits that impersonate leaders, bring illness, and supposedly cause insanity. +
The state of confusion experienced as reality by ordinary beings in which afflictive emotions and karma create states of suffering that are experienced as the existences of the hell realm, hungry ghost realm, animal realm, human realm, demigod realm, and god realms. +
''See'' Prajñāpāramitā. +
The Sanskrit form of ''düd'', referring to the force of evil in the world, the tempter of the Buddha. +
Five different "families" or categories of buddhas and their respective energies, or styles of manifestation: padma (lotus), vajra (diamond), karma (action), ratna (jewel), and buddha. +
A naturally occurring spirit abiding in mountains, cliffs, and patches of earth, often a kind of earth goddess. +
An indigenous spirit associated with fire and destruction. +
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. +
Literally, "sky-goers," female deities who, along with the protectors, clear away obstacles and help bring about wisdom. Also sometimes used for female practitioners of the Vajrayāna. They are known as the root of activity because through clearing away obstacles they create the conditions for practice and realization. They are divided into wisdom ḍākinīs, who are representations of enlightenment, and worldly ḍākinīs, who manifest in many ways. +
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. +
Sometimes called the land of the ḍākinīs, historically it was a kingdom in the northwest of India from which Padmasaṁbhava and other great masters came. Figuratively, it is the location of a pure land. +
A central buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, and the head of the buddha family in the five-family system. +
