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Also called the ten ''bhūmis'' or ten grounds. The ten levels of advanced realization of one following the path of a bodhisattva. +
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 four different types or levels of tantra, the kriyātantra, ubhayatantra or caryātantra, yogatantra, and unsurpassed yogatantra. ''See also'' Tantras. +
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. +
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. +
Four subjects of meditation and important virtues that one cultivates for others on the bodhisattva path. The four are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. +
A buddha considered the head of all the buddha families, regarded as a dharmakāya buddha in the new schools of Tibetan Buddhism. +
"Treasure-lord harm-bringer," class of spirits who guard treasure or wealth and can be treacherous. ''See'' Nöchin. +
The mind and the subtle energy currents or winds are very intimately connected, like a rider on a mount. +
Small images of stūpas used as reliquaries. Often tsa-tsas are made as a way to accumulate merit. +
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. +
Ceremonial offering cakes. +
Ancient Tibetan spirits, sometimes called cannibal spirits. The female ''sinmo'' is often associated with the original demoness of the land of Tibet. +
Also known as Padmakara or Guru Rinpoche, the founder of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasaṁbhava was one of the major figures in the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet in approximately the eighth century c.e. +
A combined term for ''gyalpo'' and ''gongpo'' spirits. +
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. +
Also, the Great Compassionate One. One of the most important yidams of Tibetan Buddhism, the bodhisattva who represents the compassion of the buddhas. +
Literally, "Great Completion," the fruitional teachings of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. +
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. +
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. +
