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The celestial Buddha of compassion who through his enlightened aspiration created the western pure land, Sukhavatī, in which beings can take rebirth to avoid further suffering in cyclic existence. +
A learned or skilled person; a scholar; teacher, or philosopher, usually of Indian origin. +
The great bodhisattva and yidam deity associated with perfect wisdom. He carries a flaming sword, which cuts through ignorance, and a text signifying learning. +
The philosophic traditions of the teaching on emptiness, the middle way between the extremes of eternalistic and nihilistic ideas about reality. +
Also, recitation monk. According to Thrangu Rinpoche, this is a cleric who has an ongoing relationship with a family, advising them on what ceremonies to do and leading the necessary rituals, or, as in Machik's case, the recitation of sutras. +
Formed from the red and white vital essences, this is the seat in which the innermost nature of mind is said to abide. It rests in the heart until the moment of death, when it either is transferred to a pure realm (''See'' Powa) or dissolves, releasing the consciousness into the bardo between birth and death (''See'' Bardo). +
The highest of all the pure lands. +
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. +
Spirits that are attached to a particular area, such as a forest or a valley. +
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 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. +
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. +
"Nonself," a goddess personifying the selflessness of individuals and phenomena, usually portrayed as blue or black, alone or with Hevajra. +
Spirits associated with the natural environment. +
States of mind that are experienced as or lead to confusion and suffering. The three root afflictive emotions are passion, aggression, and ignorance. +
''See'' Heavenly realm. +
or the Triple Refuge, are the most basic sources of spiritual inspiration in Buddhism. They are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha. +
A powerful malevolent or hostile spirit or demon, the embodiment of obstacles on the path to liberation. +
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. +
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''. +
