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Malevolent or obstructing spirits. +
The fruitional teachings of the Kagyu and Gelugpa schools of Tibetan Buddhism. +
A type of fearsome demon originating from those who break their religious vows and sacred pledges. +
The transitional state between different types of consciousness, generally referring to the transition between death and rebirth. +
Machik's four spiritual daughters, who each have the word ''gyen'', or "ornament," as part of their name. They are present throughout the text, asking questions and participating in the action. Four immeasurables - Four subjects of meditation and important virtues that one cultivates for others on the bodhisattva path. The four are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity. +
One of the foremost students of the historical Buddha, embodying wisdom. +
The nature of mind itself, pure of ignorance and afflictive emotions. From a Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint, this is the basic nature of mind which is concealed by ignorance. +
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. +
(790-844) The second of the great dharma kings of Tibet. Trisong Detsen invited Padmasaṁbhava to help subdue the spirits of Tibet and also organized the great debate at Samye Monastery, which was a pivotal point in the development of Tibetan Buddhism. +
Guardians of power spots or sacred places. +
The texts of Vajrayāna Buddhism, generally regarded as secret and difficult to understand without interpretation. +
A kind of spirit who causes mischief and brings harm. +
Advanced Vajrayāna practices for work with the subtle body: inner heat, illusory body, dream yoga, clear light, bardo practice, and powa. +
The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perfection or pāramitā, (''see'' Six pāramitās), or the goddess associated with transcendent intelligence, the Great Mother, Yum Chenmo. It also refers to the Mahāyāna sutras and teachings expounding the doctrine of śūnyatā, the emptiness of phenomena. These include ''The Heart Sutra'', the ''Eight Thousand'', the ''Twenty-Five Thousand'', and the ''One Hundred Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others. +
A yidam deity traditionally associated with practices of longevity and good health. +
A demon associated with eclipses, and with one of the nine planets in Indo-Tibetan cosmology. Also regarded as a dharma protector. +
A type of malicious spirit, associated with hungry ghosts, which is said to influence the weather and send hailstorms. +
The portion of Buddhist scriptures concerned with detailed teachings on cosmology and psychology. +
Teachings that are especially pithy or explicit, often concerning the absolute nature. ''Red'' can mean exposed or naked or essential. +
Literally, "wheel of bliss," a male yidam and a cycle of tantras and practices associated with him, particularly associated with bliss. Cakrasaṁvara is very important in many schools of Vajrayāna Buddhism, especially the Kagyu school. +
