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the Bon practice of offering the skin of another living being
to disease-causing demons to effect a cure; the skin is the substitute or ransom for
the man. +
a tantric system based on Prajñāpāramitā and introduced to Tibet by
Dam-pa sangs-rgyas in which all attachment to one's self is relinquished. Ma-gcig
Slab-sgron, an incarnation of Ye-shes mTsho-rgyal, was a central figure in the
propagation of this teaching. +
realm between the desire realm and the formless realm inhabited by
the higher gods. +
a vast collection of rNying-ma Tantras that have had a continuous
transmission. Three sections, mDo, sGyu, and Sems, form the theoretical and
philosophical basis of the inner Tantras. The bKa'-ma was transmitted especially
through Padmasambhava, Srī Sirhha, Vimalamitra, and Vairotsana. gNyags
Jñānakumāra, gNubs-chen Sangs-rgyas ye-shes, and the Three Zur continued the
line of transmission. In the fourteenth century, Klong-chen-pa greatly contributed
to the bKa'-ma tradition, systematizing and transmitting the Ātiyoga teachings;
gTer-bdag gling-pa, the great gter-ston, also held the entire bKa'-ma tradition, and
together with his brother Lo-chen Dharmaśrī, revived and promulgated these
teachings during the seventeenth century. +
a gem which grants the fulfillment of all one could desire;
thus the Buddha is often called a wish-fulfilling gem. +
Buddha, Karma, Padma, Ratna, and Vajra; see also Five
Dhyāni buddhas. +
see Tibetan Schools of Buddhism. +
a female practitioner of yoga, the path of mystic union.
Zhi-byed see Tantra. +
five aspects of the complete path to enlightenment, following one
another in succession: preparation or accumulation; application; vision or seeing;
cultivation; no more learning. +
of the four joys is associated with one of the four cakras:
Awakened Joy (forehead cakra); Joy of Limitless Good Qualities (throat cakra);
Supreme Joy of the Mahāmudrā (heart cakra); and Spontaneous Transcendent
Awakened Joy (navel cakra). +
powerful long-lived serpent-like beings who inhabit bodies of water and
often guard great treasure. Nanda was one of their great kings. He helped protect
the Buddha from the elements when the Buddha was seated at Bodh Gayā, and
gave Nāgārjuna various treatises from the nāga treasure. +
lit. 'Perfection of Wisdom'; six pāra-
mitās are generally referred to: giving, morality, patience, effort, meditation, and
wisdom. +
according to the Bon tradition, the founder of the Bon religion.
Siddha one who has accomplished the siddhis. +
the community of those practicing the teachings of the Buddha, united
by their vision and their commitment to the path. In order to lay the foundation
for Dharma practice, various forms of discipline are undertaken. Eight traditional
kinds of Sangha exist: bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī: fully ordained monks and nuns;
śramaṇara and sramaṇĩ: novices who have taken preliminary vows; śikṣamaṇa:
aspirants too young to join the community but who follow special rules; upavasta:
laymen or laywomen who take monk's vows for a certain limited time; upāsaka and
upāsikā: laymen and laywomen who practice Buddhist teachings and follow five
precepts: not to kill, not to steal, not to lie, not to take intoxicating substances, not
to engage in sexual misconduct. +
small ritual drum used in tantric ceremonies. +
