Property:Gloss-def
From Buddha-Nature
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T
he transformation of the bodily substance into
multi-hued light. +
meditation or concentrative absorption. +
a small white round bone-like substance which appears in the hearts
of the great practitioners, and is often discovered in the ashes of the great tantric
lamas after they have been cremated. +
lit. 'concentric circle'; a maṇḍala is a symbolic,
graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence, as well as the
arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual. +
tantric deity always shown with a horse's head
within his flaming hair; wrathful aspect of Amitābha, Lord of Speech. +
the eight Heruka Sādhanas are part of the meditative
realization transmission which preserves essential instructions for practice. Each of
these sādhanas is connected with a particular root text and with various specific
practices containing everything necessary for enlightenment. They were transmit-
ted from Padmasambhava to eight of his disciples who were known as the Eight
Great Ācāryas. The Eight Heruka Sādhanas are: 'Jam-dpal-sku (gshin-rje);
Padma-gsung; Yang-dag-thugs; rDo-rje phur-ba 'phrin-las; bDud-rtsi yon-tan;
Ma-mo rbod-stong; 'Jig-rten mchos-bstod; and dMod-pa drag-sngags. +
lord of the desire realm, master of illusion who attempted to prevent the
Buddha from attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gayā. +
lit. 'awakened'; the Enlightened One; a perfected
Bodhisattva, after attaining complete, perfect enlightenment in a human form,
is known as a Buddha. The Buddha generally referred to is Sākyamuni Buddha,
the Buddha of this era, who lived in India around the 6th century B.C. But there
have also been perfected Bodhisattvas in ages past who have manifested the
way to enlightenment. In the current fortunate era, there will be one thousand
Buddhas, Sākyamuni Buddha being the fourth. In some eras, no Buddhas appear
at all. +
small, very hard glittering objects found in the burnt ashes of certain
very great lamas. +
chief of the gods residing in the realm of form; often described as the
creator of world-systems. +
lit. 'Conqueror'; one of the titles of the Buddha. +
the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. +
lama, yidam, dākinī. The guru is the root of all blessing, the yidam is
the root of all siddhi, and the ḍākinī is the root of Buddha-activity. +
see Perfecting Stage. +
lit. 'the Lotus-one ornamented by a rosary of skulls';
an emanation of Padmasambhava. +
lit. 'Buddha of Infinite Life'; Buddha associated
with the 'Long life initiation'; the Sambhogakāya aspect of Amitābha, spiritual
source from which Avalokiteśvara emanates. +
in various lists these include
Vairotsana; Mandāravā; Ye-shes mTsho-rgyal; rGyal-ba mchog-dbyangs; Nam-
mkha'i snying-po; dPal-gyi ye-shes; dPal-gyi seng-ge; Ye-shes dbyangs; Ye-shes sde;
dPal-gyi rdo-rje; Khri-srong lde'u-btsan; mKhar-chen dPal-gyi dbang-phyug;
gYu-sgra snying-po; dPal-gyi seng-ge; rMa Rin-chen-mchog; Sangs-rgyas ye-shes;
rDo-rje bdud-'joms; rGyal-ba blo-gros; IDan-ma rtse-mang; sKa-ba dPal-brtsegs;
'O-bran dbang-phyug; Jñānakumāravajra; Sog-po lHa-dpal gzhon-nu; Lang-gro
dKon-mchog 'byung-gnas; rGyal-ba byang-chub; Dran-pa nam-mkha' dbang-
phyug; Khye'u-chung mKha'-lding; Cog-ru Klu'i rgyal-mtshan; Ting-nge-'dzin
bzang-po. +
