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lit. 'Great Gesture' or 'Great Seal';
all-encompassing, and unchanging; the indivisible unity of the Developing and
Perfecting Stage; attainment of Pristine Awareness. +
one of the five Dhyānibuddhas; his Sambhogakāya
form is Vajrasattva. +
tantric symbol of male and female energies in mystic union. +
manifestation of tantric energy; activation of the positive qualities of the
mind. +
one of the major Herukas; wrathful aspect of
Amoghasiddhi. +
deities in fierce forms representing wisdom that overcomes
emotionality. +
lit. 'blowing out'; extinguishing of the emo-
tional fetters; the unconditioned state, free from birth and death. +
wrathful form of Mañjuśrī, representing
wisdom that subdues death. +
discriminating awareness born
from wisdom; knowing in itself (not specific knowledge of anything); intrinsic
knowledge inherent in all manifestations of existence. +
lowest of the three realms that make up a world-system; inhabited
by hell-beings, pretas, animals, humans, and the lower gods. +
in Northern India, west of Rājagrtia, where the Buddha, seated
under the Bodhi tree, gained enlightenment. +
The Mahāyāna recognizes the three aspects (Trikāya) of the
Buddha: Dharmakāya (Tib. Chos-kyi sku), lit. 'Dharma body'; Sambhogakāya
(Tib. Longs-spyod-kyi sku), lit. 'Enjoyment body'; and Nirmāṇakāya (Tib. sPrul-
sku), lit. 'Representation body' The Dharmakāya is voidness and its realization, beyond time and space, and is
pure transcending awareness. The Sambhogakāya, the pure enjoyment aspect of the
Dhyānibuddhas, also represents the aspect of communication. The Nirmāṇakāya
forms are embodiments taken by Buddhas among earthly beings in order to clarify
the way to enlightenment. The Sambhogakāya and the Nirmāṇakāya are sometimes known together as the
Rūpakāya (Tib. gZugs-sku), lit. 'Form body'; all three kāyas are sometimes
considered aspects of a fourth body, called the Svābhāvikakāya (Tib. Ngo-bo-
nyid-sku). +
a native religion of Tibet, whose founder is said to be gShen-rab who came
from either Ta-zig (which may be Persia) or Zhang-zhung, an area of western
Tibet. +
the state of Buddhahood charac-
terized by perfection of the accumulations of merit and wisdom, and by the
removal of the two obscurations. +
stage of tantric practice
focussing on the processes of visualizations-oneself as deity, the outer world as a
maṇḍala, and the beings within as gods and goddesses. See also Tantra. +
see Eight Great Disciplines. +
great Buddhist scholar; usually refers to the Buddhist scholars from
Kashmir or India. +
the cycle of teachings given by the Buddha; three such
cycles, known as the Three Turnings of the Wheel of the Dharma, were taught by
Sākyamuni Buddha during his lifetime. +
lit. 'means of attainment'; special tantric practices
for gaining certain spiritual attainments. +
