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Buddhist layperson who takes up to five precepts—to avoid killing, stealing, lying, engaging in sexual misconduct, and consuming intoxicants.  +
A follower of the Hinayana noted for his living in isolation.  +
The light and mobile elements of the body; ranging from the gross breath to the many subtle currents of energy that, flowing through an intricate network of channels, allow for most physical functions to operate.  +
lit: 'the smooth melodious one, the name of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom.  +
lit: 'the holder of the vajra', the name of the Bodhisattva of Power.  +
lit : 'a hearer,'a follower of the Hinayana tradition noted for his living in communities.  +
The heightened analytical faculty of mind that cognises subtle impermanence and emptiness.  +
A state of concentration in which the mind can one-pointedly and effortlessly abide on the object of meditation.  +
One who is totally purified from all defilements (sangs) and who has realised all that can be known (rgyas).  +