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The definitive meaning is directly stated; it can be taken to mean what it says, and usually describes the ultimate. It is paired with the term "provisional meaning." +
Reality itself, another synonym for the ultimate, often used to indicate it in the context of its presence as the empty nature of all phenomena, that is, as embedded or enfolded within relative truth. ''See also'' truths, two. +
The Great Completion, the most advanced practice in the Nyingma tradition (also practiced by the Kagyu and others), involving a focus on the nature of mind as pristine awareness and the appearances that arise from it. Full awakening is understood as the realization of the primordial and spontaneous purity of mind. The core texts of dzogchen are usually numbered at seventeen, and the teachings are divided into three main sections: mind, space, and instruction. +
The afflictive and the cognitive. The first refers to the five or six afflictions, which are purified during the first seven bodhisattva levels. The second refers to obscurations that prevent realization of omniscience, which are purified on the last three bodhisattva levels. +
In the Mahayana, full awakening is often described in terms of the kayas, meaning "bodies" or "dimensions of reality," which are numbered two, three, or four. When they are two, they are the dharmakaya (dimension or body of truth) and the rupakaya (body of form). The dharmakaya is the perfect realization of mind's nature and replete with enlightened qualities; it is nonconceptual and synonymous with emptiness or omniscience. When the kayas are three, the rupakaya is divided into the sambhogakaya (body of bliss or enjoyment) and the nirmanakaya (body of manifestation or emanation). Expressing the nature of radiant clarity, the sambhogakaya is visible only to bodhisattvas on the ten levels and is adorned with the major and minor marks of a buddha. The nirmanakaya is the fully awakened mind that manifests without impediment in a variety of forms and remains visible to ordinary beings; Shakyamuni Buddha is an example of a nirmanakaya. When the kayas are four, the svabhavikakaya (body of the essential nature) refers to the inseparability of the other three. +
The ten successive grounds or stages of a bodhisattvas practice, beginning with the initial realization of emptiness on the first level and culminating with the vajralike samadhi at the end of the tenth level that opens into full realization. On each level, there are defects to be discarded and qualities to be manifested. buddha nature: A synonym for the ultimate nature of mind, emphasizing its presence within all living beings. +
The traditional Tibetan dress worn by women and men. The woman's version is full length, with long or short sleeves, and usually wraps around the body closely. The man's version is belted, has long, wide sleeves, and wraps loosely around the body to fall below the knee. +
In the Tibetan context, it is understood as the part of the Buddhist heritage that focuses on the rules and regulations for the ordained sangha and on the practice of liberating oneself from the ocean of samsara. In general usage, the term often overlaps with Theravada, "the school of the elders," which is still practiced in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Cambodia. +
Mantra is understood as "what can protect our mind" and refers to various sets of Sanskrit syllables, infused with meaning and power through practice and lineage transmission, and repeated during yidam deity practice. +
The fully awakened mind manifesting as the different forms of male and female deities who represent its myriad qualities. Often translated as "chosen deity," it refers to the specific deity selected as the focus of one's practice. +
A term used to refer to reincarnate lamas before they have been enthroned or, more generally, while they are quite young. +
The Great Vehicle, a further development of Buddhist thought and practice that focuses on compassion and emptiness, also known as the path of the bodhisattva. Within the system of Tibetan Buddhism, it is the second of three vehicles — the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana — and is understood to function as the basis of the Vajrayana. +
Literally, "heart of the one gone to bliss," another synonym for full awakening used in the context of the Vajrayana. +
An especially accomplished teacher who has completed a long and rigorous course of study covering the major treatises of Buddhist philosophy. Some are also masters of meditation. +
In general, the motivation to attain full awakening and bring others to that same liberation. It is divided into ultimate bodhichitta, which is the realization of mind s nature, and relative bodhichitta, which is again divided into the aspiration and the actual engagement in the practice of the six or ten perfections. ''See also'' perfections. +
The expanse of all phenomena, a synonym for ultimate reality. It points to what the master Tilopa states in ''Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning''. "From time without beginning, the true nature of mind is like space./ There is no phenomenon that is not included therein." +
One of the Seventeen Form Realm Heavens +
See [Chiefs of the] Thirty-three [Groups of] Gods +
One of the Four Neighboring Hells +
One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra +
