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Lit. "wheel," and therefore also translated as "cyclic existence": the endless round of birth, death, and rebirth in which beings suffer as a result of their actions and afflictive emotions. +
Those related to lions, elephants, fire, snakes, water, chains, robbers, and flesh eaters (harmful spirits and rakshasas). +
Also called a demi-god or jealous god: a class of beings whose jealous nature spoils their enjoyment of their fortunate rebirth in the higher realms and involves them in constant conflict with the gods in the god realms. +
The Sanskrit name of the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed. See Torment Unsurpassed. +
Also called the "seven attributes of royalty" (rgyal srid sna bdun): the precious golden wheel, precious wish-fulfilling jewel, precious queen, precious minister, precious elephant, precious horse, and precious general. +
The vehicles of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas. +
A proponent of extreme philosophical views such as nihilism and eternalism. This term is often used to imply non-Buddhist religious traditions in India. +
Also "modesty," "consideration of others": to be ashamed because of what others might think if one commits negative actions. This is one of the seven noble riches ( 'phags pa'i nor bdun) listed in verse 32 of Letter to a Friend +
Lit. "possessing the cause of downfall (zag pa)": tainted by afflictive emotions, or by concepts of subject, object, and action. +
Lit. "union with the natural state": a term for spiritual practice. +
The gods' realms, the asuras' realm, and the human realm. +
(1) A scripture containing the teachings of the Buddha; (2) the Sutra-pitaka (mdo sd), the one of the Three Pitakas that deals with meditation. +
A follower of the Basic Vehicle who attains liberation (the cessation of suffering) without the help of a spiritual teacher. +
The Sanskrit term for afflictive emotions. +
The six great commentators on the Buddha's teachings: Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti. +
Also called five sins with immediate effect: (1) killing one's father, (2) killing one's mother, (3) killing an Arhat, (4) creating a split in the Sangha, and (5) malevolently causing a Buddha to bleed. Someone who has committed one of these five actions takes rebirth in the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed immediately after death, without going through the intermediate state. +
Lit. "the supreme mountain": the four-sided mountain in the form of an inverted pyramid which is the center of our universe according to Buddhist cosmology. +
Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. +
Also "modesty," "consideration of others": to be ashamed because of what others might think if one commits negative actions. This is one of the seven noble riches ( 'phags pa'i nor bdun) listed in verse 32 of Letter to a Friend +
The vehicle of the Bodhisattvas, referred to as great because it aims at full Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. +
