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A commentary on the Buddha's teachings. The term shastra does not only apply to a commentary on one particular teaching (a named sutra, for example) but also includes works by both Indian and Tibetan masters that provide condensed or more accessible expositions of particular subjects. +
Those related to lions, elephants, fire, snakes, water, chains, robbers, and flesh eaters (harmful spirits and rakshasas). +
The Buddha of Infinite Light. +
Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be loosely understood as the goal of Buddhist practice, the opposite of samsara, it is important to realize that the term is understood differently by the different vehicles; the nirvana of the Basic Vehicle, the peace of cessation that an Arhat attains, is very different from a Buddha's nirvana, the state of perfect enlightenment that transcends both samsara and nirvana. +
In the context of the Basic Vehicle, a state of realization where one will no longer be reborn in the desire realm. It is the stage before the attainment of the level of Arhat. In the context of the Great Vehicle, a Bodhisattva Non-Returner is one who cannot return to a samsaric state of mind, though he may still manifest in samsara to benefit beings. +
The world of desire. +
The hells, the preta realm, and the animal realm. +
A positive or virtuous act that serves as a cause propelling one towards happy states. +
Lit. "one who listens": one who follows the Basic Vehicle of the Buddha's teachings and aims to attain liberation for himself as an Arhat. +
Transcendent generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. +
An epithet of a Buddha. +
Eliminating (or getting rid of) all obscurations, and realizing the two kinds of knowledge of a Buddha (q.v.). +
One of the Three Pitakas; the branch of the Buddha's teachings that deals mainly with psychology and logic. +
The truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of cessation, and the truth of the path. These constitute the foundation of Buddha Shakyamuni's doctrine', the first teaching that he gave (at Sarnath near Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment. +
See Five aggregates. +
The Buddha's doctrine, the teachings transmitted in the scriptures, and the qualities of realization attained through their practice. Note that the Sanskrit word dharma has ten principal meanings, including "anything that can be known." Vasubandhu defines the Dharma, in its Buddhist sense, as the "protective dharma" (chos skyobs): "It corrects ( 'chos) every one of the enemies, the afflictive emotions; and it protects (skyobs) us from the lower realms: these two characteristics are absent from other spiritual traditions." +
A person practicing a spiritual path. +
A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is enlightenment for all beings. +
The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Ultimate Torment. +
The basis of all concentrations: a calm, undistracted state of unwavering concentration. +
