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lit : 'those who aspire for virtue,' the realised beings who assist in one's spiritual development.  +
The 'lesser spiritual pursuit' of the Shravaka and the Pratyekabuddha aimed at one's personal liberation alone.  +
This terin refers to all existent phenomena other than emptinesses, i.e. everything apprehended by the valid cognitions of ordinary beings. They are deceptive because the way in which they appear and the way in which they exist do not correspond: they appear as truly existent whereas in reality they are found to be empty of true existence.  +
The true nature of all phenomena, i.e. their emptiness and identitylessness.  +
The name of a Bodhisattva mentioned in the Avatamsaka Sutra. See note 28.  +
A follower of a nonBuddhist materialist philosophy current in ancient India See note 55  +
An infallible state of consciousness that is able to induce certainty about its object. It can be either conceptual or nonconceptual.  +
The wholesome forces and tendencies accumulated from virtuous actions of body, speech and mind.  +
The name of a Bodhisattva whose deeds are recounted in the Samadhiraja Sutra. See note 31.  +
An epithet for a Buddha, so called because he has overcome the four devils.  +
The state of liberation from the sorrowful condition of cyclic existence. Sometimes this term is used as a synonym for emptiness. See note 39.  +