Property:Gloss-term
From Buddha-Nature
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Buddha-nature (Buddha-potential);buddha-nature (buddha-potential);The factors allowing all beings to attain full enlightenment. +
Afflictions;afflictions;Attitudes and emotions such as ignorance, attachment, anger, pride, jealousy, and confusion that disturb our mental peace and propel us to act in ways harmful to others. +
Inherent or independent existence;inherent or independent existence;A false and nonexistent quality that we project onto persons and phenomena;existence independent of causes and conditions, parts, or the mind labeling a phenomenon. +
Arya;arya;A person who has realized emptiness directly. +
Pure land;pure land;A place established by a Buddha or bodhisattva where all conditions are conducive for practicing the Dharma and attaining enlightenment. +
Suffering (Dukkha);suffering (dukkha);Any dissatisfactory condition. It doesn't refer only to physical or mental pain, but includes all problematic conditions. +
Buddha;buddha;Any person who has purified all defilements and developed all good qualities. "The Buddha" refers to Shakyamuni Buddha, who lived 2,500 years ago in India. +
Dukkha;dukkha;Unsatisfactory conditions. See Suffering. +
Dharma;dharma;The realizations and cessations of suffering and its causes. In a more general sense, Dharma refers to the teachings and doctrine of the Buddha. +
Taking refuge;taking refuge;Entrusting one's spiritual development to the guidance of the Three Jewels-the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. +
Meditation;meditation;Habituating ourselves to positive attitudes, beneficial emotions, and accurate perspectives. +
Enlightenment (Buddhahood);enlightenment (buddhahood);The state of a Buddha, that is, the state of having forever eliminated all disturbing attitudes, karmic imprints, and their stains from one's mindstream, and having developed one's good qualities and wisdom to their fullest extent. Buddhahood supersedes liberation. +
Emptiness;emptiness;According to the Prasangika Madhyamaka School, it is the lack of independent, or inherent, existence. This is the ultimate nature or reality of all persons and phenomena. +
Arhat;arhat;A person who has attained liberation and is thus free from cyclic existence. +
Real;real;Truly or inherently existent. +
Basis of designation;basis of designation;The collection of parts or qualities in dependence upon which an object is labeled. +
Spirit;spirit;An unenlightened being born in the hungry ghost or demi-god (asura) realms. Spirits may be helpful or harmful. +
Meditative quiescence;meditative quiescence;The ability to remain single-pointedly on an object of meditation with a pliant and serene mind. +
Liberation;liberation;The state of having removed all afflictions and karma causing us to take rebirth in cyclic existence. +
Tantra;tantra;A scripture describing Vajrayana practice. +
