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Literally “taking in hand.” These are instructions for practice conveyed by a guru to disciples, somewhat akin to ''guidelines'', and often included within ''instructions'' or ''special instructions''. +
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Vaibhāsika and Sautrāntika. +
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Literally, the “monk’s circuit,” a tour of monasteries in a given region undertaken by a monk so as to debate other monks on the classic topics of monastic education: ''abhidharma, vinaya, Madhyamaka, the perfection of wisdom'', and ''valid cognition''. +
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Early, middle, and later Shijé. +
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Eye medicine, speed walking, magic pills, penetration of matter, suppression of diseases, the magic sword, flying, invisibility. +
The third division of Ati Yoga, as arranged by Manjushrimitra. +
World age; cosmic cycle. A great kalpa corresponds to a cycle of formation and destruction of a universe and is divided into eighty intermediate kalpas. An intermediate kalpa is composed of one small kalpa during which life span, etc., increase and one small kalpa during which they decrease. +
A Chinese Buddhist master who was invited to Tibet by King Songtsen Gampo. Also mentioned as one of the Chinese yogis that Vairotsana received teachings from in China. +
Literally, "Ever-Excellent One." (1) Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, one of the eight close sons of the Buddha, renowned for his offerings emanated through the power of his concentration; (2) the primordial buddha who has never fallen into delusion and who is the symbol of awareness, the ever-present pure and luminous nature of the mind. +
Syllables or formulas that, when recited with appropriate visualizations, etc., protect the mind of the practitioner from ordinary perceptions. They are invocations and manifestations of the yidam deity in the form of sound. +
In Maha Yoga, the samadhi of suchness, the all-illuminating samadhi, and the samadhi of the seed syllable. +
The second of the three outer tantras. +
Sugar, honey, and molasses. +
Progress toward enlightenment is described, in both the Mahayana and Hinayana, in terms of the five paths of accumulation, joining, seeing, meditation, and no more learning. The first four constitute the path of learning, whereas the path of no more learning is buddhahood. +
A magical tree that has its roots in the asura, or demi-god, realm but bears its fruit in the divine sphere of the Thirty-three. +
Basic knowledge, knowledge of the path, and omniscience. +
One who, through compassion, strives to attain the full enlightenment of buddhahood for the sake of all beings. Bodhisattvas may be "ordinary" or "noble" depending on whether or not they have attained the path of seeing and are residing on one of the ten bhumis. +
A mythical creature that is half man and half animal. Along with the gandharvas, the kinnaras are celebrated as celestial musicians. +
One of the eight accomplished masters that gathered at the Sitavana charnel ground and received from the dakini Mahakarmendrani a casket containing the transmitted precepts of Maha Yoga. Shantigarbha received the casket containing the Malign Mantra and attained the accomplishment. He was invited to Tibet by Trisong Deutsen and propagated the Yamari cycle of teachings. +
The first human recipient of the Maha Yoga tantras and an important figure in the transmission of Anu Yoga. Some sources say he is the same as King Indrabhuti, also known as Indrabodhi. +
