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sgom lam;path of cultivation;path of cultivation +
dkyil 'khor;disc;disc +
srog sdom gzer bzhi;Four Stakes That Bind the Life-Force;four stakes that bind the life-force;The stake of absorption, the stake of the essence mantra, the stake of unchanging realization, and the stake of projection and absorption. k Tenpe Nyima explains, "All key points of the Vajrayana path of Secret Mantra are included in these four." [KR 59] Explaining further, Khenpo Ngaga writes, "It is traditionally said that these four stakes bring together our own ordinary body, speech, mind, and actions with the enlightened form, speech, mind, and activities of the wisdom deity. They are like stakes that bind these together ... In other words, these key instructions on the four stakes that bind the life-force purify the three gates and actions, which seem to be obscured from the perspective of the way things appear. Consequently, enlightened form, speech, mind, and activities - the way things really are - actually manifest. This is why these four are necessary." [ST 29] +
rdo rje nga rgyal;Vajra Pride;vajra pride;''See'' stable pride. +
dra ba phyed pa;tassels;tassels +
brtan pa'i nyams;experience of stability;experience of stability +
dbang;Empowerment;empowerment;abhiṣeka;In a general sense an empowerment is a tantric ritual that matures the students and allows them to engage in specific tantric practices. There are a great many divisions and descriptions pertaining to empowerment, such as those of the ground, path, and fruition. There are also unique empowerments associated with each tantric lineage and vehicle. Concerning the meaning of the term "empowerment," Jamgön Kongtrül explains that the original Sanskrit term has the literal meaning of "to scatter" and "to pour." The meaning, he explains, is that empowerments cleanse and purify the psycho-physical continuum by "scattering" the obscurations and then "pouring" the potential of wisdom into what is then a clean vessel, the purified psycho-physical continuum. [TK 3, 54] Stressing the importance of the empowerment ritual, Tsele Natsok Rangdröl writes, "Unless you first obtain the ripening empowerments, you are not authorized to hear even a single verse of the tantras, statements, and instructions. (Unauthorized) people who engage in expounding on and listening to the tantras will not only fail to receive blessings, they will create immense demerit from divulging the secrecy of these teachings. A person who has not obtained empowerment may pretend to practice the liberating instructions, but, instead of bringing accomplishment, the practice will create obstacles and countless other defects." [EM 39] +
rgyu'i ting nge 'dzin;causal absorption;causal absorption +
sgyu 'phrul drva ba;Glorious Magical Web;glorious magical web;''See Tantra of the Secret Essence''. +
rang bzhin sprul pa'i sku;Natural Nirmāṇakāya;natural nirmāṇakāya;According to Jamgön Kongtrül, the "natural nirmāṇakāya" is like a reflection cast by the sambhogakāya, referring to the five realms, kāyas, wisdoms, dharmas, and other elements that appear to tenth level bodhisattvas. In particular, this refers to the five nirmāṇakaya realms: the Unsurpassed (Akaniṣṭha, the realm of the buddha family and the Buddha Vairocana), Complete Joy (Abhirati, the realm of the vajra family and the Buddha Akṣobhya), the Glorious (Śrīmat, the realm of the jewel family and the Buddha Ratnasambhava), the Blissful or Lotus Mound (Sukhāvatī/Padmākūṭa, the realm of the lotus family and the Buddha Amitābha), and Accomplishment of Supreme Activity (Karmaprasiddhi, the realm of the karma family and the Buddha Amoghasiddhi). [TK 1, 84] +
gsang ba zab mo'i dbang;Profound Secret Empowerments;profound secret empowerments;There are three groupings of empowerments linked with the peaceful and wrathful deities of the ''Tantra of the Secret Essence''. Following the ten outer, beneficial empowerments and the five inner empowerments of potentiality, this third grouping consists of three empowerments that enable the student to practice the various types of completion stage, such as yogic heat, luminosity, and dream practice. These are the secret empowerment, the knowledge-wisdom empowerment, and the precious word empowerment. [PA 10-12] +
dam tshig gi dkyil 'khor;samaya maṇḍala;samaya maṇḍala +
gnas lung;transmission of place;transmission of place +
ye shes kyi phyag rgya;wisdom mudrā;wisdom mudrā +
'gram rmang;base;base +
rdo rje phag mo;Vajravarāhī;[Lit. "Indestructible Sow"] - A semiwrathful female yidam deity;the female counterpart of Cakrasaṃvara ('''"`UNIQ--nowiki-0002EF21-QINU`"'khor lo bde mchog''). [TD 1440] +
rnam pa gsal ba;Clear Appearance;clear appearance;Along with recollecting purity and stable pride, this is one of the primary principles of development stage practice. Jigme Lingpa explains, "The forms of the central and surrounding deities ... should not be protruding like a clay statue or cast image, yet neither should they be flat like a painting. In contrast, they should be apparent, yet not truly existent, like a rainbow in the sky or the reflection of the moon in a lake. They should appear as though conjured up by a magician. Clear appearance involves fixing the mind one-pointedly on these forms with a sense of vividness, nakedness, lucidity, and clarity". [GD 219] ''See also'' clarity, purity, and pride. +
pha gu;hanging;hanging +
ldem bag;supple;supple +
padma'i rig 'dzin;lotus knowledge holder;lotus knowledge holder +
