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Important teachings of the Space Class. +
An epithet of the Buddha. +
One of the translators who were sent to India by King Trisong Deutsen in order to search for the teachings. Along with his companions he studied the Yangdag Heruka doctrine with Master Humkara. +
The wheel, or round, of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences, all of which are characterized by suffering. +
A period of six months. +
District between eastern Tibet and China. +
The teachings of Hinayana and Mahayana that regard the practices of the path as the causes for attaining the fruition of liberation and enlightenment. +
Buddha-nature; the essence of enlightenment present in all sentient beings. +
An abbot from Oddiyana who was one of the Dzogchen lineage masters. He was a disciple of Rabnang and the teacher of Princess Gomadevi. +
Literally, "moving through space." The representation of wisdom in female form. There are several levels of dakinis: wisdom dakinis who have complete realization and worldly dakinis who possess various spiritual powers. The word is also used as a title for great women teachers and as a respectful form of addressing the wives of spiritual masters. +
The greatness of direct manifestation of enlightenment; the greatness of enlightenment in the ultimate dimension of phenomena; the greatness of enlightenment in the dharmakaya; the greatness of enlightenment that proves its own nature; and the greatness of the absolute nonexistence of enlightenment. +
The direct introduction to the nature of mind that is given by the root guru and leads to the recognition of mind nature. +
Literally, "blood drinker." A wrathful deity, drinker of the blood of ego-clinging. +
Red Ornament. This queen was the senior consort of Trisong Deutsen and bore him three sons. According to some sources, she poisoned her son Mune Tsenpo when he came to power because he married his father's younger consort Phoyongza. She was in favor of the Bon tradition and openly hostile to Buddhist teachers. +
Literally means "abode of the gods." The capital of Tibet. +
A king of Oddiyana who was a direct disciple of Prahevajra and Manjushrimitra. He was the father of Princess Parani and Prince Rajahasti, and the teacher of Rajahasti. +
One of the Indian lineage masters of the Dzogchen teachings, who was a disciple of Manjushri Bhadra and the teacher of Buddhagupta. +
Cool Grove, a sacred charnel ground to the northeast of Bodhgaya, which is inhabited by many dakinis and savage beings. It has a great stupa, which contains many special tantras in caskets that were hidden by the dakinis. Padmasambhava practiced ascetics there for many years. Garab Dorje also spent many years there teaching the dakinis, and it was there that Manjushrimitra met him. +
Deity riding a white yak, oath-bound by Padmasambhava. Also refers to a mountain in the Yarlung Valley of central Tibet, where the first king of Tibet is said to have descended from the sky. +
A symbolic description of dharmakaya being like a single sphere because it is devoid of duality and limitation and defies all conceptual constructs that could be formed about it. +
