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The traditional classification of the Dharma according to the Nyingma school. The first three vehicles are known as the three causal vehicles of the shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Following these are the three vehicles of the outer tantras, namely, Kriya Yoga, Upa Yoga, and Yoga Tantras. Finally, there are the three vehicles of the inner tantras: Maha Yoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga Tantras. +
Twofold division of the religious community: ordained renunciates who shave their head and wear red and yellow robes, and Vajrayana practitioners who are not celibate, wear white robes, and grow their hair long. +
The world in which we live. Literally, "the Land of Rose Apples," the continent south of Mount Meru. +
A branch of the Great Vehicle that uses the special techniques of the tantras to traverse the path of enlightenment more rapidly for all beings. +
Thirty-two major physical signs of realization (e.g., the ''ushnisha'', or crown protuberance) and eighty minor characteristics (e.g., copper-colored fingernails) that are typical of a buddha. +
The three main afflictions of attachment, hatred, and ignorance. +
One of the swift-footed border guards in India who became Vairotsana's friend. +
(1910-91) Treasure revealer who was regarded by followers of all the four schools as one of the greatest Tibetan masters of the last century. +
Generosity of material things, of protection from fear, and of the Dharma teachings. +
In Chinese, Wutaishan. A place in eastern China sacred to Manjushri, where Vimalamitra is supposed to reside. +
Vajra-holder. Emanation of Samantabhadra. The dharmakaya buddha of the New Schools. Can also refer to one's personal teacher of Vajrayana or to the all-embracing buddha-nature. +
Predicted by Padmasambhava and trained as a translator during the time of Trisong Deutsen, along with Kawa Paltsek he translated the sutras and tantras while Vairo went to India. Later, he and Kawa went to India to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. He is considered the third greatest Tibetan translator and was also one of Padmasambhava's twenty-five disciples. Also referred to as Chok. +
The heruka of the Vajra family; alternatively, the tantric teachings connected to that wrathful deity. Also, one of the Eight Sadhana Teachings of the Nyingma school. +
One of the Indian lineage masters of Dzogchen; a disciple of Devaraja and the teacher of Shri Singha. +
Action, the unerring law of cause and effect according to which all experiences are the result of previous actions and all actions are the seeds of future existential situations. Actions resulting in the experience of happiness are defined as virtuous; actions that give rise to suffering are described as nonvirtuous. +
According to the Buddhist tradition, a class of beings that is superior to humans, which although not immortal enjoy immense power, bliss, and longevity. The term is also used to refer to powerful spirits as well as to the deities visualized in tantric meditation, which are not to be understood as "gods" in the ordinary sense of the word. +
The second of the three categories of Mind Class tantras. +
A princess who was one of the Indian lineage masters of the Dzogchen teachings. She was a disciple of the scholar Maharaja and the teacher of Atsantra Aloke. +
In the Mahayana, the transcendent reality of perfect buddhahood is described in terms of two, three, four, or five bodies, or kayas. The two bodies, in the first case, are the dharmakaya, the Body of Truth, and the rupakaya, the Body of Form. The dharmakaya is the absolute or "emptiness" aspect of buddhahood. The rupakaya is subdivided into the sambhogakaya, the Body of Perfect Enjoyment, and the nirmanakaya, the Body of Manifestation. The sambhogakaya, or the spontaneous clarity aspect of buddhahood, is perceptible only to beings of extremely high realization. The nirmanakaya, the compassionate aspect, is perceptible to ordinary beings and appears in the world most often in human form. The system of four bodies consists of the three just referred to together with the svabhavikakaya, or Body of Suchness, which refers to the union of the previous three. +
A disciple of Vairotsana. He was one hundred years old when he met Vairotsana. After receiving the instructions from Vairotsana, he attained instant realization and became one of the lineage masters. It is said that all his disciples attained rainbow body. +
