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When referring to the view of the Great Perfection, awareness means consciousness devoid of ignorance and dualistic fixation. +
Spirits dwelling in charnel grounds. +
Literally, "one who has gone to and proceeds in bliss," an epithet of the buddhas. +
Manifested body. The third of the three kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that can be perceived by ordinary beings. +
The mythological mountain at the center of our worldsystem surrounded by the four continents where the two lowest classes of gods of the world of desire live. It is encircled by chains of lesser mountains, lakes, continents, and oceans and is said to have an altitude of eighty-four thousand leagues above sea level. +
A billionfold cosmic system of worlds, each of which comprises a Mount Meru and four cosmic continents. +
The Great Vehicle. The characteristic of Mahayana is the profound view of the emptiness of the ego and of all phenomena coupled with universal compassion and the desire to deliver all beings from suffering and its causes. +
The third Dharma king of Tibet and an emanation of Manjushri. He appeared in the fifth reign after Songtsen Gampo and was thirteen years old when he started ruling the kingdom. He invited many masters to Tibet to propagate the true doctrine, built Samye, and established Buddhism as the state religion of Tibet. There are many different opinions about his birth and death dates. +
One the seven men to be tested, the first seven monks ordained by Shantarakshita. Another of the twenty-five close disciples of Padmasambhava. According to the ''Chronicles'', Kawa Paltsek was sent to India with Chokro Lui Gyaltsen, not Khon Lui Wangpo, to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. +
Encompasses the contents of the three outer tantras, in particular Yoga Tantra. +
The river valley of Gyalmo Tsawarong in the far east of Kham. +
Refers to the Nyingma school. +
Famished spirits or hungry ghosts, one of the six classes of beings in samsara. +
Non-Buddhist. Refers to teachers of non-Buddhist philosophies who adhere to the extreme views of eternalism or nihilism. +
The famous monastic university built at the birthplace of Shariputra some distance north of Bodhgaya in Bihar. Nalanda had a long and illustrious history, and many of the greatest masters of the Mahayana lived, studied, and taught there. It was destroyed in 1200 C.E. +
King Mangsong Mangtsen's son, who ruled Tibet 676-704. +
The tantra of activity, which is the first of the three outer tantras. Kriya Tantra emphasizes ritual cleanliness — cleanliness of the mandala and the sacred substances — and physical cleanliness of the practitioner, who practices ablutions, changes clothes three times a day, and eats specific foods. +
The activity aspect of all the buddhas, a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva. The practice of this deity is related to the four aspects of the Kila: the ritual object, compassion, bodhichitta, and awareness-wisdom. +
A disciple of Yudra Nyingpo who became one of the lineage holders. +
The "Lord Who Sees"; name of the bodhisattva who embodies the speech and compassion of all the buddhas and who is sometimes referred to as ''Lokeshvara'', the Lord of the World. The sambhogakaya emanation of Buddha Amitabha. +
