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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. +
The three essential points in ''trekcho'' meditation, corresponding to the three categories of the Mind Class scriptures. +
After Garab Dorje established the six million four hundred thousand Dzogchen tantras in the human world, Manjushrimitra divided them into three categories: the Mind Class emphasizing luminosity; the Space Class emphasizing emptiness; and the Instruction Class emphasizing their inseparability. +
Literally, "one who has gone thus"; a synonym for fully enlightened buddha. +
A kind of bird, in both the Indian and Tibetan traditions. A creature of great size, immediately upon hatching it is able to fly. A symbol of primordial wisdom. +
The dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya as well as the svabhavikakaya, the kaya of the nature as it is, which represents the in separability of the first three +
A place or world manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva through the spontaneous qualities of his realization. A place where beings can progress toward enlightenment without falling back into the lower realms of samsara. Also, any place whatsoever when it is perceived as a pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom. +
Thought-free, not held in mind, free of all discursive activity. +
The Dzogchen Mind Class scriptures that were translated by Vairotsana. +
The four cardinal and intermediary directions, together with the zenith and nadir. +
''Essence of Secrets''. The chief Maha Yoga tantra of the Nyingma school. +
