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Great Indian master of philosophy and a tantric siddha. He received the Lotus Speech tantras, which he accomplished and transmitted to Padmasambhava. He recovered the Prajnaparamita sutras from the land of the nagas and was the founder of the Madhyamaka philosophy. According to this text, he is a disciple of Dagnyima and the teacher of Kukkuraja. +
Present-day Bihar, in central India. +
A fabulous jewel that fulfills all wishes that is found in the realms of the gods or nagas. The Buddha, one's master, and the nature of mind are often referred to as wish-fulfilling gems. +
Songtsen Gampo's nephew, who ruled Tibet after Songtsen Gampo until his son Dusong Mangpoje took over. +
The yogic art of being able to walk extremely fast, covering a huge distance in a short time through control of the inner currents of energy. +
One of Yudra Nyingpo's main disciples who became a lineage holder. +
Sacred mountain in western Tibet, also known as Mount Tisey. +
Born in 374 C.E., he was the first Dharma king of Tibet and the twenty-eighth hereditary king. He was also an emanation of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. Also known as Lha Thothori Nyentsen. +
One of the Indian Dzogchen lineage masters, who was a direct disciple of Prahevajra and Naga King Nanda. She was the teacher of the prostitute Barani. +
Literally, "foe-destroyer," one who has vanquished the enemies of conflicting emotion and realized the nonexistence of the personal self, thus being forever free from the sufferings of samsara. Arhatship is the goal of the teachings of the Fundamental Vehicle, or Hinayana. +
Name given to the great sages of Indian mythology, who were endowed with great longevity and magical powers and were instrumental in the creation, or reception, of the Vedas. In the Buddhist context, this word is usually translated as sage, hermit, or saint. +
The expedient meaning refers to conventional teachings on the Four Noble Truths, karma, path, and result, which are designed to lead the practitioner to the definitive meaning, the insight into emptiness, suchness, and buddha-nature. +
Steadfast Lion, the Muni of the animal realm. Also called Shravasimha. +
Vairotsana's birthplace near Uyuk in the Nyemo area. +
A sphere or dimension manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva in which beings may abide and progress toward enlightenment without ever falling back into lower states of existence. Also, any place seen as the pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom is a buddha-field. +
Vairotsana's father, though some sources claim he was Vairotsana's uncle who adopted his nephew after the father died. +
The perception of the world and its contents as a pure buddha-field or as the display of kayas and wisdoms. +
Abbreviation of the ''Scripture of the Embodiment of the Realization of All Buddhas''; the most important Anu Yoga scripture. +
Literally, "the Blissful,"; the name of the Western Paradise, the pure land of Buddha Amitabha. +
An exposition tantra of the All-Creating Monarch Tantra. +
