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rigs lnga;Five Buddha Families;five buddha families;The five buddha families function as the support for the five wisdoms. The relationship between these two groups is as follows: the wisdom of the basic space of phenomena is linked with the buddha family and the Buddha Vairocana;all-accomplishing wisdom with the karma family and the Buddha Amoghasiddhi;the wisdom of equality with the jewel family and the Buddha Ratnasambhāva;discerning wisdom with the lotus family and the Buddha Amitābha;and mirrorlike wisdom with the vajra family and either Vajrasattva or Akṣobhya. [TK 2, 80] +
de bzhin gshegs pa;One Who Has Passed into Real;one who has passed into real;Tathāgata;[Lit. "One Who Has Passed into Reality"] - An epithet of the buddhas;this refers to one who, in dependence upon the path of reality, abides in neither existence nor peace and has passed into the state of great enlightenment. [TD 1287] +
bag chags;habitual patterns;habitual patterns +
rdo rje'i gshog pa;vajra swing;vajra swing +
byin rlabs;Blessings;blessings;The innate potential or strength present in the various qualities of the path of the noble ones. [TD 1885] +
gnyis ka rgyud;Dual Tantra;dual tantra;ubhayatantra;An alternate name for Caryā Tantra. +
rang byung;naturally existing;naturally existing +
bsnyen pa;Approach;approach;Approach is the first of the four divisions of approach and accomplishment. Though this stage is relevant in a variety of contexts, in terms of development stage practice, approach refers to the phase in which the wisdom being "approaches" one's own state of being. [KR 60] +
rdzong;fortress;fortress +
g.yo ba'i nyams;experience of movement;experience of movement +
bar srid,bar do;Intermediate State;intermediate state;The bardo, or intermeditate state, typically refers to the state that occurs between death and a future rebirth. It can also, however, refer to the transitional periods that constitute the entire stream of existence, inclusive of birth, dreaming, meditation, death, reality itself, and transmigration. Concerning the specific completion stage practice, Dza Patrul writes (referring to the three intermediate states of death, reality itself, and transmigration), "In the first intermediate state, one brings luminosity onto the path as dharmakāya. In the second, union is brought onto the path as sambhogakāya. And in the third, rebirth is taken onto the path as nirmāṇakāya." [DR 445] +
ngo bo,thig le;essence;essence +
rnal 'byor chen po;Mahāyoga;Mahāyoga is one of nine vehicles found in the Nyingma tradition. In this system, one begins by maturing one's state of being with the eighteen supreme empowerments: the ten outer, beneficial empowerments, the five inner empowerments of potentiality, and the three profound, secret empowerments. In the next step, one comes to a definitive understanding of the view, which relates to the indivisibility of the superior two truths. In terms of meditation, the development stage is emphasized - the three meditative absorptions form the structure for this stage of practice, while its essence consists of a threefold process: purification, perfection, and maturation. This is then sealed with the four stakes that bind the life-force. In the completion stage practice of this system, one meditates on the channels, energies, essences, and luminosity. Then, as the conduct, one relies upon the proximate cause, which can be either elaborate in form, simple, or extremely simple, and then attains the fruition of this process - the completion of the five paths (which are subsumed under the four knowledge holders). This state of fruition is known as the unified state of the vajra holder. [TD 2052] +
las;karma;karma +
dkyil 'khor gsum;Three Maṇḍalas;three maṇḍalas;The three maṇḍalas possess a variety of meanings, depending on the context. These three frequently refer to the maṇḍalas of body, speech, and mind. In the Anuyoga tradition, these three represent the view and are presented as follows: 1) empty basic space - the ''primordial maṇḍala of Samantabhadrī'', 2) wisdom - the ''natural maṇḍala of spontaneous presence'', and 3) the union of emptiness and wisdom - the ''fundamental maṇḍala of enlightenment''. [NS 285] +
mthe'u kham;apricot seed;apricot seed +
mngal skyes;womb birth;womb birth +
bre phul;top border;top border +
sku lnga;Five Kāyas;five kāyas;1) Dharmakāya (form of reality), sambhogakāya (form of perfect enjoyment), nirmāṇakāya (emanated form), svābhāvikakāya (essence form), and the unchanging vajrakāya - these five kāyas comprise the state of buddhahood. In the Nyingma School, the svābhāvikakāya may be replaced with the abhisambodhikāya (the form of complete enlightenment). Alternately, in the Nyingma tradition, this may also refer to the enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities that form the basis for the twenty-five fruitional qualities. [TD 120] +
dpe'i ye shes;Symbolic Wisdom;symbolic wisdom;''See'' true luminosity. +
