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A solitary bird that always dwells apart from others. +
The third of the three outer tantras, which emphasizes the view rather than the conduct and regards the deity as being at the same level as oneself. +
One of the Indian Dzogchen lineage masters, a disciple of Kukkuraja and the teacher of Dagnyima. +
These are: ignorance; habitual tendencies; consciousness; name and form; the six activity fields of eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and intellect; contact; feeling; craving; aggregates; birth; old age; and death. +
A transcendent perfection or virtue, the practice of which leads to buddhahood and, therefore, forms the practice of bodhisattvas. There are six paramitas: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. +
A master who lived in the nineteenth century and was a teacher of Shukseb Jetsun and a student of the first Dodupchen Rinpoche. +
Essence body, sometimes counted as the fourth kaya, and constituting the unity of the three kayas. Jamgon Kongtrul defines it as the aspect of dharmakaya that is "the nature of all phenomena, emptiness devoid of all constructs and endowed with the characteristic of natural purity." +
The supreme god and king of the Heaven of the Thirty-three. Indra is regarded as a protector of the Buddhist doctrine. He resides on the summit of Mount Sumeru in the Palace of Complete Victory and is also known as Shakra (''brgya byin''), the ruler of the devas. +
Literally, "awareness-holder." Someone of high attainment in the Vajrayana. According to the Nyingma tradition, there are four levels of vidyadhara corresponding to the ten (sometimes eleven) levels of realization of the Sutrayana. They are: (1) the vidyadhara with corporal residue, (2) the vidyadhara with power over life, (3) the Mahamudra vidyadhara, and (4) the vidyadhara of spontaneous presence. +
The absolute expanse; emptiness pervaded with awareness. +
A practice to accomplish speed walking. +
The tantras belonging to the three vehicles of Kriya, Upa, and Yoga. +
Literally, "joining" or "union" with the natural state of the mind. A term commonly used to refer to spiritual practice. +
The son of Buddha Shakyamuni's uncle who became the Buddha's personal attendant. Ananda was able to remember every word the Buddha spoke; he compiled the Buddha's teachings and served as the second patriarch in the oral transmission of the Dharma. +
The five wisdoms of buddhahood corresponding to the five buddha families: mirror-like wisdom (Vajra family), wisdom of equality (Ratna, or Jewel family), all-discerning wisdom (Padma, or Lotus family), all-accomplishing wisdom (Karma, or Action family) and wisdom of dharmadhatu (Tathagata family). They represent five distinctive functions of our enlightened essence. +
Consciousness as the ground of all experience. According to the Mahayana, the all-ground is the fundamental and indeterminate level of the mind in which karmic imprints are stored. +
Literally, "Great Seal." This refers to the seal of the absolute nature of all phenomena. The term is used for the teaching, the practice, and the supreme accomplishment. +
The first of the three kayas, which is devoid of constructs, like space. The body of enlightened qualities. See three kayas. +
The levels or stages of a bodhisattva on the way to perfect enlightenment. +
Sublime or noble one, one who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: arhats, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and buddhas. +
