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gzugs med khams;world of formlessness;world of formlessness;ārūpyadhātu;The third of the three worlds, at the peak of existence. It comprises the spheres of infinite space, infinite consciousness, utter nothingness, and neither existence nor nonexistence. +
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rdzogs smin sbyang;completion,maturation,and purification;completion,maturation,and purification;Three aspects of a bodhisattva’s practice: completing the accumulations of merit and wisdom, bringing beings to maturity, and training in purifying the realm as a buddha field. +
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dmyal ba;hells;hells;One of the six realms, in which beings suffer from hallucinations of intense heat or cold, mainly as a result of violent deeds motivated by hatred. +
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rig byed ma yin pa’i gzugs;imperceptible form;imperceptible form;An aspect of the aggregate of form asserted by certain listeners and said to comprise vows (commitment to virtue), nonvows (commitment to negative deeds), and intermediate activities (positive or negative deeds performed without conscious intention). +
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’phags pa’i sa;bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhūmi;lit. “levels of the noble ones.” The ten levels of realization reached by bodhisattvas on the paths of seeing, meditation, and no more learning. In some classifications additional levels are added. +
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jig rten chos brgyad;eight ordinary preoccupations;eight ordinary preoccupations;The normal preoccupations of unrealized people without a clear spiritual perspective. They are gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and criticism, fame and infamy. +
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sa dag pa gsum;pure levels;pure levels;The last three of the ten levels. +
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byis pa;immature;immature;lit. “childish.” Ordinary beings who are spiritually immature. +
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’khor ba;saṃsāra;lit. “wheel.” Cyclic existence, the endless round of birth, death, and rebirth in which beings suffer as result of their actions and defilements. +
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rtog ge ba;intellectuals;intellectuals;tārkika;Also dialecticians, polemicists. A term often used pejoratively to refer to individuals who are more concerned with philosophical debate on the intellectual level than with gaining genuine spiritual realization. +
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‘jig tshogs la lta ba;transitory composite (view of);transitory composite (view of);The view whereby the five aggregates, which are transitory and composite, are regarded as a permanent, independent, and single “I” and “mine.” This view is the basis of all other wrong views. +
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sangs rgyas kyi zhing khams,also dag pa'i zhing;buddha field;buddha field;A pure land or world manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva through the spontaneous qualities of their realization, in which beings can progress toward enlightenment without falling back in to the lower realms of cyclic existence. Also, any place whatsoever, when it is perceived as a pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom. +
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dbang po drug;six sense organs;six sense organs;The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. +
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dge rtsa gsum;three roots of virtue;three roots of virtue;Freedom from attachment, freedom from aversion, and freedom from bewilderment. +
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bodhicitta;bodhicitta;see collection. +
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longs spyod rdzogs pa’i sku;body of perfect enjoyment;body of perfect enjoyment;saṃbhogakāya;The spontaneously luminous aspect of buddhahood, only perceptible to highly realized beings. +
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bskal pa;kalpa;A unit of time (of inconceivable length) used in Buddhist cosmology to describe the cycles of formation and destruction of a universe, and the ages of increase and decrease within them. +
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zag med kyi phung po lnga;five untainted aggregates;five untainted aggregates;Discipline, concentration, wisdom, liberation, and the aggregate of seeing the gnosis of liberation. +
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mtshan nyid gsum;three realities;three realities;trisvabhāva;Another name for the three natures. The imputed reality, the dependent reality, and the fully present reality. +
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bram ze;brahmin;A member of the priestly caste in Indian society. +
