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the round of birth and death that encloses the realms of the animals, the gods, the anti-gods, the tortured spirits, the denizens of hell and humankind. It is all conditioned existence. It is pain and suffering. +
the community or fellowship of aspirants to the Here and Now united by their common knowledge of the transpersonal aspects of the human mind, and their common place of refuge-the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. +
literally meaning Great Gem, usually translated as Precious One, this title is used to address the Lama in whom one has placed one's trust during the initial stages of practice. Also used to address monastic ofĺrciaries. Sadhana, a ritual text which provides the model during meditational practice for mature total involvement. Sadhana is the effort through practice necessary to achieve a constant illuminated state along the Path of Dharma. +
signifies the nature of Buddhahood and points to the constantly adaptable vibration of the accomplished master of Tantra (which appears in whatever form necessary to instruct). The Mahamudra is the ultimate pose, including all others. +
ften identified with Kailasha in the Hindu world, this mount is the centre of the universe and is ringed by mountains and lakes which protect it from the great ocean in which float the four continents and the eight island continents. On top of the heavenly mount is a flat plain, the home of the gods. In the centre of the plain is the three-tiered temple of the Guru's Body. +
describes the yogin who has overcome fear and attained the illuminated understanding of a mature aspirant upon the path. Bodhisattvas are either incarnate or divine. In their incarnate form they are called Buddhasons while in their divine manifestation they are Herukas. +
a ritual instrument which represents the penetrating power of compassion when confronted with the mean mask of ego. It is used in rituals of demonic harness. Before the Dharma can spread to the boundaries of the universe all traces of unregenerate energy must be trained to work in the single cause of playful responsiveness. The power of the Purba, one end shaped like a Vajra and the other like a dagger, is the means of cutting through the outer guise of selfishness and exposing the hollow impotence within. +
a king who follows the Dharma and performs the duty of providing the conditions in which every individual has the freedom to enter the spiritual quest of self-knowing. His sole aim is to become a master in his own right. +
a personification of the illuminated elements of the Mind coming together in a violent composition in order to instruct the yogin in the nature of reality. Compassion is his essential feeling tone. However, to the fearful and uninitiated the Heruka may appear threatening and malicious. Kaliyuga, the end of time when the vibration of the universe has increased to the point of destruction, when discipline is no longer valued, when corruption and exploitation are the characteristics of politics and commerce and despair is all pervading. +
Buddhas who have destroyed the source of passion within themselves and having traversed the ocean of life enter the Bliss of Nirvana. +
the indestructible throne upon which the Buddha Sakyamuni sat during his awakening and which gave its name to the town now known as Bodh Gaya. Depicted in the form of a mandala, the throne represents the unity of subject and object and the shared ground of both. +
the discipline necessary to help one contain the impulsive nature of the human body and to make every gesture and action meaningful, thereby expediting the fulfillment of the Bodhisattva Vow. It refers also to the body of literature which describes the manner of conduct required of the early Buddhist monks and laymen. +
a holder of the lineal tradition of the Mantrayana +
a yogic follower of the precepts of the Mantrayana and the Tantrayana. There is no distinction between the lore that he lives by and the experience of the Buddhas. Terton, the discoverer of Terma, or texts which are hidden in the seed form of a cypher or mark in various secret places such as rocks, deep pools, caves, the Guru's Mind and the sky. These texts are to be discovered at the propitious time and disseminated when their import can be understood. Tirthikas, argumentative persons convinced that their existence relies on their own indestructible egos. Hence the term is applied to the Brahmin extremists who assert the existence of Atman and to other schismatics who have lost the Truth of the Middle Way.< +
the path of practice, the flow of mindforms, the written scriptures, moral discipline, the Word of the Buddha, the realm of divinity, Mantra, religion and ultimate clarity and purity. +
scriptures which entome the exoteric sermons of the Buddha Shakyamuni (known as Gautama before his successful meditation upon the Vajrasana) and are used to describe any devotional and supplicative material which has been written by the incarnations of the Buddha Guru Padma Sambhava. +
a personification of the Unity of Bliss-Void. This unity becomes actualized in its pristine reality only very rarely. Yet because of the natural propensity to project the infirmities of a deluded mind upon incarnations in the spatio-temporal environment, even when a Buddha incarnates, he is barely recognized. Every Guru is a Buddha. +
A semi-wrathful (blissful) Heruka of the padma or lotus family, belonging to the class of mother tantras. Blue in color, he is usually depicted in union with his female consort, Vajrayogini, who is red. He is the principal deity of the Kagyu lineage, and is also very important to the Gelugpas. +
Mother luminosity refers to the primordially self-existing luminosity. The son luminosity refers to the yogi's various experiences of luminosity along the stages of the path. When they are united, this refers to the meditator's ultimate realization of luminosity. +
Wisdom energy, wisdom wind. Prana is the source of all movement, including the movement of mind. The quality of one's mind depends upon the prana or wind on which it is mounted. If the prana is impure, the mind riding it will necessarily be impure as well. If the prana is a wisdom wind, the mind riding that prana will be a wisdom mind. The pranas moving within the central channel are wisdom winds. Since the realization of wisdom depends upon wisdom winds, yogis produce wisdom consciousness by moving all their winds into the central channel. +
