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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. +
Nectar, elixir of immortality. Blessed liquor used sacramentally during tantric ritual. Amrita symbolizes poison transformed into wisdom. It also helps to break through one's dualistic notions of pure and impure. +
A historical giant and Herculean warrior. +
Four seats. A mother tantra of the Highest Yoga Tantra class, associated with the vajra family. +
This is the main right energy channel, blue in color. It intersects with the central channel at the tip of the sex organ. As it ascends, it separates slightly to the right of the central channel and rejoins it at the navel. From the navel to the crown it runs parallel and adjacent to the central channel. At the crown it separates again to the right and terminates at the right nostril.
:The right channel is related to the sambhogakaya in its pure state, and to the conflicting emotion of anger or aversion in its afflicted state. See also ''lalana''. +
Miyowa in Tibetan, the remover of all obstacles, one of the enlightened deities. +
''Bodhi'' means awakening, while ''chitta'' means mind. Thus bodhichitta means "the awakening mind." There are two types of bodhichitta, absolute or ultimate bodhichitta, and relative bodhichitta. According to Gampopa, absolute bodhichitta is the non-dual realization of emptiness inseparable from compassion, which is radiant, unshakable and beyond concepts. Relative bodhichitta is the compassionate mind of the bodhisattva, which aspires and works to liberate all sentient beings from samsara through the practice of the six paramitas. +
The Hinayana or Small Vehicle, the Mahayana or Great Vehicle, and the Vajrayana or Diamond Vehicle. +
The realm or abode of a Buddha. +
Gesture, seal, sign, symbol. Mudra generally refers to the hand gestures during Vajrayana practices that symbolize the qualities, moods, and actions related to a specific yidam. Vajrayana practice incorporates one's body, speech, and mind into the practice. Mudra corresponds to the body, drawing it into sacred activity. Mudra thus supports mantra and samadhi in the process of invoking the yidam.
:See ''karmamudra'' and ''Mahamudra'' for other uses of the term. +
A very powerful spirit who was subdued by Padmasambhava and made the guardian of Samye Monastery. Beghar is said to be the king of the spirit world. Some consider him an emanation of Amitabha. Beghar tests the resolve and purity of Dharma students. If the student is strongly established in his or her practice, Beghar can help them. +
