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Important cycle of teachings connected to the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga. The tantras belonging to this cycle are found in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. OM, as well as in the revelations of Nyang Ral Nyima Oser. These teachings were transmitted by Samantabhadra, who manifested in the form of the peaceful Vajrasattva and wrathful Chemchok Heruka. The Lord of Secrets compiled and entrusted them to the dakini Leykyi Wangmo. She concealed these tantras in the stupa called Enchanting Mound (bde byed brtsegs pa) and later transmitted them to the eight vidya-dharas, one teaching to each master: Manjushri Body to Manju-shrimitra, Lotus Speech to Nagarjuna, Vishuddha Mind to Hungkara, Nectar Quality to Vimalamitra, Kilaya Activity to Prabhahasti, Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities to Dhana Samskrita, Maledictory Fierce Mantra to Shantigarbha, and Mundane Worship to Guhyachandra. Each of these vidyadharas later transmitted their teachings to Padmasambhava, who then became the main holder of all. +
Buddhism, the teachings of the Buddha. +
"Both" or "twin." The second of the three outer sections of tantra, usually known as Upa Yoga. The scriptures appeared first in Mount Jakang Chen and Cool Grove. The name refers to a combination of two aspects: the conduct of Kriya Yoga and the view of Yoga Tantra. +
A close disciple of Guru Rinpoche, who attained accomplishment through the practice of Hayagriva and later was incarnated as the Karmapas. Born in the clan of Ngenlam in the Phen Valley, he took ordination from Khenpo Bodhisattva in the first group of seven Tibetan monks. It is said that he kept his vows with utmost purity. Having received the transmission of Hayagriva from Padmasambhava, he practiced in solitude and reached the level of a vidyadhara. +
Powerful long-lived serpentlike beings who inhabit bodies of water and often guard great treasure. Nagas belong half to the animal realm and half to the god realm. They generally live in the form of snakes, but many can change into human form. +
Tantric practitioner. In this book, the word yogi often holds the connotation of someone who has already attained some level of realization of the natural state of mind. +
(i) The actual integration of learning into personal experience. (2) See Yoga Tantra. +
A feast assembly performed by Vajrayana practitioners to accumulate merit and purify the sacred commitments. +
The individual continuity of cognition in an individual sentient being. +
The "realm of phenomena"; the such-ness in which emptiness and dependent origination are inseparable. The nature of mind and phenomena, which lies beyond arising, dwelling, and ceasing. +
The five aspects of perfect enlightenment are described by Padmasambhava in his Lam-rim Yeshe Nyingpo:
:The perfection of the benefit of oneself is the peaceful dharmakaya.
:The spontaneously present benefit for others is the unified sambhogakaya.
:The manifold skillful means to tame beings is the way of nirmanakaya.
:The distinct and unmixed appearance aspect is the true bodhikaya.
:Their one taste as dharmadhatu of the emptiness aspect is the vajrakaya. +
A drink of sugar cane or grain from Nepal. +
"Cyclic existence," "vicious circle," or "round" of birth and death and rebirth within the six realms of existence, characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance. The state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance, dualistic perception, karma, and disturbing emotions. Ordinary reality, an endless cycle of frustration and suffering generated as the result of karma. +
he three bodhisatt- vas Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, and Vajrapani. Lotsawa (lo tsa ba) Tibetan translators of the canonical texts, who usually worked closely with Indian panditas. The title literally means "bilingual" (skad gnyis smra ba) or the "eyes of the world" ('jig rten mig). +
Basic wakefulness that is independent of intellectual constructs. +
A revealer of hidden treasures, concealed mainly by Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal. A tertőn is the reincarnation of an accomplished student of Padmasambhava who had made the aspiration to benefit people in the future. +
The country to the northwest of ancient India, where Guru Rinpoche was born on a lotus flower. The literal meaning of Uddiyana is "vehicle of flying" or "going above and far." See also Orgyen, which is a corruption of the Indian word. +
A tantric ritual involving structures of sticks and colored yarn, used to appease mundane spirits. +
Usually refers to the ten unvirtuous actions: The physical misdeeds of killing, taking what is not given, and engaging in sexual misconduct; the verbal misdeeds of lying, uttering divisive talk, using harsh words, and gossiping; and the mental misdeeds of harboring covetousness, ill-will, and wrong views. +
One of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras, focused on Vishuddha Mind. Found in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. RA. Supreme Hundred Families (dam pa rigs brgya) Name of a sadhana text composed by Guru Rinpoche, focused on the hundred peaceful and wrathful deities. +
