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gtum mo;Yogic Heat;yogic heat;This is one of the primary practices of the completion stage. In this practice, the vital points of the channels, energies, and essences are penetrated, thereby causing a warm bliss to blaze forth from the "a tung" at one's navel center. This blazing bliss, in turn, incinerates the impure aggregates and elements, and conquers all afflictions and concepts. In this sense, it functions in a destructive manner and causes coemergent wisdom swiftly to take birth. [TD 1046] Though this practice brings a number of temporary benefits and spiritual accomplishments, the true practice of yogic heat, as Dza Patrul explains, "is to attain the supreme spiritual accomplishment, the great seal, by undoing the knots in the central channel." [DR 444] +
ma rgyud;Mother Tantra;mother tantra;In the Mother Tantra, the completion stage associated with the subtle essences is emphasized, in which case one relies either upon the body of another or one's own body. In the New Schools, the Mother Tantra includes Naropa's Six Dharmas. [ST 6] In the Nyingma tradition, Mother Tantra is equated with Anuyoga, the eighth of the nine vehicles. [DZ 24] +
tshe dbang rig 'dzin;Knowledge Holder With Power Over Longevity;knowledge holder with power over longevity;One of the four knowledge holders, four levels of spiritual attainment that present the progression through the paths and levels of Secret Mantra in the Nyingma School. This level of attainment occurs on the path of seeing, where the support present in the supreme state transforms into a clear, vajralike body, while the mind matures into the wisdom of the path of seeing and, as a result, one attains a state of freedom from birth and death. [TD 2282] +
sgong skyes;Egg Birth;egg birth;''See'' four types of birth. +
spyi bo'i 'khor lo;crown cakra;crown cakra +
mthong lam;Path of Seeing;path of seeing;The third of the five paths;the stage of spiritual attainment in which one witnesses the true nature of reality for the first time, progressing to the level of a noble one. [TD 1222] +
bde gshegs snying po;buddha nature;buddha nature +
de kho na nyid;true nature;true nature +
sgrom;casket;casket +
btang snyoms;equanimity;equanimity +
bskyed rim;Development Stage;development stage;Along with the completion stage, this is one of two phases that constitute Buddhist practice in the inner tantras. Explaining this approach, Ju Mipham writes, "The phases of development stage practice correspond to the way in which conventional existence develops. There are five such phases: great emptiness, illusory wisdom, the single seal, the elaborate seal, and group assembly practice. Practicing this fivefold approach ''purifies'' the habitual patterns of saṃsāra, ''perfects'' the fruition of nirvāṇa, and ''matures'' the practitioner for the completion stage. [ON 416] +
bgegs;obstructing forces;obstructing forces +
byug pa'i rdzas gsum;three smeared things;three smeared things +
bskyed rdzogs zung 'jug;Union of Development and Completion;union of development and completion;The so-called "union of development and completion" seems to have been a controversial theory in Tibet. Confirming this view, Khenpo Ngaga writes, "There are those who do not accept the union of development and completion associated with deity meditation. They justify this view by saying that such an approach did not exist in the noble land of India. This, however, is not the case. There are two renowned approaches linked with the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra'', one associated with noble Nāgārjuna and another with Jñānapāda. In the latter approach, it is said that, when meditating on a deity, those who have directly experienced the way things truly are 'seal the development stage with the completion stage.'" [ST 8-9] +
mi bskyod pa;Akṣobhya;akṣobhya +
mngon byang gi sku;Abhisambodhikāya;One of the five kāyas;encompassing all the manifestations of knowledge, love, and ability, this kāya is the basis for all the unique qualities of buddhahood. [NS 140] +
mtshams bcad pa;establishing a boundary;establishing a boundary +
gtor ma;torma;torma +
kun snang gi ring nge 'dzin;absorption of total illumination;absorption of total illumination +
