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Indestructible innate space. +
In the context of this book, a scripture belonging to the category of Anu Yoga or Ati Yoga. +
"Permission once given (cannot be taken back)." The great white stupa at Boudhanath in the Kath-mandu Valley. +
The "body of perfect enjoyment." In the context of the five kayas of fruition, sambhogakaya is the semimanifest form of the buddhas endowed with the five perfections of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching, and time, which are perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the ten levels. See also Three kayas. +
Name of a sadhana text composed by Guru Rinpoche focused on Mahayoga tantra. +
The mythological giant mountain at the center of our world-system, where the two lowest classes of gods of the desire realm live. It is surrounded by chains of lesser mountains, lakes, continents, and oceans and is said to rise 84,000 leagues above sea level. +
A type of mischievous spirit, sometimes counted among the eight classes of gods and demons. When subdued by a great master, they can also act as guardians of the Buddhadharma. +
"Hearer" or "listener." Hinayana practitioner of the first turning of the wheel of the dharma concerning the four noble truths, who realizes the suffering inherent in samsara and focuses on understanding that there is no independent self. By conquering disturbing emotions, he liberates himself, attaining first the stage of stream enterer at the path of seeing, followed by the stage of once returner, who will be reborn only one more time, and the stage of nonreturner, who will no longer be reborn into samsara. The final goal is to become an arhat. These four stages are also known as the four results of spiritual practice. Shri Singha The chief disciple and successor of Manjushrimitra in the lineage of the Dzogchen teachings. He was born in the Chinese city of Shokyam in Khotan and studied at first with the Chinese masters Hatibhala and Bhelakirti. In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings, Guru Tashi Tobgyal adds that Shri Singha received a prophecy from Avalokiteshvara while traveling to Serling, telling him to go to the Sosaling charnel ground in order to be sure of the ultimate attainment. After many years, Shri Singha met Manjushrimitra in the charnel ground of Sosaling and remained with him for twenty-five years. Having transmitted all the oral instructions, the great master Manjushrimitra dissolved his bodily form into a mass of light. When Shri Singha cried out in despair and uttered songs of deep yearning, Manjushrimitra appeared again and bestowed upon him a tiny casket of precious substance. The casket contained his master's final words, a vital instruction named Gomnyam Drugpa, the Six Experiences of Meditation. Having received this transmission, Shri Singha reached ultimate confidence. In Bodhgaya, he found the manuscripts of the tantras previously hidden by Manjushrimitra, which he took to China where he classified the Instruction Section into four parts: the outer, inner, secret, and the innermost unexcelled sections. Among Shri Singha's disciples were four outstanding masters: Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava, and the Tibetan translator Vairochana.
The name of the family clan into which Buddha Shakyamuni was born. Practitioners are often given "Shakya" as a part of their Buddhist name. +
The two vehicles, Hinayana and Mahayana. See also Resultant vehicle. +
The wondrous temple complex built by King Trisong Deutsen (790—844) and consecrated by Guru Rinpoche. Situated in Central Tibet close to Lhasa, it was the center of the early transmission. It is also known as Glorious Samye, the Unchanging and Spontaneously Accomplished Temple. +
Nonhumans who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers. Dharma protectors can be either mundane, i.e., virtuous samsaric beings, or wisdom dharma protectors, who are emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas. +
A Mahayana sutra. Refers to the letter A, the syllable symbolizing the nonarising nature of emptiness. +
A protectress of the Bŏnpo doctrine. She was subjugated by Padmasambhava and given the name Great Glacier Lady of Invincible Turquoise Mist. +
Also known as Lodro Thaye, Yőnten Gyamtso, Padma Garwang, and by his tertőn name Padma Tennyi Yungdrung Lingpa. He was one of the most prominent Buddhist masters in the nineteenth century and placed special focus upon a nonsectarian attitude. Renowned as an accomplished master, scholar, and writer, he authored more than one hundred volumes of scriptures. The most well known are his Five Treasuries, among which are the sixty-three volumes of the Rinchen Terdző, the terma literature of the one hundred great tertőns. +
In general identical with the Instruction Section, the third of three divisions of Dzogchen. In particular it refers to the Innermost Unexcelled Cycle oſHeart Essence (yang gsang bla na med pa'i snying thig gi skor), the fourth of the four divisions of the Instruction Section according to the arrangement of Shri Singha. All lineages of the Innermost Essence passed through Shri Singha and continued in Tibet through his personal disciples, Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra. In the fourteenth century these two lineages passed through Rangjung Dorje, the third Karmapa, and his close Dharma friend Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363); the latter systematized these teachings in his great body of writings. Longchen Rabjam was an incarnation of Princess Pema Sal, the daughter oſKing Trisong Deutsen, to whom Padmasambhava had entrusted his own lineage of Dzogchen, known as Khandro Nyingtig. He is single-handedly regarded as the most important writer on Dzogchen teachings. His works include the Seven Great Treasuries, the Three Trilogies, and his commentaries in the Nyingtig Yabshi. The practice of the Innermost Essence is continued to this very day. +
The sacred place of Padmasam-bhava's speech. A mountain retreat, situated four hours' walk above Samye. During the last twelve centuries, numerous great masters have meditated in the caves at this hermitage. +
One of the Eight Sadhana Teachings. +
The heruka of the Tathagata Body family or the tantric teachings connected to this deity, which are among the Eight Sadhana Teachings. Also known as Yamantaka, the wrathful form of Manjushri, representing wisdom that subdues death. +
Name of a mandala connected to the teachings of Vishuddha Heruka. +
