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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. +
"Blissfully gone." (i) The historical Buddha Shakyamuni. (2) Any fully enlightened being. +
"Means of accomplishment." Tantric liturgy and procedure for practice, usually emphasizing the development stage. The typical sadhana structure involves a preliminary part, which includes the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta; a main part, which involves the visualization of a buddha and the recitation of mantra; and a concluding part, which includes the dedication of merit to all sentient beings. +
When referring to the view of the Great Perfection, "awareness" means consciousness devoid of ignorance and dualistic fixation. +
A sadhana text of Mahayoga, composed by Padmasambhava. The title refers to the sadhana practice of a single deity without a retinue. +
which is included among the tantras in the Tripitaka +
A Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The first monk ordained by Khenpo Bodhisattva. He is also known as Ratna of Ba (sba ratna). +
A Mahayoga scripture in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. MA. Sometimes counted among the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras as the tantra of enlightened speech. +
The different versions of her biography give varying details about her place of birth, the names of her parents, and so forth. In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Learned Ones, Guru Tashi Tobgyal states that her father's name was Namkha Yeshe of the Kharchen clan and that she was born in Drongmochey of Drag. At first she was one of King Trisong Deu-tsen's queens, but later was given to Padmasambhava as an empowerment fee to be his spiritual consort. During the empowerment of Assemblage of Sugatas, her initiation flower fell on the mandala of Kilaya. Through this practice she became able to tame evil spirits and revive the dead. She was the chief compiler of all the inconceivable teachings given by the great master Padmasambhava. Having remained in Tibet for two hundred years, she departed for the celestial realm of the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain without leaving a corpse behind. In The Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli (p. 352), Jamgőn Kongtrűl says: Yeshe Tsogyal was a direct incarnation of Dhatvishvari Vajra Yogini in the form of a woman. She served Padmasambhava perfectly in that life, engaged in sadhana practice with incredible perseverance, and attained a level equal to Padmasambhava himself, the "continuity adorned with inexhaustible body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities." Her kindness to the land of Tibet surpasses the imagination, and her compassionate activity, which is no different from Padmasambhava's, continues unceasingly. +
The teachings of Hinayana and Mahayana that regard the practices of the path as the causes for attaining the fruition of liberation and enlightenment. +
Variety, manifold purposes +
