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Liberation from samsara or the omniscient state of buddhahood. +
This is the practice cave of Guru Rinpoche, where he gave many of the instructions found in Dakini Teachings (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1990). +
The youngest son of Trisong Deutsen, also known as Murub Tseypo. Protectors (srung ma) See Dharma protector. +
A tantric master who is adept in the rituals and meaning of Vajrayana. The master from whom one receives tantric teaching and empowerment. Can also refer to the master who presides over a tantric ritual. +
A type of evil spirit often found in company with the gyalpo class; male and female spirits symbolizing desire and anger. +
The first of the three sections of Dzogchen. In this book, twenty-five tantras and eighteen major scriptures are mentioned. Most are found in the first three volumes of the Nyingma Gyūhum. +
"Powerful Vajra Wrath." A wrathful form of Guru Rinpoche. +
The "vajra vehicle." The practices of taking the result as the path. See also Secret Mantra. +
One of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras, in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. LA. +
The third of the four vidyadhara levels. The stage of the path of cultivation. The practitioner emerges from the luminosity of the path of seeing in the form of the wisdom body of the unified state of the path of training. +
One of the two major aspects of Mahayoga scriptures, the other being the Tantra Section. See also Assemblage of Sugatas; Mahayoga. +
"Solitarily enlightened one." A Hinayana arhat who attains nirvana chiefly through contemplation on the twelve links of dependent origination in reverse order, without needing teachings in that lifetime. He lacks the complete realization of a buddha and so cannot benefit limitless sentient beings as a buddha does. +
The process of receiving the four empowerments. +
The religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the ninth century. +
The land where the Anu Yoga teachings appeared. +
The attainment resulting from Dharma practice, usually referring to the "supreme accomplishment" of complete enlightenment. It can also mean the "common accomplishments," eight mundane accomplishments, such as clairvoyance, clairaudiance, flying in the sky, becoming invisible, everlasting youth, or powers of transmutation. The traditional list of the eight common accomplishments includes the accomplishment of the sword, pill, eye potion, swift feet, extraction of essences, celestial realm, invisibility, and the treasures below the earth. With the consecrated sword, you can fly through the sky or to celestial realms. When eating the consecrated pill, you become totally invisible and can assume any guise, just like a yaksha. When applying the consecrated eye potion, you can see both distant and subtle objects in the world. When smearing consecrated substance on your feet, you can travel around the world in a moment. By means of the mantra and the extracted essences of flowers and so forth, you can prolong your life span, regain youthſulness, and turn iron into gold. The accomplishment of the celestial realms is mastery of a mundane god or the ability to visit the six abodes of the gods in the realm of desire. By smearing a spot of consecrated substance on your forehead, you can become totally invisible. And, finally, by revealing buried treasures of precious gems and so forth, you can fulfill the wishes of others. The most eminent attainments on the path are, however, renunciation, compassion, unshakable faith, and realization of the correct view. (2) (sgrub pa). ''See'' Four aspects of approach and accomplishment. +
A practitioner who has renounced worldly life and taken the pledge to observe the 253 precepts of a fully ordained monk in order to attain liberation from samsara. Bhikshu Purna (dge slong purna) The previous life of the Tibetan translator Vairochana. Black Powerful One (stobs ldan nag po) The chief figure in the mandala of Maledictory Fierce Mantra from among the Eight Sadhana Teachings. +
The rivers of empowerment of yidam, tantric scriptures, spiritual friend, and of the expression of awareness. These four transmissions originate from Garab Dorje, King Jah, Buddhaguhya, and Shri Singha, respectively. +
Pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating. +
(i) Emanation of the chief figure in the mandala, who fulfills the four activities; male counterpart of dakinis. (2) Male enlightened practitioner of Vajrayana. Dakini (mkha' gro ma) Spiritual beings who fulfill the enlightened activities; female tantric deities who protect and serve the Buddhist doctrine and practitioners. Also one of the three roots. See also Guru, yidam, and dakini. Damaru (da ma ru) A small hand drum used in tantric rituals. Dark age (snyigs mai dus) The present age, when the five degenerations of life span, era, beings, views, and disturbing emotions are rampant. Demigod (lha ma yin) One of the six classes of beings. Deva (lha) "Gods," the highest of the six classes of samsaric beings. Temporarily, they enjoy a heavenly state of existence. +
