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An Indian master who visited Tibet and reamined at Mount Kailash, where he taught emissaries of King Trisong Deutsen. +
The five families or aspects of victorious ones: Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi. +
Referring to teachers of non-Buddhist philosophy, who adhere to the extreme views of eter-nalism or nihilism. +
The tantras belonging to the three vehicles of Kriya, Upa, and Yoga. In the context of the Old School of the Early Translations (Ngagyur Nyingma), they were translated into Tibetan mainly by Shantarakshita and Kawa Paltsek. Listed in chapter 12. +
The unchanging quality of the buddha nature. Sometimes counted among the five kayas of buddhahood. See also Five kayas of fruition. +
(i) Uddiyana, the country. (2) The master from Uddiyana, Padmasambhava. See also Uddiyana. Outer and inner teachings of Secret Mantra (gsang sngags phyi nang gi chos) The three outer are Kriya, Upa, and Yoga. The three inner are Mahayoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga. Outer Secret Mantra (gsang sngags phyi pa) See Outer Tantras of Secret Mantra. +
One of the main yidams of the Nyingma School, belonging to the Eight Sadhana Teachings. +
A sambhogakaya buddha who embodies all of the five or hundred buddha families. He is also a support for purification practices. +
O f or pertaining to Vajrayana practice, with emphasis on personal training as opposed to scholarly learning. +
The teachings of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga, respectively. +
Approach, full approach, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. Four important aspects of Vajrayana practice, especially with regard to the recitation stage of yidam practice. These four aspects, however, can apply to any level of meaning within the tantras. Their traditional analogy is to invite the ruler of a country, to present him with gifts and make a specific request, to obtain his permission to carry out one's aim, and to use one's authority to accomplish the welfare of self and others. In the context of recitation practice, "approach" is to visualize the yidam deity with the mantra in its heart center; "full approach" is the spinning garland of mantra syllables emanating light rays, making offerings to all the buddhas in the ten directions; "accomplishment" is to receive their blessings, which purify all one's obscurations; and "great accomplishment" is to transform the world into the mandala of a pure realm, the beings into male and female deities, sounds into mantra, and all thoughts and emotions into a pure display of innate wakefulness. Four continents (gling bzhi) The four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru: Superior Body, Jambu continent, Cow Utilizing, and Unpleasant Sound. +
Usually the same as the state of buddhahood, characterized by perfection of the accumulations of merit and wisdom, and by the removal of the two obscurations, but sometimes also the lower stages of enlightenment of an arhat or a pratyekabuddha. +
A Mahayoga scripture, found in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. TSA. Sometimes counted among the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras, as the tantra of enlightened mind. +
(i) Supreme enlightenment. (2) The third of the four vidyadhara levels. See also Vidyadhara level of mahamudra. +
The first of the three kayas, which is devoid of constructs, like space. The "body" of enlightened qualities. Should be understood individually according to ground, path, and fruition. See also Three kayas. +
"The Oral Transmission of the Old School." Fifty-six volumes in the expanded edition published by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, New Delhi. +
One of the three parts of the Tripitaka, the words of the Buddha. Systematic teachings on metaphysics, focusing on the training of discriminating knowledge by analyzing elements of experience and investigating the nature of existing things. The chief commentaries on Abhidharma are the ''Abhidharma Kosha'' by Dignaga, from the Hinayana perspective, and the ''Abhidharma Samucchaya'' by Asanga, from the Mahayana point of view. ''See also'' Tripitaka. +
Of or pertaining to the Dharma; religious or pious. +
Early Tibetan translator, who was among the first seven Tibetans to take ordination from Shantarakshita. He was the chief recipient of the Magical Net of Mahayoga. He is known for translating the Essence of Secrets (Guhya-garbha) Tantra, the chief tantra of Mahayoga. Through the teachings he received from Padmasambhava, he attained the level of a vidyadhara. +
One of the first Tibetans to take ordination, having received transmission from Hungkara in India. Also known as Viryaraja of Ru-yong. +
