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The most important Mahayoga tantras of the Sadhana Section (sgrub sde). Listed in chapter 19. +
The Vajrayana practice of "union and liberation": liberating ignorance and disturbing emotions by uniting with the wisdom of the enlightened state. +
"The Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Old School." A collection of scriptures belonging to the three inner tantras, gathered by Ratna Lingpa and re-edited by Jigmey Lingpa. Various editions exist, but the numbering of the volumes used in this book are from the version in thirty-six volumes published by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, New Delhi, 1974. The structure of this edition is as follows: ten volumes of Ati Yoga, three volumes of Anu Yoga, six volumes of the Tantra Section of Mahayoga, thirteen volumes of the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga, one volume of protector tantras, and three volumes of catalogues and historical background. +
As one of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, he was sent as one of the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka, and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger. Palgyi Wangchuk of Kharchen (mkhar chen dpal gyi dbang phyug) Here, in the Sanglingma, he is described as the father of Yeshe Tsogyal, but elsewhere as her brother, who became a close disciple of Padmasambhava. +
One of the eight classes of gods and demons. Also the cannibal savages inhabiting the southwestern continent of Chamara. At times rakshasa refers to the unruly and untamed expression of ignorance and disturbing emotions. +
Figurative expression for the abode of Vajradhara or Samantabhadra, the dharmakaya buddha. Akanishtha means "highest" or "unsurpassed." +
Also known as Concise Lotus Garland (pad mo phreng ba'i don bsdus pa), this scripture functions as a support for rituals to attain accomplishment. See Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras. +
(i) Another word for conceptual thinking. (2) The inevitable force of the ripening effect of former deeds. +
Born in Upper Drom, he was first a border guard, but developed renunciation and received ordination from Vimalamitra, together with his two brothers. He received the bodhisattva vow from Padmasambhava as well as empowerment and oral instructions in Vajrayana. He practiced meditation in White Gorge of Tsib and at Yerpa, where he reached the accomplishment of being able to traverse freely through solid rock. Years later he assassinated the evil king Langdarma. +
A type of hideous hungry ghost. +
Same as Guru Rinpoche. A respectful way of addressing Guru Rinpoche, which expresses that he is a manifestation of an enlightened being. See also Guru Rinpoche. +
Important female protectors of the Nyingma lineage, semimundane, semiwisdom protectors. +
The key point in the training of Mahamudra and Dzogchen—that innate wakeŕulness is not created through intellectual effort. +
The second of the three inner tantras. It emphasizes knowledge (prajna) rather than means (upaya) and the completion stage rather than the development stage. The view of Anu Yoga is that liberation is attained through growing accustomed to the insight into the nondual nature of space and wisdom. According to the ''Pond of White Lotus Flowers'' by Shechen Gyaltsab, the teachings of Anu Yoga appeared in this world when King Ja, a Dharma king also known as Lungten Dorje, Vajra Prophecy, received empowerment and instruction from the Lord of Secrets, through which he gained full comprehension of the meaning. The scriptural lineage he received from the human vidyadhara Vimalakirti. The major texts of Anu Yoga are the Four Scriptures and the Summation. King Ja transmitted the Anu Yoga teachings to the master Uparaja and his own sons Shakputri, Nagaputri, and Guhyaputri. Later lineage masters include Singhaputra, Kukuraja the Second, and Rolang Dewa (Garab Dorje). All the masters up to this point attained enlightenment together with their retinue and departed from this world without leaving a body behind. The dissolution of the physical body can also be attained through accomplishment in the mundane practices of essence-extract, manipulation of and control over the vital essences (bindu), or through prana mastery; but the accomplishment attained through the practice of Anu Yoga is superior because of transmuting the physical body of karmic ripening into luminosity by means of the practice connected to the nonconceptual wakefulness of the path of seeing. Subsequent masters in the transmission of Anu Yoga include Vajrahasya, Prabhahasti, Shakya Little Light, Shakyamitra, and Shakya Senge (Padmasambhava). In India, Padmasambhava transmitted the teachings to Master Hungkara. From him the lineage continued to Dewa Seldzey, Dharmabodhi, Dharma Rajapala, Vasudhara of Nepal, Tsuklag Palgey, and finally Chetsen Kye from the country of Drusha, who translated the Anu Yoga teachings into the Drusha language. This is the lineage that the translator Sangye Yeshe of Nub brought to Tibet.
An Indian master of philosophy and tantric sid-dha. One of the eight vidyadharas; receiver of the tantras of Lotus Speech such as Supreme Steed Display. He is said to have taken birth in the southern part of India around four hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvana. Having received ordination at Nalanda monastery, he later acted as preceptor for the monks. He knew alchemy, lived for six hundred years, and transformed ordinary materials into gold in order to sustain the sangha. At Bodhgaya he erected pillars and stone walls to protect the Bodhi Tree and constructed 108 stupas. From the realm of the nagas he brought back the extensive Prajnaparamita scriptures. He was the life pillar for the Mahayana, but specifically he was a major exponent of the unexcelled vehicle of Vajrayana. Having attained the realization of Hayagriva, he transmitted the lineage to Padmasambhava. Nalanda The great monastic center for Buddhist studies in ancient India, situated in the present Indian state of Bihar, a few hours drive from Bodhgaya. +
One of the subdivisions of the Instruction Section of Dzogchen: Ati, Chiti, and Yangti. Chiti is defined as covering the general points of Dzogchen. +
"The All-good," the mother of all the buddhas of the three times; the female counterpart of the dharmakaya buddha Samantabhadra. She symbolizes emptiness and dharmadhatu. +
(1) Buddha Amitayus. (2) A Mahayana sutra. +
The lineage of masters where the emphasis is one's personal experience of the teachings, as opposed to the scholastic lineage of expounding the scriptures (bshad brgyud). ''See'' Eight Practice Lineages. +
