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dus gsum;three times;three times;In general, the past, present, and future. +
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kun nas nyon mongs pa;defilement;defilement;saṃkleśa;This term, used in apposition to purity, covers both the truth of suffering and the truth of the origin—in other words, saṃsāra and the whole process that results in saṃsāra. It is the opposite of purity. +
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mnar med;Hell of Torment Unsurpassed;hell of torment unsurpassed;The hell in which the very worst suffering is experienced, for incalculable periods of time. +
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rnam par byang ba;purity;purity;vyavadāna;Also called complete purity. This term, used in apposition to defilement, covers the truth of cessation and the truth of the path, both the purity that is nirvāṇa and the process of purification that leads to nirvāṇa. It is the opposite of defilement. +
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mtha’ gnyis;two extremes;two extremes;Depending on context, the extreme of saṃsāra and the extreme of nirvāṇa;the extremes of existence and nonexistence;the extremes of pleasurable indulgence and excessive austerity. +
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de kho na nyid;thatness;thatness;tattva;The nondual ultimate reality that is neither existent nor nonexistent, neither the same nor different, neither produced nor destroyed, subject to neither growth nor diminution, neither pure nor impure. +
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nges ’byung;determination to be free;determination to be free;Also translated as “renunciation” and, depending on context, “certain deliverance.” The deeply felt wish to achieve liberation from cyclic existence. See also certain deliverance. +
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pha rol tu phyin pa drug;six transcendent perfections;six transcendent perfections;ṣaḍpāramitā;Generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. +
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shes rab;wisdom;wisdom;prajñā;The sixth of the six transcendent perfections. The ability to understand correctly, usually with the particular sense of understanding emptiness. +
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don dam bden pa;ultimate truth;ultimate truth;The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of phenomena, which can only be known by gnosis, beyond all conceptual constructs and duality. See also relative truth. +
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mi gnas pa’i myang 'das;nondwelling nirvāṇa;nondwelling nirvāṇa;The state of perfect enlightenment that transcends both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. +
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ngo tsha shes;sense of shame;sense of shame;Also called conscientiousness, honesty. To be ashamed of oneself if one commits negative actions. This is one of thes even noble riches. +
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theg pa chung;Lesser Vehicle;lesser vehicle;hīnayāna;The basic vehicle comprising the vehicles of the listeners and solitary realizers, whose ultimate result is the state of arhat. It is termed “lesser” or “lower” in comparison ro the Great Vehicle. +
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klu sgrub;Nāgārjuna;“He whose accomplishment is related to the nāgas.” The great first-second-century Indian master and father of the Profound View tradition who rediscovered the Buddha’s teachings on transcendent wisdom (prajnāpāramitā) in the realm of the nāgas and composed numerous treatises that became the basic texts for the proponents of the Madhyamika or Middle Way philosophical system. +
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khams gsum;three worlds;three worlds;The world of desire, the world of form, and the world of formlessness. Alternatively (Tib. ''‘jig rten gsum, sa gsum, srid gsum''): the world of gods above the earth, that of humans on the earth, and that of the nāgas under the earth. +
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nges tshig;etymological definition;etymological definition;Also called literal definition, precise definition. A device used by commentators to provide a definition ofa term, usually based on a breakdown of the original Sanskrit term into its component roots. This does not necessarily correspond to the way in which etymologyis understood in the West. +
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don gnyis;two goals;two goals;One’s own goal, benefit, or welfare (Tib. ''rang don'') and that of others (Tib. ''gzhan don''). Often understood in the ultimate sense of the goal for oneself being achieved by the realization of emptiness, the body of truth (Skt. ''dharmakāyd''), and the goal for others by compassion manifesting as the form body (Skt. ''rūpakāya''). +
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kun nas nyon mongs pa dang rnam par byang ba;defilement and purity;defilement and purity;saṃkleśa and vyavadāna;Also translated as defilement aspect and purity aspect, defilement process and purification process. The sum of defilement and purity, the two sides of the whole of phenomena seen in the context of the spiritual path. See also defilement;purity. +
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dgra bcompa;arhat;lit. “one who has vanquished the enemy” (the enemy being defilements). A practitioner of the Lesser Vehicle (that is, a listener or solitary realizer) who has attained the cessation of suffering, i.e., nirvaṇa, but not the perfect buddhahood of the Great Vehicle. +
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ngo bo nyid kyi sku;body of the essential nature;body of the essential nature;svabhāvikakāya +
