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Seven sets of vows for ordained monks and nuns, novices, and lay people. +
The teachings translated into Tibetan before the great translator Rinchen Sangpo, during the reigns of the Tibetan kings Trisong Deutsen and Ralpachen in the ninth and tenth centuries. +
One of the two aspects of vajrayana practice, which involves mentally creating pure images in order to purify habitual tendencies. See stages of development and completion. +
An experience of utter blackness, the third stage of appearance, increase, and attainment. +
(1) The freedoms and riches that are so difficult to find. (2) Impermanence and death. (3) Karma, the law of cause and effect. (4) The defects of samsara. Reflecting on these four topics of the facts of life causes one's mind to change and be directed toward dharma practice. +
In this context, the wrathful or semi wrathful male deities appearing to one in the bardo of dharmata. +
The view propagated in Tibet by Chinese Buddhist masters. When used in a negative sense it means to simply pursue a meditative state devoid of conceptual thinking, that is, lacking the clarity of discriminating knowledge. +
One of the last experiences in the bardo of dharmata. +
Complete enlightenment or buddhahood. +
The three higher realms. +
Generally, the four or five "wheels" or chakras in the body. +
Refers here to the Mahamudra teachings. +
Also known as the "precious word empowerment"(tshig dbang rin po che). See four empowerments. +
The body of light of the five wisdoms, devoid of materiality. +
The dividing point between the bardo of dying and the bardo of dharmata. +
The primordially enlightened buddha. +
The eight openings of one's body, not counting the aperture at the top of one's head. +
The eight types of mundane, or common, accomplishments. +
The pure realm of Buddha Amoghasiddhi. +
Calm abiding, the meditative practice of calming the mind in order to rest free from the disturbance of thought activity. For details see Dakpo Tashi Namgyal's ''Mahamudra'' (Shambhala Publications, 1986). +
