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The lowest, most intense of the hells. +
fundamental consciousness;fundamental consciousness;ālayavijñāna;The eighth consciousness, according to the Mind-Only system developed by Asaṅga in the fifth century. It is the basic substratum of the individual's consciousness that carries the imprintings of "seeds" of past and future experiences. +
non-identification;non-identification;niravalamba;In gnostic wisdom, the perception free from the preconceptual conditionings that "create" the discrete, independent identities of the apparent world. +
afflictions;afflictions;kleśa;Mental functions that are obstructive to the quiescence of nirvana. There are six primary afflictions: ignorance, desire, aversion, doubt, pride, and wrong views;and a number of subsidiary afflictions associated with their occurrence. +
imprint;imprint;vāsanā;The mental traces of past experience and action that give rise to the present samsaric situation. +
dedication;dedication;pariṇāma;The sharing with others of one's virtuous actions, successful practice, and attainment. It consists of prayer, visualization, and attitude that should close each practice session, and also includes the dedication customarily given by yogis in return for food. +
mandala (maṇḍala);he symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. Also, the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual (''pūjā''). +
tantra;Scriptures of Shakyamuni and other buddhas relating to tantric, or esoteric, practice. +
food of absorption,food of concentration;food of absorption,food of concentration;Nourishment during meditative states derived from concentrative absorption. It can sustain the yogi in place of food for periods of time. +
sutra,sūtra;The original spoken scriptures of Shakyamuni Buddha. They are divided into three divisions or "baskets" (''piṭaka''): instruction and philosophy (''sūtra''), mental science (''abhidharma''), and discipline (''vinaya''). +
mind-for-enlightenment (''bodhicitta'');mind-for-enlightenment (''bodhicitta'');bodhicitta;The intent to attain one's own enlightenment in order to help liberate others. It is not the state of enlightenment itself, but the selfless drive to attain it for the sake of others. In the Great Vehicle it is the necessary complement to the penetrating insight into voidness and in the Tantric Vehicle the prerequisite to real practice. +
centers;centers;cakra;The foci of the flow of current (''prāṇa'') in the psychophysiological system of tantric yoga. They are located at the head, throat, heart, and navel. +
enlightenment;enlightenment;bodhi;The state of buddhahood constituted by perfection of the two stores and removal of the two obscurations. It is the only level of attainment beyond the range of samsara. +
siddhi;The supernormal powers developed by the practice of yoga: clairvoyance, clairaudience, levitation, thought-reading, and control of the body and external world. All siddhis are mundane (samsaric), with the exception of the supreme siddhi, enlightenment. Also, a woman siddha. +
yakṣa;Destructive demons of Indian folklore. +
wisdom;wisdom;prajñā;Generally, any correct knowledge. Specifically, transcendent wisdom, the direct perception of the void nature of persons and things. During such experience the perception of the apparent world is temporarily suppressed. +
repa;repa;A yogi who has activated inner heat by ''tummo'' yoga and thus wears only a thin cotton robe even in winter. +
kalyānamitra;geshe;geshe;"Spiritual friend";a title given to a person who has demonstrated exceptional competence in the scriptures and subjects of basic Buddhism. +
channels;channels;naḍī;Pathways along which the currents (''prāṇa'') move. The main channels are the ''avadhūti'' (central channel), and the ''ida'', and ''pingala'' (left and right channels). +
fabrication;fabrication;prapaṅca;The internal stream of conceptualization directed by imprinted preconceptions. The term includes both the internal flow of thought constructs and the self and environment resulting from them. +
