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three commitments;three commitments;samvara-śīla;The vows of personal liberation of the Small Vehicle, the bodhisattva vows of the Great Vehicle, and the tantric vows of the Tantric Vehicle. +
stores,two;stores,two;sambhāra;The two accumulations of personal power: the store of merit based on ethical behavior and ritual, and the store of gnosis based on knowledge and wisdom. When completed, the two stores provide the necessary elements to achieve direct experience of voidness. +
śāstra;The works of Indian masters that develop, systematize, or clarify the original teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. +
nāga;Fabulous human-headed serpents of Indian mythology who dwell under water in their own advanced civilization. +
ḍākinīs;Female tantric deities who aid the yogi and oversee his practice and behavior. +
realities,two;realities,two;satyadvaya;The two modes of existence of phenomena. The superficial reality (''saṃvṛtisatya'') is the world appearing in the form of independent identities to ordinary, undefective perception conditioned by preconceptions. Absolute reality (''paramārthasatya'') is the voidness of all phenomena, that is, their inherent lack of independent identity. +
bodies,three;bodies,three;trikāya;The three modes of existence and communication for an enlightened being. The dharma-body (''dharmakāya'') is the embodiment of voidness and its realization, the enjoyment-body (''saṃbhogakāya'') is the means of communication with advanced meditators, and the emanation-body (''nirmāṇakāya'') appears like a physical body in the world, but its form and activities are consciously directed and consist of the training of undeveloped beings. A fourth body, the essential-body (''svabhāvakāya'') represents the unity of the above three. +
mantra;Sound in the form of syllables and words that can communicate the realities of tantric deities, grant supernormal powers (''siddhi''), or induce purification and realization. +
gnosis;gnosis;jñāna;Generally, knowledge;specifically, the wisdom by which the apparent world and its reality are simultaneously perceived. +
clear light;clear light;ābhāsvara;od gsal;od gsal;The experience of the natural, primal, unmodified state of the mind. +
siddha;'Accomplished person";one who has achieved siddhis. +
three bases of practice;three bases of practice;Morality, concentration, and wisdom, which include all Buddhist practices. +
Frustrated spirit;frustrated spirit;preta +
infinitudes,four;infinitudes,four;apramāṇa;Basic emotions that can be developed into catalysts for generating the mind aimed at enlightenment (''bodhicitta''). They are love, compassion, joy, and mental equanimity. +
karmamudrā;Refers to the practice of sexual union in tantric yoga. +
identity;identity;svabhāva;The "intrinsic identifiability" of anything. The ordinary mind compartmentalizes its experience into objects appearing as independent entities. The inherent lack of identity in persons and things constitutes voidness, which is their true mode of existence. +
Vajradhara;Transhistorical buddha who is the source of the Kagyu lineage and teachings. +
supplication;supplication;prānidhāna;Intercession with buddhas and bodhisattvas on behalf of all beings, aimed at providing for their welfare, both spiritual and temporal. "Supplication" denotes both the prayer and the mental resolution to aid beings, the latter replacing action (''karma'') and afflictive mental states in creating the rebirth and supernormal abilities of a bodhisattva. +
vajra;Symbol of the indestructible and indivisible reality represented variously as a scepter, a diamond, or a thunderbolt. +
method;method;upāya;The active expression of the mind-for-enlightenment (''bodhicitta''). It is the complement of transcendent wisdom that balances its intense revelations and what the bodhisattva uses to relate to beings, skillfully turning each situation into an opportunity for advancement for all.< +
