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From Buddha-Nature
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Virtuous actions with concepts. +
Tantric liturgy and procedure for practice, usually emphasizing the development stage. +
Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya. +
The third of the three outer tantras: kriya, upa, and yoga. +
A short moment such as a finger-snap or a long period such as from initially engendering bodhicitta until final and complete buddhahood. +
The first of the three stages of appearance, increase, and attainment. +
The human recipient of the maha ati teachings. ''See'' Garab Dorje. +
The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection. Specifically the teachings of Dzogchcn brought to Tibet by Vimalamitra and Guru Rinpoche and later set down by Longchenpa. +
An aspect of the Instruction Section of Dzogchen. +
Pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating. +
The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, ''nirvana'' is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. +
The display during the bardo of dharmata. +
The hinayana vows of individual liberation, the mahayana trainings of a bodhisattva, and the vajrayana samayas of a vidyadhara. +
''Samsara'' means to spin or circle endlessly, as on a potter's wheel or on the rim of a water wheel. The idea is that sentient beings take birth and die, endlessly, in the six realms of samsara: the abodes of hell-beings, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, and gods. +
A great Tibetan master in the Oral Lineage of the Nyingma School. +
A great Tibetan master and the chief disciple of Marpa. See'' The Life of Milarepa'' (Shambhala Publications, 1977). +
A type of phowa. +
The mandalas of the five buddhas. +
Scriptures composed by accomplished or learned masters. +
The ground luminosity of the natural state, inherent as the enlightened essence of all sentient beings. +
