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drang srong;drang srong;ṛṣi;An accomplished contemplative. +
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lha mo;devi;A female deva. +
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ye shes drug;primordial consciousness,six facets of;primordial consciousness,six facets of;pañcajñāna;Mirror-like primordial consciousness, discerning primordial consciousness, primordial consciousness of equality, primordial consciousness of accomplishment, primordial consciousness of the absolute space of phenomena, and the primordial consciousness that perceives the full range of phenomena. +
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stong pa nyid;emptiness;emptiness;śūnyatā;The absence of the true, inherent existence of all phenomena. Emptiness itself is not to be reified. +
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khregs chod;cutting through;cutting through;The first of the two major phases in the practice of the Great Perfection, aimed at gaining direct, sustained realization of the original purity of pristine awareness. +
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a nu'i theg pa;Anuyāna;The spiritual vehicle of anuyoga, which corresponds to the stage of completion, following the mahāyoga. +
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rang bzhin;nature;nature;prakṛti;The quality or feature of some phenomenon, such as the mind, whose nature is luminosity. +
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lam nges rdzogs;path of definite perfection;path of definite perfection;Within the Vajrayāna, the path that reveals the deities and buddhafields as definitely existing by their own characteristics, and which emphasizes only the avenue of relative skillful means. See VE 199. +
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lhun grub;spontaneous actualization;spontaneous actualization;bhoga;The spontaneous emergence of qualities and activities from the dharmakāya, the realization ofwhich is the central aspect of the practice ofdirect crossingover. +
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yi dvags;preta;A spirit whose existence is dominated by insatiable hunger, thirst, and craving. +
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Tib. byang chub sems dpa';bodhisattva;A being in whom bodhicitta arises effortlessly and who devotes himsel for herself to the cultivation of the six perfections, in order to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. +
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lhag mthong;vipaiyanā;Lit. "superior vision," contemplative insight into fundamental aspects of reality, such as impermanence, suffering, nonself, and emptiness. +
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ba ling gtor ma;bali;balingtorma;balingtorma;A ritual offering cake in which the nutritive essence of the universe is synthesized and which acts as a source of all desirable things. See VE nr. +
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dbang bzhi;empowerments,four;empowerments,four;caturabhiśeka;(1) The vase, or water, empowerment, (2) the secret, or crown, empowerment, (3) the wisdom-primordial-consciousness, or vajra, empowerment, and (4) the word, or bell, empowerment. To take the four empowerments, visualize that (1) from a white Om at your gurus crown, white light rays descend to the point between your eyebrows, purifying physical obscurations with the vase empowerment;(2) from a red Ah at your guru's throat, red light rays descend to your throat, purifying verbal obscurations with the secret empowerment;(3) from a dark blue Hūm at your guru's heart, dark blue light rays descend to your heart, purifying mental obscurations with the wisdom-primordial-consciousness empowerment;and (4) from a red Hrih at your guru's navel, red light rays descend to your navel, purifying the obscuration of grasping at the three doors as differentwith the fourth, or word, empowerment. See also Padmasambhava, Natural Liberation-. Padmasambhava's Teachings on the Six Bardos, commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, trans. B. Alan Wallace (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1008), 78-79. See GD 25S-57,271;VE 248-9. +
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mngon du gyur pa'i dran pa;mindfulness,manifest;mindfulness,manifest;The natural power of mindfulness occurring without strenuously observing the mind's stillness and movement. +
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byang chub;enlightenment;enlightenment;bodhi;Spiritual awakening. +
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gza' chen po brgyad;planets,eight great;planets,eight great;Venus, Jupiter, the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Rāhula, the Sun, and Saturn. +
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sngags;mantra;Sanskrit syllables imbued with special symbolic significance or spiritual blessings. +
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gtsug tor;uṣṇīṣa;The topknot of hair or protuberance on the crown of a buddhas head. +
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lha;deva;A "god" within saṃsāra, who experiences great joy, extra sensory perception, and paranormal abilities, but who suffers greatly when faced with death. +
