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sems tsam pa'i theg pa;Cittamātrayāna;The "mind only spiritual vehicle, which is perfected by realizing that appearances are not other than the mind. See CM 390, VE 302.  +
Tib. chos;Dharma;Spiritual teachings and practices that lead one irreversibly away from suffering and the source of suffering and toward the attainment of liberation and enlightenment.  +
bsam gtan;dhyāna;An advanced state of meditative stabilization included in the form realm, including the four dhyānas.  +
'brub khung;box,incarceration;box,incarceration;A three-sided ritual container, often made ofmetal, black on the outside and red on the inside, and sometimes marked with skulls. It is visualized in various ways: as the space of awareness of ultimate reality, as the miserable states of existence, as the womb of the consort, and as a prison.  +
dri za'i grong khyer;gandharvas,city of;gandharvas,city of;gandharvanagara;An apparitional city of ethereal beings appearing by the power of samādhi in conjunction with the presence of a nearby vessel and moisture.  +
dgongs;enlightened view;enlightened view;This is the honorific form of bsam pa, which means "thought" or "intention." However, according to Gangteng Tulku Rinpoché, in the context of these teachings it is the honorific form of lta ba, which means "view" or "perspective."  +
mngon par shes pa;perception,extrasensory;perception,extrasensory;abhijñā;Exceptional modes of perception that arise along thepath to enlightenment. perfections, six (Tib. pha rol tu phyin pa drug, Skt. saṭpāramita). Generosity, ethical discipline, patience, enthusiasm, meditation, and wisdom. See VS 515, FP 7-8.  +
gzugs med kyi khams;formless realm;formless realm;rūpadhātu;The four dimensions of the formless realm, which are spontaneously actualized by the substrate, arc boundless space, boundless consciousness, nothingness, and neither discernment nor nondiscernment.  +
phun sum tshogs pa lnga;perfections of the saṃbhogakāya,five;perfections of the saṃbhogakāya,five;The perfect time, place, teacher, retinue, and Dharma, or teaching. Also called five fully endowed circumstances, excellences, or certainties.  +
rtogs pa;realization;realization;Direct insight into some fundamental aspect of reality. In the context of the Great Perfection, this refers to the subtle, exact knowledge ofhow all appearing phenomena are nonobjective and empty from their own side, culminating in the decisive knowledge of the one taste ofgreat emptiness—the fact that the whole of samsāra and nirvāṇa naturally arises from the expanse of the ground and is not established as anything else.  +
gtong len;tonglen;tonglen;Lit. "giving and taking," this refers to the exchange of self and others in order to reduce self-cherishing and cultivate bodhicitta, practiced by giving others one's happiness with the out breath and taking on their sufferings with the in breath.  +
lha chen po brgyad;devas,eight great;devas,eight great;Maheśvara, Indra, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Kāmeśvara, Gaṇapati, Bhriṅgiridhi, and Kumāraṣaṇmukha.  +
sdug bsngal;suffering;suffering;dukkha;The unsatisfying nature of saṃsāra, the first Noble Truth, consisting of blatant suffering, the suffering of change, and existential suffering.  +
rdo rje'i bla ma;vajra guru;vajra guru;A spiritual guide who is qualified to lead one in the practices of Vajrayāna.  +
thes tab rang byung sgron ma;lamp of self emergent wisdom;lamp of self emergent wisdom;One's own awareness, the sugatagarbha, which witnesses the displays of primordial consciousness. See CM 427-28, VS 591, VE 427-28.  +
bdud gcod;severance of maras;severance of maras;A meditative practice established in Tibet and Bhutan by Padampa Sangyé's main disciple, Machik Lapdrön (1055-1149), in which one imaginatively offers up one's entire being as a means to realizing the empty nature of all phenomena, severing all clinging to the appearances of the three realms, and realizing that all gods and demons are none other than one's own appearances. See GD116-27, VE 153-60.  +
nges don;meaning,definitive;meaning,definitive;nītārtha;The meaning of ultimate reality.  +
mu men;vairāṭa;A dark blue gemstone;it is astringent in taste, its post-digestive effects are cooling, and in terms of its healing effects, it benefits illnesses from poisoning, leprosy, lymph disorders, and skin disorders. Blue beryl may match this description, but this requires further research.  +