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sgron me drug;lamps,six;lamps,six;The teachings on direct crossing over describe six metaphoric "lamps," whose nature is luminosity: the three lamps of the vessel (the citta lamp of the flesh, the hollow crystal kati channel, and the fluid lasso lamp) and the three lamps of the vital essence (the lamp of the pristine space of awareness, the lamp of empty bindus, and the lamp of self-emergent wisdom). See CM 423-28, VS 591, VE 424-28.  +
bdag med;identitylessness;identitylessness;nairātmya;The selflessness or lack of inherent identity of phenomena. There are two types: (1) the identitylessness ofpersons and (2) the identitylessness of phenomena.  +
mtshams med pa lnga;deeds of immediate retribution,five;deeds of immediate retribution,five;pañcānantarya;Actions with such negative karmic force that upon death, the perpetrator is reborn immediately in hell, bypassing the intermediate period: matricide, patricide, killing an arhat, creating a schism in the Saṅgha, and maliciously drawing the blood of a tathāgata.  +
tshad med bzhi;immeasurables,four;immeasurables,four;caturapramāṇa;Lovingkindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity.  +
chos skyong;chos skyong;dharmapāla;Dharma protector. This may be a worldly being oath-bound to protect the Dharma and sentient beings ('jigtenpa) or a wisdom deity who is an enlightened manifestation of compassion (jig ten ha 'daspa). The chiefprotectress of the Dzokchen teachings is Ekajati.  +
thig le;thig le;bindu;An orb of light. The red and white essential drops of vital fluids within the body, included within the triad of channels, vital energies, and bindus. The dot or small circle above Tibetan and Sanskrit syllables such as Hūm.  +
drva ba drva phyed;latticework and pendants;latticework and pendants;Indian temple frieze ornamentation featuring a lattice (i.e., web or net) of looped garlands with pendants hung from the highest points.  +
rnal 'byor;rnal 'byor;yoga;Lit. "yoke," a meditative practice involving the mind and body. One of the six higher yānas of kriyāyoga, upāyayoga, yoga, mahāyoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga.  +
rig 'dzin brda yi brgyud;Lineage of the Vidyādharas,Symbolic;lineage of the vidyādharas,symbolic;The lineage of the Great Perfection, by which the symbolic signs of ultimate reality, the treasury of space, are spontaneously released, without reliance upon the stages ofspiritual training and practice. See VE z, GD 179.  +
dngos grub;siddhis,eight;siddhis,eight;A supernormal ability or achievement The supreme siddhi is the perfect enlightenment of a buddha, while the eight common siddhis include: (1) the siddhi of celestial realms, the ability to dwell in celestial realms while still alive;(i) the siddhi of the sword, the ability to overcome any hostile army;(3) the siddhi of medicinal pills, the ability to become invisible by holding blessing pills in your hand;(4) the siddhi of fleet-footedness, by which you can walk around a lake in an instant by wearing boots you have blessed;(5) the vase siddhi, by which you can create a vessel that renders inexhaustible anything you put inside it, food or money for example;(6) the siddhi of yakṣas, the power to make yakṣas your servants;(7) the siddhi of ambrosia (Skt.amṛta),which gives you a lifespan as long as the sun and the moon, the strength of an elephant, and the beauty of a lotus, and makes you feel as light as cotton wool whenever you arise from your seat;and (8) the siddhi of the balm of clairvoyance, which, when applied to your eyes, allows you to see things beneath the earth, such as treasures and so on.  +
sku;kāya;An aggregate of spontaneously actualized facets of primordial consciousness and qualities of enlightenment, designated as a composite body.  +
ye shes;primordial consciousness;primordial consciousness;jñana;The manifest state of the ground, which is self-emergent, naturally luminous, and free of outer and inner obscuration;this is indivisible from the all-pervasive, lucid, clear expanse of the absolute space of phenomena, free of contamination.  +
dvangs ma lnga;quintessences,five;quintessences,five;The quintessences of the five facets of primordial consciousness.  +
'pho ba chung ngu'i 'ja 'lus;rainbow body,small transference;rainbow body,small transference;This occur within seven days after the clear light of death arises, when the material elements of the body become smaller and smaller, until finally the material body dissolves into elementary particles, such that only the residues of one's hair and nails remain.  +
dbyings;space;space;dhātu;On the relative level this refers » the space of awareness (Tib. chos kyi khams, Skt. dharmadhatu),whichin its primal manifestation is the substrate (Tib. kungzhi, Skt. ālaya). On the ultimate level it refers to the absolute space of phenomena (Tib. chos kyi dbyings, Skt. dharmadhātu), which is synonymous with emptiness.  +
ma mo;mātṛkā;A being who takes on all kinds of forms and is an embodiment of disturbing attachments.  +
ye shes gnyis;primordial consciousness,two facets of;primordial consciousness,two facets of;Primordial consciousness that knows reality as it is (ontology) and primordial consciousness that perceives the full range of phenomena (phenomenology).  +
nam mkha' rnam par dag pa'i shes rab;wisdom of pristine space;wisdom of pristine space;The recognition and ascertainment of all of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as displays of space.  +
spyi gzhi;ground,universal;ground,universal;Emptiness, as the foundation for thewhole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa  +