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gtad so;attentional object of reference;attentional object of reference;The object of a grasping mind.  +
byang chub sems dpa'i theg pa;Bodhisattvayāna;The spiritual vehicle of the bodhisattvas, in which one seals samsāra and nirvāṇa with bodhicitta.  +
bde ba can;Sukhāvati;Lit. "Land of Bliss," this is the buddhafield of Amitābha in the western direction.  +
sku lnga;pañcakāya;The dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, nirmāṇakāya, svabhāvikakāya, and vajrakāya, which are naturally present in the ground sugatagarbha.  +
udumbara;This may refer to the flower of the blue lotus (Nila udumbara) or of the cluster fig tree (Ficus racemosa), whose flowers are hidden within the fig and hence symbolize rarity.  +
antarabhāva;bar do;bar do;Usually, the intermediate state that follows death and is prior to one's next rebirth. More generally, any of the six transitional phases of living, dreaming, meditation, dying, ultimate reality, and becoming.  +
bgegs;vighna;Lit "obstructor," a being among the eighty thousand types of demons that obstruct the path to liberation;they are actually mere projections of thoughts of ego-grasping, craving, and attachment. vigraba (Skt., Tib. gongpo). A demonic force, or being, that arises as a projection of hatred.  +
sgrib pa gnyis;obscurations,two;obscurations,two;āvaraṇa dvitidhaḥ;The afflictive and cognitive obscurations, which prevent one from seeing the nature of reality and from achieving the omniscience of a buddha, respectively.  +
shin tu mal 'byor;atiyoga;The "extraordinary yoga," which is equivalent to the Great Perfection, or Dzokchen, the pinnacle of the nine spiritual vehicles.  +
rang gsal gyi dran pa;mindfulness,self illuminating;mindfulness,self illuminating;Once coarse mindfulness has subsided, resting in a luminous vacuity, or the substrate consciousness.  +
sgrub pa;sgrub pa;sādhana;A matrix of meditative practices designed to purify the mind, accumulate merit, and bring enlightenment  +
rdo rje'i snying po;vajra essences;vajra essences;The syllables Oṃ, Āḥ, and Hūṃ. The "clear-light vajra essence" is one of seven synonyms for the Great Perfection. See GD 286,  +
ye shes gsum;primordial consciousness,three facets of;primordial consciousness,three facets of;Detached, unimpeded primordial consciousness of all phenomena in the past, present, and future.  +
de bzhin gshegs pa;tathāgata;Lit. "one who has gone to (or arrived at) suchness," an epithet for a buddha.  +
phyag rgya;mudrā;A seal or imprint, such as a ruler's insignia on a decree. A gesture symbolizing some form of enlightened activity. In tantra, the female consort of a male deity.  +
rtsal;creative displays,creative expressions;creative displays,creative expressions;Effulgences or manifestations, such as the creative displays of primordial consciousness.  +
bdag tu dzin pa;self -grasping;self -grasping;atmagraha;Grasping to an inherently existent identity of personor things.  +