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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.  +
las rlung;karmic energy;karmic energy;A vital energy that courses through the body and is propelled by one's previous karma.  +
kun gzhi;substrate;substrate;ālaya;A vacuous, immaterial, nonconceptual state experienced in deep, dreamless sleep, when one faints, and when one thes, and in which appearances to the mind are impeded.  +
'pho ba;transference;transference;sarpkrānti;Transference of consciousness. According to the Great Perfection, the unsurpassed transference is the realization of the pristine domain of the absolute space of phenomena, the sugatagarbha. See CM 434,448;VE 418,470-78.  +
rig pa 'dzin pa;vidyādhara;A "holder of knowledge who has ascertained the nature of pristine awareness. Nyingma tantras describe four levels of vidyādhara. In ascending order of realization, they are the matured vidyādhara, corresponding to the vision of the direct perception of ultimate reality and the first āryabodhisattva ground, known as Very Joyful;the vidyādhara with mastery over life, corresponding to the vision of progress in meditative experience and the fifth āryabodhisattva ground, Difficult to Cultivate;the mahāmudrā vidyā dhara, corresponding to the vision of reaching consummate awareness and the eighth āryabodhisattva ground, Immovable;and the spontaneously actualized vidyādhara, corresponding to the vision of extinction into ultimate reality and the tenth āryabodhisattva ground, Cloud of Dharma. See VE 350-51.  +
gang zagsn yan khung gi brgyud pa;Lineage of Ordinary Individuals,Aural;lineage of ordinary individuals,aural;The lineage in which the practical instructions naturally arise in verbal transmission as an entrance to the disciples' paths, like filling a vase. See VE 2, GD280.  +
gnas lugs;nature of existence;nature of existence;tathātva;The fundamental mode of existence of all phenomena, emptiness, which is the basis of liberation. This contrasts with the way things appear (Tib. snang lugs),which is the basis of delusion.  +
ye gzhi;ground,primordial;ground,primordial;The originally pure ground of being. The absolute space of phenomena. Pristine awareness. The sugatagarbha. Samantabhadra, who is of the nature of the five kāyas, the five buddha families, the five facets of primordial consciousness, and the five dākinīs. See GD 142-43, CM 382-86.  +
'ja'lus 'pho ba chen po;rainbow body,great;rainbow body,great;This is the highest achievement of the rainbow body, in which one becomes enveloped in light and disappears into the nature of light, or else one is encompassed by a shroud of light that covers the sky with rainbows and clouds, and then disappears into rainbow colors.  +
theg pa dman pa;Hinayāna;hinayāna;Lit. the "inferior vehicle" of Buddhist theory and practice, aimed at one's own liberation. This includes the Srāvakayāna and the Pratyekabuddhayāna.  +