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las rlung;karmic energy;karmic energy;A vital energy that courses through the body and is propelled by one's previous karma. +
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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. +
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'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. +
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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. +
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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. +
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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. +
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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. +
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damaru;A ritual hand-drum used, for instance, in the practice of severance. +
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'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. +
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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. +
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rdzu 'phrul;miraculous power;miraculous power;ṛddhi;A miraculous display made for the sake ofothers by one who has accomplished such power through meditation. +
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zad pa;generic emblem;generic emblem;kṛtsna;kasiṇa;Symbolic representations of the five elements and other phenomena, which are used as meditative objects in the cultivation ofquiescence. +
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gtor ma;torma;torma;See baling torma and ransom torma. +
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rdo rje'i dreg pa;Vajrayāna;The vehicle of esoteric Buddhist teachings and practices aimed at bringing one swiftly to the state of enlightenment. +
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de bzhin nyid kyi ting nge 'dzin;samādhi of suchness;samādhi of suchness;tathatāsamādhi;Meditation on the entire universe dissolving into the space of awareness as illusory apparitions. The actualization of the absolute space of emptiness, ultimate reality, the mode of existence of suchness. See GD 241, VE 113. +
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dmangs rigs;śūdra;A commoner, a member of the lowest Vedic - caste in classical India. +
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chos nyid mngon sum gyi snang ba;direct perception of ultimate reality;direct perception of ultimate reality;pratyakśa;The first of the four visions that arise in the practice of direct crossing over, in which one direcdy ascertains the nature of existence of suchness, or ultimate reality (dharmata). This realization corresponds to the attainment of the first āryabodhisattva stage, and results in the confidence ofnever returning to saṃsāra. +
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rjes thob;attainment,subsequent;attainment,subsequent;pṛṣṭhalabdha;Post meditation, or the period subsequent to formal meditation. +
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rigpa;awareness;awareness;vidyā;See pristine awareness. +
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rgyal ba'i sras;jinaputra;Lit. "son of the victorious ones, an epithet of a bodhisattva. +
