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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.  +
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.  +
rdo rje'i dreg pa;Vajrayāna;The vehicle of esoteric Buddhist teachings and practices aimed at bringing one swiftly to the state of enlightenment.  +
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.  +
dmangs rigs;śūdra;A commoner, a member of the lowest Vedic - caste in classical India.  +
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.  +
rjes thob;attainment,subsequent;attainment,subsequent;pṛṣṭhalabdha;Post meditation, or the period subsequent to formal meditation.  +
rgyal ba'i sras;jinaputra;Lit. "son of the victorious ones, an epithet of a bodhisattva.  +
chos kyi bdag;identity,phenomenal;identity,phenomenal;dharmatmya;An intrinsically existent identity of a phenomenon other than the self, which is actually nonexistent but which is grasped as real by the deluded mind.  +
shes bya'i sgrib pa;obscuration,cognitive;obscuration,cognitive;jñeyāvaraṇa;The subtle mental obscurations, specifically the habitual propensities of mental afflictions and the appearances of inherent existence, which impede the achievement of omniscience.  +
gnyan;nyen;nyen;A subclass of kṣamāpati. These beings are thought to harm people who create disturbances in the earth or bodies of water or who cut down trees. Nāgas are a subclass of nyen.  +
drang don;meaning,provisional;meaning,provisional;neyārtha;The symbolic, relative, or contextual meaning, as opposedtQ th e definitiveultimate, or absolute meaning.  +
bar do;intermediate period;intermediate period;antarabhāva;The interval between death and one's next rebirth, which includes two of the six transitional phases, namely the transitional phase of ultimate reality and the transitional phase of becoming.  +
dam tshig sems dpa1;samayasattva;The samaya being, one's visualization of oneself as the deity, which is united with the jñānasattva in the practice of mahāyoga. See GD185, VE 239.  +
blo ldog rnam pa bzhi;thoughts that turn the mind,four;thoughts that turn the mind,four;Meditations on the precious human life of freedom and opportunity, death and impermanence, the miserable nature of saṃsāra, and the nature of actions and their ethical consequences.  +