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. +
pha rol tu phyin pa bcu;perfections,ten;perfections,ten;daśapāramitā;The six perfections plus skillful means (Tib. thabs, Skt. upāya), aspirational prayer (Tib. smon lam, Skt.pranidhāna), power (Tib. stobs, Skt. bala), and primordial consciousness (Tib.ye shes, Skt.jñāna). +
rgyal ba dgongs pa'i brgyud;Lineage of the Buddhas,Enlightened View;lineage of the buddhas,enlightened view;The term dgongs pa is the honorific form of bsam pa, which means "thought" or "intention." However, according to Gangteng Tulku Rinpoché, in the context of these teachings it is the honorific form of lta ba, which means "perspective" or "view." The lineage is so designated because the enlightened view of all the buddhas of the three times is of one taste in the absolute space of phenomena. See VE 1, GD 179. +
dha dhu ra;dhattūra;datura;datura;A genus of nine species of toxic, hallucinogenic flowering plants, whose ingestion results in a complete inability to differentiate reality from fantasy . +
gzhon nu bum pa'i sku;youthful vase kāya;youthful vase kāya;kumārakalaśakāya;This term is unique to the Great Perfection tradition, referring to the state of enlightenment. It is like a "vase," for, as the sole bindu, it encompasses the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, while transcending the three times. It is called "youthful," for it is not subject to aging or degeneration, and it is called a "kāya," for it is the aggregate of all the inexhaustible enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities of all the buddhas. Its six characteristics are that it is (i) superior to the ground, (i) appearing as one's own essential nature, (3) discerning, (4) liberated in activity, (5) not emerging from anything else, and (6) dwelling in one's own ground. See CM 396,446;GD148-49;VE 331
Alternately, according to the dictionary Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (p. Z43z), this refers to the awareness of Samantabhadra, which is of the oceanic nature of the kāyas and facets of primordial consciousness, with six qualities: (1) externally luminous consciousness is withdrawn into itself, and the great, internally luminous, original absolute space of awareness of the ground appears to itself;(i) it transcends the ground;(3) it differentiates;(4) it is liberated upward;(5) it arises from nothing else;and (6) it dwells in its own place. +
bar do;transitional phase;transitional phase;antarabhāva;Anyone of the six transitional phases of living, meditation, dreaming, dying, ultimate reality, and becoming. See VE 467-91. +
kun 'darma,rtsa dbu ma;avadhūti;The central of the three main channels running vertically through the subtle body;also known in Sanskrit as the madhyamā. +