ye shes sems dpa';jñānasattva;A "primordial consciousness being, whom one invites and with whom one merges inseparably in the practice of the stage of generation. See VE 149. +
rang byung;self-emergent;self-emergent;Emerging from itself;the aspect of primordial consciousness that is Ratnadākinī. See CM 389, 415;VS 566;''GD 143,117'';VE 190. +
sangs rgyas kyi khams;buddha nature;buddha nature;buddhadhātu;The primordially pure, essential nature of the mind, equivalent to pristine awareness, which is none other than the dharmakāya. It may be regarded provisionally as one's capacity for achieving spiritual awakening. +
melong lta bu'i ye shes;primordial consciousness,mirror-like;primordial consciousness,mirror-like;ādaria jñāna;Self-illuminating primordial consciousness, which is of a lucid, clear nature, free of contamination, and allows for the unceasing appearances of all manner of objects;this is purified as Bhagavān Akṣobhya, or as Vajrasattva (GD 155). When obscured by ignorance, it manifests externally as white light;this is reified as the derivative element of water. Its radiance is transformed into the substrate consciousness and gives rise to thoughts of hatred and the aggregate of consciousness. See GD 150-53, VE121-25. +
bya ba dg u sprugs;activity,nine kinds of;activity,nine kinds of;The nine kinds of activity include the body's (1) outer activities, such as walking, sitting, and moving about, (2) inner activities of prostrations and circumambulations, and (3) secret activities ofritual dancing, performing mudrās, and so on;the speech's (4) outer activities, such as all kinds of delusional chatter, (5) inner activities, such as reciting liturgies, and (6) secret activities, such as counting propitiatory mantras of your personal deity;and the mind's (7) outer activities, such as thoughts aroused by the five poisons and the three poisons, (8) inner activities of mind training and cultivating positive thoughts, and (9) the secret activity of dwelling in mundane states of dhyāna. See GD197, VE 322. +
gdeng bzhi,gding bzhi;confidences,four;confidences,four;(1) The confidence that even if one were to have visions of three thousand buddhas, one would not feel the slightest faith in them;(2) the confidence that even ifone were surrounded by a hundred thousand māras and murderers, one wouldn't fed even a trace of fear;(3) the confidence of having no hope in the maturation of cause and effect;and (4) the confidence of fearlessness regarding saṃsāra and the miserable states of existence. See CM 445, VS 603-4, GD 198, VE 462. +
rten cing 'brel bar 'byung ba;dependent origination;dependent origination;pratītyasamutpāda;The arising of all phenomena in dependence on causes and conditions. +
bde bar gshegs pa;sugata;Lit. "well-gone one," an epi thet of a buddha meaning one who has gone to the far shore of liberation, fulfilling one's own and others' needs by achieving perfect enlightenment. sugatagarbha (Skt., Tib. bde gshegs sayingpo). The essence, or womb, of the sugatas;synonymous with "buddha nature." +
gzhi'i rigpa;ground pristine awareness;ground pristine awareness;āśrayavidyā;The primordial nature of the mind, which is beyond the three times and all conceptual elaborations, and knows the nature of the ground of being. SeeBM 354;GD 142-43,326-27;VE 109-10,116-21. +
gdeng thob pa;confidence,acquiring;confidence,acquiring;Identifying awareness, then bringing forth spacious awareness, free of activity, and by practicing that uninterruptedly, finally achieving stability within oneself. +
tsitta sha'i sgron ma;citta lamp of the flesh;citta lamp of the flesh;The "lamp" located at the heart and included among the six lamps discussed in the teachings on the direct crossing over. See CM 423, VS 590-91, VE 424. +