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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.  +
las rab rdzogs pa;Karmaprasiddhi;Lit. "Perfection of Excellent Deeds," this is the buddhafield of Amoghasiddhi in the northern direction.  +
a thung;cone;cone;A hot, red cone visualized at the navel cakra in candālī meditation. See CM 408, VE183-90.  +
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.  +
mngon par dga' ba;Higher Joy;higher joy;Abhirati;Lit. "Higher Joy," this is the buddhafield of Aksobhya in the eastern direction.  +
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.  +
ting nge 'dzin sems dpa;samādhisattva;A seed syllable at the heart of the jñānasattva. See GD 164.  +
mam thar brgyad;freedoms,eight;freedoms,eight;aṣṭauvimokṣa;(1) Not viewing that which has form as form, (2) recognizing the absence of inner form and not viewing outer forms, (3) not viewing the sense base of boundless space, (4) not viewing the sense base of boundless consciousness, (5) not viewing the sense base ofnothingness, (6) not viewing the sense base of neither discernment nor nondiscernment, (7) not viewing the pleasantness of the dispersal of obscurations, and (8) not viewing the cessation ofdiscernments and feelings.  +
'jig rten skyong;protector,worldly;protector,worldly;lokapāla;Unenlightened beings who are oath-bound, usually by Padmasambhava or another adept, to protect the Dharma.  +
sprul ku;nirmānakāyā;tulku;tulku;A realized being who is either firmly on the path to enlightenment or who has already achieved enlightenment and incarnates for the sake of the world.  +
dbyings rnam par dag pa'i sgron ma;lamp of the pristine space of awareness;lamp of the pristine space of awareness;The pristine expanse of the sole bindu inside the citta lamp of the flesh, which is the space of awareness, in which the bindus and vajra strands appear. See CM 424-26, VS 591, VE 425-27.  +
dmigs bcas kyi lam;path,referential;path,referential;The stage of generation entailing objects that are grasped with the mind as if they existed by their own characteristics. Within the Vajrayāna, this is taught as the path of definite perfection and the path of the power of the view. See VE199.  +
rol pa;display;display;lalita;The manifestation ofreality unfolding as a "dance" or "play"  +
byin brlabs;blessing;blessing;adhiṣṭāna;Powerful realization or empowerment that is experienced in connection with a guru or a physical place or object associated with a realized being. Consecration of an inanimate object or substance.  +