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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.  +
sangs rgyas;buddha;Lit. "awakened one," an enlightened being in whom all mental afflictions and obscurations are dispelled and all excellent qualities are brought to perfection.  +
'dul ba;vinaya;The teachings concerning rules and discipline of the Buddha's disciples;one of the three baskets of sūtra, vinaya, and abhidharma.  +
gzhi'i shes pa;ground consciousness;ground consciousness;āśrayajñāna;The unceasing stream of consciousness that goes from one life to another and finally to the state of enlightenment, so it may become virtuous or nonvirtuous. Only when its essential nature becomes manifest is it seen to be of the nature of unstructured awareness. It is identical to the substrate consciousness. See VE 109-10.  +
rang gsal;self-illuminating;self-illuminating;The mirror like aspect of primor dial consciousness. A characteristic of the sharp vajra of wisdom, the experience of the spontaneously actualized essential nature. See CM 363,386.  +
mdangs;glow,inner;glow,inner;The natural glow (rang mdangs) of awareness, which is transcendently present in the ground, expresses itself as self-emergent, innate primordial consciousness. When this is obscured by ignorance, its radiance is transformed into subde grasping, afflictive mentation, mentation, and the external display of the elements and aggregates of saṃsāra. See SV 618;VS 533-34, 555-56;CM 326-29;GD 151-56;VE122-27.  +
mya ngan las 'das pa;nirvāṇa;Spiritual liberation, in which one is forever freed from suffering caused by delusion and all other mental afflictions.  +
mchod rten;stūpa;A reliquary that holds sacred objects, such as the remains of an enlightened being;its form symbolizes the mind of a buddha.  +
thig le stong pa'i sgron ma;lamp of empty bindus;lamp of empty bindus;The appearance of the five quintessences in luminous spheres or bindus. See CM 426-27, VE 417» VS 591.  +