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zhing bcu;fields,ten;fields,ten;Those who engage in (i) destroying the teaching, (2) despising the Three Jewels, (3) robbing the possessions of the Sangha, (4) abusing the Mahāyāna, (s) threatening the bothes ofgurus, (6) holding vajra siblings and friends in contempt, (7) creatingobstacles to spiritual practice, (8) being utterly devoid ofmercy and compassion, (9) lacking samayas and vows, and (10) holding false views concerning actions and their ethical consequences.  +
gzhi;ground of being;ground of being;aśraya;The ground of the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. The unaware aspect of the ground is the substrate, and its enlightened aspect is the dharmakāya. See CM 377-78» MF 486.  +
sgrub chen;mahāsiddha;A "great adept," who has accomplished mundane and supermundane abilities and realizations.  +
byang chub kyi sems;bodhicitta;Lit. "awakening mind," it is described as having two relative aspects called aspirational and engaged, along with its absolute, ultimate aspect. The nominal cultivation of aspirational bodhicitta means wishing to achieve enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings in saṃsāra. Bodhicitta is called engaged when one actually practices with this motivation to achieve buddhahood. In Vajrayāna, the red and white bodhicittas are the female and male regenerative fluids, which are composed of the red and white bindus. In the Great Perfection, bodhicitta is the primordial, originally pure ground, which pervades the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. SeeVE19, n9,204-5, 291,294.  +
'pho ba grong 'jug;transference by entering the dwelling;transference by entering the dwelling;The culminating phase of the stage of generation. See VE 199-200.  +
chos nyi dzad pa;extinction into ultimate reality;extinction into ultimate reality;The fourth and final vision on the path ofdirect crossing over, in which all phenomena dissolve into the space of awareness. This corresponds to the attainment of the supreme ground of a spontaneously actualized vidyādhara on the mantra path, which surpasses the tenth āryabodhisattva ground, known as the Cloud of Dharma.  +
'dre;demon;demon;Negative thoughts, rooted in ego-grasping, which cause saṃsāra to come into existence.  +
nang gi sngon 'gro bdun;inner preliminaries,seven;inner preliminaries,seven;(1) Taking refuge, (2) cultivating bodhicitta, (3) offering the mandala, (4) practicing the purificatory meditation and mantra of Vajrasattva, (5) guru yoga, (6) transference of consciousness, and (7) severance of māras.  +
mdo;sūtra;Discourses attributed to the Buddha, but not included among the tantras, many of which, according to the Vajrayāna tradition, are also attributed to the historical Buddha (as in the case of the Kālacakra Tantra) or to later emanations of the buddhas (as in the case of the Vajra Essence, which is described as a tantra).  +
rnal 'byor yoga'i theg pa;Yogayāna;The spiritual vehicle taught in the "yoga tantras," which is perfected by recognizing the profound view as being of greatest importance.  +
'jug pa'i sems bskyed;bodhicitta,engaged;bodhicitta,engaged;prasthānacittotpāda;Steadfast engagement in practices to cultivate bodhicitta as profound means to simultaneously accomplish the six perfections for the sake of all beings. See VE 204-5.  +
snang gsum;appearances,three;appearances,three;The appearances of the apprehended object, the apprehending mind, and the body of a sentient being. appearances, threemodes of (Tib. snang tshul gsum). Appearances in the form of one's environment, one's body, and the five sensory objects.  +
phur pa sras mchog;Supreme Son Kila;supreme son kila;The Youthful Vajra, an activity emanation of Vajrakila whose upper body has three faces and six arms and whose lower body is a kila, a three-edged ritual dagger. See GD 182- 83, VE156. See also Khenpo Namdrol, Ihe Practice of Vajrakilaya (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1999). 57-59-  +
bsam mno;cogitation;cogitation;Dualistic mental activity involving reification of subject and object.  +
rdzogs pa chen po;The Great Perfection, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles transmitted by the Nyingma school. The clear-light absolute nature of reality, having no center or periphery, from which all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa spontaneously arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.  +
rgyal ba;jina;a "victorious one" who has conquered cognitive and afflictive obscurations;an epithet of a buddha.  +
mtshan dang dpe byad;signs and symbols of enlightenment;signs and symbols of enlightenment;The thirty two excellent signs and eighty symbols of a supreme nirmaṇakaya buddha.  +