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rdzogs pa chen po;Great Perfection;great perfection;mahāsandhi;Dzokchen, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles transmitted by the Nyingma school The clear-light absolute space of phenomena, having no center or periphery, from which all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāria spontaneously arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.  +
ngo bo lnga;natures,five essential;natures,five essential;The five facets of primordial consciousness.  +
smon pa'i sems bskyed;bodhicitta,aspirational;bodhicitta,aspirational;praṇidhicittotpāda;The altruistic motivation to achieve perfect enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings of the three realms from the ocean of suffering of mundane existence and bring them to the state of omniscience. See VE 204-5.  +
kun tu bzang po;Samantabhadra;Lit. "all good," with many meanings, depending upon the context: (1) the name of a particular bodhisattva who is one of the eight principal bodhisattva disciples of the Buddha sākyamuni;(1) a synonym for buddha nature in general;and (3) a synonym for the dharmakāya, in the form of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, from whom, according to the Nyingma tantras, the diverse buddha bodies emanate and from whom the higher tantric lineages arise. As such, Samantabhadra is also the result attained through the Dzokchen practice of cutting through (Tib. khregschod).  +
tsha tsha;saccha;tsatsa;tsatsa;A small image of an enlightened being, usually molded of clay and produced in large quantities.  +
dbyings lnga;space of awareness,five facets of;space of awareness,five facets of;pañcadhātu;The five facets of primordial consciousness.  +
'khrul snang;appearances,delusive;appearances,delusive;The reified appearances of phenomena arising due to delusion. The world of appearances (snang lugs) is the basis of delusion, while the nature of existence (gnas lugs) is the basis of liberation.  +
'khor 'das ru shan;The direct crossing over preliminary practice of differentiating samsāra from nirvāṇa with respect to the body, speech, and mind. See VS s86-89, VE 395-418.  +
skye mched;āyatana;Any of the twelve sense bases. Any of the five "signs" (Tib. mtshan ma, Skt. nimitta) that eventually arise due to meditating on the generic emblems of the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space.  +
dge 'dun;Sangha;The assembly ofāryas. More generally, the congregation of Buddhist practitioners.  +
rnam pa thams cad mkhyen pa'i ye shes,ji snyad mkhyen pa'i ye shes;primordial consciousness that perceives the full range of phenomena;primordial consciousness that perceives the full range of phenomena;yāvadbhāvikajnāna;The phenomenological aspect of primordial consciousness—omniscience;this perceives all the manifestations of the natural radiance of pristine awareness.  +
zhen pa;cling;cling;To be strongly attached to something, reifying and grasping at it without realizing its emptiness.  +
tshogs gnyis;accumulations,two;accumulations,two;dvisaṃbhāra;The twofold accumulations of merit (bsod noms), which culminates in the achievement of the form (rūpakāya) of a buddha, and of wisdom (ye shes), which culminates in the achievement of the mind (dharmakāya) of a buddha.  +
sems byung;mental process;mental process;caitta;A mental process that arises in conjunction with consciousness, by means ofwhich one engages in various ways with the objects of apprehension.  +
gzhi dbyings;absolute space of the ground;absolute space of the ground;The ground of all phenomena  +
rtsa ba gsum;Roots,Three;roots,three;The inner objects of refuge, which are the guru, the root of blessings;one's personal deity (Tib.jv dam, Skt. iffadevatd), the root ofsiddhis;and the dākinīs or the dharmapālas, the roots of enlightened activities.  +
snyigs ma lnga;dregs,five;dregs,five;Degenerate lifespans, mental afflictions, sentient beings, times, and views.  +
gzugs kyi sku;rūpakāya;A form embodiment of an enlightened being, including nirmāṇakāyas and saṃbhogakāyas.  +
thod rgal;direct crossing over;direct crossing over;vyutkrāntaka;The second of the two phases of the practice of the Great Perfection, which is aimed at realizing the spontaneous manifestations of the dharmakāya.  +
gri gug;A curved,hooked knife used for flaying hides.;a curved,hooked knife used for flaying hides.  +