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phrin las bzhi;''activities,our enlightened'';''activities,our enlightened'';acifying, enriching, powerful, and wrathful enlightened activities.  +
'phrog ma;hārinī;hārinī;A malevolent ''demonic being that'' steals one s collections of merit and knowledge.  +
gdol pa'i rigs;candala;The lowest subdivision of the commoners caste (śūdra) of Vedic India, known in English as "untouchables."  +
dge ba'i bshes gnyen;spiritual mentor;spiritual mentor;kalyānamitra;A spiritual teacher who leads one to the state of liberation and spiritual awakening.  +
rdzu 'phrul gyi rkang pa bzhi;miraculous power,four bases;miraculous power,four bases;ṛddhipādāḥ;The samādhis of aspiration (Tib. 'dunpa),enthusiasm (Tib. brtson 'grus), intention (Tib.semspa), and analysis (Tib. dpyodpa).)  +
gnas tshul;mode of existence;mode of existence;How things actually are, in contrast with their modes of appearance (Tib. snang tshul).  +
longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku;sambhogakāya;The "full enjoyment embodiment" of an enlightened being, which is accessible only to āryabodhisattvas and buddhas.  +
glud gtor;ransom torma;ransom torma;A ritual offering made to beings to persuade them not to interfere with ones spiritual practice.  +
dvangs ma;quintessence;quintessence;The pristine essence of a phenomenon, as contrasted with its impure portion, derivative, residue, or dregs (Tib. snyigs ma, Skt. kaṣāya). See VE129,424-5.  +
so sor rtog pa'i ye shes;primordial consciousness,discerning;primordial consciousness,discerning;pratyavekṣanajñāna;Primordial consciousness that unimpededly discerns the displays of pristine awareness, which knows reality as it is and perceives the full range of all phenomena;this is purified as Bhagavān Amitābha. When obscured by ignorance, it manifests externally as red light;this is reified as the derivative element of fire. Its radiance is transformed into mentation and gives rise to thoughts of attachment and the aggregate of recognition. See GD 150-55, VE 1x1-15.  +
rtsa khor;cakra;A "wheel" of channels through which vital energies course. The fivefold classification of the cakras includes the cakra of great bliss at the crown of the head, the cakra of enjoyment at the throat, the dharmacakra at the heart, the cakra of emanation at the navel, and the cakra ofs ustaining bliss at the genital region. See VEz8o.  +
rigpa;pristine awareness;pristine awareness;vidyā;The eye of great, all-pervasive wisdom that comprehends saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as being totally subsumed within great enlightenment, which entails natural liberation in the absolute space of the ground—the great purity and equality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. See GD }i6.  +
. 'od gsal;clear light;clear light;prabhāsvara;The illuminating nature of pristine awareness.  +
'dod pa'i khams;desire realm;desire realm;kāmadhātu;The six domains of the desire realm, which are spontaneously actualized by mentation, are those of the gods, asuras, humans, animals, pretas, and hell beings.  +
yin lugs;nature of being;nature of being;The "way it is," synonymous with nature of existence.  +
bskyed rim;stage of generation;stage of generation;utpattikrama;A Vajrayāna system of practice, corresponding to mahāyoga, in which one's own body, speech, and mind arc regarded as displays of the vajra body, speech, and mind of one's personal deity. As a result ofsuch practice, one achieves stability in one's own awareness, ordinary appearances and clinging arc transferred to the nature of buddhafields, and one's body, speech, and mind are transformed into the three vajras.  +