The common empowerments of water, crown, vajra, bell and name, the first two of which are conferred in Kriyātantra and the last three in Ubhayatantra. 354 +
Refer to the ''Sūtra of Inconceivable Secrets'' as cited in Obermiller, ''[[History of Buddhism]]'', Pt. 2, pp. 91ff.; and see the preceeding entry. 409 +
This can refer to the FOUR EXTREMES, to the four pairs constituting the EIGHT EXTREMES or to: the limits of birth and death or production and cessation (''skye-'gog''); the limits of eternalism and nihilism (''rtag-chad''); the limits of being and non-being (''yod-med''); and the limits of appearance and emptiness (''snang-stong''). 163-4 +
The purities resulting from the removal of the obscuration of conflicting emotions and of the [[obscuration]] covering the knowable (''nyon-mong-gi sgrib-dang shes-bya'i sgrib-kyis dag-pa''). Alternatively, the primordial purity of emptiness and the purity which results from abandoning [[obscuration]]. 139-40 +
According to [[Anuyoga]], these are the mind which enters into the pursuit of ideas and scrutiny (''rtog-dpyod-kyi rjes-su 'jug-pa'i yid''), the mind which enters into the pursuit of truth (''don-gyi rjes-su 'jug-pa'i yid'') and the mind which enters into the pursuit of seed-syllables (''yi-ge'i rjes-su 'jug-pa'i yid''). 286-7 +
These are the Sāṃkhya (''grangs-can-pa''), Aiśvara (''dbang-phyug-pa''), Vaiṣṇava (''khyab-'jug-pa''), Jaina (''rgyal-ba-pa'') and Nihilists (''chad-pa'i lta-ba''). 64 +
The consciousness of the eye (''mig-gi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''cakṣurvijñāna''), the consciousness of the ear (''rna-ba'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''śrotravijñāna''), the consciousness of the nose (''sna'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''ghrāṇavijñāna''), the consciousness of the tongue (''lce'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''jihvāvijñāna''), the consciousness of the body (''lus-kyi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''kāyavijñāna'') and the consciousness of the intellect (''yid-kyi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''manovijñāna''). 162, 166. +
As a result of constant warfare between the TWELVE MINOR KINGDOMS, power devolved into the hands of forty principalities ruled by forty minor feudal kings. Apart from '' 'brog-mo rnam-gsum'' ruled by the lord ''rgyal-po se-mi ra-khrid, gye-mo yul-drug'' ruled by the lord ''gye-rje mkhar-ba'' and ''se-mo gru-bzhi'' ruled by the lord ''gnyags-gru 'brang'', their names and localities are unknown at the present day. Refer to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''rgyal-rabs'', (pp. 13-14). 507, 949 +
Emptiness (''stong-pa''), great emptiness (''stong-pa chen-po''), extreme emptiness (''shin-tu stong-pa'') and total emptiness (''thams-cad stong-pa''). For an explanation of these, refer to the FOUR DELIGHTS. 877 +
The pristine cognition of the expanse of reality (''chos-dbyings-kyi ye-shes'', Skt. ''dharmadhātujñāna''), the mirror-like pristine cognition (''me-long-giye-shes'', Skt. ''ādarśajñāna''), the pristine cognition of discernment (''so-sor-rtog-pa'i ye-shes'', Skt. ''pratyaveksanajñāna''), the pristine cognition of sameness (''mnyam-nyid-kyi ye-shes'', Skt. ''samatājñāna'') and the pristine cognition of accomplishment (''bya-ba grub-pa'i ye-shes'', Skt. ''kṛtyānusthānajñāna''). Also referred to as the FIVE KINDS OF BUDDHA-MIND. 22-3, 117, 125, 128, 142, 273, 288, 338, 342, 352, 357, 594 +
The Mental Class (''sems-kyi sde''), the Spatial Class (''klong-gi sde'') and the Esoteric Instructional Class (''man-ngag-gi sde''). 36-9, 319-45,494,538-96,854 +
These are the spheres of activity of the SIXTEEN ELDERS. An alternative listing refers to the sixteen great countries of India: Aṅga, Magadha, Kāśī, Kosala, Vṛji, Malla, Ceḍi, Vatsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Matsya, Śūrasena, Aśmaka, Avanti, Gandhāra and Kamboja. 438 +