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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.  +
bsgral las;liberation,practice;liberation,practice;The wrathful activity of taking a being's life and delivering that being to a higher state of existence.  +
sems bskyed;bodhicitta,cultivation of;bodhicitta,cultivation of;bodhicittotpāda;The generation and development of bodhicitta by skillful means, such as meditation on the four immeasurables, recitation, mind training (Tib. lo jong), and the exchange of self and others (Tib.gtong len). See VE 119,204-5.  +
yidam;deity,personal;deity,personal;iṣṭadevatā;The enlightened manifestation, or embodiment, chosen as one's primary object of refuge and meditative practice.  +
'khor los sgyur ba'i rgyal po;cakravartin;Lit. "wheel-turning monarch," a worldly ruler said to possess seven precious things, including a wheel as the source ofpower.  +
med par lta ba;nihilism;nihilism;A doctrine that denies the possibility of authentic knowledge, meaning, values, or morality.  +
bcos pa rnam gsum;modifications,three;modifications,three;Modification of one's body, speech, and mind.  +
rdo rje'i skyil krung;vajrāsana;The "full-lotus" seated posture,with the left foot upon the right thigh and the right foot upon the left thigh.  +
kun rdzob bden pa;truth,relative;truth,relative;sarptisatya;Lit. totally obscurational truth," such provisional, conventional truths appear in a manner contrary to their mode of existence and thereby obscure the nature of ultimate truth. Teachings concerning names and individual, real characteristics are called relative truths. See VE190.  +