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state of meditation or equanimity; often opposed to post-meditation, the state of involvement in daily activities. +
helmsman of Communism in China; seen by many Tibetans as possessed by a demonic force bent on destroying the Dharma and happiness of sentient beings. +
nonhumans who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers; can be either 'mundane' i.e. virtuous samsaric beings or 'wisdom protectors' who are emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas. +
healer and accomplished master from one of the old temples of the Barom Kagyu. +
famous mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. +
chief deity in a mind treasure revealed by Old Khyentse after Chokgyur Lingpa's passing. In a vision, he saw the great tertön in his saṃbhogakaya form and, receiving an empowerment and teachings, wrote them down. +
birthplace of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche near the Life-Lake of Yeshe Tsogyal (Tsogyal Lhatso), situated at Drakda some 20 km from Samye. +
large independent kingdom in Kham that used to occupy the present-day counties of Jomda, Derge, Palyul, and Sershul. +
teachings on the Great Perfection entitled ''Samantabhadra's Realization Directly Revealed (Kuntu Zangpö Gongpa Sangtal du Tenpa)'' from the great revealer of hidden treasures Rigdzin Gödem's tradition of Northern Treasures. +
refer, in the Kagyu context, to Naropa's Six Doctrines and Mahamudra. +
teaching of the Buddha. +
guru, yidam and dakini. The ''guru'' is the root of blessings, the ''yidam'' of accomplishment, and the ''dakini'' of activity. They are usually three types of sadhana practice. +
(Uncle Sang-Ngak); the uncle of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. +
(617-698) — first great Dharma King, who prepared the way for transmission of the teachings; regarded as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. He married Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal and Princess Wen Cheng of China who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based on Dharma principles, and had his minister Tönmi Sambhota develop the Tibetan script. During his reign the translation of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began. +
one of the monasteries built by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche situated on the hilltop behind Swayambhu in the Kathmandu valley; now the seat of Tsoknyi Rinpoche in Nepal. +
revealer of hidden treasures, concealed mainly by Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal. +
training in all sights, sounds and thoughts as being deity, mantra and samadhi. +
disciples of the Buddha who vowed to preserve the Dharma until the coming of Maitreya, the future awakened one. +
(1910-195?) — one of the main masters at Shechen monastery. +
tantric practice of ejection of consciousness through the crown of the head at the time of death to effectuate a rebirth in a buddhafield. This is often accompanied by visible sign of success. +
