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don dam bden pa;truth,ultimate;truth,ultimate;paramārthasatya;The ultimate nature of emptiness, which together with relative truth constitute the two truths.  +
hka'srung;guardian of the teaching;guardian of the teaching;General guardian ofthe Buddha's Dharma.  +
rnam rtog;thoughts,discursive (also "compulsive");thoughts,discursive (also "compulsive");vikalpa;Ordinary, dualistic thoughts concerning the objects of saṃsāra.  +
'jig rten chos brgyad;mundane concerns,eight;mundane concerns,eight;Material gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and ridicule, and good and bad reputation. mundane existence (Tib. srid pa, Skt. bhava). The cycle of existence in which one is propelled from life to life by the force of one's mental afflictions and karma.  +
gshed;vadhaka;Lit. "executioner," a demonic being that displays the appearances of birth and death within saṃsāra, severs the artery of liberation, and steals the breath of happiness.  +
rgyang zhags chu'i sgron ma;lamp,fluid distant lasso;lamp,fluid distant lasso;In direct crossing over terminology, this is the lamp of the eyes, which are fluid and are able to apprehenddistant objects, as if they were caught with a lasso. This lamp is like the flower of a tree whose root is the citta lamp of the flesh and whose trunk is the hollow crystal kati channel. The term fluid distant lasso lamp is collectively given to all three, which are known as the three lamps of the vessel. See CM 423-24, VE 424-25.  +
rlung;wind;wind;vāta;In the Ayurvedic and Tibetan medical systems, the bodily constituent, or humor, responsible for movement and change.  +
chos kyi sku;dharmakāya;The "enlightened embodiment of truth," which is the mind of the buddhas.  +
lhung rub sgo brgyad;gateways of spontaneous actualization,eight;gateways of spontaneous actualization,eight;The gateways of compassion, the lights, the kāyas, the facets of primordial consciousness, nonduality, freedom from extremes, the impurity of saṃsāra, and the purity of nirvāṇa. See GD 253-54>  +
stong gsumg yi 'jig rten;galaxy;galaxy;Lit. "three-thousandfold worlds," meaning one thousand- to the third power, or one billion worlds;each has a Mount Meru and four continents. There are said to be a countless number of these throughout the vastness of space. gaqacakra (Skt., Tib. tshogs 'khor). Ritual offerings to the awakened beings. See VE150-64.  +
gdangs;radiance;radiance;The veiling effects of obscurations that cause the five facets of primordial consciousness to appear as the five poisons, the five aggregates, and the five elements.  +
rdo rje;vajra;A symbol of ultimate reality, with the seven attributes of invulnerability, indestructibility, reality, incorruptibility, stability, unobstructability, and invincibility. See CM 385;BM 337;GD 88-89;VE 63-64,188-89.  +
bya ba sgrub pa'i ye shes;primordial consciousness of accomplishment;primordial consciousness of accomplishment;kṛtyānuṣṭhānajñāna;Primordial consciousness by which all pure, free, simultaneously perfected deeds and activities are accomplished naturally, of their own accord;this is purified as Bhagavān Amoghasiddhi. When obscured by ignorance, it manifests externally as green light;this is reified as the derivative element of air. Its radiance is transformed into subtle grasping of the five sensory consciousnesses and gives rise to thoughts of envy and the aggregate ofcompositional factors. See GD 150-53, VE 121-25.  +
bdud rtsi,Skt. amṛta;ambrosia;ambrosia;Lit. "deathless" or immortality, this is one result ofspiritual practice and also refers to sacramental substances.  +
ngo bo nyid kyi sku;svabhāvikakāya;The "natural embodiment" of the buddhas, which is the one nature of the dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya.  +
gdags gzhi;basis of designation;basis of designation;Objective basis upon which a conceptual designation is made.  +
'phags pa'i byang chub sems dpa;'phags pa'i byang chub sems dpa;āryabodhisattva;A bodhisattva who has gained direct realization of ultimate reality.  +
nyer spyod bdun;enjoyments,seven;enjoyments,seven;*''enjoyments, seven'' (Tib. nyer spyod bdun). The seven offerings of water for drinking, water for bathing the feet, flowers, incense, light, perfume, and food.  +