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nus pa;potencies,eight;potencies,eight;Heavy, oily, mild, sharp, light, rough, hot, and cool.  +
bag chags;propensities,habitual;propensities,habitual;vāsanā;Mental imprints accumlated as a result of previous experiences or actions, which influence later events and conduct.  +
mnyen btsal ba;training in pliability;training in pliability;A direct crossing over practice in which one visualizes Hūm syllables emerging from and withdrawing back into one's heart, as a means to gain mastery over one's vital energies and mind. See VE 413-15.  +
sems;mind;mind;citta;Dualistic awareness that clings to appearances, conceptually observes its own processes, and arouses pleasure and pain through intellectual fabrications and the acceptance and rejection of virtue and vice.  +
rang rgyud;svatantra;That which functions independently. Characteristic reasoning of the Svātantrika Madhyamaka system.  +
'byung phran lnga;elements,five derivative;elements,five derivative;The outer elements. The impure "residues" of the five great elements;they arise externally as space, water, earth, fire, and air due to grasping and reification of the five lights of the great elements. See CM 398, BM 327-29, GD 150-53, VE 123-25.  +
spros pa'i mtha;philosophical stance;philosophical stance;Conceptual constructs, such as those of existence and nonexistence, which are apprehended by way of dualistic grasping.  +
nyer len;substantial cause;substantial cause;A substantial cause of a phenomenon is a prior phenomenon that actually transforms into the subsequent phenomenon that it produces, such as a seed that transforms into a sprout. substantialism (Tib. gngos par lta ba). The view that phenomena exist by their own inherent natures, prior to and independent of conceptual designation.  +
gzhir gnas kyi rig pa;pristine awareness that ispresent in the ground;pristine awareness that ispresent in the ground;The all-pervasive, fundamental nature of awareness, which is equivalent to the dharmakāya.  +
mi 'am ci;kiṃnara;Lit. "man or what?" —a human-bird chimera. One of the eight classes of haughty gods and demons.  +
chu'i yon tan brgyad,yan lag brgyad;qualities of water,eight;qualities of water,eight;Cool, sweet, soothing, light, clear, pure, not harmful to the throat, and beneficial to the stomach.  +
ting 'dzin gsum;samādhis,three;samādhis,three;The samādhi of suchness, the all illuminating samādhi, and the causal samādhi. See GD 140-43, VE 213-15.  +
rnam snang chos bdun;Vairocana,sevenfold posture of;vairocana,sevenfold posture of;saptadharma Vairocana;Lit. "seven dharmas of Vairocana," with the (1) body seated in vajrāsana, (i) hands on lap with palms up, right on left, and thumbs touching, (3) spine straight, like a pile of coins, (4) shoulders spread, like a vulture's wings, (5) chin tucked in slightly, like an iron hook, (6) mouth open slightly and tongue touching the palate, and (7) eyes gazingslighdy downward at a point beyond the nose.  +
rog cig;one taste;one taste;ekarasa;The third of the four stages of mahāmudrā meditation. The empty nature of all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa: equally nonexistent, equally pure, naturally arising from the expanse of the ground, and not established as anything else. See GD146, VE 353.  +
mgur;dohā;A song of contemplative realization, such as those of the Indian mahāsiddha Saraha and the Tibetan yogi Milarepa.  +
rnam shes tshogs brgyad;consciousness,eight aggregates of;consciousness,eight aggregates of;aṣṭvijndna;The five types of sensory consciousness, the mental consciousness, the substrate consciousness, and afflictive mentation.  +
slong;upheavals;upheavals;Sudden, disturbing appearances that can be external, internal, and secret in nature;they may be wrongly attributed to gods or demons. See CM 355, GD 306, VE 331.  +
chos nyid;reality,ultimate;reality,ultimate;dharmatā;The ultimate nature of all phenomena, which is emptiness.  +
thang ga;thangka;thangka;A painted or embroidered Tibetan Buddhist image, usually depicting one or more deities or manualas, which can be rolled up for storage or transportation.  +
'byung ba chen po lnga;elements,five great;elements,five great;The inner elements. The pure quintessences of space, water, earth, fire, and air, which arise as the play of absolute space in the five primary colors of white, blue, yellow, red, and green. They manifest as the outer luster of the five lights due to obscuration of the inner glow of the five facets of primordial consciousness. See CM 398, BM 327-29, GD 150-53, VE 123-25.  +