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alayavijnana, all-ground consciousness [IW] See also: All-ground all-ground consciousness. Def. thun mong spyi'i mtshan nyid ni / ma bsgribs la lung du

ka dag khregs chod kyi dgongs pa - trekcho realization of primordial purity [JV] khregs chod - trecho, trekcho, cutting through, clear-cut, single pointed

Just about all texts when discussing this subject quote the earliest known Buddhist definition of the word tantra, found in the Guhyasamāja Tantra: "Tantra

Kangyur (bka' 'gyur). The "Translated Words" of Buddha Shakyamuni. The first part of the Tibetan Buddhist canon. Consists of more than one hundred volumes

1) To comprehend completely or correctly. 2) To bring into reality; make real. grub pa gcig pu - single realization [JV] grub par gyur pa rtogs pa - accomplished

དཔལ་སྤྲུལ་འཇིགས་མེད་ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབང་པོ། dpal sprul 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po Paltrul Orgyen Jigme Chokyi Wangpo Dza Paltrül Rinpoche (1808-1887), was born

Karma (las): A Sanskrit word meaning "action", which refer to the law of cause an effect related to our thoughts, words and behavior. According to the

See also Three Precious Jewels: དཀོན་མཆོག་གསུམ།, (Tib. dkon mchog gsum; Skt. triratna): the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. (MR)

དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་གླིང་། dpal yul rnam rgyal byang chub gling One the six principal Nyingma monasteries in Tibet. dpal yul rnam rgyal byang chub

Wisdom (shes rab, ye shes): 1) the ability to discern correctly, the understanding of Emptiness and 2) the primordial and non-dual knowing aspect of the

Enlightenment (sangs rgyas): synonymous of Buddhahood. The ultimate accomplishment of spiritual training. Consummate inner wisdom united with infinite

buddhahood. [These 4 stages and] twenty-two types are taught using analogies in terms of their characteristics. Thus: 1) The bodhichitta of devoted engagement

rgyun gyi ting nge 'dzin - continuous samadhi, a continuous meditative state [RY] rgyun mtha' rdo rje lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin - the vajra-like samadhi

See gu ru A [Skt] term meaning: 1) guru, lama, teacher, master. 2) Guru Rinpoche, Guru Padmasambhava [most often]. 3) The Sanskrit literally means "heavy"

Upaya (thabs). See more details under:'means and knowledge.' [RY]

(bskal pa, Skt. Kalpa). Aeon (bskal pa) A period of cosmic or cyclical time (Skt. kalpa) comprising fourteen secondary cycles (Skt. manvantara), each of

nadis, pranas, and bindus (rtsa rlung thig le) - channels, winds, and essences. The channels are the 72,000 nadis and the 40 million minor nadis abiding

sngags kyi ngo bo - identity of mantra. [detailed expl., The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 198] Moreover: In general, the identity of mantra is not regarded

Tulku (sprul sku; Nirmanakaya) - Emanated Form A reincarnate lama One of the Three Kayas, the way in which a Buddha manifests (in the case of the Nirmanakaya