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'''Safeguard-ransoms''' ([[bslu]]). A ceremony in which evil spirits are given an effigy of the afflicted person.
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'''Prajnaparamita''' ([[shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa]]). '[[Transcendent knowledge]].' The [[Mahayana]] teachings on insight into [[emptiness]], transcending the fixation of subject, object and action. Associated with the [[Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma]]. Since Prajnaparamita eliminates the most subtle obscuration, this insight is often called [[Mother of All Buddhas]].
 
 
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Prajnaparamita (shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa). 'Transcendent knowledge.' The Mahayana teachings on insight into emptiness, transcending the fixation of subject, object and action. Associated with the Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. Since Prajnaparamita eliminates the most subtle obscuration, this insight is often called Mother of All Buddhas.