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Sindhu. [MR-ShabkarNotes] Twenty-four Great Tantras of the Mental Class twenty-four major places (gnas chen nyer bzhi) [LW1] [RY] Twenty-one Adepts (mkhas pa

The Heruka then blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom

Valley in Central Tibet, which is one of the four major Hidden Lands blessed by Guru Rinpoche as hiding places for the faithful Dharma practitioners in the

identify the entire set of the twenty-four sacred places. Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1903-87) also said that sacred places, such as Uddiyana, can shrink and

or being different. [RY] Eight deviations (shor sa brgyad). The four basic and the four temporary strayings. [RY] Eight disciples (rje 'bangs brgyad). The

actual means of practice, how to abadon acitivites and live in places free from defects, the four ways of 'freely resting,' sustaining naturalness as well as

Tantra. One of The Twenty-five Tantras of the Great Perfection taught by Shri Singha to Vairochana [RY] mkhas pa nyer lnga - Twenty-five Panditas. 25 masters

for a minister, 266; focus of, 117; four black deeds, 264; four conditions for, 118; four different types of, 117; four principles of, 116; generating according

India and China, all the way to the ends of the earth. At the age of twenty four, having restored the general and specific basis of the teachings, he decided

When Ngedon Tenzin Zangbo was four years old the dharma king of Dege was chief amongst those who invited him to take his place on the golden throne of Dzogchen

Holiness. [RY] Carya-tantra (spyod rgyud). Second of the Four Levels of Tantra. rgyud sde bzhi - Four sections of tantra are: 1) Kriya Tantra (bya rgyud) –

himself. His 14th incarnation, Duddul Dorje, had opened up places of pilgrimage in remote places of power. Foremost among these was Pemakö. Padmasambhava

endowed with the 'twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;' the sambhogakaya which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks

phyag rgya, dam tshig phyag rgya, las kyi phyag rgya), the four insignia of Buddhist teaching, four mudras of yogatantra (visualizing oneself as deity, concentrating

po bzhi - Four Great Axioms / Syllogisms of Madhyamaka. 1) The vajra fragments {rdo rje zegs ma}; 2) the production and cessation of the four limits {mu

Mahayoga [LW1] [RY] Father Tantra [LWx] [RY] Fearlessnesses, four (mi 'jigs pa bzhi) – Four Fearlessnesses. Fearlessness in the knowledge of all things

Phuntsok's mother dies. 1955. At twenty two, he became a fully ordained monk maintaining over 250 vows. 1957. At twenty four, Khenpo returned to his home monastery

of the major marks, just as the anthers — themselves a detail of the flower — comprise a minor mark that embellishes the flower, which is the major mark

Pomra as the chief of 360 surrounding mountain-gods, led by four main ones, one in each of the four directions (among whom is gnyan chen thang lha, in the north)

Foundation of Riwoche: 1277 [MR] Four abodes of the Formless Realm (gzugs med khams kyi ris bzhi). See 'four formless realms.' [RY] Four activities (las bzhi). Pacifying

from his head when he was twelve years old, and five more when he was twenty-four. A reincarnation of Dorje Dudjom of Nanam, one of the nine close Tibetan

bzhi - Four major sets of teaching. Four divisions of Lamey Tukdrub Barchey Künsel. Sheldam Nyingjang, Ladrub, Köljang, and Kyepar gyi lha bzhi. Four divisions

Power Cave (padma'i dbang phug) at the sublime place of Khandro Bumdzong (mkha' 'gro 'bum rdzong), the four major Dharma cycles of the Great Compassionate One

over six feet high. About the age of twenty he married and had a son, Pema Rigdzin. He then undertook a journey of twenty days in order to study for a year

Zhechen Gyaltsap, Zhechen Kongtrul, and Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. At the age of twenty-five, his heartfelt aspiration was to practice meditation in a mountain

and one of the four major Buddhist School. [RY] Sautrantika (mdo sde pa). A hinayana school of philosophy and the second of the four major Buddhist Schools

The first of the Three Sections of Dzogchen. In this book twenty-five tantras and eighteen major scriptures are mentioned. Most are found in the first three

Tatvasamgraha Root Tantra (rtsa ba'i rgyud de kho na nyid bsdus pa). One the Four Major Sections of Yoga Tantra. [ZL] [RY] Tavi Hricha. [Daki] [RY] TAWA LONG-YANG

shrine room on the second story in Samye. [RY] gnas nyer bzhi - the twenty-four sacred places. 1) Puliramalaya 2) Jalandhara 3) Oddiyana 4) Arbuta 5. Godavari

Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, the close disciple of Guru Rinpoche who compiled the major part of his teachings. [RY] TSOGYAL (mtsho rgyal). See under 'Yeshe Tsogyal

of [LWx] [RY] six limits and four modes (mtha' drug tshul bzhi). See six limits, four modes [LW1] [RY] Six limits and four modes (mtha' drug tshul bzhi)

Ngari, the 21 places of practice in Central Tibet and Tsang, the 25 sacred places of Dokham, the three hidden valleys, and numerous other places each of which

ordination (bsnyen gnas yan lag brgyad pa) or one-day vows, are taken for twenty-four hours, from dawn to dawn. These include avoiding 1) taking life, 2) taking

Buddhagupta-nātha went on a pilgrimage of the eight major sacred sites in the life of the Buddha. At each of these places the rewards of his contemplative practice

this earth. In person, you visited one-hundred sacred places Headed by the twenty-five major places of Dokham. I supplicate you who illuminated them And

also under 'four dhyana states'. (RY) dhyana - (bsam gtan); actual state of dhyana...; eight aspects of the main stage of the dhyanas...; four dhyanas, detailed;

states of samsaric existence. Four continents - gling bzhi, the four continents located in the four directions around Mount Meru, constituting a universe

equanimity. [RY] Four formless states of serenity (gzugs med kyi snyoms 'jug bzhi). See 'Formless Realms.' [RY] Four modes (tshul bzhi). Four levels of meaning:

phenomena. Four stages in Mahamudra practice: one-pointedness, simplicity, one taste, and nonmeditation. four mind-changings - The reflections of the four mind-changings

reflection. By means of cultivating the four applications of mindfulness, the four right endeavors, and the four legs of miraculous action, one succedes

Yarlung (g.yar klung shel gyi brag phug). One of the five major retreat places of Guru Rinpoche; the place of enlightened qualities. It is also the site where

the Great Monastery of Rongpo (RO, p.646), Jigme Thekcho speaks of twenty-two major works of Shabkar: nine "Emanated Scriptures" (sprul pa'i glegs bam)

ganachakra. See also 'feast offering.' [ZL] [RY] Major and minor marks (mtshan dpe). The thirty-two major and eighty minor marks of excellence that characterize

[RY] sku bzhi - Four kayas. The three kayas plus svabhavikakaya [RY] sku bzhi - four bodies/kayas [See entry under four buddha-bodies[gd] four buddha-bodies

acts (pham pa), namely the four major transgressions any one of which makes one completely lose one's ordination. These four are: to kill a human being

Jamgön Kongtrul, receiving teachings on all the major and minor Tibetan traditions. At age twenty-four, he did a three-year retreat at Palpung under the

should place him in the nearby monastery of Nub Namkha'i Nyingpo. The head lama, Namkha'i Nyingpo Rinpoche, was the tulku of one of the twenty-five disciples

bzhi: 279 Four Great Sorcerers - mthu bo che mi bzhi: 54 four major and eight minor temples - gling bzhi gling phran brgyad: 81, 83, 152 Four Major Sections

versions. Reverting any part of any single page more than three times in twenty-four hours, or even once if long-term edit-warring is apparent, can result

wisdoms (sku dang ye shes). The four kayas and five wisdoms. [RY] kayas and wisdoms (sku dang ye shes); five wisdoms; four kayas; pure dependent phenomena

in the 1990s, he had spent twenty-three years in jail, imprisoned by the Chinese. Of his twenty-three years in prison, twenty years were spent in the company

Synonym for the four empowerments. [RY] Four common karmas (thun mong gi las bzhi). See Four activities. [RY] Four continents (gling bzhi). The four continents

over six feet high. About the age of twenty he married and had a son, Pema Rigdzin. He then undertook a journey of twenty days in order to study for a year

predicted to become a Buddha as Devaraja. [RY] Devaputra (lha'i bu). One of the four Maras symbolizing laziness and attachment to sense pleasures. [RY] Devas

remaining in time and place, and ceasing to exist. [AL] [RY] Nonarising Tilaka Scripture (skye med ti la ka'i lung). One of the Eighteen Major Scriptures of the

[LWx] [RY] Jewel Garland Tantra (rin po che phreng ba'i rgyud). One of the Twenty-five Tantras of the Great Perfection taught by Shri Singha to Vairochana

- (sgyu 'phrul bzhi bcu pa), 286 Four Branches of Heart Essence - (snying thig ya bzhi), xvi, 188; details, 112 four rivers of empowerment - (dbang go

explanation in regards to the four syllables [LWx] [RY] ground, path, and fruition (gzhi lam 'bras bu), explanation in regards to the four syllables [LW1] [RY]

perimeter sign: This contains images or seed-syllables of the four great Kings of the four sides of Mount Meru. At the beginning of a retreat they are invoked

lineage he received from the human vidyadhara Vimalakirti. The major texts of Anu Yoga are the Four Scriptures and the Summation. King Jah transmitted the Anu

be divided into four major sections: (1) an account of 'jigs med gling pa's visionary experiences, abruptly beginning with his twenty-fifth year (1754)

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