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  • Erik Pema Kunsang is a respected translator and was a director of Rangjung Yeshe Publications in California. He has translated and edited over fifty volumes
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  • Dr. Jim Valby has been a student of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu since 1982. He earned M.A. and Ph.D degrees in Far Eastern Studies under Dr. Herbert V. Guenther
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  • Trikāya Translation Committee. Erick Tsiknopoulos (b. 1981) is a translator of Buddhist texts and a scholar-practitioner of Buddhism. He has been practicing
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  • current Dharma Dictionary into a flexible Lotsawa Workbench that provides contextual examples and information beyond a standard dictionary, as well as
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  • Elemental Divination Paintings White Beryl A magnificently produced rare manuscript with exquisite paintings, this is a remarkable translation of Sangye Gyatso's
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  • and was trained in Tibetan translation as a member of the Nalanda Translation Commitee, of which he is still a member. He participated in the translations
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  • the form of a white elephant. During the birth celebrations, a seer announced that this baby would either become a great king or a great holy man. His
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  • Sonamtso, from a Mongolian background. When he was a baby he remembered his passed lives, and had visions of six armed Mahakala and Ekajati a female protector
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  • physical form of a nirmanakaya or sambhogakaya buddha. A universal ruler is also said to possess a resemblance of these marks. Marks and signs. A perfect buddha's
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  • ground and transform life's adverse circumstances into a path of awakening. A bodhisattva makes a clear decision to remain embodied and in relationship
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  • (dvayāvaraṇa) and a full realisation of true knowledge, ie. the pristine cognition (jñāna) of buddha-mind. A fully awakened being is herein one who, as a result of
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  • Gyurme Dorje held a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University
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  • total wisdom, have been cleared in an irreversible way. In a broader sense a bodhisattva is a being engaged in practicing the mahayana teachings. [MR] Bodhisattva
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  • total wisdom, have been cleared in an irreversible way. In a broader sense a bodhisattva is a being engaged in practicing the mahayana teachings. [MR] bodhisattva
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  • Nagarjuna, a great Indian Buddhist master and the chief expounder of Madhyamaka philosophy [RY] klu grub - Nagarjuna. An Indian master of philosophy and a tantric
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  • teachings is embodied in the oral instructions one receives personally from a qualified master and holder of the Dzogchen lineage. The Tibetan historian
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  • Dharma (chos). 'Dharma' (generally, and with a capitalized 'D') is the Buddha's teachings; 'dharma' (with a small 'd') refers to all phenomena including
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  • jīngāng; Tibetan: Korlo Demchog, Wylie: khor lo sdom pa / bde mchog) - "is a heruka (and known simply as Heruka to Gelugpa Buddhists) and one of the principal
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  • Tantras. At the time of Phagmo Drupa's death, a congregation of disciples witnessed a miraculous transference of a golden dorje of light from the heart of Phagmo
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  • tasks was the founding of a new Shechen Monastery in Nepal. There he transplanted the rich Shechen tradition to a new home - a magnificent monastery in
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  • Longchenpa. A cycle of teachings revealed to Jigmey Lingpa in three visions of Longchenpa; terma revealed by Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa. (RY) A mind-treasure
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  • Publishing Barron, Richard (trans), Longchen Rabjam (author): A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission: A Commentary on the Precious Treasury of the Basic Space
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  • A (category A)
    to address a paternal uncle, but is also used for a monk or a priest, independent of any family ties. Similarly, "Ashang" is used to address a maternal uncle
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  • Like a king, a treasury, and a highway, Like a carriage and a fountain, Like a lute, a river, and a cloud-- Thus here we have twenty-two kinds. These
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  • B
    thousand such worlds make "a thousand world-system". A thousand of these grouped together, make "a million world-system". A thousand of those make up "the
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  • drawings by a notable living Tibetan artist, as well as by rare samples of the mystical symbolic script of the dakinis, the book is both a fascinating
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  • into a mass of light. When Shri Singha cried out in despair and uttered songs of deep yearning, Manjushrimitra appeared again and bestowed him a tiny casket
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  • scripture, a foundational or “storehouse” consciousness that is the source of the other seven consciousnesses (six sense consciousnesses and a deluded consciousness)
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  • Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More changes coming soon! If you'd like to review other pages that
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  • Adzom Drukpa (redirect from a dzam 'brug pa)
    Wangpo. Adzam Drugpa (a 'dzam 'brug pa) Drodul Pawo Dorje ('gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje) a dzoms 'brug pa a dzom 'brug pa 'od gsal rdo rje'i a 'dzom chos sgar TBRC
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  • G
    kyi 'khor lo) A feast offering; a practice in which attachment and habitual sense perceptions are transformed into being part of the path. A feast assembly
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  • L
    carries a child. A "Menmo torma that carries a child" is an offering to one of a particular type of native Tibetan goddess called "sman mo", who was a local
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  • chos sku (redirect from aspect of a Buddha)
    of all bias and presupposition, a way of existing as a goal achieved, authentic situationality, the feeling of being as a genuine presence, meaning of being
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  • Y
    'brog g.yu mtsho) [LW1] [RY] Yana - A Vehicle or Path of Realization [RY] YANA (theg pa). 'That which carries,' 'vehicle.' A set of teachings which enable one
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  • U
    characteristics of a Buddha, it is a white hair between the eyebrows which, when fully extended, is a cubit in length, but naturally stays as a tight white curl
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  • V
    and sharp. 2. A thunderbolt. 3. A Tantric implement symbolizing method (Compassion), held in the right hand (male side), cf. Bell. Also a part of various
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  • R
    menstrual blood of a human yogini with special characteristics, or otherwise the menstrual blood of a virgin of a good family, or otherwise of a healthy female
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  • mo nas fresh barley [RY] 1) verb + nas - a gerund (ing); 2) barley; "grain", 3) a measure equaling one-eight of a cha chen barley. from, from amidst. the
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  • dative-locative particle, conjunctive of adjectives ("as well *as"), as a clause connector, a mountain pass, can indicate "while something was going on", regarding
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  • mental or verbal is like a seed leading to a result that will be experienced in this life or in a future life. [MR] Karma (las): A Sanskrit word meaning "action"
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  • C
    by a narrow passage with a low roof. The stone hearth of Jetsun Milarepa is the centerpiece and inner sanctum of the cave. The temple is built as a continuation
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  • Z
    [RY] Zache Khandro (za byed mkha' 'gro) is a wrathful dakini related to a purification practice. One makes a fire and visualizes Zache Khandro in it with
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  • ras pa padma rdo rje), (1128-1188). As with some of the other Kagyu schools, a number of sub-sects arose within the Drukpa Kagyu lineage. There are the Upper
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  • J
    Palkyi Dorje, himself the rebirth of a crow who had heard the ox make his wicked vow, and had made a wish to be reborn as a Bodhisattva who would assassinate
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  • org/ for more upcoming features. $(".mark-terms").mark("རང་རིག"); Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More
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  • 1372-1437), who was also a lineage holder of the Sakya, Karma Kagyu and Drikung Kagyu traditions. Jetsun Kunga Drolchog (1507-1566), a great Sakya and Jonang
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  • easily see the triangular shape of the area, with a triangle of sky above, a triangle of earth below and a triangle of water in between (see picture). For
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  • arrived at a spot close by the Rudam valley the masters stopped to have some tea. Pema Rinzin made an offering of the tea and put the offering cup on a nearby
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  • incarnation of Semlhag Chen, a god who earlier had been empowered by the buddhas. Immaculately conceived, his mother was a nun, the daughter of King Uparaja
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  • bo rje dpal ldan a ti sha) (982-1054). The lineages stemming from Gampopa came to be known as the Dakpo Kagyu (dwags po bka' brgyud; a common epithet for
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  • D
    the Tibetan. A "wheel" as a weapon, being a disc, its rim composed of sharp spikes. It is hurled at an enemy. It is said that Songtsen Gampo had such weapons
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  • W
    Rinpoche will bind under oath the guardian of this sacred place, a spirit with a human body and a monkey head, and pray that no evil will ever harm people of
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  •  Ronis, J., Barstow, G., Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, A., Gayley, H., Schapiro, J., Draszczyk, M., Deroche, M.. A Gathering of Brilliant Moons (2017)    |  Sanskrit:
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  •  Ronis, J., Barstow, G., Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, A., Gayley, H., Schapiro, J., Draszczyk, M., Deroche, M.. A Gathering of Brilliant Moons (2017)    |  Definition:
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  • Perfection teachings, he had a passion for teaching the Mahayana as well. He taught Shantideva's Bodhisattva-caryavatara over a hundred times. Throughout
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  • on the surface of water, and reflection in a mirror [RY] rta mgo can - 1) kind of gru shan; 2) {rta mgo can [a king of the gandharvas and also the nagas]
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  • the rediscovered treasures, yangter, that are a subsidiary part of the earth treasures. This lord received a transmission through the power blessings for
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  • structure involves a preliminary part including the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta, a main part involving visualization of a buddha and recitation
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  •  Ronis, J., Barstow, G., Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, A., Gayley, H., Schapiro, J., Draszczyk, M., Deroche, M.. A Gathering of Brilliant Moons (2017)    |  Definition:
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  • T
    with a fully Enlightened deity, the Vajrayana; a subset of such Tantric teachings, centered on a particular deity (e.g. 'the T. of Heruka) or of a particular
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  • stegs pa - tirthika, extremists, realists, all non-buddhist schools, a hindu (not a heretic), heretic, schismatic, non-buddhist, non-Buddhist, Mutegpa philosophers
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  • vigilance Klein, A., Sangpo, Khetsun. Strand of Jewels (2015)    |  Sanskrit: saṃprajanya   |  English: attentive introspection Wallace, A., Bdud 'joms gling
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  • H
    te tsa). A Chinese doctor. [ZL] [RY] Hashang View (ha shang gi lta ba). A view propagated in Tibet by Chinese Buddhist masters. When used in a negative
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  • who has gone thus [to nirvana], a buddha [RY] Tathagata [IW] Tathagata. 'Thus-gone.' Same as a fully enlightened buddha. A buddha who has gone (gata) to
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  • org/ for more upcoming features. $(".mark-terms").mark("རྣམ་ཤེས"); Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More
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  • shown an object in a dark room. This true nature transcends verbal or mental descriptions and cannot be conceptually identified, just as a drawing cannot be
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  • diamond sow) A dakini, she is the consort of Cakrasamvara. She and Vajrayogini are aspects of the same deity. Vajravarahi is marked by a sow's head protruding
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  • more upcoming features. $(".mark-terms").mark("སེམས་འབྱུང་བ"); Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More
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  • 'od gsal (category 'a)
    realm in the bsam gtan gnyis pa R] [IW] Luminosity. A key term in Vajrayana philosophy signifying a departure from Mahayana's over-emphasis on emptiness
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  • more upcoming features. $(".mark-terms").mark("དགོངས་པ་ཟང་ཐལ"); Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More
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  • features. $(".mark-terms").mark("ཡིད་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་ཤེས་པའི་ཁམས"); Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More
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  • perceivable entity serving as a base for cognition, base of imputation, an actual existent, a substantial entity, functional thing, 'a real thing,' subject, category
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  • Vimalamitra. As a result of his high level of realization, his physical body transformed to a rainbow body at the time of death. In a later reincarnation
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  • Nyima during a special empowerment of Rigdzin Düpa, was Pema Yeshe Dorje." One of five reincarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. He was a great master
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  • E
    [AL] [RY] Earth Terma (sa gter). A revelation based on physical substance, often in the form of dakini script, a vajra, a statue, etc. Compare with 'mind
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  • name of a place east of Lhasa [JV] mal gro - name of a naga king, name of a place, district, south of Lhasa [RY] me long can - [a prince, a lake, a door of
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  • transmission that originated from Virupa. Drogmi had a disciple by the name of Khon Konchok Gyelpo that built a monastery in the Tsang providence of central Tibet
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  • you are here, it is probably a mistake. Go back to the page you want to edit, press the edit tab (after you've created a user account), input the information
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  • sunlight struck inside a cave on a rock shaped like a crossed vajra. Under this, he found a rock door which opened to the chamber containing a square blue chest
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  • Sonamtso, from a Mongolian background. When he was a baby he remembered his passed lives, and had visions of six armed Mahakala and Ekajati a female protector
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  • 'od (category 'a)
    This is the RYI Dictionary content as presented on the site http://rywiki.tsadra.org/, which is being changed fundamentally and will become hard to use
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  • (birth as a) human, man, [IW] 1) (birth as a) person, human[ity], people; 3) [present/ future] not; 4) no choice but to -- *) [IW] 1) (birth as a) person
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  • K
    Kakhorda (byad). 'A kind of evil spirit, often associated with vetalas' [RY] Kakhyab Dorje; [LWx] [RY] Kalachakra (dus kyi 'khor lo). A tantra and a Vajrayana
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  • Abhidharma (category A)
    Abhidharma (chos mngon pa) One of the three parts of the Tripitaka (Vinaya, Sutras, and Abhidharma), the Words of the Buddha. Systematic teachings on metaphysics
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  • P
    - Y - Z - Pacifying (zhi byed). See Shije. [RY] Pada. A half-line of Skt verse (usually becoming a whole line in Tib. translation). [RY] Padampa Sangye
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  • M
    the abode of Machen Pomra, a powerful protector of the Dharma who, after having being subjugated by Guru Padmasambhava, became a Bodhisattva of the tenth
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  • N
    is the term for the diamond above a letter to represent a final nasal sound, this being represented in Tibetan by a crescent and circle, the term in the
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  • partner, which teach the innermost realization of all the Buddhas with a single word and a single melody. This eminent and supreme path of the profound and secret
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  • initial experience of a direct realisation of emptiness. The Sūtra of the Ten Bodhisattva Levels (Daśabhūmikasūtra), which is a section of the Sūtra of
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  • their entirety, without a single exception. Having entrusted him with all the scriptures, he departed into the expanse of space within a mass of light. At that
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  • I
    five miracles are: 1) King Songtsen Gampo gathered a large amount of jewel powder; wondering how to make a statue out of it, he made fervent prayers. When
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • his father, a tantric yogi. At twelve, he took novice monastic vows at Samye monastery. Longchenpa studied and practiced teachings from a variety of lineages
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  • considered to be the mandala of Chakrasamvara and his consort Vajravarahi. Tsari is a place of particular importance to the Kagyu lineages and they were responsible
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  • org/ for more upcoming features. བ female cow; a cow; 1) common appended particle as the second part of a word. 2) indicator of the person, agent. 3) cow
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  • Gelug School (dge lugs). A school founded by the great master Tsongkhapa in the 14th century. Based on the Kadam teachings, the Gelug tradition stresses
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • 'Vajra-holder.' The dharmakaya buddha of the Sarma Schools. Also used as a honorific title for great Vajrayana teachers. adapted from "Vajradhara" on
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  • S
    structure involves a preliminary part including the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta, a main part involving visualization of a buddha and recitation
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • Dharma also is commonly used to mean a property of a phenomenon. The phenomenon whose property it is, is called a dharma base or chos can. This is how
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  • them at a spiritually efficacious time. In particular, this term is used widely in the Nyingma tradition, where it refers to indivual who, in a previous
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  • Vajrayogini (rdo rje rnal 'byor ma). A semiwrathful yidam. She is red, with one face and two arms, young and beautiful but enraged and wearing ornaments
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  • buddha-body, speech and mind, in the form of a sceptre-like ritual object which is held in the right palm whenever playing a ritual bell. The sceptre symbolises
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  • son of an exceedingly learned brahmin woman who was herself the rebirth of a monk blessed by Avalokiteshvara. Having mastered most of the scriptures of
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  • Motilal Banasidass Publishers, ISBN 81-208-0911-4. Has a translation of the Hevajra tantra, including a commentary by Yogaratnamala. Please expand other particulars
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  • Revealer; Treasure Master, a discoverer of Hidden Treasure texts; revealer of hidden treasure (teachings). The master who reveals a terma teaching [RY] Treasure
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  • 'o (category 'a)
    sbyar rgyu'i slar bsdu'i phrad cig]; 4) terminative; 5) kiss (6) milk (7) [A] this) [IW]
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  • O
    respectively by a mirror, a lute, a censer, fruit, silk and a dharmakara (literally "source of phenomena") also called dharmadhoya, which is a six-pointed
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  • literature, the term "compassion" (Skt. karuṇā) is often used as a synonym for "great compassion" (mahākaruṇā)- the totally unbiased mind that aspires
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  • Dorje Pakmo, Wylie: rdo-rje phag-mo; English: the Vajra Sow), a form of Vajrayogini. "Said to be a fierce aspect of the Vajrayogini, she is regarded as the
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  • kingdoms of Bengal. His father was a royal chieftain by name of Shantivarman and his mother was called Srimati. His yearning for a religious life was so strong
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  • about transforming Tibet into a Buddhist kingdom. Samye Monastery was completed, and the great Tibetan translator Vairochana and a host of Indian panditas and
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  • are kept in Lapchi (la phyi), one of the places where Milarepa stayed for a long time meditating in various caves. This particular one belonged to Tsang
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  • 'og min (category 'a)
    Akani h a [Buddha field, deities' level, pure land of Vairocana, never-returner, highest of the dge 'dun nyi shu[R] [IW] 1) lcang lo can; 2) Akani h a [IW]
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  • the Unsurpassed Yogatantra. For a general discussion of Buddhist cosmology, see R. Kloetzli, Buddhist Cosmology, and A.L. Basham, The Wonder That Was India
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  • Mountain, without leaving a corpse behind. In The Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, Jamgön Kongtrül says, "Yeshe Tsogyal was a direct incarnation of Dhatvishvari
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  • Central Tibet [RY] pure [RY] pure, clean, tidy, a province in tibet, beauty, region in Tibet [JV] pure, clean; a district in Tibet, pure, clean, immaculate
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  • Mipham is a word and a name used often throughout Tibetan history, as such it is common that you not find who or what your looking for under such a general
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  • a ga ru (category A)
    (ar skya, ar nag, a gar go snyod), black aloeswood, aquilara agallocha, aloeswood, eaglewood, agalloch, aquilaria agallocha [JV] [Skt] a ga ru, aloe wood
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  • structure involves a preliminary part including the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta, a main part involving visualization of a buddha and recitation
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  • lha min - demigods; demigod, asura; Asuras, Titans, {a su ra, bcud mi ldan} or {lha dman pa} [RY] a su ra - Skt. - Asura [RY]
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  • Hayagriva (rta mgrin). Tantric deity shown with a horse's head within his flaming hair; wrathful aspect of Buddha Amitabha. Here identical with Padma Heruka
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  • several heretofore unknown Mahamudra instructions, to name just a few. Taranatha composed a wonderful biography of this outstanding master, which is contained
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  • gyis rgyud kyi don bsdus pa'o //) [TSD] rgyud - [alt.] being, mind, stream, a) continuity, being b) Tantra. abbr. {rgyud} Mahayoga. 1) tantra, tantra-texts
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  • Maledictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship. Often the name refers to a single practice involving complex mandalas with numerous deities. See also
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  • Usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. 2) A mandala
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  • (sems can/ 'gro ba) In a Buddhist context, the expression 'sentient being' has a technical usage which contrasts with the concept of a buddha. The term refers
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  • liberation from cyclic existence. When used in a derogative sense, the Hinayana attitude refers to the narrow pursuit of a spiritual path simply for the sake of
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  • He was a Repa (ras pa) like Milarepa, unlike Gampopa, who was a fully ordained monk. At one time he even was married to a local princess for a while, before
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • Gyalwa Cho-Yang of Nganlam (ngan lam rgyal ba mchog dbyangs). A close disciple of Guru Rinpoche who attained accomplishment through the practice of Hayagriva
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • Himalaya range a kingdom, between autonomous Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The capital is Gangtok sgang thog, it is a kingdom with a hereditary king
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  • day, as he was walking in a forest, he came upon four brahmin girls who were celebrating a feast. Each of them offered him a skull cup full of alcohol
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  • Lhodrag situated to the south of Samye in Central Tibet, a child was born to Nyangton Chokyi Khorlo, a renowned Nyingma yogi, and his wife Lady Yeshe Dron.
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  • the mind; Mind Series, (a group of texts and series of Dzogchen teachings); division or category of the mind, Mind-class. [RY] A division or category of
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  • Lama put a dagger into a rock down he came, thus converting this master to Buddhism. Afterwards this protector was placed at the border and a rule made
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  • Its easy to add a new link. First go to the Tibetan Buddhist Teachers page HERE and then click on the edit tab. Simply add in the teachers name (in the
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  • as a translator and teacher for the Nalandabodhi sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and as a translator and faculty member of Nitartha Institute, a division
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  • Padmasambhava and the 25 disciples, was born in a year of the tiger in the southern part of Tibet, into a distinguished family, the clan of the Khyung, being
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  • Manasarovar; 2) a naga who lives there) [IW] lake manasarovar, name of naga who lives there, name of lake, naga king [JV] Lake Manasarovar, Name of a naga who
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  • retinue figures and with a consort as well as without. In the upper lineage transmission there even once existed a practice of a eleven-faced and thousand-armed
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  • conscious states of delusion arise, a total elimination of these dissonant mental states can only be effected by generating a genuine insight into the true nature
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  • counterpart, equal, island two, a pair, a couple [RY] pair, couple, this island, figure 131, sentence-ending particle [JV] 1) a pair, a couple 2; 2) Kha sdeb,.
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  • rainbow body ('ja' lus). At the time of death of a practitioner who has reached the exhaustion of all grasping and fixation through the Dzogchen practice
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  • Contents this section is a work in progress ! ;) Preface (1883) Preface (online) Abbreviations 1. Phonology. 1. Alphabet 2. Remarks 3. Vowels 4. Syllables
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  • numbers. Drigung Jigten Gonpo ('bri gung 'jigs rten mgon po 1143-1217) had a dream in which the guardian deities of the Three Sacred Places of Tsari, Lapchi
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • (lung). a scripture belonging to the category of Anu Yoga or Ati Yoga [RY] Sutra, a discourse of the Buddha, 1) sutras. 2) a valley; lower part of a valley
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  • such (a) . . . ; is/ are such that . . . ; ="as/ see above" (cf. 'di ltar) [a quirky idiom] iss. "alternative(ly)"; "to summarize" (at the end of a discussion)
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  • Monastery (Dharma Chakra Center) in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje, supreme head
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  • the syllable HANG at the crown of the head as the liquid water element, the A-stroke at the navel center as the warm fire element, the life-prana (srog gi
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  • che--(1907-1959); Bötrül Rinpoche was a important Lama of Dzogchen Monastery and it's Shri Singha Shedra as well as a very important commentator on the special
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  • commitments [RY] a mantrika; tantrika, ngakpa, a practitioner of the Mantra community of ascetic, esoteric trainers, followers of tantra, a practitioner of
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  • colour. He has a vajra or a diamond sceptre in his right hand and makes the earth touching gesture from his left. He is usually shown seated on a blue elephant
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • accomplishments [RY] Yidam. A personal deity and the root of accomplishment among the Three Roots. The yidam is one's tutelary deity; a personal protector of
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  • head, features a Kalachakra stupa and is a prominent retreat center for Kalachakra practice in the Kagyu lineage. Ven. Tenga Rinpoche is also a prominent Kagyu
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  • that soars on high [JV] garuda [RY] a garuda/ soaring in the sky, sky-soarer. Syn khyung, bya khyung [RY] TSE garu a, sky-soarer [IW] Garuda. The mythological
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • skillful (as in means) competent, refined, accomplished, well-versed, sagacious, a specialist, wise, pa ita, scholar[ship], well-realizes, having prajna [IW]
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  • (Tibetan kye rdo rje) is a deity practice belonging to the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition. His consort is Nairatmya. Hevajra is a principal tantric teaching
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  • built a little hut of stone. It was a very small hut, more like a dollhouse. He placed a small doll in it and said, 'For now, this will serve as a dharmapala
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  • [JV] na�ve [RY] a baby [RY] 1) child less than 8; 2) fool, immature person; 3) ignorant ordinary worldly person lacking the insight of a noble 1 [IW] childish
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  • the vows of a probationary nun (Skt. śiksamāṇa) which include six primary observances and six consequential observances; 7) the 253 vows of a fully ordained
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  • the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle
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  • kun dga' ra ba - pleasure grove; the place in a temple hall, where the representations of body, speech and mind (sku gsung thugs rten gyi bzhugs sa) are
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  • Like a king, a treasury, and a highway, Like a carriage and a fountain, Like a lute, a river, and a cloud-- Thus here we have twenty-two kinds. These
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  • (bKa’-Thang Gang-Sher Rang-Grol), A Billion Buddhas in A Billion Worlds, and A Billion Lotus-Borns. At present, however, a mere seven of these volumes remain
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  • umpteen [JV] many, much, a lot, very, manifold, numerous, continually [IW] many [RB] all sorts of, multitude, many, much, a lot, very, manifold, numerous
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  • mdo Jnanasutra An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage who was a disciple of Shri Singha. A close Dharma friend and later teacher of Vimalamitra. Fill in
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  • said; 10) age of an animal; 11) measure of a piece of cloth * face, lips, cover, snout, opening, rim, surface, a measurement equaling 1 square of whatever
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  • Gyazil Tulku Thubten Lungrik Gyamtso Longchen Nyingthig Adro Ngawang Norbu (a gro ngag dbang nor bu) Thubten Ngawang Norbu Khedrub Ngawang Norbu 25th Dzogchen
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  • Positively, this view relinquishes the fixation on a solid reality. Negatively, there is still clinging to a truly existing 'mind' within which everything takes
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  • time, the 10th Karmapa spent many years of his life travelling disguised as a beggar with only one or two attendants. When, after many years, he could finally
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  • benefit beings, A great pure mind emanation will arise, In a snowy mountain place to the west, By the banks of a great gold-bearing river, To a father named
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  • name for khams but more polite, mdo means east here, because it signifies a confluence of valleys, all rivers flow from khams into China, so the end of
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  • Mantra (sngags) - 1) A synonym for Vajrayana. 2) A particular combination of sounds symbolizing and communicating the nature of a deity and which lead
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  • groundbreaking ceremony of Shri Singha, a great yogi of the time, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, appeared suddenly and blessed a spot with his dagger. The institution
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  • obtain a miraculous birth in a precious great lotus in front of a tathagata (Buddha). Vinaya)-sutra says, The value of merits accumulated by a learned
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  • conception, concentration, concept, attitude, to become a concept, object of concentration, (always presupposes a division into subject and object), to bring into
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  • Himalayan literature and history. From Oct 15, 2006, TBRC is going public with a new website at tbrc-dlms.org [[1]]. At this time the old site at tbrc.org will
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  • movement of Kongtrul and Khentse was not a new concept, but it was a timely and unique movement with great consequences. A great portion of Buddhist literature
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  • treasures. (RY) mind terma, Mind Treasure. A revelation directly within the mind of a great master, without the need for a terma of material substance. The teachings
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  • Khenpo Bodhisattva or Bhikshu Bodhisattva Shantarakshita. He is the founder of a philosophical school combining Madhyamika and Yogachara. This tradition was
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  • Rinpoche moved to the United States in 1989 with his family and began a five-year tenure as a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Naropa University (then Institute)
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  • A practitioner of the Kadam tradition.
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  • Achala. smod pa drag sngags a deity, immovable, unmoving. [The deity] Achala, non-transference mi 'so ba the Unshakable, [ a wrathful deity], the 8th bhumi
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  • Tibetan Fonts Project Worked as a consultant for the Dzongkha Development Commission (2000-2003) (2010-2015) (2019-2021) Worked as a consultant for the National
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  • Sacrafice The Bodhisattva Sadaprarudita now has a supreme, most sublime feeling of zest and joy: "It is a gain to me, a very great gain by asking for perfection
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  • 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
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  • philosophy. A writer of inspirational poetry of compelling beauty, he had a special genius for expressing the meaning and realization of Dzogchen with a crystal-like
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  • group. 2) to gather, assemble, collect. 3) multitude, hosts, crowds, mass. 4) a collection of merit, totality, accumulation. 5) swarm [of bees.] 6) equipment
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  • One afternoon a few months prior to his death, Rinpoche suddenly told his two attendants, Dondrup Phuntsok and Sonam Dopden, to prepare a small feast offering
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  • face and two arms, holding a golden nine-pronged vajra in her right and a long-life flask ornamented with an auspicious knot and a swastika in her left hand
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  • break, vanish, relax, one, fell apart, an, a, SA cig, 'jig pa, one, a, imperative particle, dissolves [JV] 1) a, an, 1, some [R]; 2) !); 3) fell apart, destroye[d]
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  • collected and organized the tantras known as Nyingma Gyubum and made a catalogue with a full explanation of the lineal history. Among his immediate reincarnations
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  • remain in a state of emptiness is called a kalpa [RY] Kalpa (bskal pa): A great kalpa, which corresponds to a cycle of formation and destruction of a universe
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  • Nyingtig, he was a profound practitioner of the Sangwa Nyingpo, carrying the complete lineage for all its commentaries. Adzom Gyalse was a master of the bka'
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  • Kalpa (bskal pa): A great kalpa, which corresponds to a cycle of formation and destruction of a universe, is divided into eighty intermediate kalpas. An
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  • འཕོ་བ Consciousness Transference [GD] Phowa. Ejection of consciousness to a buddhafield at the moment of death [RY] 1) transport/ transfer; 2) go; 3) death;
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  • accomplishment and had, together with his disciple Shakyamitra, a tremendous impact on the Dharma in Kashmir. A teacher of Padmasambhava, with whom he took monastic
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • ambition to become a great scholar, but who want to focus on truly realizing the ultimate point of Vajrayana training should study just a few of the writings
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  • disappears again without a trace, after a few days or just a few moments. It may correspond to the mirages seen in deserts when a city is reflected in an
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  • Nagi Gompa, a nunnery situated high on the northern slopes of Kathmandu Valley. After settling there, he quickly expanded the nunnery to include a main temple
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  • dwelling; 4) a types of goddess which 'travels in the sky', literally or figuratively; 5) Khecara (Sanskrit खेचर), the Pure Land of Vajrayoginī; 6) a synonym
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  • Sangye Lingpa (sangs rgyas gling pa). (1340-1396). A reincarnation of the second son of King Trisong Deutsen; a major tertön and revealer of the Lama Gongdü
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  • to, to be similar to, sort of, just like, something like a, such a, which looked as if, sort of a, what seemed to be, looked like [JV]
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  • of Throne Holders of the Victorious and Powerful Palyul Tradition called: A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees. By Ven. Tsering Lama Jampal Zangpo;
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  • Nangchen (nang chen). A major province in Eastern Tibet.
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  • byung rdo rje, (1284-1339). He was a contemporary of the great Longchen Rabjam (klong chen rab 'byams) and they shared a very close relationship. Rangjung
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  • pa yin} by eating their flesh he was making a link with their consciousness, which he could then transfer to a pure Buddhafield [RY] bde ba can - the Blissful
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  • spirits [RY] a class of beings mainly included in the preta realm, ghost, evil spirits, a spirit, creature, harmful spirits, any being, even a plant. bhuta
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  • desert, wilderness, a solitary place, a place far away from a town or village. a hermitage the distance of one rgyang grags away from a village. [RY] chos
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  • who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based
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  • attachment, longing, desire realm, want, wish, fulfilled wish, long for, have a mind, like, be willing, aspire to, crave, hanker for. Kamadeva by having 13
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  • apply/ attach (a label); to designate/ label; to refer to [RB] 1) [Tha dad par p 'thag pa]; 2) [p 'dogs pa; 3) say what is insubstantial is a substance Rdzas
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  • along with the Abode of Brahma, are called a Four Continent World System. One thousand of these are called a First Order Thousandfold World System. One
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  • Usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. 2) A mandala
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  • dharma base DKC A dharma base is a phenomenon or basis that has various dharmas as its aspects. It most commonly refers to the subject of a syllogism, but
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  • ཕུར་ཚ་མཁན་པོ་ཨ་དཀོན། phur tsha mkhan po a dkon Khenpo Akon མཁན་པོ་ཨ་དཀོན། mkhan po a dkon [[Image:|frame|]] Khenpo Padma Vajra Dza Patrul Rinpoche Khenpo
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  • bu} one who is like a unicorn. 2) {tshogs dang spyod pa} one who goes among others [RY] bse ru lta bu - One who is like a unicorn [a Solitary Realizer]
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  • individuals - individual nonself, egolessness of persons [absence of a self-entity in a person, selflessness of the person, personal selflessness, lack of
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  • extent of one's arms forming a circle [RY] Mudra. Can mean either 'hand gesture,' spiritual consort, or the 'bodily form' of a deity [RY] mudra, seal, axiom
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  • transmission of authorization to study a scripture by listening to it being read aloud. 2 )Scripture, statement (mdo). a scripture belonging to the category
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  • - Before our kalpa arose, this cosmos of a billion universes was an immense ocean on whose surface appeared a thousand-petaled lotuses. The gods of the
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  • Ati (category A)
    [Skt.] - Ati or Ati Yoga, [Tib.] - (shin tu rnal 'byor) — third of the three inner tantras; emphasizes, according to Jamgon Kongtrul the First, the view
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  • A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems; Biographies of Masters of awareness in the Dzogchen lineage of H.E. Late Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. "A Marvelous Garland
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  • Samantabhadra; Samantabhadri, (p.n. of the Primordial Wisdom). 2) name of a sadhana [Caturanga Sadhana Samantabhadri Nama) one of the {chos bcu bzhi},
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  • entitled. 3) verb. Syn 'jug pa; a movement; called; actions; verb +: he who should be (the object - beaten); to use (a term) for (something); (something)
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  • File:Khentsultrim.jpg Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche is a prominent scholar yogi in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He teaches widely in the
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  • entity serving as a base for cognition/ imputation, substance, substantial entity, functional/ effective thing, that which is able to perform a function, subject
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  • Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Tertön Sogyal, a teacher to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, one
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  • grasping/ fixation * ownership, possession [IW] belief in a pure ego, belief in self, grasping at a self, selfishness, clinging to the I, egotism, apprehended
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  • be both a princess and a disciple of the Lotus-Born master had to die while still a child, Padmasambhava told the story of how she had been a bee who stung
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  • ordained monk [RB] Skt. bhikshu - Gelong, monk, a fully ordained monk [fully ordained with 253 precepts], i.e., A practitioner who has renounced worldly life
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  • རེ་ཞིག a while [RY] for a while, just now/ the time being, a moment, a little while, for example, je zhig, a few, several [IW] for instance; for a while
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  • Like a king, a treasury, and a highway, Like a carriage and a fountain, Like a lute, a river, and a cloud-- Thus here we have twenty-two kinds. These
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  • the First Throneholder of Palyul Monastery in eastern Tibet, and so on in a pure, unbroken lineage to the present day." "This preliminary practice (ngondro”)
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  • Mechar, The Rain of Adamantine Fire: a link to a PDF of the Tibetan text [2] A Powerful Message by a Powerful Yogi a recorded interview that was transcribed
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  • among the Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya schools. Most of the major gter ston had a Vajrakila gter ma, sometimes even several. Chokgyur Lingpa (1829-1870) for
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  • Wisdom Essence, is a sacred scripture that records oral teachings of the Second Buddha, Padmasambhava, given while he blessed Tibet with a 55 year visit during
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  • Nanam Zhang Yeshe De (zhang sna nam ye shes sde). A prolific translator of more than 200 scriptures and a disciple of Padmasambhava, this learned and accomplished
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  • chags med r'a ga a syas kar ma chags med - mkhas grub r'a ga a syas (17th cent.), aka, Karma Chagmey Raga Asya. See {kar ma chags med ra ga a sya} [RY] kar
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  • http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features. ཀྱང Nevertheless, [RY] Syn yang; A. 1) though, although, even, but, too, yet, and, still, also. 2) whoever, whatever
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  • characteristic; - characteristic feature; qualification [when used in a positive sense] attribute/ a . . . quality [RB] mark, attribute, conception, definition,
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  • The pure land of Buddha Amitabha in which a practitioner can take rebirth during the Bardo of becoming through a combination of pure faith, sufficient merit
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  • [RY] hayagriva, a chos skyong, yum is 'od zer can ma, SA phur ba, 1 of sgrub pa bka' brgyad, gsung hayagriva, horse-headed one, deity with a man's body and
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  • empowerments, says: All the secret paths for a person of sharp faculties to attain the great state of unity within a single lifetime are included within two
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  • for harmony of influence in the destiny of a person, beneficent, on the ground [JV] you stand firm [like a mountain] [RY] stabilizing, 1 of 28 astrological
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  • A Guide to the Words of my Perfect Teacher, by Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, published by Shambhala Publications in 2004; ISBN 1-59030-073-4
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  • [particle]. a measure of seven sro ma and a seventh of a nas [RY] an, a, louse, destroy, be able, may you do well, SA 'jig pa, cig, imperative particle, a, one
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  • aspect particularity a certain, different (kinds), particular, specific, special [IW] particular [thd] 1) among, in particular; 2) a kind * difference, diversity
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  • for the 30's; 7) terminative after SA; 8) watchman [IW] tooth (-, of a saw, of a comb), number 148, happiness, comfort, joy, abbr for sum cu, wheel, boundary
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  • also ordained him as a Gelong or fully ordained monk. At around that time All Knowing Jigme Lingpa prophesised the building of a retreat centre in the
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  • training, training, practice, training [JV] Meditation (sgom): A process of familiarization with a new perception of phenomena. Distinction is made between analytical
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  • Jetsün Kunga Drölchog was both a Sakya and Jonang master and one of the 16th century's greatest non-sectarian teachers of Tibet. A true forerunner of the later
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  • information that is not found here. For a very quick overview, see their FAQ. See also the external links below. A distinct tradition founded by Kunpang
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  • eons. In this life she came to realization just by meeting a realized lama and receiving a few teachings. Her impure illusory body then arose as perfect
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  • treatise, true treatises [JV] shastra; treatise. A type of Buddhist text; generally a commentary or a philosophical treatise [RY]
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  • khro gnyer can ma - Frowning One, a wrathful aspect of Tara [RY] khro gnyer can ma - Tronyer Chenma the Frowning One, a wrathful aspect of Tara [RY] khro
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  • horn instrument; 3) conch med. [IW] a conch; a tortoise shell, a shell. conch, horn instruments; a trumpet/ a pipe/ a demon; conch-shell/ skull; mollusk
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  • aware". When used as a noun, it has several distinct though not unrelated meanings, corresponding to the Sanskrit vidya: 1) as a general term encompassing
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  • such as the post-meditation perception of a Bodhisattva on the three pure levels, so the word perception has a fault of excessive pervasion (khyab che ba'i
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  • Khenchen Yonten Gyatso was a personal student of Paltrul Rinpoche and Orgyen Tenzin Norbu. He belonged to Gemang Monastery, a branch of Dzogchen Monastery
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  • 1) holding to a self, ego-fixation, clinging, conception of self; conception of self; belief in a self, conception of self, holding to a self, ego-fixation
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  • father Tsetra. From a very early age he always behaved in perfect accordance with the Vinaya and displayed natural compassion even as a child. At age eighteen
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  • is called a bde gshegs. lam bde ba is more wholesome, virtuous and fruition more like mahasukha. [IW] Sugata, blissfully gone, one arrived at a state of
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  • assumed the posture and ritual gestures of a great Lama. When he was seven years old, he was recognized as a tulku and given the Tibetan name Chokyi Drakpa
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • moon day, dark moon day, 30th of month, empty hold (breathing), held empty, a tribe in tibet, thousand, fine for manslaughter to be paid in money or goods
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  • there is a sixth mental consciouness that thinks, "That's a vase." That recognition in the second instant is called nges pa. Nges pa is always a thought
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  • mchog. umbrella. 2) gser nya. a paired golden fish, 3) bum pa. a treasure vase. 4) pad ma. lotus, 5) dung dkar g.yas 'khyil. a white conch shell with whorls
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  • riches from oneself are: Being a human, born in a central country, having the physical and mental faculties intact, not having a perverted livelihood, and having
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  • study with, practice, enjoy, keep close, SA sten pa, to study with a teacher, to check with a doctor, to wear, to feed on, to take it [JV] cultivation, honoring
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  • mt. (IW) a monastery near Lhasa. ([JV]]) Yarlha Shampo — yar lha sham po Deity riding a white yak, oath-bound by Padmasambhava. Also refers to a mountain
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  • [IW] main temple [RY] a monastery; temple/ main shrine hall; temple, vihara, dwelling place for monks, monastery [RY] Vihara. A Buddhist monastery or monastic
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  • blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two
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  • Dzachuka, a part of Kham, Eastern Tibet. He is the third incarnation of H.H. Dzogchen Pema Benzar, lineage holder of Dzogchen Nyingthik. He was born to a common
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  • sense there is no begining to the continuum of mind, a relative begining can be spoken of on the basis of a single instance of rebirth within cyclic existence
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  • features. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ samantabhadra, adi-buddha for rnying ma pa, sometimes a Bodhisattva, universal goodness, bon word for longs sku, good to all and everywhere
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  • discriminate [RY] 1) will watch/ examine [f rtog pa]; 2) section, division (of a scripture [Kye rdor rgyud kyi brtag pa gnyis pa = 2nd section]; 3) inquiry
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  • "Snow-enclosure of Yolmo"; also known as a so-called "hidden land" or sbas yul - under the name of sbas yul padma tshal; a mountaneous region in Nepal, not far
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  • (6) empower, install (7) [A] food and drink (8) produce, publish (9) mine [gser 'don] mine gold] [IW] in land administration, a tax measure base; 1) chant
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  • ten masteries [RY] the 10 powers [of a bodhisattva] [IW] the 10 powers [of a bodhisattva] [at the time of being a sentient being rang dbang med par gnod
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  • ones, son of a king or prince or chief, son of a buddha, bodhisattva, prince, jinaputra [JV] buddha-child, buddha-son, jina putra. bodhisattva, a Buddha-son
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  • Positively, this view relinquishes the fixation on a solid reality. Negatively, there is still clinging to a truly existing 'mind' within which everything takes
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  • a 'dzom 'brug pa (category A)
    Wangpo. Adzam Drugpa (a 'dzam 'brug pa) Drodul Pawo Dorje ('gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje) a dzoms 'brug pa a dzom 'brug pa 'od gsal rdo rje'i a 'dzom chos sgar TBRC
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  • past of skye ba a gift, present, offering. 1) gift, present. 2) variant imp. of skye ba. 3) to feel. 4) birth; 1) a present. 2) to feel; a gift [RY] 1) gift
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  • upon. 8) who? which? however, what, how, etc.; full; whoever [RY] a; mar rgya ma gang a pound of butter [RY] 1) which, that [which], what[ever], whoever
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  • Like a king, a treasury, and a highway, Like a carriage and a fountain, Like a lute, a river, and a cloud-- Thus here we have twenty-two kinds. These
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  • binding, 1 of sde brgyad, class of spirits, furies, Tsen spirit, SA gtsan [JV] a disease-causing demon; authority; demon, spirit/ immediate; powerful, secure
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  • opportunity; 6) place in a sequence, point; 7) during, when, at the time of, then; 8) mode, manner, method, way; 9) chapter [IW] section (of a text); context; occasion
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  • Wangchuk (’ba’ rom dar ma dbang phyug, (1127-1199). It was continued mainly as a family lineage. One of its famous early masters was the “Protector of Beings”
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  • sudevi, a chos skyong, sridevi (yab is gshin rje), goddess of terrific aspect [JV] Mahakali Skt. shri devi. A female Mahakala [RY] dbyangs can lha mo a wrathful
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  • beginning of the 1970s, a number of Westerners discovered a remarkable Tibetan teacher, Kangyur Rinpoche, living in exile in a tiny house in Darjeeling
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  • Syn {gur mgon}, {mgon po gur} a Dharma protector [RY] dgon po ber can - 2-armed Mahakala [IW] mgon dkar - White Mahakala, a Dharma protector connected with
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  • འཇའ་ལུས། rainbow body, authentic existence, transfigured psycho-organism, body of a saint vanishing in the rainbow or in the manner of the colors of the rainbow
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  • the attainment of full Buddhahood. [MR] Liberation (grol ba/ sgrol ba) In a general Buddhist context, the term liberation (Tib. grol ba) refers to freedom
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  • Indian position in a decisive eighth century debate at Samye. See also: Chinese teacher Hashang. (rgya nag gi ston pa hva zhang). A certain Chinese meditation
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  • The 'wild goat', ra rgod, is a very general term. According to the word and the thangka image it might be a Goa, may be just a feral form of the domestic
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  • an instant. [which is] a mere instant, a mere fraction, a tiny bit; momentary [RY] mere flash, a little while, in a moment, about a moment, awhile, moment
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  • བིར་ཝ་པ། (bir wa pa), one of the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas of India, was born into a royal family one thousand and twenty years after Lord Buddha entered parinirvana
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  • Geshe (dge bshes). 1) A spiritual teacher according to the Mahayana teachings. 2) A learned teacher according to the Kadam and Gelug traditions. In the
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  • brtsams pa, brtsam pa, rtsoms,, ; 1) write/ compose a pecha, composition [R]; 2) undertake/ begin a job/ task [R]; 3) Tshig rgyan gyi rtsom pa,...Gsung
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  • Blisters, the Hell of Splitting like a Red Lotus, the Hell of Splitting Like a Big Red Lotus, and the Hell of Splitting like a Blue Lotus [RY]
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  • of a cha chung or sor; 1) a foot, leg, thigh, feet, lower part, stem, stalk, verse. 2) pillar, foot, base, foundation. 3) a verse line. 4) "leg", a measurement
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  • 70 & 163]. RY 3| Vajrasattva. A sambhogakaya buddha who embodies all of the five or hundred buddha families. He is also a support for purification practices
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  • world to turn the wheel of Dharma. A short biography The Khön family, to which His Holiness Sakya Trizin belongs, has a long history that extends back more
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  • period of time; 7) 10; 8) alternative; 9) subject (of a syllogism; 10) direct, turn to, face to a certain direction; 11) party, faction, side, opposition
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  • Tsangsar Family Lineage, a special family lineage of tantric yogis which, by tradition, originated through the union of a deva and a human. Tsoknyi Rinpoche's
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  • 2) at the navel a nadi lus 'phel rgyas su 'gro ba'i; 3) serve, attend, follow, depend on; 4) confidence [IW] to follow; to work with [a spiritual teacher]
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  • supplement; 4) appease, amend[ment], appease, reconciliation, make up for a deficiency [II] bskongs pa, bskong ba, skongs,, summon, gather, call up [IW]
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  • mantra). (JV) mantra. 1) A synonym for Vajrayana. 2) A particular combination of sounds symbolizing and communicating the nature of a deity and which lead
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  • understand, comprehend, know, read, think/ understanding [buddhaka], have a full grasp, discovers, make concepts, thorough comprehension/ realization [IW]
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  • Welcome to a test page for the Lotsawa Workbench This page is still in development. More changes coming soon! If you'd like to review other pages that
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  • [kill: transfer forcefully and compassionately the consciousness of a sentient being to a higher level of existence] [IW] untied [the knot of avarice] [RY]
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  • obtain a miraculous birth in a precious great lotus in front of a tathagata (Buddha). Vinaya)-sutra says, The value of merits accumulated by a learned
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  • Conqueror. jina, Buddha. Buddha [RY] Victorious One, Victor, Conqueror; a common epithet for a Buddha (Skt. jina, although for whatever reason, perhaps due to
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  • a la la (category A)
    how delightful!, expression of delight, marvelous!, wonderful! [JV] this is a marvelous wonder! [RY] How wonderful! [RY]
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  • to the Kākātī Jātaka, J.327, a human being is so tiny in comparison to a garuḍa that a man can hide inside the plumage of a garuḍa's wings without being
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  • [JV] wealth [RB] wealth; 1) nor ba vi. to err, be wrong, be mistaken, make a mistake. 2) mistake, error, fault, 3) wealth, possessions, jewel, property
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  • འཁྲུལ་ཞིག་ཨ་ལྡེའུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། 'khrul zhig a lde'u rin po che File:Adeu rinpoche.jpg Head lama of Nangchen Tsechu Gompa. A major living master of the Drukpa Kagyu
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  • master, acharya, saint, scholar, teacher. 3) An official position in a monastery. 4) a preceptor. (presiding) master; preceptor (monastic) [RY]
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  • the two incarnations of the fourth Drukchen, contributed to unite Bhutan as a state [RY] 17th century; the 1st, 1594-1651 [RY] zhabs drung ngag dbang rnam
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  • upcoming features. ཡར་ལྷ་ཤམ་པོ yar lha sham po [IW] Yarlha Shampo, a deity [RY] Yarlha Shampo A mountain in the Yarlung valley of Central Tibet, where the first
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  • the romanized Tibetan text of Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika together with a literal English translation. Two Tibetan texts were consulted: the versions
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  • of a non-Buddhist religion, esp. a Hindu, Jain or Lokyata (materialist) [RY] (proponent/ holder of) extreme (religious) views [RB] Tirthika (i.e. a Hindu)
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  • act of a play; 3) topic section * three child in the womb (/ TSE [IW] chapter, division, section [RY] division, section of a speech, chapter of a book,
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  • Schools. [RY] Lochen Rinchen Sangpo was born in 958, amidst portentous signs, in a small hamlet called Radni, situated in present Tibetan territory beyond the
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  • revealed by the great terton Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798). Although as a sadhana it is a Tantric practice, it is imbued throughout with the Dzogchen perspective
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  • who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based
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  • tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features. འཁོར་བ Cyclic Existence [GD] 1) turn in a circle 2) turn the head = attract someone's attention; 3) apprehension; 4)
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  • Ganesha, Ganapati, a deity of wealth and prosperity [RY] 1) lion; 2) Ganapati deity [lha glang po che'i gdong can zhig] [IW] ganesha, uses a rtse gsum, epithet
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  • actually taught. In a span of four-and-a-half decades the BPS has become a major Buddhist publisher with hundreds of titles and a field of distribution
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  • without a, lack of self-entity, selflessness, no-self, non- entity, owner-less. lack of self, selflessness; lack of self, selflessness; without a self, lacking
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  • from Lama Burgom Nakpo, a disciple of the lord Rechungpa and spent five years with him. Khyungpo Naljor told him that during a dream Amithabha Buddha told
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  • one, realized one, adept who has attained siddhi [RY] accomplished one [RB] a siddha [RY] 1) [p 'grub pa]; 2) Siddhi; 3) past showing particles [zhal lag
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  • a gro'i mkhan po ye shes rgya mtsho ཨ་གྲོའི་མཁན་པོ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྒྱ་མཚོ། date of birth: 1888 Khenchen Zhenphen Chokyi Nangwa Khenpo Padma Vajra Jamgon Mipham
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  • Adeu Rinpoche (a lde'u 08, 1931-2007), a Drukpa Kagyu lineage holder. One of his elderly Chinese devotees was even said to have attained a rainbow-body ('ja'
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  • from a Tathagata with evil intent. The five close to or approaching them (de dang nye ba lnga) are defiling one's mother who is an Arhanti; killing a Bodhisattva
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  • dakinis. Upon arriving there, after begging for a while, she obtained a bag of rice and became a beer merchant. A yogini came every day to buy beer from Sukhasiddhi
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  • kyi 'khor lo) A feast offering; a practice in which attachment and habitual sense perceptions are transformed into being part of the path. A feast assembly
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  • the treatise. In this way he achieves a format that lets the reader come intimately close to the original through a skillful and discrete use of annotations
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  • The Tibetan word shedra (bshad grwa) literally means a 'centre for teaching'. In traditional monastic centres, the shedra is the school where monks and
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  • a ti yo ga (category A)
    This is the RYI Dictionary content as presented on the site http://rywiki.tsadra.org/, which is being changed fundamentally and will become hard to use
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  • (1110-70) Phagmo Drupa was one the three foremost disciples of Gampopa, as well as a disciple of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (sa chen kun dga' snying po) (1092-1158).
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  • are responsible for . . . [RB] Skt. pratyaya; 1) condition, circumstance, [a co-operating / contributing] cause. 2) adversity, calamity, misfortune, mishap
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  • Dictionary gives among its definitions of stage: "Division of a journey or process", also "a step in a process" [TSD] creation/ developing stage [IW] creation/
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  • [Dharmanairatmya]; egolessness of phenomena; insubstantiality of phenomena; lack of a self in things; lack of reality in cognizable objects; lack of self of phenomena;
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  • for more upcoming features. འོད་གསལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་སྙིང་པོ Luminous Vajra Essence. A synonym for the Great Perfection, Dzogchen, in general, and the Instruction
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  • emblic myrobalan [JV] amalaki, a medicinal plant, emblic myrobalan. Also skyur ru ra Amla fruit comes from Emblica officinalis, a tropical and sub-tropical
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