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• Nirmanakaya (category Key Terms)
  Nirmanakaya (sprul sku), (sprul pa'i sku). 'Emanation body,' 'form of magical apparition.' The third of the Three Kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that
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• Dharmakaya (category Key Terms)
  Dharmakaya (chos sku). The first of the Three Kayas, which is devoid of constructs, and space-like as this nature of all things. The basic and all-pervasive
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• Dharma (category Key Terms)
  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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• Buddha (category Key Terms)
  Buddha (sangs rgyas): One who has eliminated the two veils - the veils of emotional obscuration and cognitive obscuration, which is the dualistic conceptual
  2 KB (264 words) - 11:03, 31 July 2007
• Devas (category Key Terms)
  mkha' spyod pa - 1) the devas, gods. 2) epithet of Avalokitesvara. 3) sky-farer [RY] mkha' spyod pa - the devas, gods, Avalokitesvara, sky farer GD [IW]
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• Bodhisattva (category Key Terms)
  Bodhisattva (byang chub sems dpa') A spiritual trainee dedicated to the cultivation of an enlightened attitude (cittotpāda) or the altruistic enlightened
  3 KB (439 words) - 09:48, 2 October 2006
• Mahayoga (category Key Terms)
  Mahayoga (rnal 'byor chen po). The first of the 'Three Inner Tantras.' Mahayoga as scripture is divided into two parts: Tantra Section and Sadhana Section
  1 KB (131 words) - 13:34, 3 January 2007
• Asura (category Key Terms)
  lha min - demigods; demigod, asura; Asuras, Titans, {a su ra, bcud mi ldan} or {lha dman pa} [RY] a su ra - Skt. - Asura [RY]
  325 bytes (24 words) - 15:26, 23 April 2006
• Vajra (category Key Terms)
  27 coincidences in astrology, SA sbyor ba nyer bdun, 1 of 28 astrological terms for harmony of influence in the destiny of a person, prince of stones, infallible
  2 KB (169 words) - 14:21, 22 October 2009
• Sambhogakaya (category Key Terms)
  Sambhogakaya (longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku). The 'body of perfect enjoyment.' In the context of the 'Five Kayas of fruition,' sambhogakaya is the semi-manifest
  1 KB (165 words) - 10:26, 26 June 2006
• Sutra (category Key Terms)
  Sutra (mdo): the words of Buddha Shakyamuni, which were transcribed by his disciples. [MR]
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• Vajrayogini (category Key Terms)
  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
  2 KB (226 words) - 15:38, 19 October 2007
• Hindus (category Key Terms)
  thun mong gi theg pa - common/ general vehicle [path common to mahayana and hinayana. sometimes considered as a path in common w Hindus] [IW] mu stegs
  738 bytes (90 words) - 19:00, 9 April 2006
• Vajrasattva (category Key Terms)
  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
  310 bytes (82 words) - 14:59, 30 May 2021
• Hinayana (category Key Terms)
  Hīnayāna (theg pa dman pa). The vehicles focused on contemplation of the four noble truths and the 12 links of dependent origination, the practice of which
  498 bytes (72 words) - 18:09, 9 April 2007
• Dzogchen Monastery (category Key Terms)
  One of the Six Main Nyingma Monasteries and the historical seat of the Dzogchen Rinpoche and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche incarnation lines. Dzogchen monastery
  5 KB (566 words) - 23:39, 12 December 2018
• Sravakas (category Key Terms)
  see also Arhat. Those who follow [Theravada] and eventually become Arhats as a result of listening to the Buddhas and following their teachings. Meaning
  360 bytes (34 words) - 17:48, 10 June 2007
• Heruka (category Key Terms)
  For Illustrations of these please see: [1] bka' brgyad - Herukas, eight classes of... (RY) che mchog. khrag 'thung lnga brgyad - According to the Tantra
  3 KB (372 words) - 13:02, 21 October 2007
• Emptiness (category Key Terms)
  Emptiness (stong pa nyid): the ultimate nature of phenomena, namely their lack of inherent existence. The ultimate understanding of emptiness goes together
  4 KB (628 words) - 10:57, 23 October 2009
• Bonpo (category Key Terms)
  'khro rgyud - literary cycle of Bonpo tradition [JV] dga' ba don sgrub - Bonpo deity connected with the blue light [JV] dge lha gar phyug - Bonpo deity
  2 KB (312 words) - 14:56, 21 March 2006

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