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Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1307 + ([vajra naraka]/ Vajra hell. The hell of non-respite (mnar-med) destination for those who abuse the tantric path and break their tantric precepts or have committed any of the five heinous crimes (see {mtshams med lnga}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1301 + ([vajra]/ Diamond-hard; adamantine sceptre. A symbol of strength and indestructibility; also a tantric ritual object_consisting of a cylindrical axis from which two sets of curved spokes, generally five or nine in number, radiate.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1311 + ([vajrasattva]/ A tantric deity dedicated to purification and elimination of unwholesome deeds; appears both in peaceful and wrathful forms.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1312 + ([vajrācārya]. Tantric master who gives initiations and precepts.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2282 + ([vidyā mantra]/ The knowledge mantra. The mantras primarily meant for establishing the wisdom aspect of realizations and divine activities. In a more generalized sense this comprises the female form of deities, her mantras, [mudrās], etc.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/495 + ([vighna]/ Expelling the interfering forces … [vighna]/ Expelling the interfering forces. A rite performed at the beginning of a [maṇḍala] ritual and initiation, when all those forces interfering with the performance of a [maṇḍala] ritual and initiation are given sacrificial cakes (gtor-ma) and sent away from the place by way of emanating wrathful deities through generating divine pride.l deities through generating divine pride.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1211 + ([vimala bhūmi]/ The Stainless Ground. The second of the ten Bodhisattva grounds (see {sa bcu}) during which there is special practice of the perfection of moral discipline and self-control.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1273 + ([vinayamūlasūtra]/ The Root [sūtra] of Mon … [vinayamūlasūtra]/ The Root [sūtra] of Monastic Discipline. An extensive treatise on monastic discipline that summarizes the essential meanings of the four Vinaya [sūtra]s (see, next) by [ācārya Guṇaprabha] who is renowned for his authority on Vinaya teachings.ned for his authority on Vinaya teachings.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1408 + ([vipāka ekakṣaṇika prayoga]/ Fruitional mo … [vipāka ekakṣaṇika prayoga]/ Fruitional momentary training. The yogic practice of a Bodhisattva, which is the wisdom directly opposing the obstructions to omniscience, and which, in actualizing the non-contaminated, maturing dharma, also actualizes the other concordant dharmas, all in the space of one instant (i.e. the l/60th of a finger snap).nstant (i.e. the l/60th of a finger snap).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2058 + ([yathāsaṃstarika]/ He who sleeps wherever he happens to be. One of the twelve ascetic practice (see {sbyangs pa'i yon tan bcu gnyis}); to sleep on a bed of grass or leaves, etc., which are laid out once without being rearranged for comfort's sake.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1436 + ([yogi]/ A Yogi; an adept. In its loose sense it is applied to any male practitioner, in contrast to a female practitioner who is known as a Yogini (rnal-'byor-ma).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2104 + ([yuganaddha]/ A. Unification; state of uni … [yuganaddha]/ A. Unification; state of union, e.g. the union of calm-abiding and penetrative insight meditation or the union of bhss and void. B. One of the five levels of the completion stage practices in tantr^ the union of emptiness, the wisdom aspect and great compassion, the method aspect or the union of the wisdom of spontaneous great bliss, the method aspect and the emptiness of clear light mind, the wisdom aspect or the ever-supreme emptiness, the object and the unclianging wisdom of great bliss, the object-per(^iver.sdom of great bliss, the object-per(^iver.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2554 + ([ācārya saraha]. Also called Brahma Rahula; the root Guru of [ācarya nāgārjuna] born in a Brahmin family at Odibida, Orissa of modern India, renowned for his tantric practice.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2553 + ([ācāryavīra]/ [ācārya āryaṡura]. Perhaps t … [ācāryavīra]/ [ācārya āryaṡura]. Perhaps the greatest of all scholarly Buddhist poets, a non-Buddhist of great learning who was defeated in debate by [āryadeva], a disciple of [nāgārjuna] and converted to Buddhism; he composed the Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion.omposed the Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1845 + ([ālambana pratyaya]/ Objective condition. One of the four conditions (see {rkyen bzhi}); the objective condition held in the mind that serves as the direct cause of generating that perception, e.g. a vase, for an eye consciousness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/285 + ([ḍākinī]/ sky-goer; sky-walker. Female cel … [ḍākinī]/ sky-goer; sky-walker. Female celestial beings capable of flying through space, residing in a pure land or within cyclic existence. In tantras dakinis are the class of female deities embodying the wisdom aspect of a practitioner who has attained the uncommon siddhi. A goddess born in the pure land of a Buddha is also known as Dakini. land of a Buddha is also known as Dakini.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2028 + ([ṡamatha]/ Mental quiescence meditation; calm abiding meditation. A single-pointed meditative concentration developed through the techniques of settling the mind; a practice common to both Buddhists and non-Buddhists.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1160 + ([ṡraddhā bhūmi]/ The ground of faith. The stage of a spiritual path where a practitioner is predominantly skillful in the practice of faith, efforts, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1121 + ([ṡruta cintā bhāvanā]/ The threefold practice of study, contemplation and meditation.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/856 + ([ṡrāvaka]/ A Hearer. Originally, those dis … [ṡrāvaka]/ A Hearer. Originally, those disciples of Buddha who actually listen to Buddha's teachings and also propagate these to others. Their goal is to achieve nirvana for themselves. The four noble truths and the twelve links of independent origination are their primary fields of study and practice.heir primary fields of study and practice.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1459 + ([ṡrīmat vājradhāra]/ The glorious Vajra ma … [ṡrīmat vājradhāra]/ The glorious Vajra master. Vajra master in the secret mantra tradition fulfilling six qualities:\n1. {'khor ba'i chos rgyab tu dor ba/} one who has fully renounced samsaric concerns\n2. {'dod pa chung zhing chog shes pa/} one who is content with few desires\n3. {lag len la mkhas shing nyams myong yod pa/} one who is experienced in practice and ritual activities\n4. {rgyud kyi tshig don la mkhas shing sgrub pa la martson pa/} one who is knowledgeable of tantric treatises, can explain their literal and implied meaning, and is devoted to practice\n5. {lta ba'i don la mkhas shing nus pa rdzogs pa/} one who is learned in the meaning of the right view and fully accomplished in it\n6. {snying rje che zhing gtong ba la dga' ba/} one who is highiy compassionate and generous. who is highiy compassionate and generous.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1886 + ([ṣaḍ mūladharmāḥ]/ Six root precepts; six … [ṣaḍ mūladharmāḥ]/ Six root precepts; six root vows of a probationary nun.\n1. {gcig pu lam du mi 'gro ba/} not going alone on the road\n2. {chur rkyal bar mi bya ba/} not swimming across to the other shore\n3. {skyes pa reg par mi bya ba/} not touching a male person\n4. {skyes pa dang lhan cig 'dug par mi bya ba/} not living with a male person\n5. {zla mo'i nyes pa 'chab par mi bya ba/} not concealing a transgression of vows by a fellow\nnun\n6. {smyan 'gyur ba mi bya ba/} not acting as a go-between.ba mi bya ba/} not acting as a go-between.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1515 + ([ṣaḍ pāramitā vṛttiprasthāna pratipatti]/ Achievement through engagement in the six perfections; the Bodhisattva paths encompassing the practice of the six perfections.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1833 + ([ṣaḍ tīrthika Sāstāraḥ]/ The six non-buddh … [ṣaḍ tīrthika Sāstāraḥ]/ The six non-buddhist teachers; These were the one's who were defeated by Buddha [ṡākyamuni] while completing miracles, and the event is celebrated as the Great Prayer Festival.\n1. {'od srung rdzogs byed/} [pūraṇakāSyapa]\n2. {kun tu rgya gnag lhas kyi bu/} [maskarīgoṡalīputra]\n3. {sgra byed kyi } {bu yang dag rgyal ba can/} [sañjayīvairaḍīputra]\n4. {mi pham skra'i la ba can/} [ajitakeSakambala]\n5. {ka ta'i bu nog can/} [kakudakātyāyana]\n6. {gcer bu ba gnyen gyi bu/} [nirgranthojñātiputra]. ba gnyen gyi bu/} [nirgranthojñātiputra].)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1023 + ([ṣoḍaṡa ṡūnyatā]/ The sixteen emptinesses. … [ṣoḍaṡa ṡūnyatā]/ The sixteen emptinesses.\n1){nang stong pa nyid/}[adhyātma ṡūnyatā]/ the internal emptiness\n2){phyi stong pa nyid/}[bahirdhā ṡūnyatā]/ the external emptiness\n3){phyi nang stong pa nyid/}[adhyātma bahirdhā ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of both external and internal\n4){stong pa nyid stong pa nyid/}[ṡūnyatā ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of emptiness\n5){chen po stong pa nyid/}[mahā ṡūnyatā]/the emptiness of the great\n6){don dam pa stong pa nyid/}[paramārtha ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of the ultimate\n7){'dus byas stong pa nyid/}[saṁskr`ta ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of the collected phenomena\n8){'dus ma byas stong pa nyid/}[asaṁskṛta ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of the uncollected phenomena\n9){mtha' las 'das pa stong nyid/}[atyanta ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of that beyond extremes\n10){thog ma dang tha ma med pa stong pa nyid/}[anavarāgta ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of that without beginning or end\n11){dor ba med pa stong pa nyid/}[anavakāra ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of that which is not to be abandoned 12){rang bzhin stong pa nyid/}[prakṛti ṡūnyatā]/ the emptines of nature\n13){chos thams cad stong pa nyid/}[sarva dharma ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of all phenomena\n14){rang gi mtshan nyid stong pa nyid/}[svalakṣaṇa ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of self-marks\n15){mi dmigs pa stong pa nyid/}[anupalambha ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of non-apprehension\n16){dngos po med pa'i ngo bo nyid stong pa nyid/}[abhāva svabhāva ṡūnyatā]/ the emptiness of the lack of truly existent identity.ss of the lack of truly existent identity.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1074 + ([Bindu]/ [ṡukra]/ Drop; essential drop, the seed for generating great bliss in the tantric practice of the male and female regerative fluid.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/608 + (@ibe activity of practice. One of the four … @ibe activity of practice. One of the four ways of utilizing realizations (see {spyod pa'i sgo bzhi}) according to action tantra in which one transforms articles of offering, body and resources into gods of desire realms and Vidyadharas or [ḍākinīs] of the same rank.Vidyadharas or [ḍākinīs] of the same rank.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/19 + (A Yogi mendicant; a yogi who practices the art of tantric exorcism and penance.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1470 + (A citation pure of the three-fold analysis. A citation in Buddhist teachings and practice qualified by the three-fold analysis (see {dpad pa gsum}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/395 + (A curved knife. A curved knife with a vajra handle on the lateral face. A ritual implement held by a tantric deity.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/20 + (A cut-ritual ({gcod}) practice in which one offers one's body as a feast ({tshog}) to accumulate merit.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1122 + (A human from a remote place. To be born as a barbarian or among men dwelling in a country far from the place of the eight conducive factors (see {dal ba brgyad}) preventing the practice of religion.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/11 + (A stupa with four gates built on the highway north of the Lhasa cathedral. It is believed to be a holy place where the great meditator, Thangtong Gyalpo spent many years practising meditation before 1368 A.D.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1674 + (A tantric monk. A monk either from the upper or lower tantric college of the Gelug order.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/721 + (A. Iron house or fort. B. A wrathful tantric propitiation ritual of throwing sacrificial cake with nine or sixteen edges invoking [yamarāja Chagkhar].)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/603 + (A. Positive phenomenon. A phenomenon that can be understood without having to understand what is opposite to it or, in general, without recourse to conception, e.g. a vase. B. Practice; accomplishment; achievement; attainment; realization.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1942 + (A. The Tsok-offering; the ritual feast offering ceremony. The ceremony of offering food and drink to the host of divinities by blessing these in the form of bliss and void. B. Accumulation of merits—virtues.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/684 + (A. The five modes of enlightenment; a gene … A. The five modes of enlightenment; a generation stage practice of visualizing a deity.\n1. {zla ba las byang chub pa/} enlightenment from moon\n2. {nyi ma las byang chub pa/} enlightenment from sun\n3. {sa bon las byang chub pa/} enlightenment from the seed syllable\n4. {phyag mtshan las byang chub pa/} enlightenment from the deity's implements\n5. {sku rdzogs pa las byang chub pa/} enlightenment from the entire entity of the body. B. The process of generating oneself into a My enlightened deity:\n1. {zla ba me long yeshes las byang chub pa/} visualizing the moon as the mirror-like wisdom of a Buddha\n2. {nyi ma mnyam nyid ye shes las byang chub ba/} visualizing the sun as the wisdom of sameness of a Buddha\n3. {sa bon dang phyag mtshan sor rtogs ye shes las byang chub pa/} visualizing the seed syllable and implements of a deity as the wisdom of individual discrimination\n4. {thams cad 'dres pa bya grub ye shes las byang chub pa/} visualizing the combination of all (moon, sun, seed syllable and implements) as the wisdom of accomplishments\n5. {sku rdzogs pa chos dbyings ye shes las byang chub pa/} visualizing the full-fledged body of a Buddha as the wisdom of reality.body of a Buddha as the wisdom of reality.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/118 + (A. The four great disciples of Marpa:\n1. … A. The four great disciples of Marpa:\n1. {rngog chos sku rdo rje/} Ngog Choku Dorje\n2. {mtshur ston dpang gi rdo rje/} Tsurton Wangi Dorje\n3. {mes ston chen po/} Meton Chenpo\n4. {mi la ras pa/} Milarepa. B. The four commissioned lineages:\n1. {sgyu lus dang 'pho ba'i bka' bab/} the yoga of illusory body and consciousness transference\n2. {rmi lam gyi bka' bab/} the yoga of dreams\n3. {'od gsal gyi bka' bab/} the yoga of clear light mind\n4. {gtum mo'i bka' bab/} the yoga of psychic heat. mo'i bka' bab/} the yoga of psychic heat.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2685 + (A. The last of the thirty letters of the T … A. The last of the thirty letters of the Tibetan alphabet; a universal vowel present in all letters. B. The shortest form of the Perfection of Wisdom. It is explained to contain the meaning of the entire teachings of Buddha; heavily blessed syllable.\n{a ti yo ga}\nThe atiyoga tantra. The peak of the nine vehicles according to -the Nyingma tradition called the Great Completion stage, {dzog pa chen po}.\n{a nu yo ga}\nThe anuyoga tantra. The eighth of the nine vehicles according to the Nyingma tradition dealing primarily with the completion stage practices of tantra.\n{a ti sha/}\n[atiṡa] (982-1054). A renowed Indian master and scholar w visited Tibet in the early 11th century and taught extensive thereby restoring the purity of Buddhist practice in Tibet. I wrote the famous text "A Lamp on the Path to Enlightenme" ([bodhipathapradhīpa]), and founded the Kadampa tradition.hīpa]), and founded the Kadampa tradition.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1532 + (A. The six symbolic ornaments. Costumes as … A. The six symbolic ornaments. Costumes associated with tantric deities and yoginis, made of bones representing the six perfections.\n1. {nor bu/} jewels\n2. {lag gdub/} bracelets\n3. {rna cha/} ear rings\n4. {ska rag} belt\n5. {'khor lo/} wheel\n6. {thal ba/} funerary ashes. B. The six sacred articles obtained from heaven during the reign of the Tibetan King, Lha Tho-Tho-Ri Nyan-Tsen. 1. {mdo sde spang skong phug rgya/} the [sūtra] {spang skong phyag rgya}\n2. {mdo sde za ma} {tog} the [sūtra] {za ma tog}\n3. {gser gyi mchod rten/} a golden stupa\n4. {g.yu'i mchod rten/} a turquoise stupa\n5. {mu dra'i phyag rgya/} a [mudrā] of woven pearl-net\n6. {tsit+tamaNi'i skos phor/} wish-fulfilling pot.+tamaNi'i skos phor/} wish-fulfilling pot.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1368 + (A. The three principles. The principal psy … A. The three principles. The principal psycho-physical discipline to be maintained in the leap-over (thod-rgal) system of {rdzogs chen } meditation.\n1. {bca' ba lus kyi gnad sku gsum gyi bzhugs stangs gsum las mi g.yo ba/} stillness as the principle of the body seated in the manners of three kayas\n2. {'khred pa dbyings kyi gnad sku gsum gyi gzigs stangs las mi 'gul ba/} guidance as the principle of absorption in reality immutable from the manner of looking into three kayas\n3. {snang ba yul gyi gnad dbyings rig mi 'bral zhing rlung dal bar sdod pa/} appearance as the principle of the object of meditation inseparable from primordial awareness and reality, and maintaining a gentle pace of the flow of energy wind.\nB. The three essential practices.\n1. {snang ba sems su sgrub pa/} taking all appearances as the (nature of) mind\n2. {sems sgyu mar srub pa/} taking mind as illusory\n3. {sgyu ma rang bzhin med par sgrub pa/} taking all illusories as lacking inherent existence. illusories as lacking inherent existence.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/620 + (Accomplishment ceremony. A grand tantric ceremony involving the creation of a [maṇḍala], offering of services, and performance of the ritual and rites of generating oneself into a deity, generating the deity in front and into the vase, etc.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/18 + (An Indian pandit who was invited to Tibet during the reign of King Songtsen Gampo. He translated many tantric texts of different levels from Sanskrit into Tibetan.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2567 + (Ancient secret mantra tradition; Ancient T … Ancient secret mantra tradition; Ancient Tantra. Tantra was initially introduced into Tibet in the seventh century during the reign of King Songtsen Gampo and in the middle of the eighth century. During the reign of King Trisong Deutsan, Guru Padmasambhava visited Tibet and spread the tantric teach-Lngs widely through translating many tantric texts into Tibetan. In the tenth century Pandita Smrti Jnana and others came to Tibet and further carried out translation works of the doctrine and spread it extensively. The spreading of tantric doctrines in the history of Tibet is known as the Ancient Tantra.y of Tibet is known as the Ancient Tantra.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1827 + (Blindfold. The red blindfold worn around the head during particular stages of a tantric initiation in order to prohibit the disciple from seeing the secrets of the [maṇḍala] before they pass through the permission to be able to do so.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1386 + (Capturing, destroying and dispelling. The yogic practice of exorcism which involves\n1. {sri mnan pa/} capturing 2. {gdon gegs bsregs pa/} burning and 3. {gtor zor 'phangs pa/} expelling an evil spirit who is harming the practice of dharma.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/521 + (Coarse mental agitation. In the practice of single-pointed concentration, losing one's focal object after having held it for any penod of time is recognized as coarse mental agitation.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2448 + (College. A department within the monastery where the study of philosophical texts are the primary curriculum in contrast to the training of ritual and tantric ceremonies.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1062 + (Compulsive attraction to ordinary appearances. The idea of oneself as an ordinary person which must be abandoned through generating divine pride in the practice of deity yoga in order to produce divine vision and pride.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2492 + (Concentration on mind base; absorption int … Concentration on mind base; absorption into the object of mind. One of the four types of recitations/ incantation in lower tantra (see {bzlas brjod yan lag bzhi}); a practice of\nvisualizing the ultimate mind of enlightenment as empty of inherent existence and the moon disk at the heart as the conventional mind of enlightenment.as the conventional mind of enlightenment.)

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