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Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/163 + ([Jāti]/ The birth-state; birth. One of the four states of existences of a being (see {srid pa bzhi}) in genial; for human beings, the very moment of conception in the mother's womb.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/127 + ([Lalanā]/ The left energy channel. The lef … [Lalanā]/ The left energy channel. The left channel in our body which is white in colour and stands adjacent to the central channel. It runs from the level of The eyebrows to the point between the navel. The specific details vary according to the lineage of the practice concerned. to the lineage of the practice concerned.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/218 + ([Lapanā]/ Flattery. One of the five means of wrong livelihood (see {log 'atso Ing}), getting someone to give you something by flattering him or her.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1101 + ([Mahāyāna bhavanā mārga karaṇa]/ The function of the\n[mahāyāna] path of meditation; the benefits derived through meditation on the [mahāyāna] path of meditation.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1100 + ([Mahāyāna pratipatti bhāvanā mārga]/ The [mahāyāna] path of meditation of achievement. The uncontaminated [mahāyāna] path of meditation which is a cause for the attainment of the realizations of the first to the tenth level ofthe Bodhisattva's path.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1106 + ([Mahāyāna ārya]/ A [mahāyānist] Noble Being; a [mahāyāna ārya] A practitioner of the greater vehicle on or above the path of seeing who has gained direct insight into emptiness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1099 + ([Mahāyāna]/ The Greater Vehicle. The Bodhi … [Mahāyāna]/ The Greater Vehicle. The Bodhisattva vehicle leading to full enlightenment and is superior in seven ways (see {chen po bdun}) from the lower vehicles of the Hearers and Solitary Realizers. It has two types:\n1){phar phyin theg pa/} the perfection vehicle\n2){sngags kyi theg pa/} the secret mantrayana vehicle.i theg pa/} the secret mantrayana vehicle.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/957 + ([Moha]/ Closed-mindedness; ignorance. An active misconception or a negative mental state obstructing (he knowledge of reality.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1071 + ([Mokṣa]/ [nirvāṇa]; state of liberation. Freedom from the sufferings of cyclic existence through overcoming the obscurations to liberation ({nyon sgrib}). A state of peace, and the primary goals of the [ṡrāvakas] and Pratyeka buddhas.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1070 + ([Mūlasarvāstivāda] School. One of the eigh … [Mūlasarvāstivāda] School. One of the eighteen Hinayana schools. They assert all phenomena as included in the five categories (see- {gzhi lnga}), recite [sūtra]s in Sanskrit, their abbots are necessarily those belonging to the king's lineage, their multi-patched yellow upper shawl bears a wheel or lotus symbol, their [bikṣus] bear surnames with bhadra or Hridhya, they assert the three times as substantially existent, and they propound that through meditation on the selflessness of person and the accumulation of merits for three countless aeons an individual gains full enlightenment. There are seven sub-schools of this tradition (see- {gzhi thams cad yod par smra ba'i sde pa bdun}).thams cad yod par smra ba'i sde pa bdun}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/971 + ([Nitya]/ Permanence; unconditioned phenomena which are not dependent on causes and conditions.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/944 + ([Samādhi maṇḍala]/ The concentration [maṇḍala]. The single-pointed concentration of visualizing the entire [maṇḍala].)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/949 + ([Samādhi sattva]/ The concentration being. The visualization of a seed syllable or implement at the heart of the wisdom being in the deity one has visualized.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1004 + ([Soḍaṡa kudṛṣṭayaḥ]/ The sixteen wrong vie … [Soḍaṡa kudṛṣṭayaḥ]/ The sixteen wrong views; the view that; 1){bdag 'das pa'i dus na byung bar lta ba/} the self has existed in the past 2){bdag 'das pa'i dus na ma byung bar lta ba/} the self id not exist in the past 3){bdag 'das pa'i dus na byung ba dang ma byung ba gnyis ka yin par lta ba/} the self has both existed and not existed in the past 4){bdag 'das pa'i dus na byung ba dang ma byung ba gnyis ka ma yin par lta ba/} the self has neither existed nor not existed in the past 5){'jig rten rtag par lta ba/} the world is permanent 6){'jig rten mi rtag par lta ba/} the world is impermanent 7){'jig rten rtag pa dang mi rtag pa gnyis ka yin par lta ba/} the world is both permanent and impermanent 8){'jig rten rtag pa dang mi rtag pa gnyis ka min par lta ba/} the world is neither permanent nor not impermanent 9){bdag ma 'ongs pa'i dus na 'byung bar lta ba/} the self will exist in the future 10){bdag ma 'ongs pa'i dus na mi 'byung bar lta ba/} the self will not exist in the future 11){bdag ma 'ongs pa'i dus na 'byung ba dang mi 'byung ba gnyis ka yin par lta ba/} the self will both exist and not exist in the future 12){bdag ma 'ongs pa'i dus na 'byung ba dang mi 'byung ba gnyis ka min par lta ba/} the self will neither exist nor not exist in the future 13){'jig rten mtha' dang ldan par lta ba/} the world has an end 14){'jig rten mtha' dang mi ldan par lta ba/} the world has no end 15){'jig rten mtha' dang ldan pa dang mi ldan pa gnyis ka yin par lta ba/} the world has both an end and no end 16){'jig rten mtha' dang ldan pa dang mi ldan pa gnyis ka min par lta ba/} the world has neither an end nor no end.} the world has neither an end nor no end.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1007 + ([Sudarṡana]/ Beautiful; good-looking; beautiful to behold.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/993 + ([Tarkika]/ Dialectician; logician. Those who explain the hidden nature of phenomena through reasonings.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/977 + ([Tri hetvābhāsa]/The three wrong reasons. 1){ma grub pa'i rtags/} [asiddhahetu]/ unestablished reason 2){'gal ba'i rtags/} [viruddhahetu]/ contradictory reason 3){ma nges pa'i rtags/} [Anaikāntika-hetu]/ uncertain reason.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/978 + ([Tri saṁyag hetavaḥ]/ The three correct re … [Tri saṁyag hetavaḥ]/ The three correct reasons. 1){'brangs rtags yang dag} [kārya hetu]/ correct reason of effect 2){rang bzhin gyi rtags yang dag} [svabhāva hetu]/ correct reason of nature\n3. {ma dmigs pa'i rtags yang dag} [anupalabdhi hetu]/ correct reason of non-cognition.hi hetu]/ correct reason of non-cognition.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1098 + ([Tri viciktsā]/ The three types of doubt.\n1){don 'gyur gyi the tshom/} doubt inclining towards fact/ factual doubt\n2){don mi 'gyur gyi the tshom/} doubt inclining away from fact/ non-factual doubt\n3){cha mnyam pa'i the tshom/} evently balanced doubt.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/964 + ([Tyāgānusmṛti]/ Recollection of giving. The reflection on giving and the qualities of giving.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1063 + ([Upāya maṇḍala]/ The method [maṇḍala]. The … [Upāya maṇḍala]/ The method [maṇḍala]. The [maṇḍala]s representing paths:\n1){rdul mtshon gyi dkyil 'khor/} sand powdered [maṇḍala]\n2){ras bris kyi dkyil 'khor/} [maṇḍala] painted on cloths\n3){tshom bu'i dkyil 'khor/} heaped up [maṇḍala] (this could be just a heap of sand, grains, stones or metal erected for the purpose of representing a [maṇḍala]). the purpose of representing a [maṇḍala]).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1064 + ([Upāya yāna]/ The method vehicle. The tantric path is known as the method vehicle due its four special features (see- {gsang sngags kyi khyad chos bzhi}) that makes it superior in comparison to the perfection vehicle.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/996 + ([Vitarka]/ 1. Rough investigation. 2. Conceptualization or imagination. 3. Chapter. 4. Conceptual awareness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1040 + ([Vrata]/ Ascetic practices. A term used to … [Vrata]/ Ascetic practices. A term used to denote acts of penance involving religious practices; often associated with torturing one's body and exposing it to physical hardship for the attainment of spiritual goals. For a true Buddhist, these extreme practices are forbidden, however in tantric practice they are sometimes deemed necessary.ctice they are sometimes deemed necessary.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/960 + ([Vrṣikā]/ The square cloth for wrapping the yellow robes of monks and nuns.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1054 + ([Vyavahāra]/ Name; terms; jargon; convention.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1056 + ([Vyavahārasatya]/ The conventional truth. A phenomenon that is real only to an ordinary consciousness, i.e. to a consciousness other than the meditative equipoise of an exalted being ([ārya]).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1262 + ([[sūtra]]/ the Discourses. The classification of Buddha's teachings, other than his tannic teachings, dealing with the gradual way of enlightenment.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1784 + ([aSuddha māyakāya]/ Impure illusory body. A completion stage practice of tantra in which a meditator establishes the lack of non-inherent existence of all phenomena and their illusory nature of appearances.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/680 + ([abhidharma piṭaka]/ The basket of teaching on knowledge ([abhidharmapiṭaka]). That category of Buddha's teachings which reveals malnly the instruction on higher training of wisdom.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/765 + ([abhidharma]/ The knowledge. The set of teachings and treatises concerning the training of higher wisdom and the study of metaphysics and cosmology.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/852 + ([abhidhāna ṡabda]/ Expressive sound. Synonymous with sound that reveals meaning to sentient beings, e.g. the expression 'impermanence'.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/478 + ([abhiprāya]/ A. Thought, idea or view point. B. Honorific for mind. С The essential point. D. Permission.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1692 + ([abhiṣekha]/ Initiation; empowerment. A tantric ceremony in which a lama empowers his disciples to engage in higher practices of tantra through ripening their mental continuum.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1776 + ([abhrāntajñāna] Unmistaken perception; non-deceptive cognition. An awareness that is unmistaken with respect to its appearing object, e.g. the first moment that eye sense perception cognizes a tree.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/150 + ([abhyākhyāna]/ Depreciation; underestimation. The assertion of the existence of something that does not exist conventionally, or to under rate somebody's qualities below deserving limits. For instance, asserting the non-existence of the law of causality.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/671 + ([abhāva svabhāva pūrva prayoga]/ The serial training in the entitylessness of phenomena. The Bodhisattva path from the [mahāyāna] path of accumulation upto the moment preceding the last instant of the path of meditation.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/667 + ([abhāva svabhāva ṡūnyata]/ The emptiness of reality of that which lacks true existence. One of the sixteen emptinesses.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/666 + ([abhāva ṡūnyata]/ The emptiness of non-things; the emptiness of impermanent phenomena, e.g. emptiness of nirvana. One of the eighteen emptinesses.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/173 + ([adhama puruṣa mārga]/ The paths of a person of small scope. The intent or wish for, primarily, seeking a higher rebirth within cyclic existence ([saṁsara]) for the sake of oneself alone.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/171 + ([adhama puruṣa]/ Person of small scope. A practitioner who merely seeks a higher state of rebirth impelled by fear of the lower rebirths.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1839 + ([adhimukticaryā bhUmi]/ State of faith. Th … [adhimukticaryā bhUmi]/ State of faith. The first two of the five paths, where a practitioner employs faith and aspiration in his practice and has only a conceptual understanding of emptiness. Hence the Bodhicitta at these stages are also known by the name—Bodhicitta preoccupied by faith. the name—Bodhicitta preoccupied by faith.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2653 + ([adhimāna]/ Exalted pride. A feeling that you are better than everyone else.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1236 + ([adhipatiphala]/ Environmental results. One's own experience of environment which is a result of one's previous actions in association with the community or surrounding in which one resides, e.g. the local fields which will not yield crops.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1238 + ([adhipatiphala]/ The environmental result (see {bdag po'i 'bras bu}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2657 + ([adhyāSaya]/ Resolute intention. A pure wish to accept responsibilities upon oneself to liberate all sentient beings from the bonds of cyclic existence; one of the fundamental causes to produce the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta) within oneself.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1547 + ([adhyānta bahirdhā ṡūnyatā]/ The emptiness … [adhyānta bahirdhā ṡūnyatā]/ The emptiness of external and internal objects. One of the sixteen types of emptinesses (see {stong pa nyid bcu drug}); the lack of inherent existence of objects pervaded by consciousness, such as the six faculties, six consciousnesses and the internal organs.x consciousnesses and the internal organs.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/910 + ([advaya tantra]/ The non-dual tantra. That of anuttarayoga tantra in which equal emphasis is placed on the development of the mind of clear light and the illusory body.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/911 + ([advayaka kṣanikaprayoga]/ The momentary t … [advayaka kṣanikaprayoga]/ The momentary training in non-duality. The final instant of the path of meditation of a Bodhisattva's training during which he or she realizes the non-duality of the object and object-perceiver directly within a single instant of time. directly within a single instant of time.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/631 + ([ahaṁkāra]/ Ego-grasping; self-grasping; self-preoccupation. The concept of taking the mere 'I' upon oneself as the truly existent 'I' or 'self.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/167 + ([ajāta mahāsukha]/ The unborn great bliss. This refers to the state of liberation or state beyond suffering.)

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