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Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1715 + ([svātantrika mādhyamika] school. A sub-school of [mādhyamika] philosophy which asserts that all phenomena exist by their own nature, inherently, but do not have true existence.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2251 + ([svātantrika] School. A school of [mādhyam … [svātantrika] School. A school of [mādhyamika], who assert the lack of true existence of all phenomena and specifically that of functional phenomena, even nominally; but assert inherent existence. The name of the school is derived from their assertion that, in dependence upon a correct reason (established inherently by its inherent characteristics), the view of true existence can be severed in the mind of correct opponent.e severed in the mind of correct opponent.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1227 + ([sādhana]/ Self-generation. A tantric practice of generating oneself into a deity and carrying out incantations of mantras and then dissolving into the sphere of emptiness at the conclusion, etc., according to a ritual-text ([sādhana]).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1485 + ([sāmānya lakṣaṇa]/ Generally characterized phenomena. Phenomena that are ultimately unable to perform a function, e.g. space.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2073 + ([sāsrava]/ Contaminated phenomena. Deluded phenomena capable of increasing affliction by their presence, e.g. a human body.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/154 + ([tri ṡaraṇagrāhaka upāsaka]/ a lay person … [tri ṡaraṇagrāhaka upāsaka]/ a lay person ordained by refuge precepts. A Buddhist layman who has taken formal refuge or vow of precepts to accept the Three Jewels as the ultimate object of refuge for one's life-time. One of the four nominally ordained lay persons (see {dge bsnyen btags pa ba bzhi}).rsons (see {dge bsnyen btags pa ba bzhi}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1961 + ([trīṇi lakṣaṇāni]/ Three characteristics; … [trīṇi lakṣaṇāni]/ Three characteristics; three natures; the three types of phenomena according to the [cittamātin] school of philosophy.\n1. {kun brtags/} [parikalpita lakṣaṇam]/ imputed phenomena, mere objects of conceptual labelling, e.g. permanent phenomena\n2. {gzhan dbang /} [paratantra lakṣaṇam]/ dependent phenomena, e.g. a vase\n3. {yongs grub/} [pariniṣpanna lakṣaṇam]/ thoroughly established phenomena, e.g. emptiness of a vase.ished phenomena, e.g. emptiness of a vase.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/729 + ([ucchedaṡūnyatā]/ Nihilistic emptiness. The emptiness upon realization of which rejects the existence of its base.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/164 + ([utpattiniḥ svabhāvatā]/ One of the three … [utpattiniḥ svabhāvatā]/ One of the three lackings of identity. Because all phenomena are generated, or come into being in reliance upon causes and conditions, not only does a multicoloured rope lack a snake's existence, but also, it's inherent existence as a rope, as it is the product of many threads wound together. Therefore, it lacks inherent existence.r. Therefore, it lacks inherent existence.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1659 + ([vaibhāṣika]. A lower school of Buddhist p … [vaibhāṣika]. A lower school of Buddhist philosophy that asserts the division of all phenomena into the following five I categories, and assert three times as substantially existent.\n1. {'du ma byas rtag pa'i gzhi/} non-composite phenomena as permanent\n2. {snang ba sems kyi gzhi/} appearances as form (objects of perception)\n3. {gtsong bo sems kyi gzhi/} primary mind\n4. {'khor sems byung gi gzha/} secondary minds\n5. {ldan pa ma yin pa'i 'du byed kyi gzhi/} non-associated compositional factors.hi/} non-associated compositional factors.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2176 + ([vaiṡālī]/ A. [vaiṡālī]. The city of [vaiṡ … [vaiṡālī]/ A. [vaiṡālī]. The city of [vaiṡālī] in the vicinity of Patna where Buddha [ṡākyamuni] turned the Third Wheel of Doctrine; the doctnne of good distinction between the three divisions of phenomena—imputed, dependent and thoroughly established (reality). B. A chapel in Ganden monastery.reality). B. A chapel in Ganden monastery.)
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/2652 + ([vipaSyanā]/ Penetrative Insight. Penetrative insight meditation. A single pointed concentration able to apply analysis of its object; an apex form of all concentrations able to see the indepth reality of phenomena.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1314 + ([viprayukta saṁskāra]/ Non-associated compositional factor. Impermanent phenomena being neither form nor consciousness, e.g. a person.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/799 + ([yathā]/ A thing as it is; thatness; refering to the ultimate truth—emptiness which is other than the conventional aspect of all phenomena.)
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/798 + ([yāvat]/ All that exists; all conventional things; refering to all phenomena other than emptiness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1605 + ([ānantarya samādhi]/ The uninterrupted concentration. The moment of capturing a meditative concentration that realizes emptiness directly.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1576 + ([ārya] [nāgārjuna]The pioneer of the Madhyamika philosophy after Buddha [ṡākyamuni], who elucidated the subtlest profound view of emptiness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1026 + ([ṡūnyatā ṡūnyatā]/ The emptiness of emptiness. The lack of inherent existence of emptiness itself.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1022 + ([ṡūnyatā]/ Emptiness. The lack of inherent existence of phenomena; the highest view of reality in Buddhist philosophy.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/563 + ([ṣaḍ pratītyasamutpāda]/ The six causal interdependent principles. The elements of the outer natural phenomena— earth, water, fire, wind, space and time.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/511 + ([ṣaḍaṡa nirodha satyākāra]/ The sixteen aspects of the noble truth of cessation. These are the aspects of internal emptiness and so on of the sixteen emptinesses (see {stong pa nyid bcu drug}).)
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/988 + ({rten cing 'brel bar 'byung /}\n[pratītyas … {rten cing 'brel bar 'byung /}\n[pratītyasamutpāda]/ Interdependent origination; dependent co-origination. The meeting or coincidence of causes and conditions for creating a thing or a situation. In general, the twelve links of interdependent origination dealing with the cycle of rebirth, and in its highest sense it is the proof of all phenomena being dependent on each other and hence lacking inherent existence.ther and hence lacking inherent existence.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1192 + ([paramārtha satya]/ Ultimate truth. Generally referring to emptiness as opposed to the conventional phenomena.)

Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/3 + (1. Primordially pure or pure from the beginning; the original mode of abidance of that which is basically unarisen; a term used in Nyingma teachings.\n2. Emptiness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1361 + (A Buddhist. One who accepts the Buddha, Dharma and [saṅgha] as the ultimate objects of refuge and protection.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/169 + (A non-Buddhist by birth. Those who hold the wrong view that phenomena exist truly by way of their own accord.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1029 + (A state of vacuity. A state of expereincing an overwhelming sense of emptiness that a yogi experiences in his meditative concentration on emptiness.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/768 + (A statement expressing quality. A statemen … A statement expressing quality. A statement in which the subject of concern for both the speaker and listener is presented as the quality of discussion, e.g. the statement, 'impermanence of sound'. This statement not only distinguishes impermanence of sound from the impermanence of others, such as a vase or pillar, but also excludes discussing the qualities of other phenomena within the topic of discussion. phenomena within the topic of discussion.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/678 + (A. The two abhidharmas:\n1. {don dam pa'i … A. The two abhidharmas:\n1. {don dam pa'i chos mngon pa} [paramārtha abhidharma]/ the ultimate abhidharma, e.g. the uncontaminated wisdom understanding emptiness\n2. {brdar btags pa'i chos mngon pa/} [saṁketikābhidharma]/ the nominal abhidharma, e.g. the contaminated wisdom understanding emptiness and the Abhidharma texts. B. The two Abhidharma texts:\n1. {mngon pa kun btus/} Compendium of Knowledge ([abhidharmasamuccaya]) by [ārya] Asaṅga\n2. {mngon pa mdzod/} Treasure of Knowledge ([abhidharmakoṡa]) by [ācārya Vasubandhu].([abhidharmakoṡa]) by [ācārya Vasubandhu].)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1358 + (Adhyātma s'u_nyatā]/ Internal emptiness. One of the sixteen types of emptinesses (see {stong pa nyid bcu drug}); the lack of the true and independent existence of objects conjoined with consciousness, such as the cognitive eye power, and so forth.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1790 + (Affirming negative. A negation which when … Affirming negative. A negation which when expressed in words negates its specific object of negation and directly or indirectly implies the existence of another affirming (non-negative) phenomena, e.g. the statement, 'Rani does not sleep during the day,' which indirectly implies that she sleeps during "the night. There are three types:\n1. {chos gzhan dngos su 'phen pa'i ma yin dgag} directly affirming negative\n2. {chos gzhan shugs la 'phen pa'i ma yin dgag} indirectly affirming negative\n3. {skabs stobs kyis 'phen pa'i ma yin dgag} circumstantially affirming negative.dgag} circumstantially affirming negative.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2479 + (Buddha/ Fully enlightened being; Buddha. One who has completely purified himself of all faults and delusions and perfected all knowledge and wisdom; a fully enlightened being knowing all phenomena as they are.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2376 + (Citation; quotation; scriptural support.\n{lung ma bstan/}\n[avyākṛta]/ Unspecified phenomena. Something Buddha has\nnot specified as being either virtuous or non-virtuous, e.g. a person.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2307 + (Collection of six treatises; six treatises … Collection of six treatises; six treatises on the Middle Way by [nāgārjuna].\n1. {dbu ma rtsab shes rab/} The Fundamental Treatise on the Middle Way ([mūlaprajña])\n2. {rin chen phreng ba/} The Precious Garland ([ratnāvali])\n3. {rigs pa drug cu pa/} The Sixty Verses of Reasoning (Yuktisastika)\n4. {stong nyid bdun cu pa/} The Seventy Verses on Emptiness ([ṡūnytāsaptati])\n5. {rtsod bzlog} The Refutation of Wrong Views ([vigrahavyāvartanī])\n6. {zhib mo rnam 'thag} The Thorough Investigation ([vaidalyasūtra]). Thorough Investigation ([vaidalyasūtra]).)
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.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2245 + (Concentration on self-basis/ deity. A tantric practice of self-generation through meditation on the emptiness deity, letter deity, form deity, seal deity and sign deity, while simultaneously reciting and counting mantras.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1829 + (Conceptual cognition involving terms. A ty … Conceptual cognition involving terms. A type of conceptual generation produced in conjuction with the name of a thing, e.g. a concept that takes for granted, "anything that is capable of rasing a beam is a pillar."\n{ming gzugs kyi yan lag}\nThe interdependent link of name and form. The fourth in the link of the twelve interdependent originations. Name refers to sound, smell, taste, phenomena and form as the form\naggregate.phenomena and form as the form\naggregate.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/712 + (Cutting-off ritual. The practice primarily … Cutting-off ritual. The practice primarily common to the {zhi byed} tradition of Tibetan Buddhism formed by Phadampa Sangye. The term is derived from the nature of the instructions on which this practice is based; that love, compassion and bodhicitta sever selfishness; the view of emptiness severs the root of cyclic existence (saṁsāra); and the common practices sever the four demonic forces (see {gcod lugs kyi bdud bzhi/}).c forces (see {gcod lugs kyi bdud bzhi/}).)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/968 + (Designated phenomena; imputed phenomena. Phenomena that exists only in dependence upon the sound and concept that imputes them. For instance, time and person.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2690 + (E-Wam syllable. E represents emptiness as the wisdom side and Wam great bliss, the method side.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2460 + (Eight thorough trainings on the eighth gro … Eight thorough trainings on the eighth ground.\n1. {sems can } {thams cad kyi sems shes pa/} knowledge of the thoughts of all sentient beings\n2. {sangs rgyas gang na bzhugs pa'i 'jig rten gyi khams shes pa/} knowledge of the places where Buddha resides\n3. {sangs rgyas kyi zhing sgrub pa/} establishing Buddha-fields\n4. {chos rnams kyi rang bzhin je lta ba bzhin rtogs pas sangs rgyas mnyes pa/} pleasing the Buddhas with one's correct understanding of the reality of all phenomena\n5. {sems can rnams kyi khams dang dbang po sogs mkhyen pa/} knowledge of the different faculties of sentient beings\n6. {sangs rgyas kyi zhing gang du 'grub ba'i sems can rnams kyi rgyud sbyong ba/} purifying\nthe continuum of sentient beings in those directions where Buddha-fields will be established\n7. {byang sems kyi spyod pa thams cad sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin la gnas nas byed pa/}\nperforming the deeds of Bodhisattvas while abiding in an illusion like concentration\n8. {sems can gyi don sems bzhin du srid pa len pa/} willingly taking rebirth for the benefit of sentient biengs.ebirth for the benefit of sentient biengs.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1880 + (Eighteen root downfalls; eighteen root tra … Eighteen root downfalls; eighteen root transgressions of the Bodhisattva vows.\n1. {bdag bstod gzhan smod/} praising oneself and belittling others\n2. {chos nor mi ster ba/} not giving material aid or teachings of Dharma\n3. {bshags kyang mi nyan par gzhan la 'chog pa/} not listening when someone declares his or her offences\n4. {theg chen spong zhing dam chos 'drar snang ston pa/} abandoning the teachings of the greater vehicle and preaching false doctrine akin to the [mahāyāna] teachings\n5. {dkan mchog gi dkor ma byin par len pa/} misusing offerings of the three jewels not given to oneself\n6. {dam pa'i chos spong ba/} abandoning the sublime Dharma\n7. {rab byung la 'tshe ba/} evicting monks and nuns\n8. {mtshams med kyi las byed pa/} committing any of the five boundless actions\n9. {log lta 'dzin pa/} holding wrong views\n10. {gnas 'jig pa/} destroying places of worship or pilgrimage\n11. {snod min la stong nyid bstan pa/} teaching emptiness to improper receptacles\n12. {rdzogs byang thob pa'i blo las bzlog par byed pa/} turning people away from working for enlightenment\n13. {so thar spong ba/} abandoning the vows of individual liberation\n14. {nyan thos kyi theg pa la skyar ba 'debs pa/} mistreating the lower vehicle doctrine\n15. {mi chos bla ma'i rdzun smra ba/} lying exorbitantly of superhuman attainments\n16. {dkon mchog gi dkor ma byin par len pa/} misappropriation of the property of the three jewels\n17. {khrims ngan 'chang ba/} holding corrupt ethical discipline\n18. {byang chub kyi sems 'dor ba/} abandoning the mind of enlightenment.ba/} abandoning the mind of enlightenment.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1881 + (Eighteen root downfalls; eighteen root tra … Eighteen root downfalls; eighteen root transgressions of the Bodhisattva vows.\n1. {bdag bstod gzhan smod/} praising oneself and belittling others\n2. {chos nor mi ster ba/} not giving material aid or teachings of Dharma\n3. {bshags kyang mi nyan par gzhan la 'chog pa/} not listening when someone declares his or her offences\n4. {theg chen spong zhing dam chos 'drar snang ston pa/} abandoning the teachings of the greater vehicle and preaching false doctrine akin to the [mahāyāna] teachings\n5. {dkan mchog gi dkor ma byin par len pa/} misusing offerings of the three jewels not given to oneself\n6. {dam pa'i chos spong ba/} abandoning the sublime Dharma\n7. {rab byung la 'tshe ba/} evicting monks and nuns\n8. {mtshams med kyi las byed pa/} committing any of the five boundless actions\n9. {log lta 'dzin pa/} holding wrong views\n10. {gnas 'jig pa/} destroying places of worship or pilgrimage\n11. {snod min la stong nyid bstan pa/} teaching emptiness to improper receptacles\n12. {rdzogs byang thob pa'i blo las bzlog par byed pa/} turning people away from working for enlightenment\n13. {so thar spong ba/} abandoning the vows of individual liberation\n14. {nyan thos kyi theg pa la skyar ba 'debs pa/} mistreating the lower vehicle doctrine\n15. {mi chos bla ma'i rdzun smra ba/} lying exorbitantly of superhuman attainments\n16. {dkon mchog gi dkor ma byin par len pa/} misappropriation of the property of the three jewels\n17. {khrims ngan 'chang ba/} holding corrupt ethical discipline\n18. {byang chub kyi sems 'dor ba/} abandoning the mind of enlightenment.ba/} abandoning the mind of enlightenment.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1772 + (Eleven marks of irreversibility of a Bodhi … Eleven marks of irreversibility of a Bodhisattva on the heat level of the path of preparation.\n1. {gzhan don du gzugs sogs la bden zhen ldog pa/} he has turned away from grasping at true forms, etc.\n2. {skyabs gsum la the tshom zad pa/} he has extinguished doubts concerning the three jewels of refuge\n3. {mi khoms pa brgyad zad pa/} he has extinguished the eight non-condusive states (see {mi khoms pa brgyad})\n4. {rang gzhan gnyis ka dge ba'i chos la sbyor ba/} he encourages both himself and others in dharma practice\n5. {bdag gzhan brje ba'i bsam pas sbyon pa/} he practices giving with the thought of exchanging self-concern for concern for others\n6. {zapa mo'i don la sem kyis spyod pa/} he has no doubt concerning the meaning of the profound emptiness\n7. {sgo gsum gyi spyod pa byams pa'i sems kyis spyod pa/} he performs the deeds of body, speech and mind with love\n8. {sgrib pa lnga dang mi 'grogs pa/} he never associates himself with the five obstructions\n9. {bag la nyal kun 'joms pa/} he has subdued all evil latencies\n10. rtag tu dran shes dang ldan pa/ he is always mindful and alert\n11. {gos sogs yongs su spyod pa gtsang ba/} he wears neat and ciean\ncloth, etc. ba/} he wears neat and ciean\ncloth, etc.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/440 + (Emptiness of virtue and non-virtue. The lack of inherent existence of both virtue and non-virtue in their ultimate sense.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1895 + (Energy channels, winds and drops. The thre … Energy channels, winds and drops. The three fundamental interdependent components of our body, which can be utilized through proper yogic practice to understand the ultimate nature of all phenomena; the basis of our consciousness for sustenance and survival of our life. It is explained that the\nenergy channels are like our home, essential drops as our property and energy wind and mind as the owner.rty and energy wind and mind as the owner.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1791 + (Exclusion (of others), which is an affirmi … Exclusion (of others), which is an affirming negation, i.e. an affirming exclusion synonymous with negation, e.g. the statement, 'not a vase.' There are two types:\n1. {blo'i gzhan sel/} mental exclusion of other\n2. {don rang mchan gyi gzhan sel/} ultimate self-characterized exclusion of other.ate self-characterized exclusion of other.)
Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1964 + (Exemplary mental consciousness. The mind-stream representing the conventional "I" that acts as the basis upon which the latencies of karma abide and mature.)

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