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• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1337  + ([trisaṁvara]/ A. The three classes of vows … [trisaṁvara]/ A. The three classes of vows.\n1. {so thar gyi sdom pa/} [pratimokṣa saṁvara]/ the individual liberation vows\n2. {byang sems kyi sdom pa/} [bodhicitta saṁvara]/ the Bodhisattva vows\n3. {gsang sngags kyi sdom pa/} [mantra saṇvara]/ the tantric vows.\nB.\n1. {'dod}' {pa'i sas bsdus pa so thar gyi sdom pa/} the individual liberation vows of those within the desire realm\n2. {gzugs kyi sas bsdus pa bsam gtan gyi sdom pa/} the concentration vows of those within the form realm\n3. {khams gsum lasa'adas shing 'phags pa'i sas bsdus pa zag med kyi sdom pa/} the\nuncontaminated vows of those at the level of an [ārya]'s path transcending all those vows within three realms.ending all those vows within three realms.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1467  + ([upamā prabhāsvara]/ The examplary clear l … [upamā prabhāsvara]/ The examplary clear light mind.\nA completion stage practice of tantra in which the energy-wind is integrated into the central energy channel at the heart-centre and the subtle mind is brought to a manifest level for the elimination of delusions.st level for the elimination of delusions.)
• 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/253  + ([vaiṡṇava]/ [viṣṇu] worshippers. A propounder of non-Buddhist tenets who follow [viṣṇu], asserting a permanent and partless self. The practice of vase-like meditation and meditation on the syllable OM is asserted as their path of liberation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1308  + ([vajra japa]/ Vajra-recitation. A way of reciting mantras according to tantra)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1302  + ([vajrabhairava]/ The Vajra Terrifier. A wrathful embodiment of [mañjuṡri] belonging to the highest yoga tantra.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1468  + ([vicāra bhāvanā]/ Analytical meditation. Meditation of checking or reviewing the topic through applying analysis.)
• 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/2013  + ([vārāṇasi]. One of the four principal holy places of Buddhist\npilgrimage, where Buddha [ṡākyamuni] turned the first wheel of doctrine concerning the four noble truths to the the five ascetics (see {'khor Ing sde bzang po}).)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1907  + ([vīryendriya]/ Faculty of effort; power of … [vīryendriya]/ Faculty of effort; power of effort. One of the five ever-purified faculties (see {dbang po lnga}) within the classification of the thirty-seven auxiliaries to enlightenment; the continuous flow of virtuous hearing, contemplation and meditation.ous hearing, contemplation and meditation.)
• 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/707  + ([ākiṁcanyāyatana]/ The domain of nothingne … [ākiṁcanyāyatana]/ The domain of nothingness. One of the four means of emanation within the formless realm; the domain of concentration within the formless realm where a person remains fixed to the idea that there exists nothing other than consciousness because of not seeing anything, and thus remains fully absorbed in it as one's object of meditation.orbed in it as one's object of meditation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1926  + ([ṡabdābhiṣekha]/ Word initiation; word empowerment. The last of the four-fold initiation according to the highest yoga tantra in which the master introduces the state of union ([yuganada]) to his disciples.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2037  + ([ṡamatha vipaṡyana yuganaddha]/ Union of mental quiescence and penetrative insight meditation.)
• 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/153  + ([ṡaraṇa dāna]/ The generosity of giving protection; the way of giving protection to somebody afraid of or in a crucial situation. One of the three types of giving (see {sbyin pa rnam gsum}).)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2313  + ([ṡarīra]/ Relic pills. Tiny grain-like pil … [ṡarīra]/ Relic pills. Tiny grain-like pills, sacred writings or physical remains of a saint or holy master, preserved at their cremation ground. Such relics are preserved in tombs and amulet boxes as objects of devotion and protection. There are three types:\n1. {gzungs kyi ringabasrel/} relics of sacred writing\n2. {dbu skra dang phyag sen sogs kyi ring bsrel/} relics of bodily parts such as hairs, nails, etc.\n3. {'phel gdung gi ring bsrel/} multiplied relics (see {'phel gdung}).\n1. {chos sku'i ring bsrel/} relics of dharmakaya\n2. {sku bal gyi ring bsrel/} relics of physical parts\n3. {sku gdung gi ring bsrel/} relics of the cremated body. ring bsrel/} relics of the cremated body.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1158  + ([ṡraddhā dhanam]/ The wealth of faith. One of the seven possessions of the noble ones (see {'phags pa'i nor bdun}); the convinced faith in the law of causality which helps turning one's mind towards the dharma; analogous to a precious wheel.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1121  + ([ṡruta cintā bhāvanā]/ The threefold practice of study, contemplation and meditation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1489  + ([ṣaḍ cārya tantra abhiṣekhāḥ]/ The six ini … [ṣaḍ cārya tantra abhiṣekhāḥ]/ The six initiations of performance tantra.\n1. {me tog phreng dbang /} initiation of flower garland\n2. {chu'i dbang /} water initiation\n3. {cod paN gyi dbang /} crown initiation\n4. {rdo rje'i dbang /} vajra initiation\n5. {dril bu'i dbang /} bell initiation\n6. {ming gi dbang /} name initiation.ion\n6. {ming gi dbang /} name initiation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/554  + ([ṣaḍ tantrapiṭakā]/ The six classes of tan … [ṣaḍ tantrapiṭakā]/ The six classes of tantra.\n1. {bya rgyud/} [kriyā tantra]/ action tantra\n2. {spyod rgyud/} [cārya tantra]/ performance tantra\n3. {rnal 'byor rgyud/} [yoga tantra]\n4. {pha rgyud/} [pitā tantra]/ father tantra\n5. {ma rgyud/} [mātā tantra]/mother tantra\n6. {gnyis med rgyud/} [advaya tantra]/ non-dual tantn The first are known as the three outer classes of tantra and the latter three as the three inner classes of tantra.hree as the three inner classes of tantra.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/571  + ([ṣoḍaṡa bhāvanāneyakleṡā]/ The sixteen del … [ṣoḍaṡa bhāvanāneyakleṡā]/ The sixteen delusions (which are obscurations to liberation) to be abandoned on the path of meditation. {'dod pa'i sas bsdus kyi drug} [ṣaḍ kāmadhātu kleṡā]/ Six of the desire realm:\n1. {'dod chags/} [rāga]/ desire-attachment\n2. {khong khro/} [krodha]/ anger\n3. {nga rgyal/} [māna]/ pride\n4. {ma rig pa/} [avidyā]/ ignorance\n5. {'jig lta/} [satkāyadṛṣṭi]/ view of the transitory collection\n6. {mthar lta/} [antagrāhadṛṣṭi]/ extreme view. {gzugs kyi sas bsdus kyi lnga /} [pañca rū_padhatu kleṡā]/ Five of the form realm: {'dod chag} [rāga]/ desire-attachment\n2. {nga rgyal/} [māna]/pride\n3. {ma rig pa/} [avidyā]/ignorance\n4. {'jig lta/} [satkāyadṛṣṭi]/ view of the transitory collection\n5. {mthar lta/} [antagrāha dṛṣṭi]/ extreme view. {gzugs med sas bsdus kyi lnga/} [pañca arūpadhātu kleṡā]/ Five of the formless realm:\n1. {'dod chags/} [rāga]/ desire-attachment\n1. {nga rgyal/} [māna]/ pride\n3. {ma rig pa/} [avidyā]/ ignorance\n4. {'jig lta/} [satkāyadṛṣṭi]/ view of the transitory collection\n5. {mthar lta/} [antagrāhadṛṣṭi]/ extreme view.thar lta/} [antagrāhadṛṣṭi]/ extreme view.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1087  + (also/ {dbang phyug brgyad/}\nThe eight com … also/ {dbang phyug brgyad/}\nThe eight common features of glory; the eight qualities or siddhis common to worldly feats.\n1){gzugs phra ba'i yon tan/} subtle physical form\n2){gzugs rags pa'i yon tan/} gross physical form\n3){yang ba'i yon tan/} weighing little\n4){khyab pa'i yon tan/} pervasive\n5){yang dag par thob pa'i yon tan/} perfect attainments\n6){rab tu galas ba'i yon tan/} perfect luminosity\n7){brtan pa'i yon tan/} ever-firm\n8){'dod rgu 'byung ba'i yon tan/} fulfillment of all wishes. ba'i yon tan/} fulfillment of all wishes.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2622  + ({bslab sdom/}\n[ṡikṣā ṡīla]/ The precepts and trainings; the vows of individual liberation, Bodhisattva and tantra.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/863  + ({nyan thos dang thun mong ba'i rnam pa so … {nyan thos dang thun mong ba'i rnam pa so bdun/} The thirty-seven features of the omniscient mind common to Hearers and Solitary Realizers. 1-4. {dran pa nye bar bzhag pa bzhi/} [catvāri smṛtyūpasthānāḥ]/ the four close contemplations (see {dran pa nye bar bzhag pa bzhi}). 5-8. {yang dag par spong ba bzhi/} [catvāri samyak prahāṇāḥ]/ the four perfect abandonments (see {yang dag spong ba bzhi}). 9-12. {rdzu 'phrul gyi rkang pa bzhi/} [catvāri ṛddhipādāḥ]/ the four limbs of miracles (see {rdzu 'phrul gyi rkang pa bzhi}). 13-17. {dbang po lnga/} [pañcendriyāṇi]/ the five faculties (see {dbang po lnga}). 18-22. {stobs lnga /} [pañca balāni]/ the five powers (see {stobs lnga}). 23-29. {byang chub kyi yan lag bdun/} [sapta bodhyaṅgani]/ the seven limbs of enlightenment (see {byang chub yan lag bdun}). 30-37. {'phags lam yan lag brgyad/} [aṣṭāryāṅga mārga]/ the eight noble paths (see {'phags lam yan lag brgyad}).e paths (see {'phags lam yan lag brgyad}).)

• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1088  + (The common protection wheel. The meditation and visualization of a protection wheel common to all the four classes of tantra.)

• 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/1361  + (A Buddhist. One who accepts the Buddha, Dharma and [saṅgha] as the ultimate objects of refuge and protection.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/15  + (A goddess of power called Rigje-ma ({rig byed ma}) common to Sakya's golden transmission lineage ({gser chos}).)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/403  + (A lord of actualization; [mahāsiddha]. One who has attained supreme realizations of either or both the [sūtra] and tantra traditions.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/966  + (A nominal name; alias. A name which is not … A nominal name; alias. A name which is not the actual term originally formulated to designate a specific meaning or a thing, but a later (perhaps vulgar or common) secondary term designating the same thing, e.g. 'the rabbit bearer' ({ri bong can}) refering to the moon. There are two types of nominal names:\n1. {'dra ba rgyu mtshan du byas nas btags pa'i ming /} nominal name because of similar features, e.g. calling a man a monkey\n2. {'brel ba rgyu mtshan du byas nas btags pa'i ming /} nominal name because of relationship, e.g. calling sunrays the sun.elationship, e.g. calling sunrays the sun.)
• 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/2502  + (A. Souvenir. B. Brain and heart, the location of mind. C. object of meditation.)
• 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/2049  + (Alternative dissimilar factor. That which is a dissimilar factor, yet shows a common basis with the predicate in a logical syllogism.)
• 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/2659  + (Clear and lucid understanding; articulated meaning or sound; solid and vivid appearance of the object of meditation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1483  + (Collective karma; common karma, e.g. karma of a society or locality.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/208  + (Complementary fire-[pūja]. A commitment of performing the rite of fire-[pūja] at the conclusion of a retreat on a particular deity in order to purify the omissions and commissions one may have made in the course of meditation on that deity.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/481  + (Complete fulfillment of the thought. One o … Complete fulfillment of the thought. One of the four objects of pervasion (see {khyab pa'i dmigs pa bzhi}). The experience of self-transformation from this impure body to a pure body as a result of repeated training of complete attention and familiarity with the chosen object of calm-abiding (zhi-gnas) and pene ative insight (lhag-mthong) meditation.ne ative insight (lhag-mthong) meditation.)
• 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/590  + (Concentration on sound. One of the four ty … Concentration on sound. One of the four types of recitation of mantra in meditation (see {bzlas brjod yan lag bzhi}). The practice of reciting the mantra according to performance tantra. This involves concentrating on the mantric syllables visualized upon a moon disk as self-resounding.lized upon a moon disk as self-resounding.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/559  + (Continual fixation. The second of the nine stages of mental fixation or placement (see {sems gnas dgu}) in the practice of mental quiescence meditation; the stage at which one increases one's attention on the object of meditation.)
• 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/2520  + (Eight classes of individual liberation vows (see {so thar rigs bdun} 1-7)\n8. {bsnyen gnas kyi sdom pa/} one day ordination vows.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/538  + (Eight great festivals connected with Buddh … Eight great festivals connected with Buddha [ṡākyamuni].\n1. {lha las babs pa/} His descent from Tusita heaven\n2. {lhums su zhugs pa/} His entenng of mother's womb\n3. {sku bltams pa/} His birth\n4. {rab tung byung ba/} His renunciation of worldly life and becoming a monk 5 {sangs rgyas pa/} His attainment of complete enlightenment\n6. {chos 'khor bskor ba/} His turning the wheel of doctrine\n7. {cho 'phrul bstan pa/} His performance of miracles\n8. {mya ngan las 'das ba/} His passing into [parinirvāṇa]. 'das ba/} His passing into [parinirvāṇa].)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2362  + (Eleven topics that characterize the knowle … Eleven topics that characterize the knowledge of the paths.\n1. {lam shes kyi yan lag} limbs of the path wisdom (see {lam shes kyi yan lag})\n2. {nyan thos kyi lam shes pa'i lam shes/} the path wisdom that understands the Hearer's path\n3. {rang rgyal gyi lam shes pa'i lam shes/} the path wisdom that understands the Solitary Realizer's path\n4. {phan yon can gyi mthongalam/} the beneficial [mahāyāna] path of seeing\n5. {sgom lam gyi byed pa/} the function of the path of meditation\n6. {mos pa sgom lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of belief\n7. {bstod bkur bsngags gsum gyi sgom lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of praise, exhortation and eulogy\n8. {bsngo ba sgom lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of dedication\n9. {rjes su yi rang sgom lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of meditation of rejoicing\n10. {sgrub pa sgom lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of meditation of achievement\n11. {rnam dag lam lam/} the [mahāyāna] path of complete purity./} the [mahāyāna] path of complete purity.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2042  + (Entering, abiding and dissolution. The three-fold tantric practice of causing the energy winds to enter, abide and dissolve into the central channel through meditation.)