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• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/871  + ([ādityopaniacittotpāda]/ The sun-like bodhicitta. The mind of enlightenment associated with the perfection of power possessed by Bodhisattvas on the ninth level.)
• 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/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/68  + ([ālayavijñana]/ The foundational conscious … [ālayavijñana]/ The foundational consciousness; mind basis of all; one of the eight types of consciousnesses (see {rnam shes tsogs brgyad}) asserted by the Mind Only school of Buddhist philosophy; believed to be primary and the store-house of all mental imprints.nd the store-house of all mental imprints.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1606  + ([ānantaryamūrdhaprayoga]/ Uninterrupted peak training. The final moment of the Bodhisattva path that results in the\nimmediate attainment of Buddhahood. Synonymous with the wisdom of the last moment within the mental continuum of a Bodhisattva.)
• 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/2146  + ([ṡilpanirmāṇakāya]/ Artisan emanation. A form of incarnate Buddha's emanation as artisans and master-craftsman in order to tame beings.)
• 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/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/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/1048  + ([ṡāsana]/ Teaching; doctrine. Teachings sp … [ṡāsana]/ Teaching; doctrine. Teachings spoken by Buddha himself, or recorded into writing by later disciples in the form of commentaries. Technically, Buddha's teachings can be subsumed under two categories: the transmission of oral and recorded teachings (see- {lung gi bstan pa}) and the transmission of insights (see- {rtogs pa'i bstan pa}). of insights (see- {rtogs pa'i bstan pa}).)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1028  + ([ṡūnyā kalpa]/ The empty aeons. The twenty intermediate aeons after the destruction of this universe and the formation of the next during which sentient beings are born either in the formless or form realm.)
• 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/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/138  + ([ṣaḍ saṃpanna bhāga]/ The six fortunate po … [ṣaḍ saṃpanna bhāga]/ The six fortunate possessions; six excellent riches. Excellent:\n1. {dbangaphyug} [īṡvara saṃpanna bhāga]/ power and wealth\n2. {gzugs/} [rūpa saṃpanna bhāga]/ physical form\n3. {dpal/} [dhānya saṃpanna bhāga]/ glory\n4. {grags pa/} [kīrtī saṃpanna bhāga]/ fame or reputation\n5. {ye shes/} [jñāna saṃpanna bhāga]/ wisdom\n6. {brtson 'grus/} [vīrya saṃpanna bhāga]/ enthusiastic perseverance.aṃpanna bhāga]/ enthusiastic perseverance.)
• 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/2326  + ([ṣaṭ sparṡāḥ]/ Six types of contact; six types of touch through association with the six faculties: {mig gi 'dus te reg pa nas yid kyi 'dus te reg pa'i bar drug/} eye, nose, ear, tongue, body and mind.)
• 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/1187  + (The meaning clear light. The transformation of the basic clear light mind into its final form through meditation; a completion stage practice 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/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/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/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/1815  + (A person of three-fold qualities. Being able to speak, understand and having a sound mind.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1057  + (A person possessing five features. Accordi … A person possessing five features. According to the Vinaya\ntradition these are:\n1){mi yin pa/} being a person\n2){smra shes pa/} being able to speak\n3){don go ba/} being able to understand the meaning of a language\n4){shes pa rang bzhin du gnas pa/} being in possession of a sound mind\n5){ma ning sogs min pa/} being neither an eunuch nor a hermaphrodite.ing neither an eunuch nor a hermaphrodite.)
• 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/79  + (A treasure doctrine of the Nyingma tradition, mind-revelation of Rigzin Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798).)
• 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/2502  + (A. Souvenir. B. Brain and heart, the location of mind. C. object of meditation.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/30  + (A. Space B. Snake С. Mental factor or factors (see {kun 'gro lnga/}) that accompanies every instance of mind or mental activity.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2193  + (A. Text book. Treatises on Buddhist philosophy studied in each of the monastic universities that form their basic curriculum of religious study. B. Documents old or new.)
• 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/1296  + (A. The sensual objects: {gzugs sgra dri ro … A. The sensual objects: {gzugs sgra dri ro reg bya/} form, sound, smell, taste and touch.\nB. The five articles representing the five sensual objects {do dag so sor mtshon par byed pa'i mchod rdzas/}\n1. {me long /} mirror\n2. {pi wang /} guitar\n3. {dung chu/} conch-filled with water\n4. {sheng 'bras/} fruits\n5. {gos dar/} five silken scarves.fruits\n5. {gos dar/} five silken scarves.)
• 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/2048  + (Abandonments of harms to others along with … Abandonments of harms to others along with the basis. The\nnature of individual liberation vows; 'others', here refers to\nthe seven non-virtuous activities of body and speech that\ninflicts direct harm on others, and 'bases', here refers to the\ncauses of those non-virtues—the three non-virtues of mind. When a person holding individual liberation vows eliminates these with his or her mind conjoined with a sense of\nrenunciation, it becomes a fully characterized individual\nliberation vow (pratimoksa).d individual\nliberation vow (pratimoksa).)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2164  + (Actual clear light. The fully characterized clear light mind.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/518  + (Actualizing causes. Craving, grasping and … Actualizing causes. Craving, grasping and becoming are the actualizing causes in the twelve links of interdependent origination, for these are responsible for activating, at death, the seeds of karmic instinct implanted in one's mind which determine one's next rebirth.s mind which determine one's next rebirth.)
• Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/415  + (Adventitious defilement; incidental stains. Usually refers to all obscurations that temporarily obscure the pristine mind.)
• 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.)