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- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2373 + ([āgama]/ Reading transmission. A discourse … [āgama]/ Reading transmission. A discourse in which a text is thoroughiy read to the disciples in order to transmit the oral tradition to the disciples. This then authorizes a disciple to read, contemplate and meditate on that particular cycle of teachings.ate on that particular cycle of teachings.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/29 + ([ānanda]; one of the twelve close disciple … [ānanda]; one of the twelve close disciples of Buddha [ṡakyamuni] known for his knowledge of scriptures. He was second of the seven hierarchs (see {ston pa'i gtad rabs bdun}) after the passing away of Buddha and recited by heart the [sūtrapitaka] during the first council held at [rājagṛha]. He was also one of the main disciples who attended Buddha's teachings on the four tantras of medicine.teachings on the four tantras of medicine.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1578 + ([ārya Mahākās'yapa]. A close disciple of Buddha [ṡākyamuni] belonging to the Brahmin caste, he was the first patriach or successor of the Buddha and was responsible for reciting the Abhidharma teachings at the first Buddhist council.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1577 + ([ārya Upa li]. A close disciple of Buddha … [ārya Upa li]. A close disciple of Buddha [ṡākyamuni], and a\nbarber by caste and profession, who was renowned for his mastery of the Vinaya teachings. After Buddha [ṡākyamuni]'s passing away, he was responsible for reciting the Vinaya teachings at the first Buddhist council.a teachings at the first Buddhist council.)
- 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/1980 + ([ūṃākeṡa]/ Coiled hair, hair-treasure. A long coiled hair between the eyebrows of a Buddha; one of the thirty-two major marks of a Buddha (see {mtshan bzang po sum cu rtsa gnyis}).)
- 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/1204 + ([ṛṣi]/ A Sage (Rishi); Lit. 'the righteous one'. Ancient vedic masters and practitioners; [mahārṣi] is used as an epithet for Buddha.)
- 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/2406 + ([ṡariputra]/ One of the two principal attendents of Buddha [ṡākyamuni] known for his wisdom and intelligence.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2623 + ([ṡikṣāsammuccaya]/ Compendium of Precepts. An important work by Acarya Santideva compiled from [mahāyāna] teachings dealing with moralities, vows and precepts. This complements his A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life ({spyod 'jug}).)
- 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/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/919 + ([ṡrāvastī]/ The capital of the kingdom of Kosala, where Buddha [ṡākyamuni] passed 25 rainy seasons. It is called the place where Buddha defeated the Heterodox teachers through miracles.)
- 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/2100 + ([ṡuddhodana]/ King [ṡuddhodana]; the father of Buddha [ṡākyamuni].)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2407 + ([ṡākya]/ [ṡākya] tribe. Lit: the able one; name of an ancient Indian caste in which Buddha [ṡākyamuni] was born. Hence, he is known as the king of the [ṡākya].)
- 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/848 + ([ṣaḍ anusmṛtayaḥ]/ The six types of recoll … [ṣaḍ anusmṛtayaḥ]/ The six types of recollection. The six things to be constantly remembered by ali Buddhists. Recollection of:\n1. {bla ma rjes su dran pa/} [guru-anusmṛti]/ the spiritual master\n2. {sangs rgyas rjes su dran pa/} [buddhānusmṛti]/ the Buddha\n3. {chos rjes su dran pa/} [dharmānusmṛtм]/ the Dharma\n4. {dge 'dun rjes su dran pa/} [saṅghānusmṛti]/ the [saṅgha]\n5. {tshul khrims rjes su dran pa/} \n[] ṡīlānusmiṛti]/ moral-discipline\n6. {gtong ba rjes su dran pa/} [tyāgānusmṛti]/giving.a rjes su dran pa/} [tyāgānusmṛti]/giving.)
- 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/1217 + ([ṣaḍ vargika]/ The six close disciples of … [ṣaḍ vargika]/ The six close disciples of Buddha [ṡākyamuni],\nwho were punished by Buddha [ṡākyamuni] for their breach of disciplines.\n1. {dga' bo/} Nanda\n2. {nye dga' bo/} Upananda\n3. {'gro mabyogs/} [aṡvaka]\n4. {nabs so/} Punarvasu\n5. {'dun pa/} Chanda\n6. {'char ka/} [udāyi].{'dun pa/} Chanda\n6. {'char ka/} [udāyi].)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/2622 + ({bslab sdom/}\n[ṡikṣā ṡīla]/ The precepts and trainings; the vows of individual liberation, Bodhisattva and tantra.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1001 + (The transmission of insights. One of the two kinds of Buddha's teachings that comprises insights and realizations gained through practice of the trainings.)
- 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/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/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/15 + (A goddess of power called Rigje-ma ({rig byed ma}) common to Sakya's golden transmission lineage ({gser chos}).)
- 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/727 + (A leftover portion of food, squeezed between the fingers and offered to hungry ghosts; an after-meal rule of giving the remainders to spirits that Buddha has prescribed for monks and nuns.)
- 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/1497 + (A non-Buddhist by emanation. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have chosen to emanate as teachers of non-Buddhist philosophy in order to lead those beings not yet ripened to progress on the higher states of realizations.)
- 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/98 + (A. The collection of Buddhist canons, the teachings of Buddha and their commentaries by Indian master-scholars; the former consists of 108 volumes and the latter 225, varying slightly according to the edition. B. The collection of sacred scriptures.)
- 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/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/2299 + (Blessed sons and daughters; the customary way in which Buddha addressed his disciples.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1654 + (Blessed words of the Buddha; the teaching given through the force of Buddha's blessings although not spoken by him. There can be the blessings of body, speech and mind, e.g. the Heart [sūtra] is a discourse of the Buddha blessed by his mind.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/732 + (Bodhimind like a flowing river. The mind of enlightenment primarily in accord with the path within the mental continuum of a Buddha in his physical form.)
- Dictionaries/Tsepak Rigdzin/1643 + (Bodhisattva. Practitioner of the greater v … Bodhisattva. Practitioner of the greater vehicle teachings who has resolved to attain Buddhahood for the sake of ail sentient beings; also called the son of the Victorious Ones, more strictly, one who has at least attained the first path of the greater vehicle.ned the first path of the greater vehicle.)
- 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/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/312 + (Certainty of disciples. A feature of a sambhogakaya Buddha who only teaches to a circle of [ārya] Bodhisattva disciples.)
- 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/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/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.)