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	(Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends [[Duality]]. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>		(Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends [[Duality]]. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>
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			*[[Absolute truth]] — [[don dam]], the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs that can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6

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	[['gog bden gnyis]] - the two truths of cessation [the symbolic truth of cessation and the [[Absolute truth]] of cessation. By the worldly path weakening the seeds is that which is cessation. By the prajna of the noble ones having completely conquered those seeds is that which is cessation. Though for a sentient being there is mere abandonment, by eradicating the seeds, the truth of cessation is without btags pa ba.] [IW]		[['gog bden gnyis]] - the two truths of cessation [the symbolic truth of cessation and the [[Absolute truth]] of cessation. By the worldly path weakening the seeds is that which is cessation. By the prajna of the noble ones having completely conquered those seeds is that which is cessation. Though for a sentient being there is mere abandonment, by eradicating the seeds, the truth of cessation is without btags pa ba.] [IW]

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	~~#redirect~~ [[~~Innate Wakefulness~~]]		[[Absolute truth]] (Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>
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			(Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends [[Duality]]. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>
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			[['gog bden gnyis]] - the two truths of cessation [the symbolic truth of cessation and the [[Absolute truth]] of cessation. By the worldly path weakening the seeds is that which is cessation. By the prajna of the noble ones having completely conquered those seeds is that which is cessation. Though for a sentient being there is mere abandonment, by eradicating the seeds, the truth of cessation is without btags pa ba.] [IW]

			[[nges don]] - {[[nges pa'i don]]} definitive meaning. real meaning, the supreme consummation, real sense, ''absolute truth'', ultimate meaning, nitartha; truth. See also {[[drang don]]} [RY]

			[[nges don du]] - according to the definitive [''absolute truth''] [RY]

			[[rtogs par bya ba]] - {don dam pa ni dad pas rtogs par bya ba yin no} It is through faith that ''absolute truth'' is realized. [RY]

			[[bltos med gyi bden don]] - ''absolute truth'' [IW]

			[[tha ma nges pa don gyi chos]] - the final teachings on ''absolute truth'' / the definitive meaning [Syn {[[bka' tha ma]]}] [RY]

			[[dam pa'i don ni grub pa]] - the ''absolute truth'' is what is established [IW]

			[[de kho na nyid]] - the real, [[Suchness]], the way things are, [[Emptiness]], [[Thusness]], the natural state, [[dharmata]], [[dharmadhatu]], That, that very same, thatness, reality, reality, what actually is, the real thing (it does not always mean the [[Absolute truth]], it can also be [[Relative truth]]. There is conventional [[Suchness]] and [[absolute]] suchness it can be abbreviated by {[[de nyid]]} [IW]

			[[don dam]] - 1) ultimate, [[absolute]], 'true meaning'; ultimate [truth], ''absolute truth'', ultimate reality; {don dam bden pa}. 2) the exact state of the case, the real / true / ultimate meaning [RY]

			[[don dam dkor bdun]] - the 7-fold absolute Nyingma mantra, maha yoga view, in ''absolute truth'' the nature of all [[dharmas]] is the secret treasury of all the Tathagatas, the [['bras chos lnga]] + [[dbyings]] + [[ye shes]] [IW]

			[[don dam gyi bden pa]] - ultimate truth, ''absolute truth'', "truth of sublime meaning", ultimate level of truth [RY]

			[[don dam gyi bden pa]] - ultimate/ ''absolute truth'', truth of sublime meaning [IW]

			[[don dam rtogs pa'i shes rab]] - the wisdom which realises ''absolute truth''. [RY]

			[[don dam bden pa]] - ultimate truth [paramaartha-satya] ''absolute truth'', ultimate truth. essence or literal meaning of the ''absolute truth''; ultimate reality [RY]

			[[don dam rnam par nges pa]] - fully realizing the ultimate, [- Syn {[[bka' tha ma]]}; doctrine of ''absolute truth'' [RY]

			[[don dam pa]] - ultimate, ''absolute truth'', be ultimately true [IW]

			[[don dam pa ngo bo nyid med pa nyid]] - 1) the essencelessness/ non-entity of ''absolute truth'' [dharmas of perfect establishment, above every thread, the variegated rope and snake both do not exist so in the absolute [[rang gi mtshan nyid]] do not exist, among the {[[ngo bo nyid med pa gsum]]} 2) - the essencelessness/ non-entity of absolute truth [IW]

			[[don dam pa bden pa]] - ultimate/ ''absolute truth'' [IW]

			[[don dam pa'i rtogs tshul]] - realized the ''absolute truth'' [RY]

			[[don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ultimate truth; ''absolute truth'', ultimate level of truth [RY]

			[[don dam pa'i bden pa'i yul can]] - the perceiver of ''absolute truth'' [IW]

			[[dor ba med pa stong pa nyid]] - [[Emptiness]] of rejecting [one of the [[stong pa nyid bcu drug]], there is no establishment in ''absolute truth'' of any nature of [[dharmas]] to be rejected or renounced] [IW]

			[[gnas lugs don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ''absolute truth'' of the natural state [IW]

			[[rnam grangs don dam bden pa]] - ''absolute truth'' of enumeration [RY]

			[[blo 'das do dam bde pa]] - ''absolute truth'' transcending mind [IW]

			[[dbyings don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ultimate/''absolute truth'' of [[dharmadhatu]] [IW]

			[[yongs grub]] - def {btags yod kyi dgag bya kun brtags kyis stong pa'i 'dus ma byas/ gzung 'dzin gnyis stong gi shes pa rnam par mi rtog pa rnam par dag pa'i dmigs pa de las gzhan du med par yongs su grub pa'o, yongs su grub pa} the absolute, corresponds to ''absolute truth'', [[absolute]], 'fully established'. consummate, established reality, established phenomena, full presence, ultimate cognition of reality, brought to perfection, fully established, the ideally absolute, totally real, perfected, thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established [esp. in context of {[[mtshan nyid gsum]]}. full presence, thoroughly established. {[[yongs su grub pa]]} the absolute, corresponds to ''absolute truth'', ultimate cognition of reality, brought to perfection, totally real, perfected, thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established, esp. in context of {[[mtshan nyid gsum]]}. fully established, {gdod ma'i don dam chos thams cad kyi chos nyid} {rang rig rang gsal spros pa thams cad dang bral ba de yin te/ chos nyid dang chos dbyings dang/ de bzhin nyid dang/ don dam pa rnams ming gi rnam grangs so} the absolute; {don dam par yod pa ste rnam par mi rtog pa'i yul yin pa'i phyir ro} thoroughly established [RY]

			[[rang rig]] - one's own insight; 1) self awareness; aware of oneself; 2) self consciousness (according to [[Chittamatra]]), [svasamvedana]; self-cognizing (intrinsic) awareness; [lit.] your mind, inherent cognizance. [one's] self-cognizance. 1) self-known, self-aware, natural awareness, intrinsic awareness, apperception. 2) abr. of {[[rang byung rig pa]]} self-existing insight. 3) self knower, proprioceptive, self-consciousness [apperceptive], self-knower, one's mind, one's own insight, insight, my own mind. 4) the ''absolute truth'' in Y. comp. {[[rang gi rig pa]]}; self-existing awareness [RY]

			[[rang rig]] - proprioceptive, intrinsic/ natural awareness, self-knower/ cognizance/-known/ -aware/ -existing insight, apperception[ive [self-consciousness], [my/ your/ 1's own] mind/ insight, ''absolute truth'', inherent cognizance TSE [IW]

			[[so so rang gi rig pa'i ye shes]] - discriminating awareness wisdom, also {so so rang dge ye shes} believed to exist in ''absolute truth'' by {[[sems tsam]]} [RY]

			[[lhag pa'i don dam]] - superior [[Absolute truth]] [JV]


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	[[Absolute truth]] (Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>		#redirect [[Innate Wakefulness]]
	~~<br>~~
	(Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends [[Duality]]. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>
	~~<br>~~
	[['gog bden gnyis]] - the two truths of cessation [the symbolic truth of cessation and the [[Absolute truth]] of cessation. By the worldly path weakening the seeds is that which is cessation. By the prajna of the noble ones having completely conquered those seeds is that which is cessation. Though for a sentient being there is mere abandonment, by eradicating the seeds, the truth of cessation is without btags pa ba.] [IW]

	~~[[nges don]] - {[[nges pa'i don]]} definitive meaning. real meaning, the supreme consummation, real sense, ''absolute truth'', ultimate meaning, nitartha; truth. See also {[[drang don]]} [RY]~~

	~~[[nges don du]] - according to the definitive [''absolute truth''] [RY]~~

	~~[[rtogs par bya ba]] - {don dam pa ni dad pas rtogs par bya ba yin no} It is through faith that ''absolute truth'' is realized. [RY]~~

	~~[[bltos med gyi bden don]] - ''absolute truth'' [IW]~~

	~~[[tha ma nges pa don gyi chos]] - the final teachings on ''absolute truth'' / the definitive meaning [Syn {[[bka' tha ma]]}] [RY]~~

	~~[[dam pa'i don ni grub pa]] - the ''absolute truth'' is what is established [IW]~~

	[[de kho na nyid]] - the real, [[Suchness]], the way things are, [[Emptiness]], [[Thusness]], the natural state, [[dharmata]], [[dharmadhatu]], That, that very same, thatness, reality, reality, what actually is, the real thing (it does not always mean the [[Absolute truth]], it can also be [[Relative truth]]. There is conventional [[Suchness]] and [[absolute]] suchness it can be abbreviated by {[[de nyid]]} [IW]

	[[don dam]] - 1) ultimate, [[absolute]], 'true meaning'; ultimate [truth], ''absolute truth'', ultimate reality; {don dam bden pa}. 2) the exact state of the case, the real / true / ultimate meaning [RY]

	[[don dam dkor bdun]] - the 7-fold absolute Nyingma mantra, maha yoga view, in ''absolute truth'' the nature of all [[dharmas]] is the secret treasury of all the Tathagatas, the [['bras chos lnga]] + [[dbyings]] + [[ye shes]] [IW]

	~~[[don dam gyi bden pa]] - ultimate truth, ''absolute truth'', "truth of sublime meaning", ultimate level of truth [RY]~~

	~~[[don dam gyi bden pa]] - ultimate/ ''absolute truth'', truth of sublime meaning [IW]~~

	~~[[don dam rtogs pa'i shes rab]] - the wisdom which realises ''absolute truth''. [RY]~~

	[[don dam bden pa]] - ''absolute truth'' [one of the two truths, Vaibhashika: whatever bcom pa or blos cha shas so sor bsal ba na rang 'dzin gyi blo 'dor du mi rung ba'i chos cha med gnyis dang, [[Sautrantikas]]: sgra rtog gis btags par ma ltos par rang gi sdod lugs kyi ngos nas rigs pas dpyad bzod du grub pa'i chos rang mtsan; [[Mind-only]]: don dam dpyod byed kyi rig shes tshad mas rnyed don yongs grub kyi chos, [[Madhyamaka]]: rang mngon sum du rtogs pa'i perceptual pramana rang nyid gnyis snang nub pa'i [IW]

	~~[[don dam bden pa]] - ultimate truth [paramaartha-satya] ''absolute truth'', ultimate truth. essence or literal meaning of the ''absolute truth''; ultimate reality [RY]~~

	~~[[don dam rnam par nges pa]] - fully realizing the ultimate, [- Syn {[[bka' tha ma]]}; doctrine of ''absolute truth'' [RY]~~

	~~[[don dam pa]] - ultimate, ''absolute truth'', be ultimately true [IW]~~

	[[don dam pa ngo bo nyid med pa nyid]] - 1) the essencelessness/ non-entity of ''absolute truth'' [dharmas of perfect establishment, above every thread, the variegated rope and snake both do not exist so in the absolute [[rang gi mtshan nyid]] do not exist, among the {[[ngo bo nyid med pa gsum]]} 2) - the essencelessness/ non-entity of absolute truth [IW]

	~~[[don dam pa bden pa]] - ultimate/ ''absolute truth'' [IW]~~

	~~[[don dam pa'i rtogs tshul]] - realized the ''absolute truth'' [RY]~~

	~~[[don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ultimate truth; ''absolute truth'', ultimate level of truth [RY]~~

	~~[[don dam pa'i bden pa'i yul can]] - the perceiver of ''absolute truth'' [IW]~~

	[[dor ba med pa stong pa nyid]] - [[Emptiness]] of rejecting [one of the [[stong pa nyid bcu drug]], there is no establishment in ''absolute truth'' of any nature of [[dharmas]] to be rejected or renounced] [IW]

	~~[[gnas lugs don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ''absolute truth'' of the natural state [IW]~~

	~~[[rnam grangs don dam bden pa]] - ''absolute truth'' of enumeration [RY]~~

	~~[[blo 'das do dam bde pa]] - ''absolute truth'' transcending mind [IW]~~

	~~[[dbyings don dam pa'i bden pa]] - ultimate/''absolute truth'' of [[dharmadhatu]] [IW]~~

	[[yongs grub]] - def {btags yod kyi dgag bya kun brtags kyis stong pa'i 'dus ma byas/ gzung 'dzin gnyis stong gi shes pa rnam par mi rtog pa rnam par dag pa'i dmigs pa de las gzhan du med par yongs su grub pa'o, yongs su grub pa} the absolute, corresponds to ''absolute truth'', [[absolute]], 'fully established'. consummate, established reality, established phenomena, full presence, ultimate cognition of reality, brought to perfection, fully established, the ideally absolute, totally real, perfected, thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established [esp. in context of {[[mtshan nyid gsum]]}. full presence, thoroughly established. {[[yongs su grub pa]]} the absolute, corresponds to ''absolute truth'', ultimate cognition of reality, brought to perfection, totally real, perfected, thoroughly established phenomena, thoroughly established, esp. in context of {[[mtshan nyid gsum]]}. fully established, {gdod ma'i don dam chos thams cad kyi chos nyid} {rang rig rang gsal spros pa thams cad dang bral ba de yin te/ chos nyid dang chos dbyings dang/ de bzhin nyid dang/ don dam pa rnams ming gi rnam grangs so} the absolute; {don dam par yod pa ste rnam par mi rtog pa'i yul yin pa'i phyir ro} thoroughly established [RY]

	[[rang rig]] - one's own insight; 1) self awareness; aware of oneself; 2) self consciousness (according to [[Chittamatra]]), [svasamvedana]; self-cognizing (intrinsic) awareness; [lit.] your mind, inherent cognizance. [one's] self-cognizance. 1) self-known, self-aware, natural awareness, intrinsic awareness, apperception. 2) abr. of {[[rang byung rig pa]]} self-existing insight. 3) self knower, proprioceptive, self-consciousness [apperceptive], self-knower, one's mind, one's own insight, insight, my own mind. 4) the ''absolute truth'' in Y. comp. {[[rang gi rig pa]]}; self-existing awareness [RY]

	[[rang rig]] - proprioceptive, intrinsic/ natural awareness, self-knower/ cognizance/-known/ -aware/ -existing insight, apperception[ive [self-consciousness], [my/ your/ 1's own] mind/ insight, ''absolute truth'', inherent cognizance TSE [IW]

	~~[[so so rang gi rig pa'i ye shes]] - discriminating awareness wisdom, also {so so rang dge ye shes} believed to exist in ''absolute truth'' by {[[sems tsam]]} [RY]~~

	~~[[lhag pa'i don dam]] - superior [[Absolute truth]] [JV]~~


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-[[kun gzhi]] - [[Alaya]] - [[All-ground]]. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with [[Buddha Nature]] or [[Dharmakaya]], the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the '[[ignorant all-ground]],' it refers to a neutral state of [[dualistic mind]] that has not been embraced by ''innate wakefulness'' and thus is the basis for samsaric experience [RY]
+[[Absolute truth]] (Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]<br>
-[[chos nyid 'od gsal]] - Luminous [[dharmata]]. The ''innate wakefulness'' that is the nature of mind of all sentient beings [RY]
+[[nges don]] - {[[nges pa'i don]]} definitive meaning. real meaning, the supreme consummation, real sense, ''absolute truth'', ultimate meaning, nitartha; truth. See also {[[drang don]]} [RY]
-[[pad ma 'byung gnas]] - In his Pond of White Lotus Flowers (p. 19-20) Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal explains that [[Padmasambhava]] was predicted in the Tantra of the Perfect Embodiment of the Unexcelled Nature, "Eight years after I pass into [[Nirvana]], I shall reappear in the country of Uddiyana by the name Padmasambhava and be the lord of the teachings of [[Secret Mantra]]." Following this prophesy, Padmasambhava appeared in this world in the following way: The fully perfected [[Buddha Amitabha]], sovereign of the vajra speech of all the [[buddhas of the three times]], resides in an immense celestial palace composed of the self-display of innate wakefulness in the center of the pure realm of [[Sukhavati]]. Inseparable from the luminous [[Dharmakaya]] essence of Amitabha's mind, Padmasambhava is an unceasing miraculous display of the natural expression of compassionate energy, a manifestation of outer, inner and secret emanations that appear according to the countless beings to be influenced and to accomplish their welfare. In particular, in this world Padmasambhava appeared as the regent of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] by taking birth from a lotus flower in [[Lake Danakosha]]. Through the miraculous display of his amazing deeds he was equivalent to a second buddha for Buddhism in both India and Tibet. On the relative level, in Maratika he appeared to realize the [[Vidyadhara]] level of life mastery, the unified stage of the path of training, the [[Realization]] of which is equal to that of a [[Bodhisattva]] on the eighth level (SA [[bhumis]]) according to the causal vehicles. In the Cave of Yangleshö he acted as if reaching the Mahamudra level of the path of cultivation by the [[samadhi]] that illuminates the wisdom mandala of the nine divinities of Vishuddha and thus attained a state of realization corresponding to that of a bodhisattva on the tenth level according to the causal vehicles. In fact, his state of realization is indivisible from that of the [[buddhas of the three times]] and possesses the nature of wondrous manifestations that surpass the boundary of ordinary thought [RY]
+[[nges don du]] - according to the definitive [''absolute truth''] [RY]
-[[byang sems]] - [[byang chub kyi sems]] - [[Bodhichitta]]. 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.' 1) The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of [[Dzogchen]], the ''innate wakefulness'' of awakened mind; synonymous with [[nondual awareness]] [RY]
+[[rtogs par bya ba]] - {don dam pa ni dad pas rtogs par bya ba yin no} It is through faith that ''absolute truth'' is realized. [RY]
-[[bzo med]] - Nonfabrication. The key point in the training of Mahamudra and Dzogchen; that innate wakefulness is not created through intellectual effort [RY]
+[[bltos med gyi bden don]] - ''absolute truth'' [IW]
-[[ye shes 'od gsal ba'i dgongs pa]] - luminous realization of innate wakefulness [RY]
+[[tha ma nges pa don gyi chos]] - the final teachings on ''absolute truth'' / the definitive meaning [Syn {[[bka' tha ma]]}] [RY]
-[[rang gnas kyi ye shes]] - innate wakefulness, wisdom exists within [one] [RY]
+[[dam pa'i don ni grub pa]] - the ''absolute truth'' is what is established [IW]
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	[[chos nyid 'od gsal]] - Luminous [[dharmata]]. The ''innate wakefulness'' that is the nature of mind of all sentient beings [RY]		[[chos nyid 'od gsal]] - Luminous [[dharmata]]. The ''innate wakefulness'' that is the nature of mind of all sentient beings [RY]

	[[pad ma 'byung gnas]] - In his Pond of White Lotus Flowers (p. 19-20) Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal explains that [[Padmasambhava]] was predicted in the Tantra of the Perfect Embodiment of the Unexcelled Nature, "Eight years after I pass into [[Nirvana]], I shall reappear in the country of Uddiyana by the name Padmasambhava and be the lord of the teachings of [[Secret Mantra]]." Following this prophesy, Padmasambhava appeared in this world in the following way: The fully perfected [[Buddha Amitabha]], sovereign of the vajra speech of all the buddhas of the three times, resides in an immense celestial palace composed of the self-display of innate wakefulness in the center of the pure realm of [[Sukhavati]]. Inseparable from the luminous [[Dharmakaya]] essence of Amitabha's mind, Padmasambhava is an unceasing miraculous display of the natural expression of compassionate energy, a manifestation of outer, inner and secret emanations that appear according to the countless beings to be influenced and to accomplish their welfare. In particular, in this world Padmasambhava appeared as the regent of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] by taking birth from a lotus flower in [[Lake Danakosha]]. Through the miraculous display of his amazing deeds he was equivalent to a second buddha for Buddhism in both India and Tibet. On the relative level, in Maratika he appeared to realize the [[Vidyadhara]] level of life mastery, the unified stage of the path of training, the [[Realization]] of which is equal to that of a [[Bodhisattva]] on the eighth level (SA [[bhumis]]) according to the causal vehicles. In the Cave of Yangleshö he acted as if reaching the Mahamudra level of the path of cultivation by the [[samadhi]] that illuminates the wisdom mandala of the nine divinities of Vishuddha and thus attained a state of realization corresponding to that of a bodhisattva on the tenth level according to the causal vehicles. In fact, his state of realization is indivisible from that of the [[buddhas of the three times]] and possesses the nature of wondrous manifestations that surpass the boundary of ordinary thought [RY]		[[pad ma 'byung gnas]] - In his Pond of White Lotus Flowers (p. 19-20) Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal explains that [[Padmasambhava]] was predicted in the Tantra of the Perfect Embodiment of the Unexcelled Nature, "Eight years after I pass into [[Nirvana]], I shall reappear in the country of Uddiyana by the name Padmasambhava and be the lord of the teachings of [[Secret Mantra]]." Following this prophesy, Padmasambhava appeared in this world in the following way: The fully perfected [[Buddha Amitabha]], sovereign of the vajra speech of all the [[buddhas of the three times]], resides in an immense celestial palace composed of the self-display of innate wakefulness in the center of the pure realm of [[Sukhavati]]. Inseparable from the luminous [[Dharmakaya]] essence of Amitabha's mind, Padmasambhava is an unceasing miraculous display of the natural expression of compassionate energy, a manifestation of outer, inner and secret emanations that appear according to the countless beings to be influenced and to accomplish their welfare. In particular, in this world Padmasambhava appeared as the regent of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] by taking birth from a lotus flower in [[Lake Danakosha]]. Through the miraculous display of his amazing deeds he was equivalent to a second buddha for Buddhism in both India and Tibet. On the relative level, in Maratika he appeared to realize the [[Vidyadhara]] level of life mastery, the unified stage of the path of training, the [[Realization]] of which is equal to that of a [[Bodhisattva]] on the eighth level (SA [[bhumis]]) according to the causal vehicles. In the Cave of Yangleshö he acted as if reaching the Mahamudra level of the path of cultivation by the [[samadhi]] that illuminates the wisdom mandala of the nine divinities of Vishuddha and thus attained a state of realization corresponding to that of a bodhisattva on the tenth level according to the causal vehicles. In fact, his state of realization is indivisible from that of the [[buddhas of the three times]] and possesses the nature of wondrous manifestations that surpass the boundary of ordinary thought [RY]

	[[byang sems]] - [[byang chub kyi sems]] - [[Bodhichitta]]. 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.' 1) The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of [[Dzogchen]], the ''innate wakefulness'' of awakened mind; synonymous with [[nondual awareness]] [RY]		[[byang sems]] - [[byang chub kyi sems]] - [[Bodhichitta]]. 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.' 1) The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of [[Dzogchen]], the ''innate wakefulness'' of awakened mind; synonymous with [[nondual awareness]] [RY]

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	[[~~Absolute truth~~]] ~~(Tib.~~ [[~~don dam bden pa~~]]): the ~~ultimate nature~~ of ~~the~~ mind and the ~~true status~~ of all phenomena, the state ~~beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only~~ by ~~primordial wisdom~~ and ~~in a manner that transcends duality. The way things are from~~ the ~~point of view of realized beings.~~ [MR]		[[kun gzhi]] - [[Alaya]] - [[All-ground]]. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with [[Buddha Nature]] or [[Dharmakaya]], the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the '[[ignorant all-ground]],' it refers to a neutral state of [[dualistic mind]] that has not been embraced by ''innate wakefulness'' and thus is the basis for samsaric experience [RY]

			[[chos nyid 'od gsal]] - Luminous [[dharmata]]. The ''innate wakefulness'' that is the nature of mind of all sentient beings [RY]

			[[pad ma 'byung gnas]] - In his Pond of White Lotus Flowers (p. 19-20) Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal explains that [[Padmasambhava]] was predicted in the Tantra of the Perfect Embodiment of the Unexcelled Nature, "Eight years after I pass into [[Nirvana]], I shall reappear in the country of Uddiyana by the name Padmasambhava and be the lord of the teachings of [[Secret Mantra]]." Following this prophesy, Padmasambhava appeared in this world in the following way: The fully perfected [[Buddha Amitabha]], sovereign of the vajra speech of all the buddhas of the three times, resides in an immense celestial palace composed of the self-display of innate wakefulness in the center of the pure realm of [[Sukhavati]]. Inseparable from the luminous [[Dharmakaya]] essence of Amitabha's mind, Padmasambhava is an unceasing miraculous display of the natural expression of compassionate energy, a manifestation of outer, inner and secret emanations that appear according to the countless beings to be influenced and to accomplish their welfare. In particular, in this world Padmasambhava appeared as the regent of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] by taking birth from a lotus flower in [[Lake Danakosha]]. Through the miraculous display of his amazing deeds he was equivalent to a second buddha for Buddhism in both India and Tibet. On the relative level, in Maratika he appeared to realize the [[Vidyadhara]] level of life mastery, the unified stage of the path of training, the [[Realization]] of which is equal to that of a [[Bodhisattva]] on the eighth level (SA [[bhumis]]) according to the causal vehicles. In the Cave of Yangleshö he acted as if reaching the Mahamudra level of the path of cultivation by the [[samadhi]] that illuminates the wisdom mandala of the nine divinities of Vishuddha and thus attained a state of realization corresponding to that of a bodhisattva on the tenth level according to the causal vehicles. In fact, his state of realization is indivisible from that of the [[buddhas of the three times]] and possesses the nature of wondrous manifestations that surpass the boundary of ordinary thought [RY]

			[[byang sems]] - [[byang chub kyi sems]] - [[Bodhichitta]]. 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.' 1) The aspiration to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of [[Dzogchen]], the ''innate wakefulness'' of awakened mind; synonymous with [[nondual awareness]] [RY]

			[[bzo med]] - Nonfabrication. The key point in the training of Mahamudra and Dzogchen; that innate wakefulness is not created through intellectual effort [RY]

			[[ye shes 'od gsal ba'i dgongs pa]] - luminous realization of innate wakefulness [RY]

			[[rang gnas kyi ye shes]] - innate wakefulness, wisdom exists within [one] [RY]

			[[lam gyi ye shes]] - Path wisdom. The experience of innate wakefulness pointed out by one's master in which full stability has not been reached. Compare with fruition wisdom [RY]

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[[Absolute truth]] (Tib. [[don dam bden pa]]): the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. The way things are from the point of view of realized beings. [MR]

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