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[[mgon po tshe dpag med]] - Protector Amitayus Boundless Life [RY]
The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), founded in Sri Lanka in 1958, is an approved charity dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha. BPS publications represent the standpoint of Theravada Buddhism, the oldest living Buddhist tradition of which the Pali Canon gives the most authentic account of what the historical Buddha himself actually taught. In a span of four-and-a-half decades the BPS has become a major Buddhist publisher with hundreds of titles and a field of distribution extending to ninety countries.


[[sgyu 'phrul tshe dkar]] - Gyutrül Tsekar. One of the termas revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa which focuses on White Amitayus [RY]
[http://www.bps.lk/ website]


[[chos sku tshe dpag med]] - Dharmakaya Amitayus [RY]
The BPS is today one of the world's major publishers of literature on Buddhism, but its beginnings were small and simple and its eventual course of development totally unexpected by its founders. The birth of the Society goes back to late 1957, when Mr. A.S. Karunaratna, a devout Buddhist gentleman of Kandy, undertook to print a small booklet on Buddhism in English for free distribution in memory of a deceased relative. While the booklet was still in the press the idea occurred to him to start a series of such publications-small books paperbound and chiefly for distribution abroad. He discussed the project with a friend, Mr. Richard Abeyasekera, and with the German-born Buddhist monk Ven. Nyanaponika Thera. They received the suggestion enthusiastically, and without further formalities the new project was launched.


[['chi ba mthar byed]] - Maratika. The sacred place in eastern Nepal where Guru Rinpoche and Mandarava were blessed with immortal life by Buddha Amitayus [RY]


[['chi med rdo rje'i ting nge 'dzin]] - Immortal vajra samadhi. The indestructible composure of the Buddha of Limitless Life, Amitayus [RY]
[[Category:Buddhist Publishers]]
 
[[nye brgyud tshe rta zung 'brel 'chi med dpal gter]] - Amitayus and [[Hayagriva]] Combined, sadhana of, by Tangtong Gyalpo [RY]
 
[[spyod rgyud tshe dpag med]] - Amitayus according to Charya Tantra [RY]
 
([[bar chad kun sel kyi chos skor]]) - Here is a short introduction to the [[Barchey Künsel]] cycle: The Barchey Künsel is the [[heart essence]] of the accomplished master [[Padmasambhava]] who perceives the [[three times]] in their entirety. It is the quintessence of one billion heart sadhanas of the Guru, the most unique terma buried in the land of Tibet; and it is the first among the [[Four Cycles of Guru Sadhana]]. This [[Guru's Heart Practice, Dispeller of All Obstacles]] contains in completeness all the profound key points of the view, meditation and conduct of the [[Three Inner Tantras]]. It manifested from the secret treasury of the great wisdom, the vast realization of the Second Buddha of Uddiyana, as the self-existing natural vajra sounds in perfect melodious tones. Its expressions which are unmodified by the intellect of ordinary people, its words which are without delusion, and its meaning which is unmistaken, are exclusively due to the kindness of the three powerful knowledge-holders [Khyentse, Kongtrül, and Chokling], the great beings of the three families, who incarnated as masters to compile and propagate an ocean of secret teachings. It is exclusively through their kindness that this teaching was established in writing as the splendor of unending welfare and happiness for the disciples in the Land of Snow, and propagated to flourish everywhere. This pure and perfect teaching, which effortlessly bestows, in accordance with one's wishes, the all-encompassing supreme and common [[siddhi]]s, temporaily and ultimately, was an unprecedented diffusion of the gemstones of the profound meaning, like opening up for the treasury of the universal monarch. [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] About the Barchey Künsel practice, which is the first and most extensive of the [[Four Cycles of Guru Sadhana]], [[Jamgön Kongtrül]] says in his Seed of the Great Sal Tree: "Generally, for the basic descriptions of how to practice this, take the third chapter taught in the Sheldam Nyingjang as basis and apply them, following your teacher's oral advice, in the extensive, medium or short version, whichever is appropriate, and in accordance with the situation in terms of place, time, and type of person. Whether you begin with the [[development stage]] or [[completion stage]], first perform the general preliminaries of the fourfold mind-training and the four special preliminaries. For the main part, according to the system of Terchen [[Chokgyur Lingpa]], take Sheldam Nyingjang as basis, and first practice ''Dharmakaya Amitayus'' followed by the ''Lotus Magical Net of Sambhogakaya'', the Great Compassionate One [[Avalokiteshvara]]. After this, combine the extensive or medium version with the [[Nirmanakaya]] [[Padmasambhava]], whichever is suitable, and complete the set number [of recitations] for [[approach and accomplishment]]. Following that, it is necessary to perform successively the specific approaches, combining the twelve manifestations with Trinley Nyingpo, and complete the four activities and the four ancillary practices as well as the practice of the teaching guardians. According to the system of the omniscient master, Padma Ösel Do-Ngak Lingpa [ [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] ], perform, as the beginning of the main part, the single mudra according to the [[Gyüngyi Köljang]], the Daily Practice Manual, as 'approach'; the condensed outer mandala of [[Trinley Nyingpo]] as the 'full approach;' [[Trinley Dringpo]], the Medium Practice Manual, as 'accomplishment;' and [[Trinley Gyepa]], the Extensive Practice Manual, together with [[Dzapkyi Köljang]], the Recitation Manual, and so forth in a detailed way for the 'great accomplishment.' The [[samadhi]]s and [[visualization]]s for recitation of these should conform with the root text of the third chapter [of Sheldam Nyingjang]. Having properly performed the [[four aspects of approach and accomplishment]], perform then the 'specific practices' such as those for [[Dharmakaya]], [[Sambhogakaya]] and so forth, whichever is suitable. There is no difference between following either of these two systems since they both are lords of these profound teachings." [RY]
[[ma ra ti ka]] - Maratika. The sacred place in eastern Nepal where [[Guru Rinpoche]] was blessed with immortal life by Buddha Amitayus [RY]
 
[[tshe dkar]] - White Amitayus, {[[tshe dpag med dkar po]]} [RY]
 
[[tshe dkar sgrub skor]] - revealed by mchog gyur gling pa - gter ston, 1829-1870. Comprises texts from the rediscoveries of Chokgyur Lingpa, with liturgical notes by kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas and others. Collection of ritual texts to be recited to ensure longevity focusing upon a white form of Amitayus; from the liturgy of the Nyingmapa sect [RY]
 
[[tshe skor]] - set of teachings connected to Amitayus etc [RY]
 
[[tshe rta zung 'brel]] - Sadhana of Amitayus and [[Hayagriva]] Combined [RY]
 
[[tshe rta zung 'brel]] - Amitayus and hayagriva conjoined [IW]
 
[[tshe rta zung 'brel]] - Amitayus and [[Hayagriva]] conjoined [RY]
 
[[tshe mdo]] - the Amitayus Sutra [RY]
 
[[tshe dpag med]] - Boundless life, Amitayus [IW]
 
[[tshe dpag med]] - [[Amitayus]], the Buddha of Boundless Life [RY]
 
[[tshe dpag med]] - [[Amitayus]] [name of Buddha]. Boundless Life, Amitayus / Buddha of Boundless Light associated with the long-life initiation / [[sambhogakaya]] aspect of [[Amitabha]], spiritual source from which [[Avalokiteshvara]] emanates [RY]
 
[[tshe dpag med]] - Amitayus [RY]
 
[[tshe dpag med mgon]] - Protector Amitayus [RY]
 
[[tshe dpag med pa]] - Skt. Amitayus - Boundless Life. 1) Buddha Amitayus. 2) A Mahayana sutra [RY]
 
[[tshe gzungs]] - Amitayus Dharani [RY]
 
[[tshe lung]] - reading transmission for Amitayus mantra [RY]
 
[[tshe lha rnam gsum]] - the three deities of longevity: Amitayus, White Tara, and Namgyalma [RY]
 
 
 
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The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), founded in Sri Lanka in 1958, is an approved charity dedicated to making known the teaching of the Buddha. BPS publications represent the standpoint of Theravada Buddhism, the oldest living Buddhist tradition of which the Pali Canon gives the most authentic account of what the historical Buddha himself actually taught. In a span of four-and-a-half decades the BPS has become a major Buddhist publisher with hundreds of titles and a field of distribution extending to ninety countries.

website

The BPS is today one of the world's major publishers of literature on Buddhism, but its beginnings were small and simple and its eventual course of development totally unexpected by its founders. The birth of the Society goes back to late 1957, when Mr. A.S. Karunaratna, a devout Buddhist gentleman of Kandy, undertook to print a small booklet on Buddhism in English for free distribution in memory of a deceased relative. While the booklet was still in the press the idea occurred to him to start a series of such publications-small books paperbound and chiefly for distribution abroad. He discussed the project with a friend, Mr. Richard Abeyasekera, and with the German-born Buddhist monk Ven. Nyanaponika Thera. They received the suggestion enthusiastically, and without further formalities the new project was launched.

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