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[[klong gsal]] - clarity expanse, luminous space, Tantra of the Brilliant Expanse, Clear Space text, Clarity of the Universe [JV]


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[[klong gsal mkha' 'gro]] - Dakinis of the Clarity of the Universe [JV]


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[[gsal stong rlung gi rnal 'byor rgya]] - The Yoga of Prana for Clarity and Emptiness (in volume one of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's klong gsal teachings) [JV]


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[[gsal lo]] - Clarity! [RY]


[[ka dag gting gsal chos kyi sku]] - 1) primordially pure dharmakaya of basic clarity. 2) dharmakaya, the fundamentally luminous primordial purity [RY]


[[Chökyi Nyima]]. Richard Barron [RY]
[[kun gsal]] - total clarity/ lucidity/ illumination [RB]


[[Chökyi Wangchuk, Shamar VI]]: 1584-c.1635 [MR]
[[kun gsal]] - total clarity, all-illuminating, sky, that is fully clear, illuminated, sun, all-clearer, to light up [JV]


[[Chokyong Gongdu]]. [RY]
[[kun gsal]] - that which is fully clear. poet. a) sky. b) sun. c) mirror. total clarity, all- illuminating, brilliant, "that which is fully dear." 1) the sky. 2) a mirror. 3) son [RY]


[[Choling]]. The first Choling Rinpoche, [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] 1829-1870. [Peter Roberts]
[[klong chen 'od gsal]] - luminous clarity of the universe [JV]


[[Chölung]] ([[chos lung]]) is located in [[Olka]] ([['ol kha]]), a hundred kilometers. west of Lhasa. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[klong gsal]] - clarity expanse, luminous space, Tantra of the Brilliant Expanse, Clear Space text, Clarity of the Universe [JV]


[[Chöpal Yeshe]] (Shamar III): 1406-1452 [MR]
[[klong gsal dgongs mdzod]] - treasure of the clarity expanse [JV]


[[Chowang Gyatsa]] ([[gcod dbang brgya rtsa]]). A collection of one hundred empowerments for the practice of '[[Chod]].' [RY]
[[bkra gsal le]] - with vivid clarity [RY]


[[Chöwang Tulku]] [LW1] [RY]
[[sku gsum]] - [[Three Kayas]]. [[Dharmakaya]], [[sambhogakaya]] and [[nirmanakaya]]. The three kayas as ground are 'essence, nature, and capacity'; as path they are 'bliss, clarity and nonthought,' and as fruition they are the 'three kayas of buddhahood.' The three kayas of buddhahood are the dharmakaya, which is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the 'twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;' the sambhogakaya, which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks perceptible only to bodhisattvas; and the nirmanakaya, which manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings [RY]


[[Chöying Dorje, Karmapa X]]: 1604-1674 [MR]
[[khams rmya ba]] - be tired, run down, feel ill/ mind's clarity impaired [IW]


[[Choyul]] ([[gcod yul]]). Synonymous with [[Chod]]. [RY]
[[khong gsal]] - inner light or clarity [JV]


[[Chözam]] ([[chos zam]]) is a small village. [[Dotsen]] ([[rdo mtshan]]), or "sexed stones," is so called because of large stones naturally shaped as the linga of [[Chakrasamvara]] and the bhaga of [[Vajravarahi]]. They were kept in the [[Dotsen Temple]] ([[rdo mtshan gtsug lag khang]]). Childless couples would come to circumambulate the temple and pray to be blessed with a child. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[ngang dvangs]] - inherent limpidness; ginnately unsullied/ limpid; isc. innate lucidity/ clarity [RB]


[[Chronicles of Padma]] ([[padma bka' thang]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[ngo bo]] - 1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic/ central/ essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature, vitalement, synthesis; 2) principle, existence, facticity, fact, faculty; 3) entity, fact of being, concerns, identity sm {dngos po}; 4) 1 of trio of the essence, natural expression and spirituality according to the great perfection, the essence [gd-mk]; 5) definition, main principle (6) similar to rang bzhin but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part whereas {rang bzhin} refers to the luminousity or clarity part (7) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, entity, identity of things, the buddha-body of reality book 1 [gd-mk] essential meaning [in textual introduction] [me gyi ngo bo - heat; me gyi rang bzhin - burning quality, the rang bzhin of dharmakaya is sambhogakaya] [IW]


[[Chu dbar sgrub sde]]: Initially a blooming retreat center of the Drigung tradtition, it was then turned to the Karma Khamtsang tradition by the 10th Karmapa who erected there a new large temple and a protectors' temple. Then at the 5th Dalai Lama's time it was turned to the Geluk tradition and renamed [[dga' ldan 'gro phan gling]]. Among the main relics found there are a statue of [[Jetsün Milarepa]] made by [[Rechungpa]] with clay mixed with Milarepa's funeral ashes and Milarepa's nose blood ([[pur thal]] and [[shang mtshal]]) ; an ivory statue of Milarepa made by Rechungpa, too; and a stone from Milarepa's cremation hearth, upon which the six-syllables of the mani mantra appeared miraculously. /[[brag dmar po mtho mchong lung]] [MR]
[[mngon]] - see, envision, observe, be[come] visible/ evident, show, manifest, display, expose, reveal, appear, apparent, manifestation, show, demonstrate, aspect of clarity/ manifestation in perception, before 1, directly present [IW]


[[Chubar Gonpa]] - The place where [[Jetsun Milarepa]] passed away, also known as the [[Retreat Center of Chubar]] ([[chu dbar sgrub sde]]). At one time a flourishing retreat center of the Drigung tradition, it was then converted to the Karma Kamtsang tradition by the Tenth Karmapa who erected there a large temple and a protectors' temple. Then in the fifth Dalai Lama's time, the monastery was converted to the Geluk tradition and renamed Ganden Drophen Ling (dga' ldan 'gro phan gling). [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[ci yang sa le]] - {[[ci yang sa le]] [[gzigs pa]]} - ''"you who see everything with perfect clarity"''. ([[RY]])


[[Chuchik Shel]] ([[bcu gcig shel gi dgon pa bde chen chos kyi pho brang]], lit. the "Dharma Palace of Great Bliss, the Crystal Monastery in Eleven," is thus called because of the "Crystal Monastery" located in the lower part of a valley named "Eleven." Crystals in the shape of deities, such as [[Chakrasamvara]], [[Guru Padmasambhava]] and the [[eight Bodhisattvas]], and of [[stupas]], [[conches]], [[vajra and bell]], etc.. are found in abundance on the boulders around the monastery. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[cir yang gsal]] - total clarity [JV]


[[Chumar Chungwa Ngawang Gedun Tashi Gyatso]] ([[chu dmar chung ba ngag dbang dge 'dun bkra shis rgya mtsho]]). Born in Shohong Lakha, he studied under both [[Geluk]] and [[Nyingma]] masters, such as [[Chöying Tobden Dorje]] ([[chos dbyings stobs ldan rdo rje]], c.1787-1848. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[chos sku gzhi'i 'od gsal]] - the [[Dharmakaya]] ground luminous clarity. Syn {gzhi gnas ma'i 'od gsal}, The ground-luminosity of dharmakaya, luminescent ground of the dharmakaya [RY]


[[Chusang Monastery]] ([[chu bzang]]) [[Ganden Mingyur Ling]] ([[dga' ldan mi 'gyur gling]]); near there in ba khog the big and small Thayenchi retreat places ([[tha yan chi che chung]]) founded by [[chu bzang rnam rgyal dpal 'byor]], 1578-1651. [MR]
[[chos dbyings 'od gsal stong pa]] - an all-encompassing void with luminous clarity [RY]


[[Chuwori]] ([[chu bo ri]]) [LW1] [RY]
[['jig rten pa'i bsam gtan]] - Mundane dhyana. A meditation state characterized by attachment, especially to bliss, clarity and nonthought, and lacking insight into the emptiness of a self-entity [RY]


[[Cittamatra]] ([[sems tsam pa]])- One of the four major schools of Buddhist philosophy, characterized by emphasis on mental events.  The [[Mind-Only]] School of [[Mahayana]], asserting the view that [[all phenomena]] are 'only' the appearances of 'mind.' [RY]
[[nyams gsum]] - the three meditation experiences (of bliss, clarity, and no thought) [RY]


[[City of Gandharvas]] {dri za'i grong khyer}. A curious phenomenon sometimes seen by people with visionary faculties: a city complete with buildings and inhabitants appears, and then disappears again without a trace, after a few days or just a few moments. [RY]
[[gting gsal]] - profound depth of clarity; gting nas gsal ba [RY]


[[Clarifying the Aspects of the Auspicious Melody]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gting gsal]] - profound clarity, profound depth of clarity [JV]


[[Clarity]] ([[gsal ba]]). See [['bliss, clarity and nonthought]].'[AL] [RY]
[[gting gsal chen po]] - the great basic clarity; the great depth of lucidity, the great basic clarity, brilliance [RY]


[[Clear Dharma-eye]]. The enlightened vision which clearly sees the four noble truths (for Hinayana), or the truth of the [[nonarising of dharmas]] (for [[Mahayana]]). In the [[Maha Ratnakuta Sutra]], this term mainly applies to [[Hinayana]]. [RY]
[[stong gsal]] - empty cognizance, empty luminosity, empty and cognizant, emptiness and cognizance, emptiness & clarity, empty yet lucid, empty and aware [JV]


[[Clear Mirror]] which is found in the second volume of [[Kagye Desheg Dupa]]. [RY]
[[stong gsal]] - emptiness and luminosity, empty brightness / clarity [RY]


[[Clear Words]] [commentary on Nagarjuna's Fundamental Treatise on the Middle Way]; Mulamadhyamaka-vrtti-prasannapada; ([[tshigs gsal ba]]); [[Chandrakirti]], 7th century. [PK] [RY]
[[stong gsal ka dag]] - original purity of emptiness & clarity [JV]


[[Clearing the Obstacles of the Path]] ([[bar chad lam sel]]). A supplication to [[Guru Rinpoche]]. [RY] (Light of Wisdom, vol. 1)
[[stong gsal dbyings]] - dimension of emptiness and clarity [JV]


[[Close approach]] ([[nye bar bsnyen pa]]). The second of the '[[four aspects of approach and accomplishment]]. [RY]
[[stong gsal rang dangs]] - natural clarity of empty luminosity [RY]


[[Cloud of Dharma]] ([[chos kyi sprin]]) [[bhumi]] The tenth of the [[ten bodhisattva levels]]. (Light of Wisdom, vol. 1) [RY]
[[stong gsal rang gdangs]] - natural clarity of empty luminosity [JV]


[[Cloud of Dharma Sutra]] ([[chos kyi sprin zhes bya ba'i mdo sde]]). [ZL] [RY]
[[dag gsal gnyen po gsum]] - purity, clarity and remedy [RY]


[[Cloud of Jewels Sutra]] ([[dkon mchog sprin gyi mdo]], Ratnamegha Sutra). [EMP] [RY]
[[dangs pa nyid]] - purity, clarity [IW]


[[Cloudless Light]] ([[sprin med 'od]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[dvangs]] - limpid clarity/ limpidity/ pristine(ness); isc. (discerning) clarity/ clear; isc. subtle (in compounds) [RB]


[[Coemergent]] ([[lhan cig skyes pa]]). Born together; coincidence of the nature of things (natural or innate.) born together; natural or innate. [The two aspects of [[mind, appearance and emptiness]], co-exist.  As is said: "Coemergent mind is [[dharmakaya]], coemergent [[appearance]] is the light of [[dharmakaya]]." [RY]
[[dwangs cha]] - clarity, brightness, purity [RY]


[[Coemergent appearance]] ([[snang ba lhan cig skyes pa]]). [RY]
[[dwangs ba]] - essence, clarity, brightness, purity [IW]


[[coemergent ignorance]] ([[lhan cig skyes pa'i ma rig pa]]) 1) as synonym for the [[all-ground]]; explanation as in [[Dzogchen]].  2) 'Coemergent' means arising together with or coexisting with one's mind, like sandalwood and its fragrance. 'Ignorance' here means lack of knowledge of the nature of mind; 3) in [[Mahamudra]] practice the deluded aspect, the moment of oblivion that allows confused thinking to occur.  4) Ignorance which is coemergent with our [[innate nature]] and remains present as the potential for confusion to arise when meeting with the right conditions.  5) The ignorance one is born with.  6)  The lack of knowledge of one's own nature. [RY]
[[dwangs gsal]] - clear, pure, transparent, transparent clarity, lucidity; subtly limpid and clear; subtle limpid clarity [RY]


[[Coemergent mind]] ([[sems nyid lhan cig skyes pa]]). [RY]
[[dvangs gsal]] - pristine lucidity [of awareness]; pristine clarity [of space]; pristine and lucid [RB]


[[Cognition]] ([[shes pa]]). [RY]
[[dwangs gsal rnyogs bral]] - purity, clarity and limpidity [JV]


[[cognition, ensuing cognition, acceptance and ensuing acceptance of the Dharma]] ([[chos rjes shes bzod]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[gdangs]] - radiance, lustre, (primordial, inner, natural) glow, self-radiance, (ultimate, subtle) clarity, resonance, creativity, actuality, lucid manifestation, incessant creativity, SA [[mdangs]], [[dwangs]], luminous nature, inner ultimate, subtle force, profundity, chant (slow & formal with syllables extended), manifestation, open tune, tone or pitch of one's voice, music, harmony, melody, forehead, the very nature of energy, capacity of energy to manifest its own nature just as a crystal which is put into a colored cloth reveals the qualities by which it is characterized, past of [[gdang]], primary energy of potentiality of manifestation, SA [[thugs rje]], translucency, primal manifestation of energy, [[dang]] energy [JV]


[[cognitive act]] ([[sems]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[bde gsal mi rtog]] - pleasure & clarity & non-thought , bliss & clarity & non-thought [JV]


[[cognitive obscuration]] ([[shes bya'i sgrib pa]]). The subtle obscuration of holding on to the concepts of subject, object and action. This is temporarily purified in the moment of recognizing the [[nature of mind]], and utterly purified through the [[vajra-like samadhi]] at the end of the [[tenth bhumi]].  2) ([[shes sgrib]]); as synonym for [[all-ground]]; at the [[time of the ground]]; explanation of the [[subtle aspect]]; in relation to the [[seven vajra qualities]]; 3) The objects to be abandoned by means of the ten bhumis are ten types of cognitive obscuration which are not disturbing emotions, so that here, in terms of being antidotes to these, our ten wisdoms are defined as our realization of these ten bhumis.  See also obscuration [LW1] [RY]
[[bde gsal mi rtog pa]] - bliss, clarity, and nonthought. Three temporary meditation experiences. Fixation on them plants the seeds for rebirth in the three realms of samsara. Without fixation, they are adornments of the three kayas [RY]


[[Cognizance]] ([[gsal ba]]). The mind's inherent capacity for knowing. [RY]
[[bde gsal mi rtog pa]] - bliss, clarity, and nonthought; (meditative experiences) [RY]


[[Cognizant quality]] ([[gsal cha]]). The mind's inherent capacity for knowing. [RY]
[[bde gsal mi rtog pa'i nyams gsum]] - three temporary experiences of bliss, clarity, and no-thought [RY]


[[Collected Works]] {[[sdud pa]]}. Name of a sutra. [RY]
[[bde gsal mi rtog pa'i ting nge 'dzin]] - a [[samadhi]] with bliss, clarity, and nonthought [RY]


[[Collections]] ([[sde snod]]), [[Bodhisattva]]; [[Shravaka]]; [[three or four]].  Collections; see also [[Tripitaka]]; Three; Three, expl.; [LW1] [RY]
[[mdangs]] - principal manifestation, (inner, primordial, natural) glow, (ultimate, subtle) clarity, transparency, brightness, yesterday, Guru's radiance, color, color of the face, fresh looks, healthy complexion, lustre, splendor, forehead, luminous nature, inner, ultimate, subtle force, profundity, radiance, expression, glowing, SA [[sdangs]], complexion, radiance, color, hue, bright, radiant [JV]


[[Combined Sadhana of the Three Wrathful Ones]] ([[drag po sum bsgril]]). [ZL] [RY]
[[nang gsal]] - 1) inner luminosity, internal luminosity; inner lucency. inner luminosity, {[[gdod ma'i gnas lugs]]}; inner brilliance; inner/ inward/ internal(ized) clarity. See {gsal} 2) according to, as written in [RY]


[[Commentary on Bodhichitta]]; Bodhichittavivarana; ([[byang chub sems 'grel]]); [[Smrtijñanakirti]], 10th-11th centuries. [PK] [RY]
[[nang gsal]] - inner (luminous clarity, clarity, luminosity, light), clear inside, lucid, elucidation, attired in colored cloth or woven silk, inner luminosity, internal luminosity, inner lucidity [JV]


[[Commentary on Logic]] [commentary on [[Dignaga's Compendium of Logic]] [Pramana-samuccaya]]; Pramanavarttika-karika; ([[tshad ma rnam 'grel]]); [[Dharmakirti]], 7th century. [PK] [RY]
[[nang gsal du bzhugs pa]] - present as inner clarity [RY]


[[Commentary on the Essence Manual of Instructions]] [LW1] [RY]
[[snang ba cog bzhag]] - 1 of [[cog bzhag]], state of relaxation of the vision (visions of phenomenal reality are recognized in a state of presence and clarity beyond dualistic judgement) [JV]


[[Commentary on the Vajra Heart]] ([[rdo rje snying 'grel]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[phyi gsal]] - outward clarity; outer luminosity, outward clarity [Syn {[[phyir gsal]]}; outer/ outward/ external(ized) illumination [RY]


[[Common and supreme siddhis]] ([[thun mong dang mchog gi dngos grub]]). Usually they refer to the [[eight common siddhis]] and the [[supreme siddhi of mahamudra]], [[complete enlightenment]]. [RY]
[[phyi gsal]] - outer clarity, appear outwardly [JV]
[[common and supreme siddhis]]. The supreme siddhi is the accomplishment of complete enlightenment. The common siddhis are usually [[eight types of miraculous powers]].[Primer] [RY]


[[common Mantrayana]] ([[sngags thun mong]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[phyir gsal]] - outward clarity [RY]


[[Common vehicles]] ([[thun mong gi theg pa]]). A term for [[Hinayana]] and [[Mahayana]] taken together and compared with the '[[supreme vehicle]],' [[Vajrayana]].  (See the comparison with the Vajra Vehicles [[rdo rje theg pa]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[phyir gsal]] - {[[phyi gsal]]} outer/ outward (expression of)/ external(ized) illumination/ vividness/ clarity [RB]


[[Compassion]]
[[byis pa nyer spyod kye bsam gtan]] - the enjoyment meditations of an immature person, a worlding's dhyana of enjoyment, [attachment to experiences of bliss, clarity and non-thought] [RY]


[[Compassion Display Tantra]] ([[snying rje rol pa'i rgyud]]). One of the [[Five Display Tantras]] among the [[Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras]]. [ZL] [RY]
[[ma bcos gsal ba]] - uncontrived clarity [JV]


[[Compendium]] ([[sdud pa]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[mi rtog]] - Nonthought. A state in which conceptual thinking is absent. It can refer to nonconceptual wakefulness but usually it is one of the three temporary meditation experiences (bliss, clarity and nonthought) that is often tainted by subtle fascination and attachment [RY]


[[Compendium of all Practices]]; Shiksasamuccaya; ([[bslab btus]]) – [[Shantideva]], 8th century. [PK] [RY]
[[mi rtog pa]] - non-conceptual, conceptless non-thought non-thinking [doesn't necessarily mean 'completely without thoughts', but that one is still and does not want to move. With bliss and clarity one of three types of experience marking progress) dividing concepts, syn {yul snang la mi 'dzin pa} not grasping/fixating apparent objects. includes intrinsic conceptionlessness of perception, artificial non- thought of concentration etc. [IW]


[[Compendium of Conception Tantra]] ([[rtog pa bsdus pa'i rgyud]]). One the [[Four Major Sections of Yoga Tantra]]. [ZL] [RY]
[[rtse mo snang ba mched pa'i ting nge 'dzin]] - the concentration of the increased clarity of summit [RY]


[[Compendium of the Abhidharma]]; Abhidharmasamuccaya; ([[mngon pa kun btus]]); [[Asanga]], 4th century. [PK] [RY]
[[zhi gnas 'thug po]] - dense / thick [[shamatha]], thick calm abiding; refers to a shamatha in which you practice repeatedly at cutting down thoughts to the point where you can stay in that [[samadhi]] for extraordinary lengths of time. In the end it turns into a [[shravaka]]'s cessation. Regarded as a faulty meditation in the [[Mahamudra]] tradition because there is no factor of clarity with it [RY]


[[Compendium of Valid Knowledge]], Pramanasamuccharya, ([[tshad ma kun las btus pa]]), by [[Dignaga]]. [MR]
[[zang thal]] - 1) substanceless, translucence, unimpededness, totally open, unobstructed clarity, transparent, transparency, penetrating openness, penetrable / penetration, utterly open, unobstructed clarity. transparent[cy], {zang nge thal le} / {zang ma thal}; unimpeded; free and all-embracing (openness); direct penetration, directly penetrating; penetrating [RY]


[[Complete and Perfect Buddha]], samyak sambuddha, ([[yang dag par rdzogs pa'i sangs rgyas]]). [RY]
[[zang thal kha yan]] - a free vastness of unimpeded clarity [free from all thoughts and reference points, but still without falling unconscious, like dustless pure space]. Syn {har sang rgyan yan} [RY]


[[Complete Array]] {[[kun bkod]]}. Name of an [[aeon]]. [RY]
[[gzi brjid gsal ba]] - clear brilliance, brilliant clarity [RY]


[[Complete Collection of the Eight Instructions]]". ([[bka' brgyad yongs 'dus]]) [Peter Roberts]
[['od gsal]] - light intensity, (-, primordial, radiant, clear, bright) light, sheer lucency, luminosity, abhasvara god, luminous, luminous absorption, luminescence, clarity, celestial region, name of bon heaven, supernatural enlightening of the saints, radiant awareness, luminous clarity, clear light heaven, 1 of [[gzugs khams gnas rigs bcu bdun]], luminous clarity, natural luminosity, luminous clarity, utter lucidity, [[luminosity]] [JV]


[[Complete enlightenment]] ([[rdzogs pa'i byang chub]]). Same as '[[buddhahood]].' [RY]
[['od gsal]] - luminous, lucent, lucid, luminescent, radiant, light. luminous; brilliance, radiant light. radiant clarity 1) luminous clarity, luminosity; brightness, clarity, lucidity, clear light. 2) One of the 28 classes of gods in the {[[gzugs kyi khams]]}. the third realm in the {[[bsam gtan gnyis pa]]} form realm of the {[[bsam gtan gnyis pa ba'i]]}. the 2nd absorption; [[Prabhasvara]],[a class of gods]; 3) luminous wakefulness, cognizance, 6) inner radiance. the radiance or luminosity of mind-as-such, occurring between the waking and the dream states. the Clear Light inner radiance [RY]


[[Complete Illumination]] ([[kun tu 'od]])". The eleventh level or bhumi "Complete Illumination" : Sanskrit: Samantaprabhumi; Tibetan:, the state of Buddhahood. Note however that there is also a system of twelve Bodhisattva levels with "Complete Illumination" being the twelfth. [Peter Roberts]
[['od gsal gyi snang ba]] - appearances of clarity, energy of clear light [JV]


[[Completing Stage]] (utpanna krama, [[rdzogs pa'i rim pa]]). Second of the [[Two Stages of Anuttara Yoga Tantra]]. [RY]
[['od gsal ba]] - luminosity, luminous; sheer clarity radiance; radiant, bring light; bright light. 2) lucid wakefulness [RY]


[[Completion Anu Yoga]]. See [[Anu Yoga]] [LW1] [RY]
[[yang gsal]] - more and more clarity [JV]


[[Completion in an instant's thought]] ([[skad cig dran rdzogs]]) [Peter Roberts]
[[rang dwangs]] - clarity [RY]


[[Completion Stage]] or sometimes, completion phase {[[rdzogs rim]]}. Of the two aspects of Vajrayana practice, the [[development stage]] being the other and which is usually entered into first, (although ultimately the two come to be experienced as inseparable), the completion stage is the unelaborate, subtle phase of creative visualization in the [[Tantric Vehicles]], also called #redirect[[perfection stage]]. #redirect[[Completion stage]] ([[rdzogs rim]]). '[[Completion stage with marks]]' ([[mtshan bcas rdzogs rim]])  is the [[Six Doctrines]] and it means yogic practices such as [[tummo]]. '[[Completion stage without marks]]' ([[mtshan med rdzogs rim]]) is the practice of Essence [[Mahamudra]] or [[Dzogchen]]. See also '[[development and completion]].' [[channels, winds, and essences]]; The [[completion stage]] [[in relation to the definitive meaning;]] [[luminosity]]; meaning of [[mandala]].  #redirect[[completion stage]]. [LWx] [RY]
[[rang gdangs]] - manifestation, inherent radiance, natural profundity, natural clarity, inherent translucent radiance, Dang energy [JV]


[[Complexities]] ([[spros pa]]). Any mental formulation. A conceptual construct which is not innate to our [[nature of mind]]. [RY]
[[rang bzhin]] - (inherent, essential, ultimate, in its) nature, natural (disposition, state, constitution, temperament, inherent existence), character, actuality, fact, datum, essence, in itself, givenness, presence, frame of reference, natural state, character of existents, innate essence, manifesting, identity, accidental, character, nature or clarity aspect of primordial base, true nature, intrinsic nature, condition, One of [[chos gsum]], the very substance, the substance of, its nature, natural [JV]


[[Compounds and noncompounds]] ([['dus byas dang 'dus ma byas]]). Two categories of phenomena according to the [[Abhidharma]] system. 1) Compounds are products dependent upon causes and conditions and arise, remain and cease. 2) Noncompounds, like space or [[suchness]], are unconditioned. [RY]
[[rang bzhin]] - svabhava 1) nature, fundamental / inherent / ultimate nature, essence, own-being, character, quality, identity, self-nature. Syn {[[bdag]]} see {[[ngo bo rang bzhin thugs rje]]}. 2) intrinsic reality, actuality essence. Syn voidness, 3) self-existence, 4) frame of reference, natural expression [of mind]. 5) natural, naturally, short for {[[rang bzhin gyis]]} 6) manifesting. 7) character, consist of. 8) essence, 9) himself, oneself, own, self, intrinsic, natural, self spontaneous; similar to {[[ngo bo]]} but when referring to [[sugatagarbha]], {[[ngo bo]]} refers to the emptiness aspect whereas {[[rang bzhin]]} refers to the [[luminosity]] or clarity aspect. 10) primal matter Syn {[[gtso bo]]}. / by nature, naturally. vi. to be of the nature of. type, manifesting, nature. Similar to {[[nang tshul]], [[gshis]]}, {[[chos nyid]]} and {[[gnas lugs]]}; consist of, essential [original] nature, own being, in its own being, state of own being, there has been born; independent existence; inherent nature/ self-nature/ the very nature (of things); natural forms [in grammar]. natural expression. the natural expression. essential [original] nature, state of own being, nature, inherent nature, actuality, frame of reference; nature, character; inherent nature, the true nature; natural character [RY]


[[concealed teachings on passion]] [LW1] [RY]
[[rang bzhin brgyad cu'i rtog pa]] - Eighty inherent thought states. 33 resulting from anger, 40 from desire and 7 from delusion. '''First''', the [[thirty-three thought states resulting from anger]], according to the [[spyod bsdus]] composed by [[Aryadeva]], are: detachment, medium detachment, intense detachment, inner mental going, and coming, sadness, medium sadness, intense sadness, quietude, conceptualization, fear, medium fear, intense fear, craving, medium craving, intense craving, grasping, nonvirtue, hunger, thirst, sensation, medium sensation, intense sensation, cognizing, cognizance, perception-basis, discrimination, conscience, compassion, love, medium love, intense love, apprehensiveness, attraction, and jealousy. '''Second'''ly, the [[forty thought states of desire]] according to the [[spyod bsdus]] are: attachment, lack of clarity, thorough lust, delight, medium delight, intense delight, rejoicing, strong joy, amazement, laughter, satisfaction, embracing, kissing, clasping, supporting, exertion, pride, engagement, helpfulness, strength, joy, joining in bliss, medium joining in bliss, intense joining in bliss, gracefulness, strong flirtation, hostility, virtue, lucidity, truth, nontruth, ascertainment, grasping, generosity, encouragement, bravery, shamelessness, perkiness, viciousness, unruliness, and strong deceitfulness. '''Third'''ly: The [[seven thought states of delusion]] are, again according to the [[spyod bsdus]]: medium desire, forgetfulness, confusion, speechlessness, weariness, laziness, and doubt [RY]


[[concealment of the relative]] [LW1] [RY]
[[rang bzhin gsal ba]] - the nature of clarity, clear nature [JV]


[[concentration]] ([[bsam gtan]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[rang bzhin lhan cig skyes pa'i ye shes]] - natural inborn wisdom [devoid of all attachment to the experiences of bliss, clarity and no-thought] [RY]
[[Concentration]] (Skt. [[samadhi]], [[ting nge 'dzin]]). 1) A state of one-pointed attention. 2) [[concentration]]; expl. three types of the fifth paramita [pg. 126, Light of Wisdom] [RY]


[[Concept and discernment]] ([[rtog dpyod]). Gross conception and fine discrimination. [RY]
[[rang 'od gsal]] - shines by its own luminous clarity [JV]


[[concept of a self-entity]] ([[bdag rtog]]); as one of the causes of samsara [LW1] [RY]
[[rang rig rang gsal]] - self-luminous mind, the self-clarity of one's own mind, self-aware natural cognizance, innate clarity of self-awareness, lucid awareness; innate clarity of self-awareness, lucid awareness, the self-clarity of one's own mind, self-aware natural cognizance [RY]


[[conceptionless god]] ([['du shes med pa'i lha]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[rang gsal]] - (re mind:) naturally/ inherently lucid; natural/ inherent lucidity; isc. (to be) naturally evident (re sensory appearances:) naturally/ inherently clear/ vivid; natural/ inherent clarity/ vividness; naturally luminous [RB]


[[conceptionless serenity]] ([['du shes med pa'i snyoms 'jug]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[rang gsal]] - self- (luminous, radiant, clarity, cognizant), inherently clear, (inherent, intrinsic) clarity, enlighten naturally, spontaneous cognizance, self-refulgent, natural clarity, the nature of clarity, inherent clarity, inherent luminosity, natural lucidity, natural awareness, its clarity [JV]


[[Conceptual Ignorance]] ([[kun brtags kyi ma rig pa]]). In [[Vajrayana]], #redirect[[conceptual ignorance]] is this mind apprehending itself as [[subject and object]]; [[conceptual thinking]]. In the [[Sutra system]], [[conceptual ignorance]] means superimposed or 'learned' wrong views; gross general beliefs which obscure the [[nature of things]].  explanation as in [[Dzogchen]]; [[conceptual ignorance in relation to the mind consciousness]]; in [[Mahamudra]] practice, it means [[conceptual thinking]]. [LW1] [RY]
[[rang gsal]] - self-luminous, naturally awake; inherent clarity, inherent luminosity; natural, own clarity, radiance, brilliance, self-luminous, self-cognizance, natural lucidity / clarity, luminosity; natural, own clarity, radiance, brilliance, self-luminous, self-cognizance, spontaneous cognizance, natural lucidity / clarity, luminosity; one's own awareness; self-luminous [RY]


[[Conceptual mind]] ([[blo]]). In this context, the act of our intellect which discerns and classifies phenomena is a hindrance for the [[naked state of awakened mind]] which can operate unimpededly without concepts. [RY]
[[rang gsal gyi dran pa]] - self-cognizant mindfulness, presence of natural clarity, presence of clarity [JV]


[[conceptual mind consciousness]] ([[yid shes rtog bcas]]); [RY]
[[rab gsal]] - 1) Pradyota [Buddha]. 2) brilliant clarity, 3) completely banish, clear away. 4) one of the 'three men from khams' who managed to preserve the [[Vinaya]] under the suppression of {[[glang dar ma]]} 5) very intelligent [extremely clear] [RY]


[[Conceptualizations]], [[conceptions]], [[concepts]] ([[vi]]) kalpa, ([[rnam par]]) ([[rtog pa]]). Conceptual thoughts. [RY]
[[rig pa]] - ([[tha mi dad pa]]) 1) seeing; 2) realize, know [gnas tshul rig pa,//nang don rig pa,//thams cad so sor ruig pa,//yang dag par rig pa,//ji bzhin du rig nas lag len bstar ba]; 3) mind, awareness; 2) intellect, understanding, intelligence; 3) ground of training/ practice; 4) consciousness explained in Dhamra; 5) know[er], cognize[r], mind [= *{[[shes rig]]}*] understand, cognition, understanding, knowledge; 6) mantra; 7) intellectual reason[ing], rationality, philosophy; 8) [intrinsically] real; 9) insight[ful], intuitive awareness, the flash of knowing that gives its illumining quality; 10) learned; 11) pure/ sheer presence; 12) wakefulness, intrinsic awareness; 13) intelligence and openness, precision and sharpness w space, clarity and penetrating transparency, awareness, [[dharmakaya]] [[guru]], science, logic, mantra, cognition [IW]


[[Conceptualizing the three spheres]] ([['khor gsum du dmigs pa]]). Retaining the concepts of a [[subject, object, and action]]. [RY]
[[rig par gsal ba]] - manifest in the clarity of rig pa [JV]


[[Conch-lettered instructions]] {[[dung yig can]]} by [[Vimalamitra]]. Part of the [[Bima Nyingthig]]. [RY]
[[rig gsal]] - clear awareness, awareness and clarity, clear rigpa [JV]


[[Concise Manual For Daily Practice]] ([[rnal 'byor rgyun gyi bkol byang]]). The condensed version of the [[guru sadhana]] of Lamey Tukdrub [[Barchey Künsel]]. [RY]
[[rig gsal]] - clear awareness, awareness and clarity [RY]


[[Concise Practice Way of the Vajra Recitation]] ([[rdo rje'i bzlas pa lam du byed tshul 'dus pa]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[rig gsal dbyer med]] - the inseparability of awareness and clarity [RY]


[[concurrent cause]] ([[mtshungs ldan gyi rgyu]]); in terms of ignorance [LW1] [RY]
[[sa le gzigs pa]] - {[[ci yang sa le gzigs pa]]} you who see everything with perfect clarity [RY]


[[concurrent formations]] ([[ldan pa'i 'du byed]]); listing of fifty-one within the [[aggregate of formations]] [LW1] [RY]
[[sa le hrig ge ba]] - alert clarity [JV]


[[Condensed Meaning of the Graded Path]] ([[byang chub lam gyi rim pa'i nyams len bsdus don]]), written by [[Tsongkhapa]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[sa ler mkhyen]] - total clarity of knowledge [JV]


[[Condensed Perfection of Wisdom]] (Skt. Prajnaparamita-sancayagatha, Tib. [['phags pa shes rab pha rol tu phyin pa sdud pa tshig su bcad pa]], T 13). [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[sang nge]] - immaculate, stainless, pure, secret, purely, pure clarity, vividly present, clear, lucid [JV]


[[Condensed Prajnaparamita]] ([[sher phyin bsdus pa]]). A [[Mahayana]] scripture. [RY]
[[sang nge]] - [[sang nge ba]] - (state of) pure clarity/ lucidity; pristine/ immaculate/ pure; brilliance; brilliant [acc. to KOT, such words are [[nyams kyi skad cha]] and all have a sense of [[gsal cha rnam rtog med pa]]] [RB]


[[Condensed Tantra]] ([[bsdus rgyud]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[sal le]] - {[[sal le ba]]} vivid(ness); ["although the nature is empty, it is naturally and unobstructedly clear"]; clarity [not falling into the direction/ extreme of emptiness]; luminous [RB]


[[Condensed version of Hevajra Tantra]] ([[brtags pa gnyis pa]]). [RY]
[[sal le ba]] - vivid(ness); ["although the nature is empty, it is naturally and unobstructedly clear"]; clarity [not falling into the direction/ extreme of emptiness]; luminous [RB]


[[Conditioned Virtue]] ([[zag bcas kyi dge ba]]). Spiritual practice in which a dualistic point of reference is used. Includes the preliminaries, seven branches and so forth. [[Unconditioned virtue]] is the recognition of [[buddha nature]], often called '[[threefold purity]].' These two aspects of virtue gather the [[two accumulations]], remove the [[two obscurations]], manifest the [[twofold knowledge]], and actualize the [[two kayas]].  [AL] [RY]
[[sal le seng nge lhag ge lhang nge]] - distinct, alive, vibrant and vivid; four measures of clarity - {[[gsal ba'i tshad bzhi]]} [RY]
[[
sing nge]] - {sing nge ba} limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity [RB]


[[Confession of Downfalls from Bodhichitta]] ([[byang chub ltung bshags]]). A [[Mahayana]] [[sutra]]. [ZL] [RY]
[[sing nge ba]] - limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity [RB]


[[Confession of Misdeeds]] ([[ltung bshags]]) is part of the [[triskandhaka sutra]] ([[phung po gsum gyi mdo]], T 284). [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[seng nge]] - {seng nge ba} limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity; (not falling in the direction of appearances; free from the concepts of the three times; purely; lucid) [RB]


[[Confession of the Expanse of the View]] ([[lta ba'i klong gi bshags pa]]). The same as the [[Natural Confession]]. [ZL] [RY]
[[seng nge ba]] - limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity; (not falling in the direction of appearances; free from the concepts of [[the three times]]; purely; lucid) [RB]


[[Confession of the Supreme Wisdom Body]] ([[ye shes sku mchog gi bshags pa]]). [ZL] [RY]
[[so sor gsal ba]] - clearly differentiate, individual clarity, illumination, enlightenment, every day [JV]


[[Confession of Twenty-eight Points for Adopting and Avoiding]] ([[nyi shu rtsa brgyad blang dor gyi bshags pa]]). [ZL] [RY]
[[gsang cha]] - clarity [RY]


[[Confident faith]] ([[yi ches kyi dad pa]]). The third of the [[three kinds of faith which is unshakable confidence]]. [RY]
[[gsal]] - express; look under noun / adj. / verb. 1) adj. bright, brilliant, dazzling, luminous, clear, lucid, lucent, radiant, distinct. 2) noun. light, luminosity, brilliance, lucidity, luculence, vividness, precision, sharpness, directness, radiance, distinctness, brightness, clarity. 3) verb. to cognize, know, understand, to be aware, cognizant, knowing, wakeful, awake, conscious. Syn {[[ha go ba]]} 4) to appear, show [itself], manifest, appearing [in the form of.] {[['di gsal mdzod]]} appear here, vividly present, apparent {[[da lha nyid du gsal ba]]} apparent at this very moment. 5) energy, dynamic potential. 6) banish, clear away, remove, {[[rab gsal]]} to banish the dark ignorance. 7) elucidation, explanation, clarification, confirm {[[don gsal]]} confirm the meaning. 8) are seen clearly, show. 9) visualize {[[gsal btab]] / [['debs]] / [[gdab]]} 10) wakefulness, cognizance. 11) to shine, illumine; luminosity, clarity; visualize; manifest [RY]


[[Confucius]]: 551-479 BC [MR]
[[gsal]] - clarity, transparency, luminosity, lucidity, irradiance, lucency, illumination, effulgence, clear, luminous absorption, luminescence luminous, appear, consonants, visualize, resplendent, separate, distinct, expressed, pale, in verbal constructions, to manifest, will manifest, shone, manifests as, shine forth, shines, clear [JV]


[[Confused experiences]] ([['khrul snang]]). All the experiences of ordinary people which, actually being like the dream state, are regarded as being real and solid. [RY]
[[gsal kha]] - [degree of] clarity, specification [IW]


[[Confusion and liberation]] ([['khrul grol]]). Same as [[samsara]] and [[nirvana]]. [RY]
[[gsal ngar]] - sharp (edge of) lucidity/ clarity [RB]


[[confusion arising from indivisibility]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal cha]] - (activity of [[stong pa]]), revealing and manifesting, clarity, vividness of awareness as well as the object in meditative practice, one the side of luminous clarity [JV]


[[confusion arising from no presence]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal cha]] - cognizant quality; {[[gsal ba'i cha]]} the aspect of its [[luminosity]], the clarity aspect. Syn {[[sa ler ha go ba]]} [in Trekcho]; on the side of luminous clarity; factor of clarity, the clarity aspect [RY]


[[Conqueror]] ([[jina]], [[rgyal ba]]) ([[bcom ldan 'das]]).  Names for the [[Buddha]]. [RY]
[[gsal cha]] - degree of clarity, information, news, [[dka cha]] [IW]


[[Conquerors' Offspring]] or Son, jina putra, ([[rgyal ba'i sras]]). [[Bodhisattva]]. [RY]
[[gsal cha chung ba]] - little clarity [IW]


[[Consciousness]] ([[rnam shes]]). [RY]
[[gsal cha che ba]] - great clarity [IW]


[[Consciousness transference]] {[['pho ba]]}. A practice to directly send the consciousness to the [[Buddhafield of Amithaba]] at the time of death. [RY]
[[gsal cha mi snang ba]] - to lacking lucid clarity [RY]


[[Consciousnesses of the five senses]] ([[sgo lnga'i rnam par shes pa]]). The acts cognizing visual form, sound, smell, taste, and texture. [RY]
[[gsal cha med pa]] - without clarity [IW]


[[consecration]] ([[rab gnas]]). [RY]
[[gsal cha'i ngar]] - strength of clarity with which the mind apprehends the object [JV]


[[Consecration and empowerment]] ([[byin brlab dbang bskur]]). A phase in the [[development stage]] at the end of having created the visualization of the [[yidam deity]] which involves consecrating one's [[three higher chakras]] with [[enlightened body, speech and mind]] as well as [[empowering the deity]] with the [[crown of the five buddha families]]. [RY]
[[gsal rjen]] - direct naked clarity, directly and nakedly clear, real, camouflaged clarity [IW]


[[Constructs]] ([[spros pa]]). Any mental formulation. A conceptual fabrication which is not innate to the [[nature of mind]].  [RY]  #redirect[[constructs]]
[[gsal rjen rjen pa]] - direct naked clarity [IW]


[[Contamination]] (asrava, [[zag pa]]). [RY]
[[gsal rjen du ston]] - show the naked reality/ in naked clarity [IW]


[[Contemplating]] ([[bsam pa]]). In the context of learning, contemplating and meditating, it means reflecting on the meaning of these teachings one has received so as to clear away doubts and misconceptions. [RY]
[[gsal nyams]] - clarity experience [JV]


[[Contemplation]] {[[ting nge 'dzin]]}. Skt. [[Samadhi]]. A state of profound concentration. [RY]
[[gsal nyams]] - experience of clarity, luminosity experience; temporary experience of clarity, one of the three {nyams} [RY]


[[contest of miracles]] - When [[Jetsun Milarepa]] and the [[Bönpo Naro Bönchung]] held their famous contest of miracles to decide who would retain supremacy over the sacred mountain, they left imprints of their feet in the rocks and many other miraculous signs. See G.C.C. Chang (1962), p. /*. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[gsal stong]] - clarity and emptiness, the unity of clarity and openness, [[luminosity]]-[[emptiness]], aware emptiness, empty awareness, state of aware emptiness [JV]


[[continuity]] ([[rgyud]]); as [[sugata essence]]; definition of [[tantra]]; [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal stong nyams]] - experience of clarity and emptiness [JV]


[[continuity of cause]] ([[rgyu rgyud]]); explanation of sugata essence [LWx] [RY]
[[gsal stong gnyis med]] - inseparability of clarity and emptiness [JV]


[[continuity of ground]] ([[gzhi rgyud]]); explanation of sugata essence [LWx] [RY]
[[gsal stong bde nyams]] - experiences of clarity & emptiness & pleasure [JV]


[[continuity]]; as [[sugata essence]]; as synonym for [[sugata essence]];  expl.; definition of [[tantra]]; definition of [[ground]], expl. [LWx] [RY]
[[gsal stong dbyer med]] - inseparability of clarity and emptiness [JV]


[[continuous instant of deluded thinking]] ([['khrul rtog rgyun gyi skad cig ma]]); creator of [[samsara]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal stong dbyer med]] - the inseparability of clarity and emptiness [RY]


[[Continuous Mantra Practice]] ([[sngags sgrub na ra ma]]). Text composed by [[Padmasambhava]] on [[Mahayoga sadhana]]. [ZL] [RY]
[[gsal stong rig]] - rigpa related to clarity and emptiness [JV]


[[continuous torma]] ([[rgyun gtor]]). one that remains upon the shrine throughout the practice, either as offerings or as representations of the [[deity]]. [RY]
[[gsal stong rig pa]] - rigpa of clarity and emptiness [JV]


[[continuous wheel of eternity]] ([[rtag pa rgyun gyi 'khor lo]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal stong rlung]] - prana for clarity and emptiness, prana relating to clarity and emptiness, clarity & emptiness related to prana [JV]


[[conventional bodhichitta]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal ston]] - clarity, demonstration, demonstration [JV]


[[Conventional homage of the gesture]] ([[drang don kun rdzob brda phya]]). [RY]
[[gsal brtan tshad brgyad]] - [[eight measures of clarity and steadiness]]; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 111] [RY]


[[Conventional truth]] ([[kun rdzob kyi bden pa]]). The seeming, superficial and deceptive aspect of reality. It is defined differently by the different philosophical schools.  See also [[two truths]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal dag]] - translucent and pure, clarity and purity, clear & pure [JV]


[[convoluted pattern]] ([[pa tra]]) [Peter Roberts]
[[gsal dag 'byung lnga]] - clarity and purity of the 5 elements [JV]


[[Cool Grove]] ([[bsil ba tshal]], Skt. Sitavana). [ZL] [RY]
[[gsal dwangs]] - [[radiance]]; {[[gsal la dvangs pa]]} lucid, lucidity, lucent and limpid, sparkling clarity [RY]


[[Copper Colored Mountain]] ([[zangs mdog dpal ri]]). The name of the pure land of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. [RY]
[[gsal snang]] - clear manifestation, clear appearance, vivid presence, manifestation of vision, visualization, vivid clarity, clarity of vision [JV]


[[Corpse raiser]], corpse raising spirit, vetala, ([[ro langs]]). A kind of demon or spirit that occupies dead bodies. [RY]
[[gsal snang bde]] - clarity & vision & bliss [JV]


[[correct discrimination]]. See also [[four correct discriminations]] [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal ba]] - luminosity, translucency, radiance, clarity, vividness, lucent clarity, clear irradiance, lucency, illumination, effulgence, clearly visible instance, manifestation, be clear, bright, light, pure, visible to a great distance, conspicuous, apparent, intelligible, fully blown, copious in fullness, manifest, set aside, turned away, fame, to appear, natural clarity, reveals itself as, to illuminate, to visualize, luminous clarity, sometimes misspelling of bsal ba, to clearly know, to manifest as, to shine, cognizance, crystal-clear, brilliant, reflects [JV]


[[Correct posture]]: This is usually described as the five aspects of meditation posture, or the seven aspects of [[Buddha Vairochana]]'s posture. The details vary from text to text, surprisingly different in each "authoritative" work. The variances are usually because two features are counted as one, or another is left out. Principal differences are as to whether the eyes are focused upon the tip of the nose, or eight finger-widths beyond it. While one version merely states that the hands are four finger-widths below the navel in the meditation mudra and that the shoulders are level, another specifies that the elbows should not be bent and the shoulders should be uplifted like a vulture's wings. An example of the five features: 1.Legs crossed. 2.Hands in meditation mudra four finger-widths below the navel with the shoulders uplifted. 3.Chin bent inwards. 4.eyes gaze at the tip of the nose. 5.Lips and teeth only just meeting and the tip of the tongue against the palate. / An example of the seven features: 1.Legs in the vajra posture. 2. Hands in meditation mudra four finger-width below the navel. 3.A straight back. 4.Shoulders raised. 5.Chin bent downwards. 6. Lips just meeting and the tongue's tip against the palate. 7. The eyes focused four finger-widths beyond the tip of the nose. [Peter Roberts]
[[gsal ba]] - 1) to appear, manifest; be clear, be apparent; appear clearly, be clearly evident. Longchenpa: Syn {[[mngon du gyur ba]]}2) clarity, cognizance, 3) instance, manifestation, 4) to illuminate, clarify, elucidate; 5) be brilliant; bright, clear, cognizant, awake, luminous; bright, distinct, ex {[[nyi ma gsal ba]]} brilliant sun. 6) to visualize, 7) clarity, luminosity, luminous clarity, 8) clarity, the second of the three {nyams} [RY]


[[Correct superficial truth]] ([[yang dag kun rdzob kyi bden pa]]). [RY]
[[gsal ba]] - clarity; clear/ vivid; to clarify/ elucidate; to be clear; to be evident/ apparent); (to be) brilliant; lucidity; to be lucid [RB]


[[couch-grass]]. Tibetan [[dur ba]]. Sanskrit durva. Widespread throughout the world and difficult to eradicate because of the nature of its segmented roots. For that reason it is an auspicious offering for long-life, particularly the roots. [Peter Roberts]
[[gsal ba'i sgo]] - learned person, gate of clarity/ luminosity [IW]


[[Countless]] (asamkhya, asamkhyeya; [[grangs med pa]]). A very large finite number.  The number of ten followed by approximately fifty zeros. [RY]
[[gsal ba'i nyams]] - experience of clarity; temporary experience of clarity, one of the three {nyams} [RY]


[[courageous eloquence]] ([[spobs pa]]), explanation of eight great treasure mines [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal ba'i nyams]] - experience of clarity, experience of clarity, experience of clarity [JV]


[[Cow nectar]] ([[ba byung sna lnga]]). Five essences from a special cow. [RY]
[[gsal ba'i thabs]] - method of clarity [JV]


[[Cow Utilizing Continent]] ([[ba glang spyod]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal ba'i brda]] - sign of clarity in which the clarity of all visions which appear manifests automatically, SA [[brda bzhi]], Da of clarity [JV]


[[Cow-products]], five; panca gavya, ([[ba'i rnam lnga]]). Milk, sour mink or yogurt, butter, dung, urine. [RY]
[[gsal ba'i tshad bzhi]] - four measures of clarity; {[[sal le seng nge lhag ge lhang nge]]} distinct, alive, vibrant and vivid [RY]


[[Crazy Tekya]] ([[rtas skya smyon pa]]): [[rtas skya]] is written in a mystic [[dakini script]] and has no ordinary intelligible meaning. As communicated by [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], because he was refused the consort he needed for the discovery of the [[Guru Sadhana]] ([[gu ru bla sgrub]]), [[Donyö Dorje]] ([[don yod rdo rje]]), could not reveal it fully and write it down. Soon afterward, the maiden who should have been his consort died. The parents felt great regret and contacted the yogin, who said that the auspicious connection had been missed. It is said that he brought the girl back to life for a few moments and gave her instructions, adding that he would guide her in the bardo. After these events, Donyö Dorje concealed the [[Yellow Scroll]] ([[shog ser]]) in a mask, to be discovered again as a [[yang gter]]. His immediate reembodiment, the former Trulshik Rinpoche, [[Thongdrol Dorje]] ([[mthong grol rdo rje]]), found this Yellow Scroll when he came to Nepal with [[Dzatrul Ngawang Tendzin Norbu]] ([[rdza sprul ngag dbang bstan 'dzin nor bu]], 1867-1940, the present Trulshik Rinpoche's root teacher) to perform the reconsecration of the Bodhnath stupa. Thongdrol Dorje also wrote expanded versions of the other sadhanas of the [[Three Roots]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[gsal ba'i tshad bzhi]] - four measures of clarity; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 178] [RY]


[[Created nirmanakaya]] ([[bzo sprul sku]]). An emanation of the [[buddhas]] for the purpose of converting particular beings. Sometimes statues and scriptures are also included under this type of [[nirmanakaya]]. [RY]
[[gsal bal]] - clarity, clear [RY]


[[Crystal Cave Chronicles]] ([[bka' thang shel brag ma]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal tsam]] - pure clarity [JV]


[[Crystal Cave of Drag Yangdzong]] ([[sgrag yang rdzong shel gyi brag phug]]). The retreat place of [[Padmasambhava]]'s body. Situated between [[Lhasa]] and [[Samye]] in central Tibet. [ZL] [RY]
[[gsal rig]] - clear presence, clarity and presence, awake quality, lucidly aware quality [JV]


[[Crystal Cave of Yarlung]] ([[g.yar klung shel gyi brag phug]]). One of the five major retreat places of [[Guru Rinpoche]]; the place of [[enlightened qualities\\. It is also the site where one of his chief disciples, [[Kharchen Yeshe Shönnu]], attained [[realization of Nectar Quality]]. Situated one day's walk above [[Tramdruk]] in the Yarlung valley, central Tibet. [ZL] [RY]
[[gsal rig nyag gcig]] - single clarity and presence [JV]


[[Crystal Cave Reed Fortress]] ([[shel phug chu shing rdzong]]), west of [[Chubar]]. See MI, p.186. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[gsal la dwangs pa]] - lucid[ity], lucent and limpid, sparkling clarity [IW]


[[Crystal Peak of Rong]] ([[rong shel mo gangs]]), is a sacred mountain in [[Limi Rong]] in the district of Dolpo, Western Nepal. There is a guide to this legendary site, [[gnas chen shel mo gangs gi dkar chag mthong ba rang grol]], written by one [[bla ma padma dngos grub]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[gsal lam me]] - vivid clarity, bright [JV]


[[Culminated Awareness]] ([[rig pa tshad phebs\\). The third of the four visions in [[Dzogchen]]. [RY]
[[gsal lam mer]] - with vivid clarity [JV]


[[Cultivate pure realms]] ([[dag pa'i zhing sbyong ba]]). In this context a practice connected with [[dream yoga]]. [RY]
[[gsal shing rig pa]] - cognizant and conscious, clarity and awareness; to be clear and aware [characteristics of ordinary mind] [RY]


[[Curd Drinker]], the [[rishi]] ([[drang srong zho 'thung]]) [LW1] [RY]
[[gsal sang nge]] - utter clarity, the mode of the {gsal nyams} [RY]


[[Cutting]] ([[gcod]]). Synonymous with [[Chod]]. [RY]
[[gsal sing nge]] - limpid lucidity/ clarity [RB]


[[Cutting Off Errors and Deviations, the Lion's Roar]] ([[gol shor tshar gcod seng ge'i nga ro]]) is a text from the cycle of the [[Longchen Nyingthig]] ([[klong chen snying thig]]). The cycle rediscovered in a vision by [[Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa]].  This text explains the various deviations through which a practitioner may go astray in his meditation.  [MR-ShabkarNotes]
[[gsal sing nge ba]] - limpid lucidity/ clarity [RB]


[[Cutting through]] ([[khregs chod]]). Cutting through the stream of the thoughts of the [[three times]]. Same as '[[Trekcho]].' [RY]
[[ha shang gi lta ba]] - Hashang View. A view propagated in Tibet by Chinese Buddhist masters. When used in a negative sense it means to simply pursue a meditative state devoid of conceptual thinking, believing that to be the ultimate. It is criticized as lacking the clarity of discriminating knowledge [RY]


[[Cutting Through of Primordial Purity]] ([[ka dag khregs chod]]). The main practice in Dzogpachenpo. See [[Trekcho]]  [RY]
[[had po]] - 1) unconscious, mindless, blank. 2) hasty, sudden, immediate; blank nothingness, dumbstruck, senseless; blankness, see also {had de ba} and {mi rtog pa'i had po}. Had po can refer to a type of meditation in which there is no conceptual process so the meditator thinks that he has "found it" but in which the clarity, the knowing aspect is also missing. This is a very mistaken type of meditation [RY]


[[Cyclic existence]] ([['khor ba]], [[samsara]]). [RY]
har sangs - unrestricted/ unconfined/ unrestrained/ unfettered [=rgya yan]; isc. wide-open clarity [RB]


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Definition through use and context:

klong gsal - clarity expanse, luminous space, Tantra of the Brilliant Expanse, Clear Space text, Clarity of the Universe [JV]

klong gsal mkha' 'gro - Dakinis of the Clarity of the Universe [JV]

gsal stong rlung gi rnal 'byor rgya - The Yoga of Prana for Clarity and Emptiness (in volume one of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu's klong gsal teachings) [JV]

gsal lo - Clarity! [RY]

ka dag gting gsal chos kyi sku - 1) primordially pure dharmakaya of basic clarity. 2) dharmakaya, the fundamentally luminous primordial purity [RY]

kun gsal - total clarity/ lucidity/ illumination [RB]

kun gsal - total clarity, all-illuminating, sky, that is fully clear, illuminated, sun, all-clearer, to light up [JV]

kun gsal - that which is fully clear. poet. a) sky. b) sun. c) mirror. total clarity, all- illuminating, brilliant, "that which is fully dear." 1) the sky. 2) a mirror. 3) son [RY]

klong chen 'od gsal - luminous clarity of the universe [JV]

klong gsal - clarity expanse, luminous space, Tantra of the Brilliant Expanse, Clear Space text, Clarity of the Universe [JV]

klong gsal dgongs mdzod - treasure of the clarity expanse [JV]

bkra gsal le - with vivid clarity [RY]

sku gsum - Three Kayas. Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya. The three kayas as ground are 'essence, nature, and capacity'; as path they are 'bliss, clarity and nonthought,' and as fruition they are the 'three kayas of buddhahood.' The three kayas of buddhahood are the dharmakaya, which is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the 'twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;' the sambhogakaya, which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks perceptible only to bodhisattvas; and the nirmanakaya, which manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings [RY]

khams rmya ba - be tired, run down, feel ill/ mind's clarity impaired [IW]

khong gsal - inner light or clarity [JV]

ngang dvangs - inherent limpidness; ginnately unsullied/ limpid; isc. innate lucidity/ clarity [RB]

ngo bo - 1) essence, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic/ central/ essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature, vitalement, synthesis; 2) principle, existence, facticity, fact, faculty; 3) entity, fact of being, concerns, identity sm {dngos po}; 4) 1 of trio of the essence, natural expression and spirituality according to the great perfection, the essence [gd-mk]; 5) definition, main principle (6) similar to rang bzhin but when referring to sugatagarbha, ngo bo refers to the emptiness part whereas {rang bzhin} refers to the luminousity or clarity part (7) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, entity, identity of things, the buddha-body of reality book 1 [gd-mk] essential meaning [in textual introduction] [me gyi ngo bo - heat; me gyi rang bzhin - burning quality, the rang bzhin of dharmakaya is sambhogakaya] [IW]

mngon - see, envision, observe, be[come] visible/ evident, show, manifest, display, expose, reveal, appear, apparent, manifestation, show, demonstrate, aspect of clarity/ manifestation in perception, before 1, directly present [IW]

ci yang sa le - {ci yang sa le gzigs pa} - "you who see everything with perfect clarity". (RY)

cir yang gsal - total clarity [JV]

chos sku gzhi'i 'od gsal - the Dharmakaya ground luminous clarity. Syn {gzhi gnas ma'i 'od gsal}, The ground-luminosity of dharmakaya, luminescent ground of the dharmakaya [RY]

chos dbyings 'od gsal stong pa - an all-encompassing void with luminous clarity [RY]

'jig rten pa'i bsam gtan - Mundane dhyana. A meditation state characterized by attachment, especially to bliss, clarity and nonthought, and lacking insight into the emptiness of a self-entity [RY]

nyams gsum - the three meditation experiences (of bliss, clarity, and no thought) [RY]

gting gsal - profound depth of clarity; gting nas gsal ba [RY]

gting gsal - profound clarity, profound depth of clarity [JV]

gting gsal chen po - the great basic clarity; the great depth of lucidity, the great basic clarity, brilliance [RY]

stong gsal - empty cognizance, empty luminosity, empty and cognizant, emptiness and cognizance, emptiness & clarity, empty yet lucid, empty and aware [JV]

stong gsal - emptiness and luminosity, empty brightness / clarity [RY]

stong gsal ka dag - original purity of emptiness & clarity [JV]

stong gsal dbyings - dimension of emptiness and clarity [JV]

stong gsal rang dangs - natural clarity of empty luminosity [RY]

stong gsal rang gdangs - natural clarity of empty luminosity [JV]

dag gsal gnyen po gsum - purity, clarity and remedy [RY]

dangs pa nyid - purity, clarity [IW]

dvangs - limpid clarity/ limpidity/ pristine(ness); isc. (discerning) clarity/ clear; isc. subtle (in compounds) [RB]

dwangs cha - clarity, brightness, purity [RY]

dwangs ba - essence, clarity, brightness, purity [IW]

dwangs gsal - clear, pure, transparent, transparent clarity, lucidity; subtly limpid and clear; subtle limpid clarity [RY]

dvangs gsal - pristine lucidity [of awareness]; pristine clarity [of space]; pristine and lucid [RB]

dwangs gsal rnyogs bral - purity, clarity and limpidity [JV]

gdangs - radiance, lustre, (primordial, inner, natural) glow, self-radiance, (ultimate, subtle) clarity, resonance, creativity, actuality, lucid manifestation, incessant creativity, SA mdangs, dwangs, luminous nature, inner ultimate, subtle force, profundity, chant (slow & formal with syllables extended), manifestation, open tune, tone or pitch of one's voice, music, harmony, melody, forehead, the very nature of energy, capacity of energy to manifest its own nature just as a crystal which is put into a colored cloth reveals the qualities by which it is characterized, past of gdang, primary energy of potentiality of manifestation, SA thugs rje, translucency, primal manifestation of energy, dang energy [JV]

bde gsal mi rtog - pleasure & clarity & non-thought , bliss & clarity & non-thought [JV]

bde gsal mi rtog pa - bliss, clarity, and nonthought. Three temporary meditation experiences. Fixation on them plants the seeds for rebirth in the three realms of samsara. Without fixation, they are adornments of the three kayas [RY]

bde gsal mi rtog pa - bliss, clarity, and nonthought; (meditative experiences) [RY]

bde gsal mi rtog pa'i nyams gsum - three temporary experiences of bliss, clarity, and no-thought [RY]

bde gsal mi rtog pa'i ting nge 'dzin - a samadhi with bliss, clarity, and nonthought [RY]

mdangs - principal manifestation, (inner, primordial, natural) glow, (ultimate, subtle) clarity, transparency, brightness, yesterday, Guru's radiance, color, color of the face, fresh looks, healthy complexion, lustre, splendor, forehead, luminous nature, inner, ultimate, subtle force, profundity, radiance, expression, glowing, SA sdangs, complexion, radiance, color, hue, bright, radiant [JV]

nang gsal - 1) inner luminosity, internal luminosity; inner lucency. inner luminosity, {gdod ma'i gnas lugs}; inner brilliance; inner/ inward/ internal(ized) clarity. See {gsal} 2) according to, as written in [RY]

nang gsal - inner (luminous clarity, clarity, luminosity, light), clear inside, lucid, elucidation, attired in colored cloth or woven silk, inner luminosity, internal luminosity, inner lucidity [JV]

nang gsal du bzhugs pa - present as inner clarity [RY]

snang ba cog bzhag - 1 of cog bzhag, state of relaxation of the vision (visions of phenomenal reality are recognized in a state of presence and clarity beyond dualistic judgement) [JV]

phyi gsal - outward clarity; outer luminosity, outward clarity [Syn {phyir gsal}; outer/ outward/ external(ized) illumination [RY]

phyi gsal - outer clarity, appear outwardly [JV]

phyir gsal - outward clarity [RY]

phyir gsal - {phyi gsal} outer/ outward (expression of)/ external(ized) illumination/ vividness/ clarity [RB]

byis pa nyer spyod kye bsam gtan - the enjoyment meditations of an immature person, a worlding's dhyana of enjoyment, [attachment to experiences of bliss, clarity and non-thought] [RY]

ma bcos gsal ba - uncontrived clarity [JV]

mi rtog - Nonthought. A state in which conceptual thinking is absent. It can refer to nonconceptual wakefulness but usually it is one of the three temporary meditation experiences (bliss, clarity and nonthought) that is often tainted by subtle fascination and attachment [RY]

mi rtog pa - non-conceptual, conceptless non-thought non-thinking [doesn't necessarily mean 'completely without thoughts', but that one is still and does not want to move. With bliss and clarity one of three types of experience marking progress) dividing concepts, syn {yul snang la mi 'dzin pa} not grasping/fixating apparent objects. includes intrinsic conceptionlessness of perception, artificial non- thought of concentration etc. [IW]

rtse mo snang ba mched pa'i ting nge 'dzin - the concentration of the increased clarity of summit [RY]

zhi gnas 'thug po - dense / thick shamatha, thick calm abiding; refers to a shamatha in which you practice repeatedly at cutting down thoughts to the point where you can stay in that samadhi for extraordinary lengths of time. In the end it turns into a shravaka's cessation. Regarded as a faulty meditation in the Mahamudra tradition because there is no factor of clarity with it [RY]

zang thal - 1) substanceless, translucence, unimpededness, totally open, unobstructed clarity, transparent, transparency, penetrating openness, penetrable / penetration, utterly open, unobstructed clarity. transparent[cy], {zang nge thal le} / {zang ma thal}; unimpeded; free and all-embracing (openness); direct penetration, directly penetrating; penetrating [RY]

zang thal kha yan - a free vastness of unimpeded clarity [free from all thoughts and reference points, but still without falling unconscious, like dustless pure space]. Syn {har sang rgyan yan} [RY]

gzi brjid gsal ba - clear brilliance, brilliant clarity [RY]

'od gsal - light intensity, (-, primordial, radiant, clear, bright) light, sheer lucency, luminosity, abhasvara god, luminous, luminous absorption, luminescence, clarity, celestial region, name of bon heaven, supernatural enlightening of the saints, radiant awareness, luminous clarity, clear light heaven, 1 of gzugs khams gnas rigs bcu bdun, luminous clarity, natural luminosity, luminous clarity, utter lucidity, luminosity [JV]

'od gsal - luminous, lucent, lucid, luminescent, radiant, light. luminous; brilliance, radiant light. radiant clarity 1) luminous clarity, luminosity; brightness, clarity, lucidity, clear light. 2) One of the 28 classes of gods in the {gzugs kyi khams}. the third realm in the {bsam gtan gnyis pa} form realm of the {bsam gtan gnyis pa ba'i}. the 2nd absorption; Prabhasvara,[a class of gods]; 3) luminous wakefulness, cognizance, 6) inner radiance. the radiance or luminosity of mind-as-such, occurring between the waking and the dream states. the Clear Light inner radiance [RY]

'od gsal gyi snang ba - appearances of clarity, energy of clear light [JV]

'od gsal ba - luminosity, luminous; sheer clarity radiance; radiant, bring light; bright light. 2) lucid wakefulness [RY]

yang gsal - more and more clarity [JV]

rang dwangs - clarity [RY]

rang gdangs - manifestation, inherent radiance, natural profundity, natural clarity, inherent translucent radiance, Dang energy [JV]

rang bzhin - (inherent, essential, ultimate, in its) nature, natural (disposition, state, constitution, temperament, inherent existence), character, actuality, fact, datum, essence, in itself, givenness, presence, frame of reference, natural state, character of existents, innate essence, manifesting, identity, accidental, character, nature or clarity aspect of primordial base, true nature, intrinsic nature, condition, One of chos gsum, the very substance, the substance of, its nature, natural [JV]

rang bzhin - svabhava 1) nature, fundamental / inherent / ultimate nature, essence, own-being, character, quality, identity, self-nature. Syn {bdag} see {ngo bo rang bzhin thugs rje}. 2) intrinsic reality, actuality essence. Syn voidness, 3) self-existence, 4) frame of reference, natural expression [of mind]. 5) natural, naturally, short for {rang bzhin gyis} 6) manifesting. 7) character, consist of. 8) essence, 9) himself, oneself, own, self, intrinsic, natural, self spontaneous; similar to {ngo bo} but when referring to sugatagarbha, {ngo bo} refers to the emptiness aspect whereas {rang bzhin} refers to the luminosity or clarity aspect. 10) primal matter Syn {gtso bo}. / by nature, naturally. vi. to be of the nature of. type, manifesting, nature. Similar to {nang tshul, gshis}, {chos nyid} and {gnas lugs}; consist of, essential [original] nature, own being, in its own being, state of own being, there has been born; independent existence; inherent nature/ self-nature/ the very nature (of things); natural forms [in grammar]. natural expression. the natural expression. essential [original] nature, state of own being, nature, inherent nature, actuality, frame of reference; nature, character; inherent nature, the true nature; natural character [RY]

rang bzhin brgyad cu'i rtog pa - Eighty inherent thought states. 33 resulting from anger, 40 from desire and 7 from delusion. First, the thirty-three thought states resulting from anger, according to the spyod bsdus composed by Aryadeva, are: detachment, medium detachment, intense detachment, inner mental going, and coming, sadness, medium sadness, intense sadness, quietude, conceptualization, fear, medium fear, intense fear, craving, medium craving, intense craving, grasping, nonvirtue, hunger, thirst, sensation, medium sensation, intense sensation, cognizing, cognizance, perception-basis, discrimination, conscience, compassion, love, medium love, intense love, apprehensiveness, attraction, and jealousy. Secondly, the forty thought states of desire according to the spyod bsdus are: attachment, lack of clarity, thorough lust, delight, medium delight, intense delight, rejoicing, strong joy, amazement, laughter, satisfaction, embracing, kissing, clasping, supporting, exertion, pride, engagement, helpfulness, strength, joy, joining in bliss, medium joining in bliss, intense joining in bliss, gracefulness, strong flirtation, hostility, virtue, lucidity, truth, nontruth, ascertainment, grasping, generosity, encouragement, bravery, shamelessness, perkiness, viciousness, unruliness, and strong deceitfulness. Thirdly: The seven thought states of delusion are, again according to the spyod bsdus: medium desire, forgetfulness, confusion, speechlessness, weariness, laziness, and doubt [RY]

rang bzhin gsal ba - the nature of clarity, clear nature [JV]

rang bzhin lhan cig skyes pa'i ye shes - natural inborn wisdom [devoid of all attachment to the experiences of bliss, clarity and no-thought] [RY]

rang 'od gsal - shines by its own luminous clarity [JV]

rang rig rang gsal - self-luminous mind, the self-clarity of one's own mind, self-aware natural cognizance, innate clarity of self-awareness, lucid awareness; innate clarity of self-awareness, lucid awareness, the self-clarity of one's own mind, self-aware natural cognizance [RY]

rang gsal - (re mind:) naturally/ inherently lucid; natural/ inherent lucidity; isc. (to be) naturally evident (re sensory appearances:) naturally/ inherently clear/ vivid; natural/ inherent clarity/ vividness; naturally luminous [RB]

rang gsal - self- (luminous, radiant, clarity, cognizant), inherently clear, (inherent, intrinsic) clarity, enlighten naturally, spontaneous cognizance, self-refulgent, natural clarity, the nature of clarity, inherent clarity, inherent luminosity, natural lucidity, natural awareness, its clarity [JV]

rang gsal - self-luminous, naturally awake; inherent clarity, inherent luminosity; natural, own clarity, radiance, brilliance, self-luminous, self-cognizance, natural lucidity / clarity, luminosity; natural, own clarity, radiance, brilliance, self-luminous, self-cognizance, spontaneous cognizance, natural lucidity / clarity, luminosity; one's own awareness; self-luminous [RY]

rang gsal gyi dran pa - self-cognizant mindfulness, presence of natural clarity, presence of clarity [JV]

rab gsal - 1) Pradyota [Buddha]. 2) brilliant clarity, 3) completely banish, clear away. 4) one of the 'three men from khams' who managed to preserve the Vinaya under the suppression of {glang dar ma} 5) very intelligent [extremely clear] [RY]

rig pa - (tha mi dad pa) 1) seeing; 2) realize, know [gnas tshul rig pa,//nang don rig pa,//thams cad so sor ruig pa,//yang dag par rig pa,//ji bzhin du rig nas lag len bstar ba]; 3) mind, awareness; 2) intellect, understanding, intelligence; 3) ground of training/ practice; 4) consciousness explained in Dhamra; 5) know[er], cognize[r], mind [= *{shes rig}*] understand, cognition, understanding, knowledge; 6) mantra; 7) intellectual reason[ing], rationality, philosophy; 8) [intrinsically] real; 9) insight[ful], intuitive awareness, the flash of knowing that gives its illumining quality; 10) learned; 11) pure/ sheer presence; 12) wakefulness, intrinsic awareness; 13) intelligence and openness, precision and sharpness w space, clarity and penetrating transparency, awareness, dharmakaya guru, science, logic, mantra, cognition [IW]

rig par gsal ba - manifest in the clarity of rig pa [JV]

rig gsal - clear awareness, awareness and clarity, clear rigpa [JV]

rig gsal - clear awareness, awareness and clarity [RY]

rig gsal dbyer med - the inseparability of awareness and clarity [RY]

sa le gzigs pa - {ci yang sa le gzigs pa} you who see everything with perfect clarity [RY]

sa le hrig ge ba - alert clarity [JV]

sa ler mkhyen - total clarity of knowledge [JV]

sang nge - immaculate, stainless, pure, secret, purely, pure clarity, vividly present, clear, lucid [JV]

sang nge - sang nge ba - (state of) pure clarity/ lucidity; pristine/ immaculate/ pure; brilliance; brilliant [acc. to KOT, such words are nyams kyi skad cha and all have a sense of gsal cha rnam rtog med pa] [RB]

sal le - {sal le ba} vivid(ness); ["although the nature is empty, it is naturally and unobstructedly clear"]; clarity [not falling into the direction/ extreme of emptiness]; luminous [RB]

sal le ba - vivid(ness); ["although the nature is empty, it is naturally and unobstructedly clear"]; clarity [not falling into the direction/ extreme of emptiness]; luminous [RB]

sal le seng nge lhag ge lhang nge - distinct, alive, vibrant and vivid; four measures of clarity - {gsal ba'i tshad bzhi} [RY] [[ sing nge]] - {sing nge ba} limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity [RB]

sing nge ba - limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity [RB]

seng nge - {seng nge ba} limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity; (not falling in the direction of appearances; free from the concepts of the three times; purely; lucid) [RB]

seng nge ba - limpid (awareness)/ limpidity; clarity; (not falling in the direction of appearances; free from the concepts of the three times; purely; lucid) [RB]

so sor gsal ba - clearly differentiate, individual clarity, illumination, enlightenment, every day [JV]

gsang cha - clarity [RY]

gsal - express; look under noun / adj. / verb. 1) adj. bright, brilliant, dazzling, luminous, clear, lucid, lucent, radiant, distinct. 2) noun. light, luminosity, brilliance, lucidity, luculence, vividness, precision, sharpness, directness, radiance, distinctness, brightness, clarity. 3) verb. to cognize, know, understand, to be aware, cognizant, knowing, wakeful, awake, conscious. Syn {ha go ba} 4) to appear, show [itself], manifest, appearing [in the form of.] {'di gsal mdzod} appear here, vividly present, apparent {da lha nyid du gsal ba} apparent at this very moment. 5) energy, dynamic potential. 6) banish, clear away, remove, {rab gsal} to banish the dark ignorance. 7) elucidation, explanation, clarification, confirm {don gsal} confirm the meaning. 8) are seen clearly, show. 9) visualize {gsal btab / 'debs / gdab} 10) wakefulness, cognizance. 11) to shine, illumine; luminosity, clarity; visualize; manifest [RY]

gsal - clarity, transparency, luminosity, lucidity, irradiance, lucency, illumination, effulgence, clear, luminous absorption, luminescence luminous, appear, consonants, visualize, resplendent, separate, distinct, expressed, pale, in verbal constructions, to manifest, will manifest, shone, manifests as, shine forth, shines, clear [JV]

gsal kha - [degree of] clarity, specification [IW]

gsal ngar - sharp (edge of) lucidity/ clarity [RB]

gsal cha - (activity of stong pa), revealing and manifesting, clarity, vividness of awareness as well as the object in meditative practice, one the side of luminous clarity [JV]

gsal cha - cognizant quality; {gsal ba'i cha} the aspect of its luminosity, the clarity aspect. Syn {sa ler ha go ba} [in Trekcho]; on the side of luminous clarity; factor of clarity, the clarity aspect [RY]

gsal cha - degree of clarity, information, news, dka cha [IW]

gsal cha chung ba - little clarity [IW]

gsal cha che ba - great clarity [IW]

gsal cha mi snang ba - to lacking lucid clarity [RY]

gsal cha med pa - without clarity [IW]

gsal cha'i ngar - strength of clarity with which the mind apprehends the object [JV]

gsal rjen - direct naked clarity, directly and nakedly clear, real, camouflaged clarity [IW]

gsal rjen rjen pa - direct naked clarity [IW]

gsal rjen du ston - show the naked reality/ in naked clarity [IW]

gsal nyams - clarity experience [JV]

gsal nyams - experience of clarity, luminosity experience; temporary experience of clarity, one of the three {nyams} [RY]

gsal stong - clarity and emptiness, the unity of clarity and openness, luminosity-emptiness, aware emptiness, empty awareness, state of aware emptiness [JV]

gsal stong nyams - experience of clarity and emptiness [JV]

gsal stong gnyis med - inseparability of clarity and emptiness [JV]

gsal stong bde nyams - experiences of clarity & emptiness & pleasure [JV]

gsal stong dbyer med - inseparability of clarity and emptiness [JV]

gsal stong dbyer med - the inseparability of clarity and emptiness [RY]

gsal stong rig - rigpa related to clarity and emptiness [JV]

gsal stong rig pa - rigpa of clarity and emptiness [JV]

gsal stong rlung - prana for clarity and emptiness, prana relating to clarity and emptiness, clarity & emptiness related to prana [JV]

gsal ston - clarity, demonstration, demonstration [JV]

gsal brtan tshad brgyad - eight measures of clarity and steadiness; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 111] [RY]

gsal dag - translucent and pure, clarity and purity, clear & pure [JV]

gsal dag 'byung lnga - clarity and purity of the 5 elements [JV]

gsal dwangs - radiance; {gsal la dvangs pa} lucid, lucidity, lucent and limpid, sparkling clarity [RY]

gsal snang - clear manifestation, clear appearance, vivid presence, manifestation of vision, visualization, vivid clarity, clarity of vision [JV]

gsal snang bde - clarity & vision & bliss [JV]

gsal ba - luminosity, translucency, radiance, clarity, vividness, lucent clarity, clear irradiance, lucency, illumination, effulgence, clearly visible instance, manifestation, be clear, bright, light, pure, visible to a great distance, conspicuous, apparent, intelligible, fully blown, copious in fullness, manifest, set aside, turned away, fame, to appear, natural clarity, reveals itself as, to illuminate, to visualize, luminous clarity, sometimes misspelling of bsal ba, to clearly know, to manifest as, to shine, cognizance, crystal-clear, brilliant, reflects [JV]

gsal ba - 1) to appear, manifest; be clear, be apparent; appear clearly, be clearly evident. Longchenpa: Syn {mngon du gyur ba}2) clarity, cognizance, 3) instance, manifestation, 4) to illuminate, clarify, elucidate; 5) be brilliant; bright, clear, cognizant, awake, luminous; bright, distinct, ex {nyi ma gsal ba} brilliant sun. 6) to visualize, 7) clarity, luminosity, luminous clarity, 8) clarity, the second of the three {nyams} [RY]

gsal ba - clarity; clear/ vivid; to clarify/ elucidate; to be clear; to be evident/ apparent); (to be) brilliant; lucidity; to be lucid [RB]

gsal ba'i sgo - learned person, gate of clarity/ luminosity [IW]

gsal ba'i nyams - experience of clarity; temporary experience of clarity, one of the three {nyams} [RY]

gsal ba'i nyams - experience of clarity, experience of clarity, experience of clarity [JV]

gsal ba'i thabs - method of clarity [JV]

gsal ba'i brda - sign of clarity in which the clarity of all visions which appear manifests automatically, SA brda bzhi, Da of clarity [JV]

gsal ba'i tshad bzhi - four measures of clarity; {sal le seng nge lhag ge lhang nge} distinct, alive, vibrant and vivid [RY]

gsal ba'i tshad bzhi - four measures of clarity; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 178] [RY]

gsal bal - clarity, clear [RY]

gsal tsam - pure clarity [JV]

gsal rig - clear presence, clarity and presence, awake quality, lucidly aware quality [JV]

gsal rig nyag gcig - single clarity and presence [JV]

gsal la dwangs pa - lucid[ity], lucent and limpid, sparkling clarity [IW]

gsal lam me - vivid clarity, bright [JV]

gsal lam mer - with vivid clarity [JV]

gsal shing rig pa - cognizant and conscious, clarity and awareness; to be clear and aware [characteristics of ordinary mind] [RY]

gsal sang nge - utter clarity, the mode of the {gsal nyams} [RY]

gsal sing nge - limpid lucidity/ clarity [RB]

gsal sing nge ba - limpid lucidity/ clarity [RB]

ha shang gi lta ba - Hashang View. A view propagated in Tibet by Chinese Buddhist masters. When used in a negative sense it means to simply pursue a meditative state devoid of conceptual thinking, believing that to be the ultimate. It is criticized as lacking the clarity of discriminating knowledge [RY]

had po - 1) unconscious, mindless, blank. 2) hasty, sudden, immediate; blank nothingness, dumbstruck, senseless; blankness, see also {had de ba} and {mi rtog pa'i had po}. Had po can refer to a type of meditation in which there is no conceptual process so the meditator thinks that he has "found it" but in which the clarity, the knowing aspect is also missing. This is a very mistaken type of meditation [RY]

har sangs - unrestricted/ unconfined/ unrestrained/ unfettered [=rgya yan]; isc. wide-open clarity [RB]

har sangs - wide-open clarity [JV]

hrig ge ba - present, clarity, awake, wide-awake [JV]

lhag mthong - vipasyana, (-, mystic, piercing, special) insight, wider vision, ampler vision, wider perspective, (excellent seeing), insight wisdom, insight meditation, movement aspect of primordial state, seeing more, experiential understanding of the movement of thought, special insight, higher insight, penetrative insight, intuitive clarity, profound insight, vipashyana [JV]