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== ''A Glossary of Buddhist People, Places, and Things...'' ==
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''- '''The Terms by which They're Defined''' -''
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    <td>[[Image:Buddha_6.jpg|thumb|220px|<center>'''[[Buddhas of the Three Times]]''']]</center></td>
    <td>[[Image:PrajnaParamita.jpg|thumb|250px|<center>'''[[Prajnaparamita]]''' - ([[sher phyin ma]]) - </center><center><BR>{{:sher phyin ma}}</center><center>Guardian Deity of [[The Perfection of Wisdom]] - [[Mother of All Buddhas]]<br>(picture source unknown)</center>]]</td>
    <td>[[Image:Padmadsat_6.jpg|thumb|230px|<center>'''[[Padmasambhava]] Refuge''']]</center></td>
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--'''Alphabetical Listing:'''<br>
<center>'''[[A]]''' - '''[[B]]''' - '''[[C]]''' - '''[[D]]''' - '''[[E]]''' - '''[[F]]''' - '''[[G]]''' - '''[[H]]''' - '''[[I]]''' - '''[[J]]''' - '''[[K]]''' - '''[[L]]''' - '''[[M]]''' - '''[[N]]''' - '''[[O]]''' - '''[[P]]''' - '''[[Q]]''' - '''[[R]]''' - '''[[S]]''' - '''[[T]]''' - '''[[U]]''' - '''[[V]]''' - '''[[W]]''' - '''[[X]]''' - '''[[Y]]''' - '''[[Z]]'''</center>
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''''' "It is all right not to know the Tibetan language. As long as you can read, you can absorb the [[Dharma]] terminology, the Buddhist key words. Many learned people have told me that the majority of Buddhist scriptures exist in the Tibetan language. Second is Chinese; after that there is Japanese, Pali, and so forth. Nevertheless, Tibetan is foremost in quantity. Someone who wants to do detailed studies, can study to their heart's delight in the Tibetan medium, without running out of texts".'''''


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Quoted from an interview with '''''[[Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche]]''''' '''-''' <span class=TibUni16>[[ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།]]</span>
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'''Note:''' To review the images above, their source, more details and availabilityplease see '''http://www.thangka.ru/gallery_e.html'''. ''Thank you Nick!''<br>
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Abandonment and realization ([[spangs rtogs]]). -  A synonym for 'buddhahood' or 'enlightenment.' ([[bla ma'i thugs rgyud kyi spangs rtogs kyi yon tan]]) -- the qualities of freedom and realization of the teacher's wisdom mind [RY]<br><br>
Abhidana of the Samvara Tantra -  a tantric text. [RY]<br>
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Abbot, the Master, and the Dharma King: are [[Shantarakshita]], [[Padmasambhava]], and [[Trisong Deutsen]]<br>
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[[Abhidharma]] -([[chos mngon pa]])-  1) systematic teachings which analyze elements of experience and investigate the nature of existence, thus dispelling wrong views and establishing analytic insight. 2) One of the three parts of the [[Tripitaka]], the Words of the [[Buddha]], the essence of which is prajna, or [[discriminating knowledge]] ([[kun rtogs ye shes]]). 3) Branch of Buddhist literature and practice concerned with the analysis of phenomena into their elementary constituents ([[dharmas]]). 4) Systematic teachings on metaphysics focusing on the training and developing of discriminating knowledge by analyzing elements of experience and investigating the nature of existing things. The chief commentaries on Abhidharma are the [[Abhidharma Kosha]] by [[Dignaga]] from the [[Hinayana]] perspective, and the [[Abhidharma Samucchaya]] by [[Asanga]] from the [[Mahayana]] point of view. Dignaga was a disciple of [[Vasubandhu]].  Vasubandhu was later converted to Mahayana by Asanga. [RY]<br>
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[[Abhidharma Kosha]] -([[mngon pa mdzod]])-. An authoritative scripture on Buddhist metaphysics according to Hinayana, composed by the Indian pandita [[Dignaga]]. [RY]<br>
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[[Abhidharma Pitaka]] -([[mngon pa'i sde snod]])-. One of The Three Pitakas -([[sde snod gsum]])-, containing the foundation of Buddhist psychology and logic. It describes the universe, the various types of beings, the steps on the path to enlightenment, refutes wrong views and so forth. [RY]<br>
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[[Abhidharma Samuccaya]] -([[mngon pa kun btus]])-. An authoritative scripture on Buddhist metaphysics according to Mahayana, composed by the Indian [[pandita]] [[Asanga]]. [RY]<br>
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[[Abhisamaya Lamkara]] -([[mngon rtogs rgyan]])- The 'Ornament of Realization' authored by [[Maitreya]] and written down by [[Asanga]]. It explains the paths and [[bhumis]] of the [[bodhisattva vehicle]]. [RY]<br>
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[[Abhisheka]] -([[dbang bskur]])-. See [[empowerment]]. [RY]<br>
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[[Absolute]] ([[yongs grub]]); unchanging ([['gyur med yongs grub]]), expl.; unmistaken ([[phyin ci ma log pa'i yongs grub]]), expl. [LWx] [RY]<br>
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[[absolute bodhicitta]] -([[don dam byang chub gyi sems]])- corresponds to the realization of emptiness. The [[relative bodhicitta]] -([[kun rdzob byang chub kyi sems]])- is the wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of others and the putting of this wish into action.
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[[Abu]] -(a bu)-. Another name for Paltrul Rinpoche, Jigme Choskyi Wangchuk (1808-87), also known as Dzogchen Palge Tulku. [RY]<br>
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[[Acarya]] -([[slob dpon]])- master. [RY]<br>
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[[Acceptance]] -([[bzod pa]])- One of the 'four aspects of ascertainment' attained on the path of joining. [RY]<br>
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Acceptance of the profound Dharma -([[zab mo'i chos la bzod pa]])- Acceptance of emptiness; that [[dharmas]] are unproduced. [RY]<br>
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Acceptance that dharmas are unproduced - ([[mi skye ba'i chos la bzod pa]]) Skt. anutpattika-dharma-ksanti - An important realization gained on entry to the eighth Bodhisattva Stage. [RY]<br>
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[[Accomplishment]] -([[dngos grub]], Skt. [[siddhi]])- 1) See '[[supreme and common siddhis]] 2)-([[sgrub pa]])- See 'four aspects of approach and accomplishment.'. 3) The result of the practice. [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of Means and Knowledge ([[thabs shes grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY] <br>
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Accomplishment of Nonduality ([[gnyis med grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of Secrets ([[gsang ba grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of Thatness to Clearly Encompass Reality ([[dngos po gsal ba'i rjes su 'gro ba'i de kho na nyid grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of the Great Secret Thatness ([[gsang ba chen po de nyid grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of the Innate ([[lhan skyes grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Accomplishment of Wisdom ([[ye shes grub pa]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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ACCOMPLISHMENT. 1) ([[dngos grub]]), Skt. [[siddhi]]. The attainment resulting from Dharma practice usually referring to the 'supreme accomplishment' of complete enlightenment. It can also mean the 'common accomplishments,' eight mundane accomplishments such as clairvoyance, clairaudiance, flying in the sky, becoming invisible, everlasting youth, or powers of transmutation. The most eminent attainments on the path are, however, renunciation, compassion, unshakable faith and realization of the correct view. See also 'supreme and common accomplishments.' 2) ([[sgrub pa]]). See also 'approach and accomplishment.'[AL] [RY]<br>
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[[Accumulation of merit]] ([[bsod nams kyi tshogs]]) - Virtuous actions or meditation practice carried out with conceptual mind; for instance, the concepts of oneself, the deed and the purpose. [Bardo Guide 91] [RY]<br>
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[[Accumulation of wisdom]] ([[ye shes kyi tshogs]]). Virtuous actions embraced by the discriminating knowledge ([[shes rab]]) of insight into emptiness, naked mind free from conceptual thinking.. [RY]<br>
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[[Accumulation(s)]] ([[tshogs]]). The provisions for journeying along the path of enlightenment. See the '[[Accumulations, the two]].' [RY]<br>
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[[Accumulations, the two]] ([[tshogs gnyis]]). The accumulations of merits and of Wisdom-knowledge that one must gather by practicing the Perfections so as to achieve Enlightenment. [RY]<br>
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[[Acharya Lilavajra]]. One of the Indian mahasiddhas. [RY]<br>
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[[Acharya Nagarjuna]] ([[slob dpon klu sgrub]]). A great Indian master of philosophy. He was named "Naga Master" because he taught the beings in the naga world and returned with the extensive version of Prajnaparamita left in their safe keeping. [RY]<br>
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Acharya Padma. [Daki] [RY] <br>
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Acharya Padmavajra. [Daki] [RY]<br>
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Acharya Shantipa ([[slob dpon shan ti pa]]) - An Indian master in the Mahamudra lineage. [RY]<br>
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Acharya Tubten Chöphel [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Action dagger ([[las phur]]) - The kilaya for fulfilling the activities in the practice of Vajra Kilaya. [RY]<br>
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Action Family (karma-kula, [[las kyi rigs]] ([[tshogs]])) - The Family of Amoghasiddhi. [RY]<br>
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Action resembling its cause ([[byed pa rgyu mthun]]) - The ripening of karma showing itself as the tendency to repeat the same kind of action. [RY]<br>
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action seal [LW1] [RY]
Action Tantra ([[bya ba'i rgyud]]) - Kriya [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Action without intermediate ([[mtshams med pa'i las]]) - Five actions with the most severe karmic effect: killing one's mother, one's father, or an arhant; causing schism in the sangha of monks; and drawing blood from a tathagata with evil intent. These actions can also be called 'immediates' because their karmic effect will ripen immediately after death without leaving time to go through a bardo state. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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Action, act, activity, rite (karman; [[las]], [[phrin las]], [['phrin las]]). For the activity of a Buddha, or for Tantric rites, Tib. often used the honorific (')phrin las, which I have sometimes translated as 'divine action' or 'divine activity'. The 'four activities' or 'four rites' are Pacifying or Calming, Increasing, Subjugating or Subduing, and Fierceness. See also karma. [RY]<br>
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Activities ([[las]], [[phrin las]]). Usually referring to the four activities of pacifying, increasing, magnetizing and subjugating. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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Activities. See 'four activities.' [RY]<br>
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Activity dakinis. [Daki] [RY]<br>
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Activity Garland Tantra ([[kar ma ma le 'phrin las kyi rgyud]]) - A Mahayoga scripture listed here as one of the Six Secret Sections. Sometimes also mentioned as one of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras as the tantra of enlightened activity. Texts with this name are found both in Vol. TSA and SHA of the [[Nyingma Gyübum]]. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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Activity practices ([[las tshogs]]). They refer chiefly to the four activities of pacifying, increasing, magnetizing and subjugating. [RY]<br>
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Adamantine, Concentration called (Vajropamo nama samadhih, [[rdo rje lta bu zhes bya ba'i ting nge 'dzin]]). The concentration in which Liberation or the Enlightenment of a Buddha is attained. Called 'destroyer of hostile forces' (para-sainya-pramardin) since it eliminates the last obstructions. [RY]<br>
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Adhi Rinpoche (a dhih rin po che [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Adi Buddha Samantabhadra ([[mdod ma'i sangs rgyas kun tu bzang po]]). 1) The primordially enlightened buddha. 2) the all-pervasive primordial Buddha from whom radiates the five Dhyanibuddhas; the representation of dynamic energy that brings from into existence. [RY]<br>
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Adityabandhu ([[nyi ma'i gnyen]]: kinsman or friend of the sun) An epithet of Sakyamuni Buddha.<br>
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[[Aeon]] ([[bskal pa]], Skt. [[Kalpa]]) - 1) World-age, period, cosmic cycle. 2) World-age, cosmic cycle. 3) Cosmic period. There are small aeons, intermediate aeons and big aeons. An intermediate aeon consists of two small aeons, and a big aeon consists of 80 intermediate aeons. 4) Aeon of Strife ([[rtsod dus]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Afflicted mind consciousness ([[nyon yid kyi rnam shes]]) - A term used in the abhidharma teachings. It is one of the eight consciousnesses which harbors the thought "I am" and is the basis for all negative emotions. One of the eight collections. [RY]<br>
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[[Affliction]] ([[kun nyon]]) state of, [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Agang Monastery ([[a 'gang]]), at Machuka ([[rma chu kha]]). There is a miraculously-formed image of Hayagriva known as rma khar rta mgrin rang byung. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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Age of Destruction ([['jig dus]]). When seven suns blaze and the whole world is consumed in a firestorm [RY]<br>
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age of residues ([[snyigs dus]]), which is characterized by a degeneration in 1) the life span ([[tshe]]), 2) the general karma ([[las]]), 3) the view ([[lta ba]]), and 4) the faculties of beings ([[sems can]]), as well as by 5) an increase of the obscuring emotions ([[nyon mongs]]). [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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Age of Strife (kali-yuga, [[rtsod dus]]). 1) The present world-age. 2) The present world-age dominated by decline and degeneration. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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[[Aggregate]](s) ([[phung po]]). See 'five aggregates.' [RY]<br>
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[[Agitation]] ([[rgod pa]]). The state of mind disturbed by thoughts and emotions. [RY]<br>
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Agitation and fading (layauddhatya, [[bying rgod]]). faults of meditation. [RY]<br>
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Agnean - Another name for the Central Asian Dharma language known as Tokharian A [RY]<br>
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Agni (agni, anala; [[me lha]]). The Vedic god of fire, guardian of the south-eastern direction. [RY]<br>
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Aids to Bodhi, or to Enlightenment (bodhi-paksika-dharma, [[byang chub phyogs chos]]). A series of seven groups of qualities - thirty-seven in all - to be practiced at successive stages of the Path. [RY]<br>
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[[Aishvara]] [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[Ajanta]] - Site of major Buddhist cave temples; the later Mahayana temples are renowned for their art [RY]<br>
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[[Ajatashatru]] - 1) Son of bimbisara and ruler of Magadha at the time of the Parinirvana; he provided for the needs of the First Council 2) Son of King Bimbishara of Magadha. Abetted by the rebellious Devadatta, he we usurped the throne, imprisoned his parents, and starved them to death. After he had conquered and annexed neighboring states, laying the foundation for the unification of India, he became afflicted with a skin disease. Remorseful, he went to the Buddha to repent his sin and take refuge in him. After the Buddha's parinirvana, King Ajatashatru sponsored the 500 arhats to collect the Buddha's teachings. Indian Buddhism is greatly indebted to the converted King Ajatashatru for his prevalence and prosperity. [RY]<br>
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[[Ajita]] ([[ma pham pa]]). See [[Maitreya]] [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[Ajita]], the Indefeatable ([[ma pham pa]]), [[Maitreya]]. [RY] <br>
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[[Akanishta]] {[['og min]]}. 1) Non-higher. The highest Buddhafield. There are six places that have this name, from the eighth paradise of the gods of the fourth concentration up to the [[absolute]] [[Akanishta]], which is inconceivable. 2) the highest of the heavens of the form realm. 3) The 'highest;' the realm of Vajradhara, the dharmakaya buddha. Can also refer to the highest abode of gods in the form realms. 4) For a discussion of the various types of Akanishtha, see Gyurme Dorje's translation of Longchen Rabjam's [[phyogs bcu mun sel]]. 5) The 'highest;' the realm of [[Vajradhara]], the enlightened sphere the [[dharmakaya buddha]]. Often used as a synonym for '[[dharmadhatu]].' 6) ultimate ([[don gyi 'og min]])[RY][Primer][LW1]<br>
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[[Akanishta realm]] ([['og min gyi zhing]]). The highest buddha realm. [RY]<br>
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*Akanishta realm of all-encompassing purity ([[dag pa rab 'byams 'og min zhing]]) - [RY]<br>
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*Akanishta realm of Padmajala ([['og min pad ma drva ba'i zhing]]) - The pure realm of Guru Rinpoche. [RY]<br>
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[[Akaramatisila]] - brought back altogether five statues of [[Avalokitesvara]], which became among the most venerated ones in Tibet and Nepal. The four others are the Jowo Lokeshvara which is still kept in the Potala at Lhasa, the Jowo Wati Sangpo of Kyirong (see chap.12, note 21, the Jowo Jamali at Kathmandu and the [[Jowo Ukhangpa]] ([[u khang pa]]) in Patan (Kathmandu). [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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Akhu Tersey - [RY]<br>
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[[Akshobhya]] - ([[mi bskyod]]) 1) one of the [[five Dhyani buddhas]]; his [[Sambhogakaya]] form is [[Vajrasattva]]. 2) ([[mi bskyod pa]]). 'Imperturbable', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the [[5 Vajra Families]]. 3) The chief buddha of the [[5 Vajra Families]]. The manifestion of [[mirror-like wisdom]]. [RY]<br><br>
[[Akshobhya]] ([[mi bskyod pa]]) - the lord of the [[5 Vajra Families]], dwelling in [[Abhirati]] ([[mngon dga']]) - the eastern [[Buddhafield]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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Aku - is used to address a paternal uncle, but is also used for a monk or a priest, independent of any family ties. Similarly, "Ashang" is used to address a maternal uncle, but is also used for any [[layman]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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Alak ([[a lag]]) - is an honorific title given to [[lama]]s and notables in Amdo. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br><br>
[[Alaya]] ([[kun gzhi]]) - The basis of all of [[Samsara]] and [[Nirvana]]. See '[[all-ground]].'[Primer] [RY]<br>
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[[alayavijnana]] ([[kun gzhi'i rnam shes]]) - See all-ground consciousness [LW1] [RY]<br>
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Ali Kali - means the A-string and the [[Ka]]-string. The 16 vowels and 30 consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet. [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[Alidha]] ([[g.yas brkyang g.yon bskum]]). A posture, either sitting or standing, in which the left leg is bent more sharply than the right. [RY]<br>
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[[All-encompassing purity]] ([[snang srid dag pa rab 'byams]]) - the all-encompassing purity of appearance and existence, infinite purity of phenomena, infinite purity of appearance and existence.  [[All which appears and exists]] ([[snang srid thams cad]]), the world and the beings - is actually all-encompassing purity. We really should understand this: everything, all world-systems and all beings — whatever appears and exists, meaning the 'perceived' and the 'perceiver' — all takes place as the sphere of the [[Three Kayas]]. ([[Dharmakaya]], [[Sambhogakaya]], [[Nirmanakaya]]). Everything originates as the Three Kayas, takes place as the sphere of the Three Kayas, and dissolves back again as the sphere of the three kayas. [Primer] [RY]<br>
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[[All-accomplishing wisdom]] ([[bya ba grub pa'i ye shes]]) - One of [[The Five Wisdoms]]; the [[transmutation]] of [[envy]]. [RY]<br>
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[[All-embodying Jewel Scripture]] ([[rin chen kun 'dus kyi lung]]) - One of the Eighteen Major Scriptures of the [[Mind Section]] of [[Dzogchen]]. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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All-embodying One - [[Vairochana]] ([[kun rigs rnam par snang mdzad]]) is a deity who embodies the [[5 Vajra Families]]. [MR-ShabkarNotes]<br>
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[[All-encompassing Bliss Scripture]] ([[bde ba rab 'byams kyi lung]]). One of the Eighteen Major Scriptures of the [[Mind Section]] of [[Dzogchen]]. Vol. [[Ka]] of the [[Nyingma Gyübum]]. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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[[All-Encompassing Knowledge]] ([[shes bya kun khyab]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[All-encompassing purity]] ([[dag pa rab 'byams]]). The [[elements]] and [[skandhas]] of the world and its beings, are, in their pure aspects, the [[five male buddhas]] and five female buddhas ([[rgyal ba yum lnga]]). [RY]<br>
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All-encompassing purity of appearance and existence ([[snang srid dag pa rab 'byams]]) - 1) A term used especially in the teachings of the [[Inner Tantras]] demonstrating that all phenomena are inherently perfect; the [[five aggregates]] are the [[five male buddhas]], and so forth. 2) A term used especially in the teachings of the maha, anu and ati tantras demonstrating that all phenomena are inherently perfect. [Bardo Guide 91] [RY]<br>
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[[All-ground]] ([[kun gzhi]]) - Skt. [[Alaya]] - 1) Literally it means 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]] which is not yet embraced by [[innate wakefulness]] and thus is the basis for samsaric experience 2) ground of all of [[Samsara]] and [[Nirvana]]. [Primer][RY]<br>
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[[All-ground consciousness]] ([[kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa]]). The cognizant aspect of the '[[All-ground]],' like the brightness of a mirror. ([[kun gzhi'i rnam shes]]) definition of; expl.; in relation to ignorance [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[All-ground for manifold tendencies]] ([[bag chags sna tshogs pa'i kun gzhi]]) The alaya serving as the basis for samsaric tendencies. [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[all-ground for true application]] ([[sbyor ba don gyi kun gzhi]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[all-ground wisdom]] ([[kun gzhi'i ye shes]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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All-ground; as basis for both confusion and liberation cognizant quality of expl.; in relation to 'disturbed mind consciousness'; pure all-ground ([[dag pa'i kun gzhi]]) [Lwx] [RY]<br>
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[[All-Holding Lotus]] ([[padma kun tu 'chang]]). See Padmasambhava [LW1] [RY]<br>
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[[All-illuminating samadhi]] ([[kun tu snang ba'i ting nge 'dzin]]). The second of the three samadhis. [[Compassion]] arising out of [[Emptiness]]. [RY]<br>
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[[All-knowing King of Dharma]] ([[kun mkhyen chos kyi rgyal po]]). See Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. [RY]<br>
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[[All-Pervading Adornment]] by Jigmey Lingpa (1729-1798). 671 pages. Vol. 34 in the Nyingma Gyübum. Tibetan title: de bzhin gshegs pas legs par gsungs pa'i gsung rab rgya mtsho'i snying por gyur pa rig pa 'dzin pa'i sde snod dam snga 'gyur rgyud 'bum rin po che'i rtogs pa brjod pa 'dzam gling mtha'i gru khyab pa'i rgyan. [ZL] [RY]<br>
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[[All-pervasive suffering of being conditioned]] ([[khyab pa 'du byed kyi sdug bsngal]]). The third of the three sufferings. It is perpetuated by the continuation of the Five Aggregates. 2) all-pervasive suffering of formations ([[khyab pa 'du byed kyi sdug bsngal]]) [LW1] [RY]<br>
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~~ A Glossary of Buddhist People, Places, and Things...~~

Prajnaparamita - (sher phyin ma) -

ཋེ་ཪངཇུང་ཡེཤེ་Gཨིལྡེད་Pཨལཅེ་ཨོཕ༹་ཌྷརྨིཅ་ཨཱཅཏིབི༹ཏཡ
ཤེར་ཕྱིན་མ།
Guardian Deity of The Perfection of Wisdom - Mother of All Buddhas
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~~ The Terms by which These Are Defined ~~

--Alphabetical Listing:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

"It is all right not to know the Tibetan language. As long as you can read, you can absorb the Dharma terminology, the Buddhist key words. Many learned people have told me that the majority of Buddhist scriptures exist in the Tibetan language. Second is Chinese; after that there is Japanese, Pali, and so forth. Nevertheless, Tibetan is foremost in quantity. Someone who wants to do detailed studies, can study to their heart's delight in the Tibetan medium, without running out of texts".

Quoted from an interview with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche - ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།


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