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[[Bodhichitta]] ([[byang chub kyi sems]]): lit. "the mind of enlightenment". On the relative level, it is the wish to attain/reveal [[Buddhahood]] for the sakes and benefit of all beings, as well as the practice of the path of love, compassion, the six transcendent perfections, etc., necessary for achieving this goal. On the absolute level, it is the direct [[insight]] into the [[ultimate nature]]. [MR]
[[Lama]] (Tib. [[bla ma]], Skt. [[guru]]): (1) spiritual teacher, explained as the contraction of [[bla na med pa]], "nothing superior", (2) often used loosely for Buddhist monks or [[yogi]]s in general. [MR]<br>
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guru/ spiritual teacher [RB]  


Bodhichitta ([[byang sems]]), ([[byang chub kyi sems]]). 'Awakened state of mind,' 'enlightened attitude.'
lama; [[gu ru]], spiritual teacher; Guru, master; supreme spiritual teacher of weight or substance. teacher, priest, highest one, spiritual master, preceptor [RY]  


*1) The [[aspiration]] to attain [[enlightenment]] for the sake of all beings. 2) In the context of [[Dzogchen]], the innate wakefulness of awakened mind; synonymous with [[nondual awareness]]. [RY]
[[Master]]. In the Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo, [[Padmasambhava]] says: "The vajra master, the root of the path, is someone who has the pure conduct of samaya and vows. Such ones are fully adorned with learning, have discerned this through reflection, and through meditation these possess  qualities and signs of experience and realization. With such a one's compassionate action are disciples accepted." In short, someone with the correct [[View]] and genuine [[Compassion]] [[RY]]  


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the teacher [RY]


[These several pages under the general heading of 'Bodhichitta' and it's various levels and aspects will for the most part have a repeat of this same defining/explanatory entry.  The reasoning is in hopes that perhaps the reader may see how these tie together through the explanation.] [RWB]
1 guru [master even kinder than 1's parents] two highest 1 [master, teacher, lama] [IW]  


Regarding Bodhichitta, in the section of [[The Light of Wisdom]] titled ''The Essence of Generating Bodhichitta'' it offers this in regards to ''The Different Types'' [of bodhichitta]:
guru, master, lama, spiritual preceptor, life-mother, mentor, higher one, upper one, (one who knows buddha experience; ma is potency, bla is highest significance), priest, 1 of gnas pa dgu, spiritual master, guru, masters, teacher [JV]  


"There are four different types of stages, from the devoted engagement of ordinary people - through buddhahood.  [These 4 stages and] twenty-two types are taught using analogies in terms of their characteristics. Thus:


'''1''') The bodhichitta of devoted engagement for ordinary people on the paths of accumulation (one the [[accumulation of merit]], the other is nonconceptually transformative as the [[accumulation of wisdom]], [[tshogs gnyis]] ) and joining. '''2''') The bodhichitta of pure superior intention on the seven impure bhumis (1 through 7 of the [[ten bhumis]] which are reflective of the last three pure bhumis, 8 through 10). Then, '''3''') The bodhichitta of maturation on the three pure [[bhumis]]. and '''4''') The ''[[bodhichitta of abandoning all obscuration]]'' comes about as a profound aspiration in relinquishing any [[obscuration]]s ([[sgrib pa spang ba'i sems bskyed]]) to [[sangs rgyas kyi sa]]).


The twenty-two analogies given in the ''Ornament of Realization'' (''Abhisamayalamkara'') are:<br>
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*These are like the earth, gold, the moon, and fire.
*Like a treasure, a jewel mine, and the ocean,
*Like a diamond, a mountain, medicine, and a teacher,
*Like a wish-fulfilling jewel, the sun, and a song,
*Like a king, a treasury, and a highway,
*Like a carriage and a fountain,
*Like a lute, a river, and a cloud--<br>
Thus here we have twenty-two kinds.
 
These twenty-two are examples for pursuing the aim and so forth through [[dharmakaya]].  As these are combined with the five paths: pursuance, intention, and superior intention ''are'' the path of accumulation; hence application is the path of joining; the paramita of [[generosity]] ''is'' the path of seeing; and [[discipline]], [[patience]], [[diligence]], [[concentration]], [[discriminating knowledge]], [[means]], [[strength]], [[aspiration]], and [[wisdom]] are the nine stages of the [[path of cultivation]]; [[superknowledges]], [the accumulations of] merit and wisdom (see above), the thirty-seven factors conducive to enlightenment ([[byang chub kyi chos sum bcu rtsa bdun]]), [[shamatha and vipashyana]]. recall and courageous eloquence--five altogether--comprise the special path of three pure [[bhumis]] together; and the banquet of [[Dharma]], the singular journeyed path (see [[singularity]]), and the possession of [[dharmakaya]] comprise the three aspects of preparation, main part, and conclusion of the stage of buddhahood.  You should know this: all of these can be combined with three more aspects: analogy, helper, and quality; for instance, the helper is the subject, the bodhichitta concurrent with pursuing the aim of enlightenment.  The analogy is that this is like the earth, because it serves as basis for all virtuous qualities. [JOKYAB]
 
These are the two types defined according to their characteristics; aspiration, and application: the bodhichitta of aspiration is the [[four immeasurables]], and the bodhichitta of application is the six paramitas.  According to the system of [[Nagarjuna]], the bodhichitta of aspiration is to pledge the effect and the bodhichitta of application is to pledge the cause.  According to the system of [[Asanga]], the intention is the bodhichitta of aspiration, and engagement is the bodhichitta of application.  The bodhichitta of aspiration is the wish to attain buddhahood, like intenting to travel.  The bodhichitta of application is to train in bodhichitta in and as all actions and experience, the means for attaining/revealing buddhahood, like traveling.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 19:54, 29 July 2007

Lama (Tib. bla ma, Skt. guru): (1) spiritual teacher, explained as the contraction of bla na med pa, "nothing superior", (2) often used loosely for Buddhist monks or yogis in general. [MR]

guru/ spiritual teacher [RB]

lama; gu ru, spiritual teacher; Guru, master; supreme spiritual teacher of weight or substance. teacher, priest, highest one, spiritual master, preceptor [RY]

Master. In the Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo, Padmasambhava says: "The vajra master, the root of the path, is someone who has the pure conduct of samaya and vows. Such ones are fully adorned with learning, have discerned this through reflection, and through meditation these possess qualities and signs of experience and realization. With such a one's compassionate action are disciples accepted." In short, someone with the correct View and genuine Compassion RY

the teacher [RY]

1 guru [master even kinder than 1's parents] two highest 1 [master, teacher, lama] [IW]

guru, master, lama, spiritual preceptor, life-mother, mentor, higher one, upper one, (one who knows buddha experience; ma is potency, bla is highest significance), priest, 1 of gnas pa dgu, spiritual master, guru, masters, teacher [JV]

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