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[[sems tsam]] - Mind Only school, Chittamatra; the doctrine of [[Mind-Only]]; founded by [[Maitreya]] and [[Asanga]], idealist-mentalist, just displays of mind. Def. by Jamgön Kongtrül: {[[gzung 'dzin gnyis]] [[las]] [[grol ba]]'i [[rnam shes cha med]] [[skad cig]] [[re re]] [[ba]] [[don dam pa'i bden pa]]r [['dod pa]]s [[rnam rig pa]]'am [[sems tsam pa]] [[zhes bya]] [[dang]] [[gzung 'dzin gnyis]] [[med]] [[kyi]] [[shes pa rang]] [[rig]] [[rang gsal]] [[don dam pa]] [[nyid]] [[gnyis snang]] [[gyi]] [[sgrib pa]]s [[bsgribs pa]]s [['phags]] [[chos thob pa]]'i [[tshe]] [[yang]] [[de nyid gnyis]] [[snang]] [[dang bral ba]] [[tsam du]] [['dod]] [[do]]} [RY]
[[padma kun tu 'chang]]


[[sems tsam]] - Chittamatra/ [[Mind-Only]] school [RB]
'''Padmasambhava''' ([[pad ma 'byung gnas]]). 'Lotus-born.' Same as Guru Rinpoche. Padmakara and Padmasambhava are interchangeable in Tibetan literature, sometimes is used the Tibetan translation Pema Jungney, sometimes the Sanskrit. <br><br>


[[sems tsam pa]] - [[Mind-Only]] School, Chittamatra. A [[Mahayana]] school of Buddhist philosophy propagated by the great master [[Asanga]] and his followers. Founded on the Lankavatara Sutra and other scriptures, its main premise is that all phenomena are only mind, i.e. mental perceptions that appear within the [[All-ground]] consciousness due to habitual tendencies. Positively, this view relinquishes the fixation on a solid reality. Negatively, there is still clinging to a truly existing 'mind' within which everything takes place [RY]
The essence of all the [[buddhas of the three times]], the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding [[vidyadhara]]s, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams ([[yi dam]]), the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the [[Dharma]] and the haughty forces of appearance and existence, is the one renowned throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the [[Three Kayas]] as Mahaguru Padmasambhava.<br><br>


[[sems tsam pa]] - proponent of Mind-Only School/ Chittamatrin; Chittamatra. A 'Mind-only' Adherent, an idealist, Mind-only school. Def. Jamgön Kongtrül: {[[sems las]] [[gzhan pa]]'i [[dngos po]] [[ni]] [[gang yang med]] [[la]] [[sems]] [[rnam rig tsam]] [[ni]] [[bden pa]]'i [[dngos por grub pa]]r [['dod pa]]s [[sems tsam pa]]'am [[rnam rig pa]]}; Mind-only School, Chittamatrin, a follower of the Mind Only doctrine, (Syn. Yogacharin) [RY]
From ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'' root text, opening verses.


[[lang kar gshegs pa'i mdo]] - Lankavatara Sutra. A sutra of the third turning of the Wheel of the Dharma. Used as basis for [[Yogachara]] and [[Chittamatra]] [RY]
==Internal Links==
*[[A Short Biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli]] by Jamgon Kongtrul
*[[Padmakara and the Four Vidyadhara Levels]] by Khenpo Jokyab Rinpoche
 
==External Links==
[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/padmasambhava.htm Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.]


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padma kun tu 'chang

Padmasambhava (pad ma 'byung gnas). 'Lotus-born.' Same as Guru Rinpoche. Padmakara and Padmasambhava are interchangeable in Tibetan literature, sometimes is used the Tibetan translation Pema Jungney, sometimes the Sanskrit.

The essence of all the buddhas of the three times, the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding vidyadharas, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams (yi dam), the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the Dharma and the haughty forces of appearance and existence, is the one renowned throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the Three Kayas as Mahaguru Padmasambhava.

From Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo root text, opening verses.

Internal Links

External Links

Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.

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