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[[spyod pa]] - (alt.){spyod pa, spyad pa, spyad pa, spyod}  1) to engage in; enjoy; behave, carry out, conduct oneself; practice, act, enact, participate in, engage in, be involved with; to use; treat, deal with, to use, employ, apply, utilize; experience, undergo, enjoy, partake of; do, enjoy, experience, accomplish, perform, commit, 2) Skt Carya; conduct, behavior, action, activity, course, deeds,. 3) a practitioner; 4) application, practice, 5) lifestyle, 6) Syn {[[spyod pa'i rgyud]]} Carya. The second of the four sections of tantras according to the Sarma schools ([[gsar ma]]) [RY]
the [[dharmakaya of self-existing awareness]] - ([[rang rig chos sku]]) [RY]
 
[[rgyud sde]] - Tantra Section. Tantric sections. 1) The four or six sections of tantras. 2) One of the two divisions of [[Mahayana]]. The [[Mahayoga]] tantras appeared in this world when revealed by [[Vajrasattva]] and the [[Lord of Secrets]] ([[Vajrapani]]) to [[King Jah]], the ruler of Zahor, who was born 112 years after Buddha's [[nirvana]]. Some of the contemporary lineage holders were [[Uparaja]], [[Kukuraja]], [[Vimalakirti]], and [[Jnanamitra]]. Subsequent masters were [[Shakputri]], the regent and son of [[King Jah]], King Jah's daughter [[Gomadevi]], [[Singaraja]], [[Lilavajra]], [[Buddhaguhya]] and [[Vajrahasya]]. The following generation of lineage holders were [[Bhashita]], [[Prabhahasti]], and [[Padmasambhava]], the latter of whom also received the tantras directly from [[King Jah]] [RY]
 
[[rgyud sde drug]] - Six tantra sections, six sections of Tantra. The [[three outer tantras]] of Kriya, Upa and Yoga and the [[three inner tantras]] of Maha, Anu and Ati. six classes of [[Vajrayana Tantras]], six sections of tantra [RY]
 
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