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Accomplished Master (grub thob) An accomplished master (Skt. siddha) is one who has fully developed the supreme and common spiritual accomplishments. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

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-*Five kayas — [[sku lnga]], Skt. [[panchakaya]], in the [[Mahayana]], the [[transcendent reality]] of perfect [[buddhahood]] is described in terms of two, three, four or five bodies or [[kayas]]. The two bodies, in the first case, are the [[dharmakaya]], the [[Body of Truth]], and the [[rupakaya]], the [[Body of Form]]. The dharmakaya is the absolute or "[[emptiness]]" aspect of buddhahood. The rupakaya is subdivided into the [[sambhogakaya]], the [[Body of Perfect Enjoyment]], and the [[nirmanakaya]], the [[Body of Manifestation]]. The sambhogakaya, or the [[spontaneous clarity]] aspect of buddhahood, is perceptible only to beings of extremely high realization. The nirmanakaya, the compassionate aspect, is perceptible to ordinary beings and appears in the world most often in human form. The system of [[four bodies]] consists of the three just referred to together with the [[svabhavikakaya]], or [[Body of Suchness]], which refers to the union of the previous three. [AJP] from The Great Image ISBN 1-59030-069-6
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+An accomplished master ([[Skt. siddha]]) is one who has fully developed the supreme and common spiritual accomplishments.  [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
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