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==Index for '''Light of Wisdom, Volume 2'''==
'''Erik Pema Kunsang''' (Erik Hein Schmidt) has translated over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and directs, with his wife [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]], [[Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications]] (www.rangjung.com) in Kathmandu.  Other projects included the Dharma Dictionary, an ongoing, electronic publication, compiling an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the Tibetan and English languages.
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Erik has been the assistant and translator for [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] and his sons since the late seventies. He and Marcia are both active in facilitating masters of the Practice Lineages to teach in the West. They live at [[Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery]] in [[Boudhanath]], Nepal, and at the Gomde retreat centers in California and Denmark.
Programs are listed at the webpages [http://www.gomde.dk Gomde Denmark] and
[http://www.gomdeusa.org Gomde USA]. From the jacket of ''[[A Tibetan Buddhist Companion]]''.


*[[100 syllables]] -- ([[yig brgya]]): translation of meaning, 165
==Published Translationss==
*[[abhisambodhi, fivefold]] -- ([[mngon byang rnam lnga]]): detailed expl., 100
*[[Erik Pema Kunsang's published book translations]] mostly together with [[Marcia Binder Schmidt]]
*[[accomplishing of the wisdom-circle]] -- ([[ye shes kyi 'khor lo sgrub pa]]): among the subsidiary yogas, expl., 121
 
*[[Accomplishment of Wisdom]] -- ([[ye shes grub pa]]): quote from, 69
==Smaller Published Translations==
*[[accumulation of merit]] -- ([[bsod nams kyi tshogs: expl., 73, 166
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*[[accumulation of wisdom]] -- ([[ye shes kyi tshogs]]): expl., 73, 166
 
*[[Activity Manual]] -- ([[las byang]]): quote from Lilavajra's, 79
*[[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]] <br>
*[[all-ground]] -- ([[kun gzhi]]): as object of purification]]), 37
*email: rangjung@gmail.com <br>
*[[all-ground consciousness ]] -- ([[kun gzhi'i rnam shes]]): syn. for cognition ([[sems]]), 143
 
*[[all-ground for manifold tendencies]] -- ([[bag chags sna tshogs pa'i kun gzhi]]), 37
[http://www.rangjung.com publications website]<br>
*[[Anuttara Yoga]]. See [[Unexcelled Yoga]]
[http://www.shedrub.org various Dharma activities I'm involved in]
*[[appearance, increase, attainment, and full attainment]] -- ([[snang mched thob nyer thob]]): dissolution phase, 136
 
*[[approach and accomplishment, four aspects of]] -- ([[bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi]]): expl., 194
[[Category:Translators]]
*[[arrayed bindus]] -- ([[bkod pa thig le]]): expl., 36
*[[Aryadeva]] -- ([['phags pa'i lha]]): quote by, 144
*[[ashvara]]: expl., 171
*[[Assemblage]] -- ([[kun 'dus]]): quote from, 45
*[[Assemblage of Sugatas]] -- ([[bde 'dus]]): expl. of quotations from, 181; quote from, 83, 98
*[[attain proficiency in the three fields]] -- ([[yul gsum gyad du gyur]]), 113
*[[Awareness Samantabhadra]] -- ([[rig pa'i kun tu bzang po]]): expl., 184
*[[awareness-discipline]] -- ([[rig pa brtul zhugs]]), 122
*[[Awesome Lightning]] -- ([[rngam glog]]): quote from, 44
*[[ayatana-deities]] -- ([[skye mched kyi lha]]), 105; expl., 188
*[[Barchey Künsel]] -- ([[bar chad kun sel]]): detailed expl., 161; expl., 65
*[[benefiting and enabling]] -- ([[phan nus]]): empowerment, 35
*[[Bhavideva]], 168; quote by, 77
*[[bindus]] -- ([[thig le]]): expl., 36
*[[body of karmic ripening]] -- ([[rnam smin gyi phung po]]), 164
*[[body, speech, mind, and cognition]] -- ([[lus ngag yid sems bzhi]]), 35; expl., 143
*[[bone ornaments, six]] -- ([[rus rgyan drug]]): list, 190
*[[Bright Effulgence]] -- ([[gsal bkra]]): quote from, 152
*[[Brilliant Expanse]] -- ([[klong gsal]]): quote from, 100
*[[Buddhaguhya]] -- ([[sangs rgyas gsang ba]]), 169
*[[Buddhaguhya's Progressive Stages of the Path]] -- ([[sangs rgyas gsang ba'i lam rim]]): quote from, 79, 88
*[[Buddhakapala Tantra]] -- ([[sangs rgyas thod pa'i rgyud]]): quote from, 43
*[[burning and pouring]] -- ([[sregs blugs]]): feast, 132; fire-puja, 132
*[[causal vajra-holder]] -- ([[rgyu rdo rje 'dzin pa]]), 98
*[[celestial palace]] -- ([[gzhal yas khang]]): expl., 94
*[[Child of Great Bliss]] -- ([[sras bde ba chen po]]): expl., 155
*[[Commentary on the Essence of Secrets]] -- ([[gsang 'grel]]): quote from, 83
*[[Commentary on the Vajra Essence]] -- ([[rdo rje snying 'grel]]): quote from, 56
*[[Compendium]] -- ([['dus pa]]): quote from, 42
*[[Compendium of Vajra Wisdom]] -- ([[ye shes rdo rje kun las btus pa]]): quote from, 96
*[[completion stage]] -- ([[rdzogs rim]]): expl., 54
*[[concluding actions]] -- ([[mjug gi bya ba]]): detailed expl., 126, 199
*[[concurrent causes]] -- ([[mtshungs ldan gyi rgyu]]): for empowerment, 34
*[[consecrating the offering articles]] -- ([[mchod rdzas byin rlabs]]): detailed expl., 85
*[[consecration]] -- ([[byin gyis rlabs pa]]): among the subsidiary yogas, expl., 120
*[[constituting nadis]] -- ([[gnas pa rtsa]]): expl., 35
*[[co-operating conditions]] -- ([[lhan cig byed pa'i rkyen]]): for realizing the four vajras, 34
*[[Daily Apology in Eight Branches]] -- ([[rgyun bshags yan lag brgyad pa]]): full quotation, 168
*[[defilement of the habitual tendencies of transition]] -- ([['pho ba'i bag chags kyi dri ma]]), 152
*[[definition of mantra]] -- ([[sngags kyi nges tshig]]): expl., 198
*[[deities of attributes]] -- ([[mtshan ma'i lha]]): expl., 64, 158
*[[deities to be accomplished]] -- ([[sgrub bya'i lha]]): expl. of three types, 60
*[[deity]] -- ([[lha]]): definition, 62; indivisible samaya and wisdom, 62
*[[deity of the three indestructible vajras]] -- ([[rdo rje mi shigs pa gsum gyi lha]]), 153
*[[deliverance]] -- ([[bsgral ba]]): expl. of qualifications, 202
*[[detached deity]] -- ([[chags bral]]): ex., 159
*[[development and completion]] -- ([[bskyed rdzogs]]): definition, 55; divisions, 55; four main aspects, 58; identity, 54; purpose, 57; sequence, 56
*[[development stage]] -- ([[bskyed rim]]): acc. to Anu Yoga, 104; acc. to Ati Yoga, 105; detailed expl., 61; summary, 60
*[[dispelling obstructing forces]] -- ([[bgegs bskrad pa]]): detailed expl., 81
*[[dissolution phase]] -- ([[bsdu rim]]): expl., 135, 206
*[[dissolution stages]] -- ([[thim rim]]): detailed expl., 173
*[[disturbed mind consciousness]] -- ([[nyon yid]]), 143
*[[Domsum, the Three Precepts]] -- ([[sdom gsum]]), 148
*[[Drilbupa]] -- ([[dril bu pa]]): quote by, 41
*[[Early Translation School of Secret Mantra]] -- ([[gsang sngags snga 'gyur]]), 39
*[[eight accomplishments]] -- ([[grub pa brgyad]]): listing, 206
*[[eight branches]] -- ([[yan lag brgyad pa]]): listing, 79
*[[eight jewel ornaments]] -- ([[rat na'i chas brgyad]]): list, 189
*[[eight measures of clarity and steadiness]] -- ([[gsal brtan tshad brgyad]]), 111
*[[Eight Sadhana Teachings]], [[Kabgye]], 180
*[[eight sets of individual liberation]] -- ([[so that ris brgyad]]): listing, 149
*[[eightfold or tenfold daily apology]] -- ([[rgyun bshags yan lag brgyad pa dang bcu pa]]), 77
*[[eighty innate thought states]] -- ([[rang bzhin brgyad bcu'i rtog pa]]), 37; listing, 144
*[[elaboration of seeping bliss]] -- ([['dzag bde'i spros pa]]), 37
*[[Embodiment Scripture]] -- ([['dus mdo]]), 147
*[[Embodiment Scripture of Statement]] [[Anu Yoga]] -- ([[lung 'dus mdo]]): empowerments of, 42
*[[empowerment]] -- ([[dbang bskur]]): among the subsidiary yogas, expl., 120
*[[empowerment]] -- ([[dbang]]): definition, 40; detailed expl., 32; divisions, 40; expl. of the four empowerments, 35; identity, 40; recipient, 32; ways of conferring, 38, 41
*[[empowerment]] -- ([[snod gu gyur pa]]): suitable vessel for, 33
*[[empowerment of awareness display]] -- ([[rig pa rtsal gyi dbang]]), 43
*[[empowerment of the vajra king of all-encompassing teachings]] -- ([[rdo rje rgyal po bka' rab 'byams kyi dbang]]): one of the five enabling, 147
*[[empowerments]] -- ([[zab mo'i dbang gsum]]): three profound, 36
*[[emulating type of aspiring practitioner]] -- ([[mos slob 'dra 'bag]]), 132, 203
*[[endowed with the three wisdom aspects]] -- ([[ye shes gsum ldan]]): expl., 162
*[[essence, nature and capacity]] -- ([[ngo bo rang bzhin thugs rje]]): as samaya being, 62, 153; expl., 162
*[[Exposition Tantra of the Magical Vajra]] -- ([[sgyu 'phrul bshad rgyud rdo rje]]): quote about ganachakra, 130
*[[Extensive Scripture]] -- ([[rgyas pa]]): quote from, 148
*[[Father Tantras]] -- ([[pha rgyud]]), 103
*[[feast offering, ganachakra]] -- ([[tshogs kyi 'khor lo]]): detailed expl., 129
*[[feeding pathway of the rakshasa]] -- ([[srin mo'i za lam]]), 133; expl., 205
*[[Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion]] -- ([[bla ma lnga bcu pa]]), 168
*[[firm pride]] -- ([[nga rgyal brtan pa]]): expl., 108
*[[five articles of sadhana materials]] -- ([[sgrub pa rdzas kyi yo byad lnga]]): expl., 201
*[[five aspects of involvement]] -- ([['jug pa'i yan lag lnga]]): expl., 172
*[[five aspects of Mantra]] -- ([[sngags kyi yan lag lnga]]): listing, 145
*[[five branches of involvement]] -- ([['jug pa'i yan lag lnga]]), 88; expl., 172
*[[five chakras]] -- ([['khor lo lnga]]), 35
*[[five experiences]] -- ([[nyams lnga]]): listing, 191
*[[five inner enabling empowerments]] -- ([[nang nus dbang lnga]]): listing, 147
*[[five silk garments]] -- ([[dar gyi chas gos lnga]]): list, 189
*[[five special articles]] -- ([[khyad par yo byad lnga]]), 130; expl., 201
*[[Five Stages]] -- ([[rim lnga]]): quote from, 57
*[[fivefold abhisambodhi]] -- ([[mngon byang rnam lnga]]): detailed expl., 100
*[[fivefold fruition]] -- ([['bras chos rnam lnga]]): listing, 171
*[[fivefold true perfection]] -- ([[mngon byang lnga]]): when entering the womb, 187
*[[fivefold true perfection]] -- ([[mngon byang rnam lnga]]): detailed expl., 100
*[[flower of awareness]] -- ([[rig pa'i me tog]]): expl., 146
*[[forming mind]] -- ([['du byed kyi yid]]), 37; expl., 145
*[[four activities]] -- ([[phrin las bzhi]]): list, 206
*[[four aspects of approach and accomplishment]] -- ([[bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi]]): expl., 194
*[[four circular empowerments]] -- ([[zlum po bzhi dbang]]): expl., 146
*[[Four Cycles of Guru Sadhana]]: expl. of chief figure, 177
*[[four empowerments]] -- ([[dbang bzhi]]): expl., 35, 147
*[[four gates of Secret Mantra]] -- ([[gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi]]): list, 138
*[[four kayas]] -- ([[sku bzhi]]): as bases for empowerment, 34
*[[four measures of clarity]] -- ([[gsal ba'i tshad bzhi]]), 91, expl., 178
*[[four measures of steadiness]] -- ([[brtan pa'i tshad bzhi]]), 92; expl., 178
*[[four powers]] -- ([[stobs bzhi]]): detailed expl., 164; expl. of Vajrasattva practice, 71
*[[four rivers of empowerment]] -- ([[dbang gi chu bo bzhi]]): expl., 147
*[[four stakes to bind the life-force]] -- ([[srog sdom gzer bzhi]]): detailed expl., 108; expl. by Dilgo Khyentse, 191
*[[four types of rebirth]] -- ([[skyes gnas bzhi]]): purification of, 97
*[[four vajras]] -- ([[rdo rje bzhi]]): nature of empowerment, 34
*[[four vidyadhara levels]] -- ([[rig 'dzin bzhi]]), 61
*[[fourfold accomplishment]] -- ([[grub pa bzhi ldan]]): silent recitation. See also silent recitation
*[[fundamental mandala of awakened mind']] -- ([[rtsa ba byang chub sems kyi dkyil 'khor]]): expl., 155
*[[Galpo Tantra]] -- ([[gal po]]): quote about ganachakra, 132; quote from, 84, 102, 172
*[[Galtreng]] -- ([[gal phreng]]): quote from, 83, 84, 93
*[[ganachakra]] -- ([[tshogs kyi 'khor lo]]): detailed expl., 129
*[[general, special, and supreme samayas]] -- ([[dam tshig]]): expl., 148
*[[Glorious Heruka Root Tantra]] -- ([[dpal khrag 'thung rtsa ba'i rgyud]]): quote from, 202
*[[great unbiased experience]] -- ([[rang snang ris med chen po]]), 77
*[[gross three doors]] -- ([[rags pa'i sgo gsum]]): expl., 146
*[[Guhyasamaja Akshobhya]] -- ([[gsang 'dus mi bskyod pa]]), 188
*[[guru sadhana]] -- ([[bla sgrub]]): expl. of four levels of, 65; reason for, 64
*[[guru yoga]] -- ([[bla ma'i rnal 'byor]]): detailed expl., 76
*[[hand-drum, chang-teu]] -- ([[cang te'u]]): expl., 171
*[[Hayagriva]] -- ([[rta mgrin]]), 206
*[[Heruka Assemblage]] -- ([[he ru ka 'dus pa]]): quote from, 39
*[[Heruka Assemblage Tantra]] -- ([[he ru ka 'dus pa'i rgyud]]): quote from, 46
*[[Hevajra Tantra]] -- ([[dgyes rdor]]): quote from, 40
*[[Higher Abhidharma]] -- ([[mngon pa gong ma]]): Mahayana meaning of mind, 143
*[[homage]] -- ([[phyag 'tshal]]): expl., 122
*[[homage of supreme indivisibility]] -- ([['dres pa nan tan gyi phyag]]): expl., 122
*[[identity of mantra]] -- ([[sngags kyi ngo bo]]): expl., 198
*[[Illuminating Sunlight]], 8, 143
*[[Immaculate Light]] -- ([[dri med 'od]]): ashvara fire-pit, 171
*[[incalculable aeons]] -- ([[bskal pa grangs med]]), 33; expl., 143
*[[individual liberation]] -- ([[so thar ris brgyad]]): listing of eight sets, 149
*[[inner mandala of wisdom]] -- ([[nang ye shes kyi dkyil 'khor]]), 146
*[[Instruction Section]] -- ([[man ngag sde]]): expl. of four empowerments, 43; heart center, 155
*[[Jigmey Lingpa]] -- ([['jigs med gling pa]]): quote about samaya being and wisdom being, 197
*[[Jnanapada]] -- ([[ye shes zhabs]]): mention of, 106
*[[Kabgye]] -- ([[bka' brgyad]]). See Eight Sadhana Teachings
*[[Kabgye Yongdzog]] -- ([[bka' brgyad yongs rdzogs]]): mention of ten branches, 79
*[[Kamalashila]] -- ([[padma'i ngang tshul]]): quote by, 75; meaning of name, 167
*[[karma that is conducive to liberation]] -- ([[thar pa cha mthun gyi las]]): expl., 172
*[[karma that is conducive to merit]] -- ([[bsod nams cha mthun gyi las]]), 86; expl., 172
*[[karma-mudra]] -- ([[las kyi phyag rgya]]), 145
*[[King of Empowerment Tantra]] -- ([[dbang skur rgyal po'i rgyud]]): quote from, 33
*[[King of Marvels]] -- ([[rmad byung rgyal po]]): quote from, 105
*[[kingkara]], 131; expl., 203
*[[Künkhyen Tenpey Nyima]] -- ([[kun mkhyen bstan pa'i nyi ma]]): quote by, 177, 200
*[[Lama Gongdü]] -- ([[bla ma dgongs 'dus]]), 112
*[[Lama Tennyi Korsum]] -- ([[bla ma bstan gnyis skor gsum]]): quote from, 159
*[[lapis lazuli]]: expl. of meaning of the Sanskrit, 197
*[[Later Translation Schools]] -- ([[phyi 'gyur]]), 39
*[[legacy of the Glorious One]] -- ([[dpal gyi pha 'bab]]): expl., 204
*[[life-prana]] -- ([[srog gi rlung]]), 143
*[[Lower Abhidharma]] -- ([[mngon pa 'og ma]]): Hinayana meaning of mind, 143
*[[Magical Display]] -- ([[sgyu 'phrul rol pa]]): quote from, 94
*[[Magical Key]] -- ([['phrul lde]]): quote from, 104
*[[Magical Net]] -- ([[sgyu 'phrul drva ba]]): quote from, 56
*[[Magical Net Tantra]] -- ([[rgyud rgyu 'phrul drva ba]]): quote from, 42
*[[Magical Net]], [[Mayajala]], 180
*[[Mahayana potential]] -- ([[theg pa chen po'i rigs]]): expl., 32
*[[Mahayoga]]: empowerments of, 42
*[[making oneself another's child]] -- ([[gzhan gyi sras su bdag bya ba]]): expl., 99, 184
*[[mandala]] -- ([[dkyil 'khor]]): three types, 167
*[[mandala of accomplishment]] -- ([[sgrub pa'i mandal]]): expl., 74, 166
*[[mandala offering]]: detailed expl., 73
*[[mandala, visualization of]] -- ([[dkyil 'khor bsgom pa]]): detailed expl., 93
*[[mandalas]] -- ([[dkyil 'khor]]): expl. of types, 146
*[[mandarava]]: expl. of flower, 208
*[[mantra, definition of]] -- ([[sngags kyi nges tshig]]): expl., 198
*[[mantra, identity of]] -- ([[sngags kyi ngo bo]]): expl., 198
*[[Mara of Emotion]] -- ([[nyon mongs pa'i bdud]]), 36
*[[Mara of the Aggregates]] -- ([[phung po'i bdud]]), 35
*[[Mara of the Divine Son]] -- ([[lha'i bu'i bdud]]), 37
*[[Mara of the Lord of Death]] -- ([['chi bdag gi bdud]]), 37
*[[master]] -- ([[slob dpon]]): expl. of qualifications, 145
*[[matured practitioner]] -- ([[smin slob]]), 131, 202
*[[Mayajala Tantras]] -- ([[rgyud sde sgyu 'phrul]]): quote from, 99
*[[melting bliss]] -- ([[zhu bde]]), 54
*[[morsel of offering]] -- ([[mchod pa'i ras ma]]): expl., 204
*[[moving pranas]] -- ([[g.yo ba rlung]]): expl., 36
*[[nadis]] -- ([[rtsa]]): expl., 35
*[[nadis, pranas and bindus]] -- ([[rtsa rlung thig le]]), 35
*[[Nagarjuna]] -- ([[klu grub]]): quote from, 73
*[[natural mandala of spontaneous presence]] -- ([[rang bzhin lhun gyis grub pa'i dkyil 'khor]]): expl., 155
*[[neighing of the vajra horse]] -- ([[rdo rje rta skad kyi dgongs pa]]), 134; expl., 206
*[[never-ending adornment wheels]] -- ([[mi zad pa rgyan gyi 'khor lo]]), 116
*[[nine lineages]] -- ([[brgyud pa dgu]]): listing, 170
*[[ninefold transmission]] -- ([[brgyud pa dgu ldan]]): listing of, 170
*[[Nirmanarati]] -- ([['phrul dga']]): gods, 123
*[[Nirvana Sutra]] -- ([[myang 'das]]): quote from, 69
*[[Noble Land]] -- ([['phags yul]]): another name for anscient India, 40
*[[Northern Treasures]] -- ([[byang gter]]): quote from, 64
*[[Notes for the Development Stage]] -- ([[bskyed rim zin bris]]): quote from, 8, 177, 196, 200
*[[Nyang Ral Nyima Özer]] -- ([[nyang]]), 112
*[[obscuration of transition]] -- ([['pho ba'i sgrib pa]]), 37
*[[obstructer]] -- ([[bgegs]]): expl., 83
*[[obstructing forces, dispelling]] -- ([[bgegs bskrad]]): detailed expl., 81
*[[offering mandala]] -- ([[mchod pa'i mandal]]): expl., 74
*[[offerings]] -- ([[mchod pa]]): detailed expl., 123; expl. of various levels, 85
*[[Oral Advice]] -- ([[zhal lung]]): quote from, 196
*[[Ornament]] -- ([[rgyan]]): quote from, 32
*[[Ornament of the Sutras]] -- ([[mdo sde rgyan]]): quote from Sutralamkara, 32
*[[outer mandala of attributes]] -- ([[phyi mtshan ma'i dkyil 'khor]]), 146
*[[outer, inner and innermost obstacles]] -- ([[chi nang gsang ba'i bar chad]]), 65; expl., 160
*[[outer, inner, sadhana, and the secret]] -- ([[phyi nang sgrub gsang]]): expl., 147
*[[padma bhanja]]: expl., 200
*[[Padma Ösel Do-Ngak Lingpa]] -- ([[pad-ma 'od gsal mdo sngags gling pa]]), 161
*[[Paramita teachings]] -- ([[phar phyin]]), 34
*[[passionate deity]] -- ([[chags bcas]]): ex., 159
*[[path of completion stage with attributes]] -- ([[mtshan bcas rdogs rim gyi lam]]): expl., 36
*[[path of the mandala-circle]] -- ([[dkyil 'khor 'khor lo'i lam]]): expl., 37
*[[Perfect Conduct, Ascertaining the Three Vows]] -- ([[sdom gsum rnam nges]]), 148
*[[Phadampa]] -- ([[pha dam pa]]): mention of, 167
*[[powers, four]] -- ([[stobs bzhi]]): expl. of Vajrasattva practice, 71
*[[praises bstod pa]]): expl., 124
*[[pranas]] -- ([[rlung]]): expl., 36
*[[pratimoksha]] -- ([[so thar]]). See individual liberation
*[[Precious Assemblage Tantra]] -- ([[kun 'dus rin po che'i rgyud: quote from, 80
*[[Precious Garland, Skt. Ratnavali,]] -- ([[rin chen phreng ba]]): quote from, 73
*[[preliminary practices]] -- ([[sngon 'gro]]): detailed expl., 68
*[[preliminary ritual]] -- ([[sta gon]]): expl., 146
*[[preparations]] -- ([[lhag gnas]]): expl., 146
*[[preparatory ritual for the deity]] -- ([[lha sta gon]]): etc., 146
*[[primordial mandala of isness]] -- ([[ye je bzhin pa'i dkyil 'khor]]): expl., 154
*[[primordial purity and spontaneous presence]] -- ([[ka dag lhun grub]]), 37
*[[Progressive Stages of the Path]] -- ([[sangs rgyas gsang ba'i lam rim]]): quote from Buddhaguhya's Lamrim, 92
*[[Progressive Stages of the Path for the Magical Net]] -- ([[sgyu 'phrul lam rim]]): mention of eight branches, 169
*[[protection circle]] -- ([[bsrung 'khor]]): detailed expl., 82
*[[purified and perfected]] -- ([[sangs rgyas pa]]), 153
*[[recitation]] -- ([[bzlas pa]]): four types, 194
*[[recollection of pure symbolism]] -- ([[dag pa dran pa]]): expl., 108
*[[refuge and bodhichitta]]: detailed expl., 68
*[[refuting as an absence and refuting as an identity]] -- ([[med dgag dang ma yin dgag]]), 154
*[[Replies to Questions from Yeshe Tsogyal]] -- ([[nyang gter mtsho rgyal zhus lan]]), 112
*[[request inscription]] -- ([[gsol byang]]): 134, expl., 206
*[[request to be seated]] -- ([[bzhugs gsol]]): expl., 122
*[[resultant vajra-holder]] -- ([['bras bu rdo rje 'dzin pa]]), 98
*[[ritual for the land]] -- ([[sa chog]]): expl., 146
*[[ritual of the four vajras]] -- ([[rdo rje bzhi chog]]), 103
*[[Root Verses of Daily Apology by Lilavajra]] -- ([[sgeg pa rdo rje'i rgyun bshags rtsa ba]]): quote from, 79
*[[Sacred Embodiment of Sugatas]] -- ([[bka' bde gshegs 'dus pa]]): empowerments of, 43
*[[sadhana]] -- ([[sgrub thabs]]): detailed expl., 67; preliminaries for, 68
*[[Sadhana Framework for the Eight Sacred Teachings]] -- ([[bka' brgyad sgrub khog]]): quote from, 189
*[[Sadhana of Universal Excellence]] -- ([[sgrub thabs kun bzang]]): quote from, 107
*[[Sadhana Section]] -- ([[sgrub sde]]): expl., 148; expl. of empowerments, 43
*[[samadhi of illumination]] -- ([[kun snang gi ting nge 'dzin]]): detailed expl., 90
*[[samadhi of suchness]] -- ([[de bzhin nyid kyi ting nge 'dzin]]): detailed expl., 89
*[[samaya]] -- ([[dam tshig]]): definition, 46; detailed expl., 45; divisions, 46; expl. of general, 47; expl. of the 25 branch samayas, 49; expl. of the supreme samayas, 50; general, special, and supreme, 47, 148; identity, 46; literal meaning, 148; of the five families, 47; root samayas, 48; special root and branches, 47
*[[samaya being]] -- ([[damtshig sems dpa']]): expl., 62
*[[samaya-mudra]] -- ([[dam tshig gi phyag rgya]]), 145
*[[samayas of the development stage of expedient meaning]] -- ([[drang don bskyed rim gyi dam tshig]]): expl., 149
*[[Samayoga Tantra]] -- ([[mnyam sbyor rgyud]]), 106
*[[Samvarodaya]] -- ([[sdom 'byung]]): quote from, 52, 187
*[[scent-eating consciousness]] -- ([[dri za'i rnam shes]]), 103
*[[secret empowerment]] -- ([[gsang dbang]]): expl., 36
*[[secret small hand-drum]] -- ([[gsang ba'i rnge'u chung]]): expl., 205
*[[Seed of the Great Sal Tree]] -- ([[sa la-' chen po'i sa bon]]): quote from, 161
*[[seed-samadhi]] -- ([[rgyu'i ting nge 'dzin]]): detailed expl., 91
*[[Self-Arising]] -- ([[rang shar]]): quote from, 104
*[[self-consecration]] -- ([[rang byin rlabs]]), 36
*[[self-reliant channels]] -- ([[rang rgyud kyi rtsa]]): expl., 155
*[[seven branches]] -- ([[yan lag bdun pa]]), 77, 78
*[[seven lower ranks]] -- ([[mar gyi gnas bdun]]): listing, 204
*[[seven lower ranks]] -- ([[mar gyi gnas bdun]]), 133
*[[seven of seven]] -- ([[bdun gyi bdun]]): syn. for the sun, 188
*[[seven precious possessions]] -- ([[rin chen sna bdun]]): expl., 167
*[[seven riches of noble beings]] -- ([['phags pa'i nor bdun]]): listing, 167
*[[seven royal possessions]] -- ([[rgyal srid sna bdun]]): listing, 167
*[[Sheldam Nyingjang]] -- ([[zhal gdams snying byang]]), 161
*[[showering down the resplendence]] -- ([[byin dbab pa]]): detailed expl., 84
*[[silent recitation]] -- ([['gog bzlas]]): expl., 199
*[[six lineages]] -- ([[brgyud pa drug]]): listing, 170
*[[six periods]] -- ([[thun drug]]): expl., 151
*[[sixfold transmission]] -- ([[brgyud pa drug ldan]]): listing of, 170
*[[Sky Treasury]] -- ([[nam mkha' mdzod]]): expl., 167
*[[special samayas]] -- ([[khyad par gyi dam tshig]]): detailed expl., 149
*[[stake of the essence-mantra]] -- ([[snying po sngags kyi gzer]]): expl., 114
*[[state of union]] -- ([[snyoms 'jug gi gnas skabs]]), 37
*[[stream-of-being]] -- ([[rigs rgyun]]), 63, 157
*[[Subsequent Assemblage Tantra]] -- ([['dus pa'i rgyud phyi ma]]), 103
*[[Subsequent Essence Tantra]] -- ([[snying po'i rgyud phyi ma]]): quote from, 41, 46, 57
*[[subsidiary yogas]]: detailed expl., 118
*[[subtle three doors]] -- ([[phra ba'i sgo gsum]]): expl., 146
*[[suitable vessel]] -- ([[snod gu gyur pa]]): for empowerment, 33
*[[Summary of Conduct]] -- ([[spyod bsdus]]): quote from, 144
*[[superior indivisible truths]] -- ([[lhag pa'i bden pa dbyer med]]), 63; expl., 153
*[[superior ultimate truth]] -- ([[lhag pa'i don dam]]): expl., 154
*[[Sutra Declaring the Four Qualities]] -- ([[chos bzhi bstan pa'i mdo]]): quote from, 71
*[[Sutra of Immaculate Space]] -- ([[nam mkha' dri ma med pa'i mdo]]): quote from, 78
*[[Sutra Requested by Shri Gupta]] -- ([[dpal sbas kyis zhus pa'i mdo: quote from, 78
*[[symbol, meaning and sign]] -- ([[bdra don rtags gsum]]), 108; expl., 190
*[[Talgyur Root Tantra]] -- ([[thal 'gyur rtsa ba'i rgyud]]): quote from, 35
*[[Tantra of Awesome Lightning]] -- ([[rngam glog]]): quote from, 199
*[[Tantra of Immaculate Confession]] -- ([[dri med bshags rgyud]]): quote from, 72
*[[Tantra of Realization in Three Words]] -- ([[dgongs pa tshig gsum pa'i rgyud]]): quote from, 72
*[[Tantra of Secret Perfection]] -- ([[gsang rdzogs rgyud]]): quote from, 109
*[[Tantra of the Arrangement of the Three Samayas]] -- ([[dam tshig gsum bkod kyi rgyud]]): mention of the Hundred Syllable Mantra, 164
*[[Tantra of the Assemblage of Peaceful Sugatas]] -- ([[bde 'dus zhi rgyud]]): quote from, 46
*[[Tantra of the Song of Vajrasattva]] -- ([[rdo rje sems dpa' glu'i rgyud]]): quote from, 72
*[[Tantra of Unexcelled Utterance]] -- ([[mngon brjod bla ma'i rgyud]]), 164
*[[Tantra Section]] -- ([[rgyud sde]]), 148
*[[tantra, statement and instruction]] -- ([[rgyud lung man ngag]]), 42, 147
*[[ten defects]] -- ([[skyon bcu]]): of recitation, listing, 199
*[[ten glorious ornaments of a wrathful deity]] -- ([[dpal chas bcu]]): list, 189
*[[ten objects]] -- ([[zhing bcu]]), 131, 152; expl., 202
*[[ten outer benefiting empowerments]] -- ([[phyi phan dbang bcu]]): listing, 147
*[[thatness of deity]] -- ([[lha'i de kho na nyid]]): expl., 145
*[[thatness of emanation and absorption]] -- ([['phro 'du'i kho na nyid]]): expl., 145
*[[thatness of guhya-mantra]] -- ([[gsang sngags kyi kho na nyid]]): expl., 145
*[[thatness of mantra]] -- ([[sngags kyi de kho na nyid]]), 36
*[[thatness of recitation]] -- ([[bzlas brjod kyi kho na nyid]]): expl., 145
*[[thatness of self]] -- ([[bdag gi de kho na nyid]]), 36, 63
*[[thatness of self]] -- ([[bdag gi kho na nyid]]): expl., 145
*[[thatness of the deity]] -- ([[lha'i de kho na nyid]]), 36
*[[thatness of wisdom]] -- ([[ye shes kyi de kho na nyid]]), 37
*[[thirteenfold attire of a peaceful deity]] -- ([[zhi chas bcu gsum]]): list, 189
*[[thoughts of occurring sensation]] -- ([[gnyis snang byung tshor gyi rtog pa]]), 37; expl., 145
*[[thoughts that hold the mingled sound and object]] -- ([[sgra don 'dres 'dzin gyi rtog pa]]), 124
*[[three abodes]] -- ([[gnas gsum]]): expl., 159
*[[three applications]] -- ([[khyer so gsum ldan]]): listing, 163
*[[three doors]] -- ([[sgo gsum]]): expl. of gross and subtle types, 146
*[[three experiences]] -- ([[snang gsum]]): expl., 177
*[[three fields]] -- ([[yul gsum gyad du gyur]]): attain proficiency in, 107, 113
*[[three lineages]] -- ([[brgyud pa gsum]]): listing, 159
*[[three mandalas of Anu Yoga]] -- ([[a nu'i dkyil 'khor gsum]]): expl., 154
*[[Three Outer Tantras]] -- ([[phyi rgyud gsum]]), 47
*[[Three Precepts, the Domsum]] -- ([[sdom gsum]]), 148
*[[three profound empowerments]] -- ([[zab mo'i dbang gsum]]), 36; expl., 144
*[[Three Roots]] -- ([[rtsa ba gsum]]): expl., 64
*[[three samadhis]] -- ([[ting 'dzin rnam gsum]]): detailed expl., 88
*[[three seats of completeness]] -- ([[gdan gsum tshang ba]]), 38, 63, 153, 156
*[[three seats of completeness, deities of]] -- ([[gdam gsum tshang ba'i lha]]): expl., 146
*[[three seats of completeness, mandala of]] -- ([[gdan gsum tshang ba'i dkyil 'khor]]), 35; expl., 144
*[[three stages of existence]] -- ([[srid pa'i rim pa gsum]]): expl., 172
*[[three supreme empowerments]] -- ([[mchog dbang gsum]]): as syn. for the three profound empowerments, 144
*[[three supreme image mandalas]] -- ([[lhag pa gzugs brnyan gyi dkyil 'khor gsum]]), 35; expl., 143
*[[three types of mudra]] -- ([[phyag rgya gsum]]), 37; list, 145
*[[three vajras]] -- ([[rdo rje gsum]]): expl., 156
*[[three vajra-secrets]] -- ([[rdo rje gsang ba gsum]]), 46; listing, 148
*[[threefold kindness]] -- ([[bka' drin gsum ldan]]), 76; expl., 168
*[[threefold sattvas]] -- ([[sems dpa' sum brtsegs]]): expl., 196
*[[threefold vizualization ritual]] -- ([[cho ga gsum bskyed]]): expl., 103
*[[torma]] -- ([[gtorma]]): expl. of various types, 200
*[[torma offering]] -- ([[gtor 'bul]]): expl., 128
*[[transition of the elements]] -- ([[khams 'pho ba]]): expl., 177
*[[Trinley Nyingpo]] -- ([[phrin las snying po]]): sadhana for Barchey Künsel, 161
*[[true perfection, fivefold]] -- ([[mngon byang rnam lnga]]): detailed expl., 100
*[[truth of suffering]] -- ([[sdug bsngal gyi bden pa]]): in Vajrayana, 157
*[[Tsele Natsok Rangdröl]]: quote about samaya being and wisdom being, 196
*[[Tukdrub Yangdü]] -- ([[thugs sgrub yang 'dus]]): quote from, 205
*[[twelve Tenma goddesses]] -- ([[brtan ma bcu gnyis]]): listing, 205
*[[twenty-eight samayas]] -- ([[dam tshig nyer brgyad]]): listing and expl. of, 50
*[[two extremes]] -- ([[mtha' gnyis]]), 32
*[[two higher yogas]] -- ([[rnal 'byor gong ma gnyis]]): listing, 152
*[[Two Segments]] -- ([[brtag gnyis]]): quote from, 128
*[[two vidyadhara treasure revealers]]: expl., 159
*[[twofold superior equality]] -- ([[lhag pa'i mnyam pa gnyis]]): expl., 154
*[[unclean torma]] -- ([[dme gtor]]): expl., 204
*[[Unexcelled Mantra]] -- ([[sngags bla med]]): special samayas, 149
*[[Unexcelled Mantra]] -- ([[sngags bla na med pa]]): twofold superior equality, 154
*[[Unexcelled Tantras]] -- ([[bla na med pa'i rgyud]]): intent concerning empowerment, 34
*[[Unexcelled Yoga]] -- ([[rnal 'byor bla med]]): four empowerments of, 35
*[[universal wisdom of Dzogchen]] -- ([[rdzogs pa chen po ye shes spyi gzugs]]), 37
*[[vajra body]] -- ([[sku rdo rje]]): expl., 36
*[[vajra body endowed with the six elements]] -- ([[khams drug ldan pa'i rdo rje'i lus]]), 35; expl. of outer, inner and innermost, 143
*[[vajra master]] -- ([[rdo rje slob dpon]]), 38; expl. of qualifications, 145
*[[vajra mind]] -- ([[thugs rdo rje]]): expl., 37
*[[Vajra Mirror]] -- ([[rdo rje me long]]): quote from, 77
*[[Vajra Net]] -- ([[rdo rje drva ba]]): quote about ganachakra, 133
*[[Vajra Peak]] -- ([[rdo rje rtse mo]]): quote from, 165
*[[vajra speech]] -- ([[gsung rdo rje]]): expl., 36
*[[Vajra Vidarana]] -- ([[rdo rje rnam 'joms]]): cleansing, 166
*[[vajra wisdom]] -- ([[ye shes rdo rje]]): expl., 37
*[[Vajrasattva]] -- ([[rdo rje sems dpa']]): expl. of outer, inner and innermost levels of practice, 163
*[[Vajrasattva]] -- ([[rdor sems]]): detailed expl., 70
*[[vase empowerment]] -- ([[bum dbang]]): expl., 35; expl. of the path connected to, 60
*[[verbal recitation]] -- ([[ngag bzlas]]): list of ten defects, 199
*[[Vidyadhara Assemblage Root Tantra]] -- ([[rig 'dzin 'dus pa rtsa rgyud]]): quote from, 39
*[[view that delivers by nature]] -- ([[rang bzhin gyis sgrol ba'i lta ba]]), 131; expl., 202
*[[Vinaya of Mantra]] -- ([[sngags kyi 'dul ba]]): expl., 46
*[[Vinaya Scripture]] -- ([['dul ba lung]]), 197
*[[visualizing the mandala]] -- ([[dkyil 'khor bsgom pa]]): detailed expl., 93
*[[Vital Manual of the Heart Practice of the Assemblage of Secrets]] -- ([[thugs sgrub gsang 'dus gnad yig]]): quote from, 64
*[[vivid features]] -- ([[rnam pa gsal ba]]): expl., 107
*[[vivid presence]] -- ([[gsal snang]]): detailed expl., 107
*[[wheel of gathering]] -- ([[tshogs kyi 'khor lo]]): benefit, 133
*[[wisdom being]] -- ([[ye shes sems dpa']]): expl., 62
*[[wisdom of example]] -- ([[dpe'i ye shes]]), 36
*[[Wisdom Peak]] -- ([[ye shes rtse mo]]): quote from, 98
*[[wisdom-knowledge empowerment]] -- ([[shes rab ye shes kyi dbang, sher dbang]]): expl., 36
*[[wisdom-mudra]] -- ([[ye shes kyi phyag rgya]]), 145
*[[word empowerment]] -- ([[tshig dbang]]): expl., 37
*[[yoga of form]] -- ([[dbyibs kyi rnal 'byor]]): expl., 35
*[[yoga of the deity of actuality]] -- ([[mngon sum pa'i lha'i rnal 'byor]]), 54
*[[yoga of the imagined deity]] -- ([[rjes dpag gi lha'i rnal 'byor]]): expl., 54
*[[yogic discipline of having equalized conduct and insight]] -- ([[spyod rig mnyam pa'i brtul zhugs]]), 42; expl., 147
*[[Yönten Gyatso]] -- ([[yon tan rgya mtsho]]): alias Jamgön Kongtrül, 165

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Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt) has translated over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings, and directs, with his wife Marcia Binder Schmidt, Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications (www.rangjung.com) in Kathmandu. Other projects included the Dharma Dictionary, an ongoing, electronic publication, compiling an extensive glossary of Buddhist terminology to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Erik has been the assistant and translator for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons since the late seventies. He and Marcia are both active in facilitating masters of the Practice Lineages to teach in the West. They live at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal, and at the Gomde retreat centers in California and Denmark. Programs are listed at the webpages Gomde Denmark and Gomde USA. From the jacket of A Tibetan Buddhist Companion.

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