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Nine vehicles (theg pa dgu). The nine gradual vehicles according to the Nyingma school: Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva, Kriya, Upa, Yoga, Mahayoga

kun gyi mchog - name of the past life of Shakyamuni in which he practiced the paramita of generosity [RY] dka' ba'i sbyin pa - 1) difficult generosity

mchod rten - Stupa. A dome-shaped monument housing relics of Buddha or an accomplished master. The shape of the stupa embodies an elaborate symbolism [RY]

btang snyoms - 1) equanimity, impartiality, indifference, unconcern, evenmindedness, apathy [as one of the eleven virtuous mental states]. 2) to ignore

Preliminaries (sngon 'gro). The general outer preliminaries are the Four Mind Changings: reflections on precious human body, impermanence and death, cause

Accumulation of merit (bsod nams kyi tshogs). Virtuous actions with concepts. [RY] kun rdzob rgya che ba'i lam gyi rim pa - the aspects of the path of

Sentient Being (sems can/ 'gro ba) In a Buddhist context, the expression 'sentient being' has a technical usage which contrasts with the concept of a buddha

nang klong sde - the inner Space section [of mahasandhi, one of {rdzogs chen sde gsum} [IW] nor bu phra bkod - Jewel Studded [a mahasandhi tantra] [IW]

bde ldan zhing - Sukhavati, the Blissful Realm [RY] bde ba can - Blissful Realm, Sukhavati. The pure land of Buddha Amitabha in which a practitioner can

"The import of the three classes, the nine-fold expanse, and all the other key instructions of the Great Perfection were condensed by the Kashmiri scholar

Refuge: (1) skyabs yul, the object in which one takes refuge, (2) skyabs 'gro, the practice of taking refuge. [MR]

Early Translations (snga 'gyur) Short for: the Old School of the Early Translations (snga 'gyur rnying ma) See: Nyingma (rnying ma)

Anu Yoga, subsequent yoga. Syn a nu yo ga [RY] Anu Yoga [RY] Anuyoga [RY] anu yoga, the subsequent yoga [IW] anuyoga, Vehicle of the Anuyoga Tantra, Anuyoga

Accumulation of wisdom (ye shes kyi tshogs). Virtuous actions embraced by discriminating knowledge (shes rab) of insight into emptiness. [RY] tshogs gnyis

all-ground wisdom - (kun gzhi'i ye shes) [RY] khams drug ldan pa'i rdo rje'i lus - Vajra Body endowed with the six elements. The six outer elements are

grub - to have done {ngas rang rgyal la phul grub} I offered it to a Pratyekabuddha [RY] rgyu'i theg pa gsum - Three Causal Vehicles. Those of the pious

[Skt.] - Ati or Ati Yoga, [Tib.] - (shin tu rnal 'byor) — third of the three inner tantras; emphasizes, according to Jamgon Kongtrul the First, the view

གཡུ་ཁོག་བྱ་བྲལ་བ། g.yu khog bya bral ba Chadrel Choying Rangdrol བྱ་བྲལ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རང་གྲོལ། bya bral chos dbyings rang grol 'Yukhok Chatralwa Lama Choying

rnal 'byor pa - Yogi / yogi. Tantric practitioner. Here, this word 'yogi' often holds the connotation of someone of who already has some level of realization

The monastery of Benchen Phuntsok Dargyeling (ban chen dgon phun tshogs dar rgyas gling) was established by the 4th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and was recently