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This is the RYI Dictionary content as presented on the site http://rywiki.tsadra.org/, which is being changed fundamentally and will become hard to use

(birth as a) human, man, [IW] 1) (birth as a) person, human[ity], people; 3) [present/ future] not; 4) no choice but to -- *) [IW] 1) (birth as a) person

Kakhorda (byad). 'A kind of evil spirit, often associated with vetalas' [RY] Kakhyab Dorje; [LWx] [RY] Kalachakra (dus kyi 'khor lo). A tantra and a Vajrayana

Abhidharma (chos mngon pa) One of the three parts of the Tripitaka (Vinaya, Sutras, and Abhidharma), the Words of the Buddha. Systematic teachings on metaphysics

- Y - Z - Pacifying (zhi byed). See Shije. [RY] Pada. A half-line of Skt verse (usually becoming a whole line in Tib. translation). [RY] Padampa Sangye

the abode of Machen Pomra, a powerful protector of the Dharma who, after having being subjugated by Guru Padmasambhava, became a Bodhisattva of the tenth

is the term for the diamond above a letter to represent a final nasal sound, this being represented in Tibetan by a crescent and circle, the term in the

partner, which teach the innermost realization of all the Buddhas with a single word and a single melody. This eminent and supreme path of the profound and secret

initial experience of a direct realisation of emptiness. The Sūtra of the Ten Bodhisattva Levels (Daśabhūmikasūtra), which is a section of the Sūtra of

their entirety, without a single exception. Having entrusted him with all the scriptures, he departed into the expanse of space within a mass of light. At that

five miracles are: 1) King Songtsen Gampo gathered a large amount of jewel powder; wondering how to make a statue out of it, he made fervent prayers. When

blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two

blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two

his father, a tantric yogi. At twelve, he took novice monastic vows at Samye monastery. Longchenpa studied and practiced teachings from a variety of lineages

considered to be the mandala of Chakrasamvara and his consort Vajravarahi. Tsari is a place of particular importance to the Kagyu lineages and they were responsible

org/ for more upcoming features. བ female cow; a cow; 1) common appended particle as the second part of a word. 2) indicator of the person, agent. 3) cow

Gelug School (dge lugs). A school founded by the great master Tsongkhapa in the 14th century. Based on the Kadam teachings, the Gelug tradition stresses

the manner of a plough furrow. Thus it has been told. It is also said that the Three Districts of Ngari in Upper Tibet in the manner of a warrior's battle

'Vajra-holder.' The dharmakaya buddha of the Sarma Schools. Also used as a honorific title for great Vajrayana teachers. adapted from "Vajradhara" on

structure involves a preliminary part including the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta, a main part involving visualization of a buddha and recitation