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[samanantara pratyaya]/ Immediate condition. One of the four conditions (see {rkyen bzhi}) which produce a cognition; that perception just preceding the actual understanding of an object. +
[pañca tanmātrāṇi]/ The five mere existents. According to the Sanikhya school of Hindu philosophy all phenomena are included into six categories.\n1. {gzugs/} [rūpa]/ form\n2. {sgra/} [ṡabda]/ sound\n3. {dri/} [gaṅdha]/ smell\n4. {ro/} [rasa]/ taste\n5. {reg bya/} spars'a/ object of touch. +
The three suchnesses. According to The Compendium of Precepts ([abhidharma-samuccaya]), there is no difference in the suchness of all phenomena, however, due to the difference in their basis of existence there can be three suchnesses which are:\n1. {dge ba'i de bzhin nyid/} suchness of virtues\n2. {mi dge ba'i de bzhin nyid/} suchness of non-virtues\n3. {lung ma bstan gyi de bzhin nyid/} suchness of the unspecified phenomena. +
The four Tathagatas.\n1. {rgyal ba rin chen mang /} Jinaratnabahulya\n2. {gzugs mdzes dam pa/} [Jinasarūpottama]\n3. {sku 'byams klas/} [Jinaru_pa-paryānta]\n4. {'jigs bathams cad dang bral ba/} [Jinasarkāyavimuktasena]. +
[daṡa tathāgata balāni]/ The ten powers of a Buddha.\n1. {gnas dang gnas min mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [sthānāsthāna jñāna balam]/ power of knowing right from wrong\n2. {las kyi rnam par smin pa mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [karma vipāka jñana balam]/ power of knowing the consequences of actions\n3. {mos pa sna tshogs mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [nānādhimukti jñāna balam]/ power of knowing various mental inclinations\n4. {khams sna tshogs mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [nānā dhātu jñāna balam]/ power of knowing various mental faculties\n5. {dbang po sna tshogs mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [indriya varāvara jñāna balam]/ power of knowing various degrees of intelligence\n6. {thams cad du 'gro ba'i lam mkhyen pa'i stob/} [sarvatra gāmam pratipaj jñāna balam]/ power of knowing the paths to all goals\n7. {kun nas nyon mongs pa dang rnam par byang ba mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [saṁkleṡa vyavadāna vyutthāna jñāna balam]/ power of knowing the ever-afflicted and purified phenomena\n8. {sngon gyi gnas rjes su dran pa mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [pūrva nivāsānusmṛti jñāna balam]/ power of knowing past lives\n9. {'chi 'pho ba dang skye ba mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [cyutyutpatti jñana balam]/ power of knowing death and birth\n10. {zag pa zad pa mkhyen pa'i stobs/} [āṡrava kṣaya jñāna balam]/ power of knowing the exhaustion of contaminations. +
The meaning clear light. The transformation of the basic clear light mind into its final form through meditation; a completion stage practice of tantra +
The two pledges concerning the Buddha Amoghasiddhi.\n1. {sdom pa gsum gyi bcas pa mtha' dag bsrung ba'i dam tshig} safeguarding all precepts of the three vows\n2. {mchod pa'i dam tshig} pledges concerning the practices of offering and worship. +
Two purposes; two goals.\n1. {rang don/} the purpose of self\n2. {gzhan don/} the purpose of others. +
Kazhipa. A Geshe Degree conferred on someone who has merely studied and fulfilled the requirements of an examination after completing his study on the Perfection of Wisdom ({phar phyin}), the Middle Way View ({dbu ma}), the Monastic Discipline ({'dul ba}) and the Treasure of Knowledge ({mdzod}). +
The two types of ultimate truths.\nA.\n1. {rnam grangs pa'i don dam/} the nominal ultimate truth\n2. {rnam brangs ma yin pa'i don dam/} the real ultimate truth.\nB.\n1. {mthun pa'i don dam/} the approximate ultimate truth\n2. {don dam dngos/} the actual ultimate truth. +
The three types of ultimate truth.\n1. {don don dam pa/} [arthaparamārtha]/ ultimate meaning\n2. {thob pa don dam pa/} [prāptaparamārtha]/ ultimate accomplishment\n3. {sgrub pa don dam pa/} [siddhaparamārtha]/ ultimate practice. +
[paramārtha satya]/ Ultimate truth. Generally referring to emptiness as opposed to the conventional phenomena. +
[paramārtha ṡūnyatā]/ The emptiness of that which is ultimate. One of the sixteen types of emptinesses; the emptiness of [nirvāṇa]. +
[paramārtha ṡaraṇam]/ The ultimate object of refuge, i.e. the Buddha [ṡākyamuni]. +
The five characteristics of the ultimate truth; emptiness.\n1. {brjod du med pa/} inexpressible\n2. {gnyis su med pa/} non-dual\n3. {rtog ge'i yul min pa/} not being an object of logicians\n4. {ro gcig pa/} single-taste\n5. {mtshan nyid med pa/} signiessness. +
The ultimate protection wheel; meditation on the protection wheel by means of the primordial wisdom. +
[arthasaptati]/ The Seventy Topics. The seventy divisions of the eight realizations or topics (see {dngos po brgyad}).\n1-10. {rnam mkhyen mtshon byed kyi chos bcu/} the ten topics that characterize the omniscient mind (see {rnam mkhyen mtshon byed kyi chos bcu})\n11-21. {lam shes mtshon byed kyi chos bcu gcig} the eleven topics that characterize the knowledge of the paths (see {lam shes mtshon byed kyi chos dgu}) 22-30. {gzhe shes mtshon byed kyi chos dag} the nine topics that characterize the knowledge of the basis (see {gzhi shes matahason byed kyi chos dgu})\n31-41. {rnam rdzogs sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bcu gcig} the eleven topics that characterize the training of the complete aspects (see {rnam rdzogs sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bcu gcig})\n42-49. {rtse mo'i sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos brgyad/} the eight topics that characterize the peak training (see {rtse mo'i sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos brgyad})\n50-62. {mthar gyis sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bcu gsum/} the thirteen topics that characterize the serial training (see {mthar gyis sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bcu gsum})\n63-66. {skad cig ma'i sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bzhi/} the four topics that characterize the momentary training (see {skad cig ma'i sbyor ba mtshon byed kyi chos bzhi})\n67-70. {'bras bu chos sku mtshon byed kyi chos bzhi/} the four topics that characterize the resultant truth body (see {'bras bu chos sku mtshon byed kyi chos bzhi}). +
Meaning generality; generic image. The image of an object in thought or idea, e.g. the vase as it would appear in the imagination. +
[arthakriyāṡakti]/ A functioning thing; effective phenomena. The class of phenomena that has the ability or power to effect changes. Synonymous to impermanence. +
The Karma Kagyud Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism; one of the many lineages of Kagyud traditions founded by the first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa (1110-1193), who was a distinguished disciple of Gampopa (see {sgam po pa}). He established Tsurphu Monastery, the main seat of his tradition, in the north-west of Lhasa. In India, the main centre of Karma Kagyud has been re-established in Rumtek, Sikkim. +