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Comment: One of the eighteen VaibhASika Schools, according to some renditions; see Meditation on Emptiness, pp. 717-718. +
SW added this record; Sanskrit of sta gon?; ck Eng. tr. +
Tenses were originally: bsten / sden / bstend / sten (T) +
SW added last Eng "in relation to" [[from Sa lam text]] +
Check Ex 1 English (T) +
Bliss-Arising; Comment: also known as mahezvara or ziva. Gung-tang reports that Maheshvara (Great Lord) is called "Bliss-Arising" not because he himself becomes blissful in dependence upon the goddess Uma but because his body is so supremely satisfying that when others see it, all virtues, including liberation, as well as temporary happiness arise. This is why Maheshvara is called a source of joy. +
example of valid being (skyes bu tshad ma) +
emptiness deity; Comment: This is the first of six stages in deity yoga meditation in the Concentration Concentration Tantra (bsam gtan phyi ma, dhyAnottara), an Action Tantra: ultimate deity or emptiness deity or suchness deity (don dam pa'i lha, stong pa nyid kyi lha, de kho na nyid kyi lha); sound deity (sgra'i lha); letter deity (yi ge'i lha); form deity (gzugs kyi lha); seal deity (phyag rgya'i lha); sign deity (mtshan ma'i lha). +
(PH) take out of instrumental case? +
Could go as an example of stong pa nyid. (T) +
definition of ground of a Bodhisattva Superior (byang sems 'phags pa'i sa) +
one of the "Six Collections of Reasonings" (rigs tshogs drug); see rigs tshogs drug for others +
tathAgata; SW changed the entry to "tathAgata" from "tathagata". +
Comment: Difference can refer merely to nominal difference, such as the difference between bum pa and pot; Examples of different phenomena are (1) the two, permanent and functioning thing (rtags dngos gnyis); these are mutually exclusive ('gal ba) and a dichotomy; (2) the two, object of knowledge and existent (shes bya dang yod pa gnyis); these are equivalent (don gcig) but not one (gcig); (3) the two, pillar and pot (ka bum gnyis); (4) the two, pot and the impermanence of pot (bum pa dang bum pa steng gi mi rtag pa gnyis); these are one entity but different isolates (ngo bo gcig la ldog pa tha dad). +
Comment: Metaphor used in the N#ying-ma Order for an accomplished yogi's experience of fundamental mind, suggesting the at-homeness of the fundamental innate mind of clear light when experienced by one who has overcome the initial, distorted fear and sense of annihilation. +
Garlanded Belly; Comment: also known as viSNu. Gung-tang reports that during his youth ViShNu wore a garland of flowers around his waist and that according to one story his wife wanted to put a garland of flowers around his head, but the garland reached only his waist, this being why he is called "Garlanded Belly." +
one of the eight types of object of negation (dgag bya) in the PrAsaGgika system (and one of five in SvAtantrika); for others see: [[dgag bya]] +
Comment: Gung-tang makes an important distinction between thabs (upAya) as compassion and thabs (upAya) as skillful means used to lead trainees by way of various techniques; he speaks from a tradition that distinguishes these two. It appears that in many Great Vehicle traditions, especially in East Asia, the two are conflated. +
many modes of skillful means; Comment: Gung-tang identifies the "many modes of skillful means" as Buddha's temporarily teaching merely a coarse form of selflessness. +
SW added this record +