Index for Wellsprings of the Great Perfection

Index to Wellsprings of the Great Perfection by Erik Pema Kunsang

• Abundant Delight (dga' ldan brtsegs pa), 184, 185; alias Tushita, where Vajradhara first taught Dzogchen, 114, 115, 374
• Acharya Yeshe Yang (a tsarya ye shes dbyangs), 232
• Activities Tantra Circle of the Sun (phrin las kyi rgyud nyi ma'i snying po), 313
• Activity Garland (karma ma le): activities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Adorned with Golden Flowers (gser gyi me tog gis brgyan pa'i gling): birth place of Manjushrimitra the Younger, 135
• Akashagarbha (rnam mkha'i snying po): compiler, 380
• All-Creating King (kun byed rgyal po), 385; see Kulayaraya, 47
• All-Encompassing Bliss (bde ba rab 'byams): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 95, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 70
• All-Holding Lotus (padma kun tu 'chang), 277
• Aloke the Atsantra (a tsan tra a lo ke), 362; details, 95, 103; song of realization, 103; song to Kukkuraja, 365; song to Kukkuraja the Elder, 104
• Amitabha, 307; song by, 153
• Amoghasiddhi, 153, 307
• Amolika Rock (rdo a mo li ka), 213
• Amrita Kundali (bdud rtsi 'khyil ba): quote from, 69
• Ananda (kun dga' bo): compiler, 379
• Ananda Garbha (kun dga' snying po), 188; former life of Prahevajra, 190, 282
• Anathapindada's pleasure grove (mgon med zas sbyin gyi kun dga' ra ba), 114, 119, 381
• Anu Yoga, 261, 268; taught by Kashyapa the Elder, 119
• Anu Yoga Tantras of Completion (rdzogs pa a nu yo ga'i rgyud sde), 286
• Appearance and Existence as the Manifest Ground (snang srid gzhi gzhengs), 425
• Arali the Courtesan: details, 361
• Array of Ati (a ti bkod pa): also]] (a ti bkod pa chen po), 380
• Array of Great Purity (gtsang chen bkod pa): see also Great Purity, 15
• Arya Tara (rje btsun sgol ma): song by, 154
• Aryadeva (a'a rya de ba), 96, 135; quote by, 56, 58
• Aryapalo (a'rya pa lo): song of realization, 65
• Ashoka, 11; as grandfather of Prahevajra, 198, 282; as Prahevajra's grandfather, 284; as Vimalamitra's grandfather, 121
• Assemblage of Secrets (gsang ba 'dus pa): mind tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Assemblage of Vidyadharas (rig 'dzin kun 'dus): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Atharva (rgyal po srid srung): king, father of Bodhi the Yakshini, 100
• Ati Yoga (a ti yo ga), xi, 292; definition by Shri Singha, 261; description, 270; description by Dudjom Rinpoche, 76; description by Padmasambhava, 246; prophecy, 190; received by Vajrapani, 196; time of apprearance, 198
• Ati Yoga's Refined Bindu Cycle of the Secret Edict (a ti yo ga bka' gsang thig le'i skor gyi yang zhun), 237
• Ati Zabdön Nyingpo (a ti zab don snying po), 188, 423
• Auspicious Ten Thousand Gates (bkra shis khri sgo), 140, 143, 356, 359; definition of name, 140; temple where Shri Singha concealed the teachings, 136, 137; temple where Shri Singha confers the empowerments upon Jnanasutra, 141; where Jnanasutra receives a prophecy, 140
• Avalokiteshvara: appears to Shri Singha, 134, 320; apprearing from Vajrasattva, 312; song by, 154
• Awakened Mind (byang chub sems rig): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Awesome Wisdom Lightning (ye shes rngam glog), 96
• Bairo Gyubum, 423
• Barani the Courtesan (smad 'tshong ma ba ra ni): details, 100; Sarati, 421; song of realization, 101; song to Brilliance, 101
• Bear's Nest of Sha-uk (sha 'ug dom tshang): terma site, 232
• Benevolent Teacher (legs ldan ston pa): father of Manjushrimitra, 130, 320
• Bhadrapala (bzang skyong): king on the plateau of the Thirty-Three Gods and father of Ananda Garbha, 190
• Bhangala: location, 81
• Bhararaja Muletsün (Devaraja), 362
• Bhashita the Rishi (drang srong bha sh'i t'a): among the seven later panditas, 95; details, 96, 104; quote by, 54; song of realization, 67, 104; song to Purasati, 105
• Bhasing (dur khrod bha sing): charnel ground, 145, 160; charnel ground, place where Jnanasutra resided, 143
• Bhelakirti (bha la ki ti) teacher of Shri Singha, 320;]] (bi le ki ti) teacher of Shri Singha, 134
• Bhetala, 92; location, 81
• Bindu Cycle (thig le'i skor), 235
• Bindu Cycle of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po thig le'i skor): Shri Singha categorized into four cycles, 136
• Bindu Cycle of the Secret Edict (bka' gsang thig le'i skor), 323, 425
• Bindu Section of the Innermost Cycle (yang gsang thig le'i sde), 385
• Black Mandala Lake (mtsho maNDal nag po), 294
• Black Naga Tamer Subsequent Tantra (rgyud phyi ma nag po klu 'dul): tantra, 379
• Black Quintessence (yang ti nag po), 8, 294, 295
• Black Sho-Am Jom (sho'ang 'joms nag po): birth place of Shri Singha, 133
• Black Wrathful Mother (khros ma nag mo), 213
• Blazing Face ('bar ma'i gdong can), 86
• Blazing Fire Mountain (me ri 'bar ba), 27, 117, 186, 298, 313, 391; charnel ground, 162
• Blazing Lamp (sgron ma 'bar ba), 302; Brilliant Expanse, 5
• Blazing Lamp Tantra (sgron me 'bar ba'i rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Blisfull Wheel (bde ldan 'khor lo): father of Vimalamitra, 137
• Blissful Compassion (bde ba'i snying rje ldan): Sudharma's dakini attendant, 125
• Blissful Grove (bde ldan gyi tshal), 380
• Blissful Loka Taste ('jig rten bde ba'i ro ldan ma): dakini who was the scribe for Prahevajra, 129, 319
• Blissful Mingled Minds (bde ldan yid 'dres): where Prahevajra wrote down the Great Perfection, 319
• Blooming Lotus as the tantra of qualities (yon tan padmo dbye ba), 378
• Bodhi the Yakshini (gnod sbyin mo byang chub ma): among the 21 masters, 362; details, 100, 360; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; song of realization, 60, 100; song to Barani, 101; song to Sarati the Courtesan, 364
• [[Bodhicharyavatara, 174
• Bodhisattva the King of Nagas (klu rgyal byang chub sems dpa'): song of realization, 391
• body of the great transformation ('pho wa chen po'i sku), 5, 156, 350
• Body Tantra Swirling Lotus (sku'i rgyud padma 'khyil ba), 313
• Bomta Khenpo, 421, 443
• Boulder Marked with the Vajra-Cross (pha bong rdo rje rgya gram gyis btab pa), 132
• Brahmin Tantra of Distinguishing the Vehicles (bram ze theg pa shan 'byed kyi rgyud): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Brahmin's Cycle (bram ze'i skor), 206
• Brahmin's Playful Cycle (sgeg pa bram ze'i skor): brief explanation, 264
• Braided Ones (lcang lo can): realm where Prahevajra received teachings from Vajrasattva, 178
• Bright Spirit (bdag nyid gsal ma): mother of Vimalamitra, 137
• Brilliance the Kashmiri scholar (kha che'i mkhan po rab snang), 362; details, 101; song of realization, 101; song to Maharaja, 102, 365
• Brilliance the king of Kashmir (kha che'i rgyal po rab snang): details, 360; song of realization, 69
• Brilliant (rab tu snang byed): charnel ground, 160; charnel ground where Vimalamitra resided, 147
• Brilliant Dhanakosha. See Dhanakosha
• Brilliant Essence of Gold (gser gyi snying po rab tu snang byed), 135
• Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal), 5, 301, 332; excerpt, 275
• Brilliant Sun (nyi ma rab tu snang byed): co-compiler of the first tantra of the aeon, 115, 374
• Buddha Aspiration (sangs rgyas mos pa), 186
• Buddha Kashyapa (sangs rgyas 'od srung), 229; emanation of Vajrasattva, 314
• Buddha Sky Essence (sangs rgyas nam mkha'i snying po), 311
• Buddhaguhya (sangs rgyas gsang ba), 151, 206, 426
• Buddhagupta (bhu ta kug ta), details, 109;]] (bhu ta kug ta), song of realization, 109;]] (bhu ta kug ta), song to Shri Singha, 110;]] (buddha gupta), song of realization, 72;]] (Butakuta) song to Shri Singha, 367; among the seven later panditas, 95; Butakutam (Buddhaguhya), 362; details, 96
• Buddhamati the Courtesan (smad 'tshong ma buddha ma ti): song of realization, see also Purasati, 62
• Bumtang (bum thang), 170, 221, 232
• Cave of Solitude (dben skyong brag phug): place of Shri Singha, 290
• Caverns of Chimpu (bsam yas mchims phu), 222;]] (mchims phu dge gong), 254, 255, 258, 259, 350;]] (mchims phu dge'u), 327
• Caves of Yerpa (yer pa brag), 219
• Chakrasamvara, 16
• Changeless Light ('od mi 'gyur ba), 211, 225, 277, 317; Samantabhadra, 424
• Changeless Steadiness (mi 'gyur brtan pa'i dbang), 197
• Chari (spyod ma): dakini who gave prophecy to Jnanasutra, 141
• Chetsün Senge Wangchuk (lce btsun seng ge dbang phyug), 122, 346
• Chiti (spyi ti): definition, 422
• Chiti Yoga (spyi ti yo ga), 281, 292
• Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (mchog gyur bde chen gling pa), 393
• Chokgyur Lingpa (mchog gyur gling pa), ii, 52, 410, 412
• Chokro Dri (lcog ro 'bri): birth place of Yeshe Tsogyal, 163
• Chokro Lui Gyaltsen (cog ro klu'i rgyal mtshan), 121, 347, 348, 350; sent to receive Vimalamitra, 150
• Club Wielder (be con 'dzin): compiler, 376
• Collection of Precious Gemstones (rin chen / rin po che kun 'dus): scripture from the Mind Section, 68
• Compendium of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems kun bsdus), 361
• Complete Array (rnam par bkod pa): the realm, 372
• Complete Peaceful and Wrathful Ones (zhi khro yongs rdzogs kyi skor), 296
• Comprehension (spyi gcod): scripture from the Mind Section, 64, 95
• Comprehension of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems spyi gcod), 95
• Conch of Brahma's Voice (tshangs ma dung mgrin can): dakini, 179, 313, 376
• Confluence of Insight of All Yidams (yi dam dgongs 'dus): the Yidam Gongdü, 371
• Constant (brtson ldan): mother of Dhahena Talo, 97
• Cool Grove (bsil ba'i tshal): charnel ground, 129, 130, 160, 179, 295, 319, 320, 323, 402
• Cooling charnel ground (bsil byed bya ba'i dur khrod): (dur khrod bsil byed) where Jnanasutra meets Shri Singha, also]] (bsil sbyin dur khrod),]] (dur khrod chen po bsil sbyin), 140; also]] (bsil byin), 137
• Covered with Golden Sand (gser gyi bye ma brdal ba): place where Sudharma conceived Prahevajra, 125; Vimalamitra conceals manuscripts, 147
• Crystal Cave of Yangdzong (yang rdzong shel phug), 222
• Cuckoo of Awareness (rig pa khu byug): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 54
• Cutting Insight Essence Tantra (shes rab gcod byed snying po'i rgyud), 314
• Cycle of Instructions (man ngag gi skor): brief explanation, 264
• Cycle of the Space Section (klong sde'i skor): brief explanation, 264
• Cycle of the Tantras (rgyud kyi skor), 263
• Cycle on Establishing the Visions in Actuality (mngon sum snang ba gtan la 'bebs pa'i skor), 221
• Cycles of Mind, Space, and Instruction (sems klong man ngag gi skor), 157
• Dakini Tantra of the Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (Da'kki klong gsal nyi ma'i rgyud): see Brilliant Expanse, 156
• Damshö Ling charnel ground (dam shod gling gi dur khrod), 200
• Dangma Lhungyal (ldang ma lhun rgyal), 122, 346
• Dantig (chu bo dan tig): where Prahevajra passed away, 131, 322
• Dark Red Jackal Tantra of the Mother Deities (ma mo yi rgyud lce spyang dmar nag): tantra, 380
• Definitive Great Secret (gsang chen nges pa): syn for the Great Perfection, xi, 120, 148, 161, 295
• definitive secret teachings (bka' gsang nges pa), 145
• Delightful Vajra (dga' rab rdo rje): name of Prahevajra, v, 85, 128, 178, 200, 214, 284, 363, 395
• Delightful Youth (dga' byed gzhon nu): Shakyamuni, 314, 422
• Delighting in the Great Secret (gsang chen rol pa), 292; charnel ground, 186; charnel ground at the Blazing Fire Mountain, 117
• Denma Tsemang (ldan ma rtse mangs), 232
• Densely Arrayed (stug po bkod pa), 306; realm of Akanishtha, 17, 176, 301; realms of self-display, 182, 184; sambhogakaya realms, 181, 373
• Densely Arrayed Realm of Total Purity (rnam dag stug po bkod pa), 423
• Devaraja (lha'i rgyal po de ba ra' dza): aka Bhararaja Muletsün, 362; alias Devaraja Mule Tsen, song to Buddhagupta]] (Butakuta), 367; details, 95, 108; song of realization, 70, 109; song to Buddhagupta, 109
• Dhahe the scholar of Uddiyana (o rgyan gyi mkhan po dha he): song of realization, 65
• Dhahena Chadu: king, father of Vimalamitra, 111
• Dhahena Talo (dha he na ta lo), 206; details, 97; Dhahi Telo, 362; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; grandfather of Prahevajra, 199; song of realization, 53, 97; song to Rajadeva, 364; song to Rajahasti, 98
• Dhahena Telo (dha he na ta lo): details, aka Dhanadala, 50
• Dhahuna the Dog King: alias Kukkuraja the Younger, 367
• Dhahuna the learned. See Kukkuraja the Younger
• Dhanadala (dha na d'a la): probably identical with Dhahena Telo, 50
• Dhanakosha (dha na ko sha), 88, 95, 178, 202, 227, 229, 284;]] (sbyin pa'i mdzod) in Uddiyana, 199; literal meaning, 89, 125; location, 85; Padmasambhava's birth, 293; Vairotsana's visit, 238
• Dhanasanskrit (nor gyi legs sbyar): song of realization, 404
• Dharma Ashoka: as Prahevajra's grandfather, 198, 284; as Vimalamitra's grandfather, 121
• Dharma Fortress Hermitage (chos rdzong dgon), 331
• Dharmabodhi: mother of Vimalamitra, 121
• Dharmachakra: king for whom Vimalamitra officiated, 121
• dharmadhatu palace of Akanistha ('og min chos kyi dbyings kyi pho brang), 162, 279, 300, 372; expl. of definite meaning, 17; the dharmakaya buddhafield, 289
• dharmakaya realm of the Luminous Vajra Essence (chos sku 'od gsal rdo rje snying po'i zhing), 424
• Dharmaraja: definition of title, 81; details, 95
• Dharmaraja (dharma ra' dza): song of realization, 71
• Dharmevajra (rdo rje chos), 16, 95, 313; alias Kuñjara, 289; compiler, 313; requestee of Vajrasattva, 312; song by, 154
• Direct Revelation of Samantabhadra's Mind (kun tu bzang po'i dgongs pa zang thal du bstan pa), 209, 223, 246, 273; Gongpa Zangtal, 248; tantra, 265
• distinguishing, resolving, and self-liberation in actuality (shan phye la bzla rang grol mngon sum), 190, 206
• Divine Cliff of Zangzang (zang zang lha brag), 219, 234, 252, 253, 273; terma site, 232
• Divine Mound (lha brtsegs pa): charnel ground in Uddiyana, 286
• Dog King the Younger: see Kukkuraja the Younger]] (Dhahuna), 362
• Dorje Dudjom of Nanam (sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms), 235, 326
• Dorje Lingpa (rdo rje gling pa), 9, 43, 298, 340, 370; excerpt from Brilliant Expanse, 275
• Dorje Tötreng Tsal (rdo rje thod phreng rtsal): alias Padmasambhava, 323
• Dorje Tromo Rakdongma (rdo rje khro mo rak gdong ma). See Tromo Rakdongma
• Dra Talgyur (sgra thal 'gyur), 115
• Dra Talgyur Root Tantra (sgra thal 'gyur rtsa ba'i rgyud), 114, 185; one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Dragon Crest Jewel Ridge (rtse 'brug rin chen sgang): abode of King Ashoka, 282, 284
• Drimey Dashar (dri med zla shar): alias Jnana Kumara of Nyak, 350
• Drimey Özer (dri med 'od zer): alias Longchen Rabjam, 32
• Dungtso Repa the Later (dung mtsho ras pa phyi ma), 294
• Dzogchen Desum (rdzogs chen sde gsum), 10; description, 385; Three Sections of the Great Perfection, 52
• Dzogchen Sangwa Nyingtig (rdzogs chen gsang ba snying tig), 425
• Earth Essence (sa'i snying po): attendant of Vimalamitra, 348
• effortless Ati Yoga (rtsol med a ti yo ga): see Ati Yoga, 198
• [[effortless vehicle of original wakefulness, 229
• Effulgent Lamp (snang ba'i sgron me): mother of Manjushrimitra, 130, 320
• eight gauris: listing, 422
• eight keurimas (ke'u ri ma brgyad), 132
• Eight Later Translations (phyi 'gyur brgyad), 46
• Eight Sections of Great Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul chen po sde brgyad): listing, 286
• eight vidyadharas (rig 'dzin brgyad): list, 425
• Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras (rdzogs chen rgyud bco brgyad), 112; list, 158
• Eighteen Marvels of Mind (sems smad bco brgyad), 46, 385; compared with the Eighteen Major Scriptures]] (lung chen po bco brgyad), 424; list of Padmasambhava's transmission from Samantabhadra, 279
• Eighteen Tantras of Mahayoga (ma hA yo ga'i tan tra sde bco brgyad), 50, 103, 314; list of scriptures Padmasambhava received from Vajrasattva, 280
• Eightfold Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul brgyad pa), 286
• Eighty Deeds of Yamantaka (gshin rje las brgya bcu), 378
• Eightyfold Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul brgyad bcu pa), 286
• Ekajati (e ka dza Ti): protector of the Great Perfection, 137, 252
• Elephant Forest (glang po'i tshal): birth place of Vimalamitra, also]] (glang po sgang zhes bya ba'i grong khyer), 137
• Embodiment of Teachings (bka' 'dus), 281
• Eminent Destroyer of Samsara ('khor ba legs gcod): the buddha, 372
• Eminent Samadhi (ting 'dzin bzang po): Steadfast Lion, 314, 422
• Empowerment Instruction of the Great Bridge (zam pa chen po dbang gi man ngag), 84
• empowerment of awareness-display (rig pa rtsal gyi dbang), 225, 234, 314
• empowerment of the Royal Vase (rgyal thabs spyi blugs gi dbang), 200
• empowerment of the Threefold Spontaneous Presence (lhun grub gsum gyi dbang), 197
• Enchanting (dga' byed): charnel ground, 160
• Enchanting Forest of Exquisite Taste (ro mchog bde ba'i tshal), 85, 88, 89
• Enchanting Grove (dga' byed kyi tshal): where Vimalamitra met again with Jnanasutra, 138
• Enchanting Mound (bde byed brtsegs pa): see Shankara Kuta, 125; stupa, 379
• Encountering the Three Kayas (sku gsum thug 'phrad kyi man ngag), 197
• Equalizing of Buddhahood (sangs rgyas mnyam sbyor), 113
• Equalizing Secret Tantra (mnyam sbyor gsang rgyud): Tantra of the Great Equalizing of Buddhahood, 314
• Essence of Secrets (gsang ba snying po, Guhyagarbha), 286; general tantra of Mahayoga, 281
• Essence of Statements from the Oral Lineage (rna rgyud lung gi thig le): quote from, 305
• Essence Studded Tantra (thig le phra rgyud): tantra, 379
• Essence Tantra in Seven Lines that Liberates through Wearing (btags grol snying po'i rgyud tshig bdun pa), 172
• essence, nature and capacity (ngo bo rang bzhin thugs rje), 171, 181, 311
• Essential Heart Essence (snying thig snying po), 136
• Essential Unexcelled Cycle (snying po bla na med pa'i skor), 247
• Ever-Excellent (kun tu bzang mo): dakini, 145
• Ever-Excellent Salasakra of the Mothers (ma mo kun tu bzang mo sa la sa kra),]] (ma mo kun tu bzang mo sa la ba dra), 378
• Excellent Starlight (skar ma 'od bzang po), 313
• Excellent Valley (bzang lung): charnel ground, 130, 425
• Expanding Delight (he chen brdal ba): Manjushrimitra's song, 393
• Expanse of Vajrasattva's Heart (rdo rje sems dpa'i thugs kyi klong), 223
• Exposition Tantras (bshad rgyud), 132, 141, 323
• Exquisite Flower (me tog mdzes pa): the buddha, 372
• Extensive Outer Cycle (rgyas pa phyi skor), 247
• Extensive Tantra of Great Space (nam mkha' che rgyas pa'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Mind Section, 263
• extremely unelaborate empowerment (rab tu spros med kyi dbang), 142
• Father Tantra View of Vastness (pha rgyud lta ba klong yangs), 43, 370
• Fifteen Special Tantras (sgos rgyud bco lnga), 286
• Final Subsequent Tantra Devourer of a Billion Worlds (rgyud phyi ma'i phyi ma stong gsum za byed), 381
• Final Testament ('das rjes tha ma): by Kashyapa the Elder, 381
• Five Early Translations (snga 'gyur lnga), 46, 95; Mind Section, 238
• five eminent ones (lnga sde bzang po): retinue of Buddha Shakyamuni, 381
• Five Symbols of the Deeds (byas pa'i brda lnga), 321
• Five Symbols of the Manifest (snang ba'i brda lnga), 321
• Five Symbols of the Practice Lineage (bsgrub rgyud kyi brda lnga), 320
• Five-Peaked Mountain (ri bo rtse lnga), 134, 137, 350
• Flawless Crest, Excellent among the Shakyas, (dri med gtsug phud shak bzang): father of Sarani, grandfather of Prahevajra, 82
• Flawless Kinsman (bi ma la mi tra): song of realization, 401; Vimalamitra, 34, 36, 216, 397
• Flawless Moon (zla ba dri med): co-compiler of the first tantra of the aeon, 374
• Flower-Adorned Base and Center (gzhi dang snying po me tog gis rgyan pa), 15
• Fortyfold Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul bzhi bcu pa), 286
• Four Branches of Heart Essence (snying thig ya bzhi), xvi, 188; details, 112
• four rivers of empowerment (dbang go chu bo bzhi): listing from Vajrasattva, 313
• four visions (rdzogs chen gyi snang ba bzhi), 425
• Fourfold Means of Settling (bzhag thabs bzhi pa): Jnanasutra's testament to Vimalamitra, 147
• Fourty-Four Kilaya Tantra (k'i la ya bzhi bcu gnyis kyi rgyud): activities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Fragrant Grass ('jag ma'i gling): charnel ground where Aryadeva awakened to enlightenment, 135
• Framework of Existence (srid pa spyi chings): scripture from the Mind Section, 65
• Framework of Existence (srid pa'i spyi chings): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Freedom Cave of Dakinis (mkha' 'gro mngon par 'byung ba'i brag phug): place where Prahevajra wrote down the natural Great Perfection, 129, 179, 319
• Furrowed Red Rock (brag dmar ri mo can), 329, 339, 425
• Gangri Tökar (gangs ri thod dkar), 32
• Gathered Black Clouds (sprin nag 'dus pa'i grong khyer), 286
• Generous Hand (lag sbyin): past life of Vajradhara, 372
• Gentle Splendor Protector Against Fear ('jam dpal 'jigs skyobs): one of the twelve Dzogchen buddhas, alias Youth Playful Grace, 370; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, alias Youth Playful Grace, 375
• Gentle Splendor Protector Against Fear ('jigs pa skyob),]] ('jigs pa skyob pa'i yid): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116
• Glorious Mountain (dpal gyi ri): abode of Nagarjuna, 58, 404
• Glorious Source of Qualities (dpal yon tan 'byung ba), 92
• glorious stupa Descended from Heavenly Realms (dpal lha las babs pa'i mchos rten), 179
• Glorious Supreme Primal Tantra (dpal mchog dang po'i rgyud, Skt. Shri Paramadi Tantra): qualities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Glorious Sustainer of Bliss (dpal ldan bde skyong): father of Manjushrimitra, 202
• Glorious Tantra of the Resolution of the Four Elements (dpal 'byung bzhi zad pa'i rgyud), 116
• Golden Designs of Jewels (rin po che'i gser mig), 264
• Golden Orphan Temple (bu tshal gser khang gling), 349
• Golden Razor of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems gser gyi spu gri), 95
• Golden Sanctuary (gser gling), 95, 134, 320; charnel ground, 92
• Golden Sanctuary of Expanding Delight (gser gling he chen brdal ba), 85, 88; meaning of name, 89
• Golden Sanctuary of Expanding Delight (gser gling he chen gdal ba): charnel ground abode of Prahevajra, 202
• Gongpa Zangtal (dgongs pa zang thal), 223
• Great Array (bkod pa chen po), 124
• Great Array of Ati (a ti bkod pa chen po'i rgyud), 422
• Great Blaze ('bar ba chen po): tantra, 379
• Great Blaze ('bar ma chen mo): dakini, 145
• [[Great Compassionate One: Avalokiteshvara, 333
• Great Drum of the Gods (lha'i rnga bo che lta bu'i gtam), 180
• Great Garuda (khyung chen): scripture from the Mind Section, 53
• Great General Background for the History of the Authentic Lineage (yid ches brgyud pa'i lo rgyus stong thun gyi spyi chings chen mo), 235
• Great History of the Heart Essence (snying thig lo sgyus chen mo), 121
• Great Perfection of Chiti (rdzogs pa chen po spyi ti), 424
• Great Perfection of Profound Instructions (man ngag zab mo rdzogs pa chen po), 221
• Great Perfection of the Black Quintessence (rdzogs pa chen po yang ti nag po), 424
• Great Perfection of the Unexcelled Fruition ('bras bu bla na med pa'i rdzogs pa chen po), 218
• Great Perfection Renowned as Body (sku ltar grags pa'i rdzogs chen), 214
• Great Perfection Renowned as Edict (bka' ltar yongs su grags pa'i rdzogs chen), 215
• Great Perfection Renowned as Edict (bka' yongs su grags pa'i rdzogs pa chen po), 221, 263; explanation of the four aspects, 263
• Great Perfection Renowned as Instruction (man ngag yongs su grags pa'i rdzogs pa chen po), 263; explanation of three aspects, 264
• Great Perfection Renowned as Speech (gsung ltar grags pa'i rdzogs chen), 214
• Great Perfection that Clarifies the Essence (snying po gsal ba'i rdzogs chen), 215, 216
• Great Perfection that Clarifies the Essence Distinguished as Speech (gsung ltar snying po gsal ba'i rdzogs chen), 214
• Great Perfection that Liberates as Mind (thugs ltar grol ba'i rdzogs chen), 214
• Great Perfection's Innermost Unexcelled Cycle (rdzogs pa chen po yang gsang bla na med pa'i skor), 271
• Great Perfection's Instruction Section (rdzogs pa chen po man ngag sde), 270
• Great Perfection's Mind Section Cycle (rdzogs pa chen po sems sde'i skor), 270
• Great Perfection's Six Tantras of Liberation Through Wearing (rdzogs pa chen po btags grol rgyud drug), 265
• Great Perfection's Space Section Cycle (rdzogs pa chen po klong sde'i skor), 270
• Great Perfection's Three Tantras of Liberation Through Wearing (rdzogs pa chen po btags grol rgyud gsum), 265
• Great Prophecy of Awakened Mind (sems lung chen po), 379
• Great Purity (gtsang chen), 277
• Great Purity (tshangs chen): realms, 424
• Great Purity nirmanakaya realms, 18
• Great Samayoga Tantra (mnyam sbyor chen po'i rgyud), 327
• Great Seal (phyag rgya chen po'i man ngag), 197
• Great Self-Existence (rang byung chen po), 270
• Great Self-Existing Emanations (rang byung gi sprul pa chen po): Three Sources, 180, 184
• Great Soaring Garuda (khyung chen lding ba): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Great Space (nam mkha' che), 379; one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 55
• Great Sphere (thig le chen po'i dbang), 197
• Great Strength (rtsal chen): scripture from the Mind Section, 57
• Grove of Reed ('dam bu'i tshal): where Vimalamitra and Jnanasutra received the prophecy from Vajrasattva, 138
• Guarded Mind (mgon sems): disciple of Kashyapa the Elder, 380
• Guhya Samaja, 50
• Guhyagarbha Tantra, 25
• [[Guhyasamaja, 16
• Guru Chöwang (gu ru chos dbang), 113
• Guru Loden Choksey (gu ru blo ldan mchog sred), 280
• Guru Nyima Özer (gu ru nyi ma 'od zer), 279
• Guru Padma (gu ru padma): song by. See Padmasambhava
• [[Guru Tashi Tobgyal, 294
• Gyalwa Yangönpa (rgyal ba yang dgon pa): quote about vajra holder, 17
• Hastibhala (hasti bha la): teacher of Shri Singha in China, 133, 320
• Hayagriva (rta mgrin), 289, 298; song by, 154; tantras, 378
• Healing Garden of Youth ('tsho byed gzhon nu'i sdum ra), 116, 185
• Healing Herb Garden of Youth (sman 'tsho byed gzhon nu'i sdum ra), 116
• Hearing Lineage (rnar rgyud), 132
• Hearing Lineage (snyan rgyud), 323
• Hearing Lineage for the Innermost Unexcelled Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po yang gsang bla na med pa'i snyan brgyud sde gsum): three sets, 223
• Hearing Lineage in Six Chapters (snyan rgyud le'u drug pa), 248, 249
• Hearing Lineage of Pointing Out Dharmata (chos nyid ngo sprod spros pa'i snyan rgyud): one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• Hearing Lineage of Practicing the Fivefold Meditation Method (bzhag thabs rnam pa lnga'i nyams len snyan rgyud): one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• Hearing Lineage of the Vajra Masters in Six Chapters (rdo rje slob dpon gyi snyan rgyud le'u drug), 250, 255, 256
• Hearing Lineage on Distinguishing Mind and Awareness (sems dang rig pa dbye ba'i snyan brgyud), 219
• Hearing Lineage on Distinguishing Mind and Wisdom (sems dang ye shes dbye ba'i snyan rgyud), 250; one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• Hearing Lineage on Establishing the Meditation and Post-Meditation (snyan brgyud mnyam bzhag rjes thob gtan la dbab pa), 221
• Hearing Lineage on Freely Resting Mind Essence (snyan brgyud sems nyid cog bzhag), 222
• Hearing Lineage on separating consciousness and wakefulness (sems dang ye shes 'byed pa'i snyan brgyud), 271
• Hearing Lineage on the Self-Liberated Awareness of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po rang grol rig pa'i snyan brgyud), 223
• Hearing Lineage on the Self-Liberation of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po rang grol ba'i snyan brgyud), 223
• Hearing Lineage to be Liberated through Practice (nyams len gyi sgo nas grol bar bya ba'i snyan rgyud): one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• Hearing Lineage to be Understood through Explanation (bshad thabs kyi sgo nas go bar bya ba'i snyan rgyud): one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• hearing transmission of sublime individuals (gang zag snyan khung brgyud pa): literal explanatiion, 147
• Heart Essence Exposition Tantra (bshad rgyud snying gi ti ka/ snying thig gi bka'), 132
• Heart Essence in Actuality (mngon sum snying tig), 164; Instruction Section of the Great Perfection from Padmasambhava, 164
• Heart Essence of Dakinis (mkha' 'gro snying thig), 5, 7, 23, 112
• Heart Essence of Samantabhadra (kun bzang thugs tig), 383
• Heart Essence of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal snying thig), 327
• Heart Essence of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal snying tig): Longsal Nyingtig, 338
• [[Heart Essence of the Dakinis: explained, 156
• Heart Essence of the Dakinis (mkha' 'gro snying thig), 302
• Heart Essence of the Dakinis (mkha' 'gro snying tig), 168; Shri Singha's transmission to Padmasambhava, 158
• Heart Essence of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po snying tig), 264
• Heart Essence of Vimalamitra (bi ma snying thig), 121, 346
• Heruka Display as the tantra of activities (phrin las khrag 'thung rol pa), 378
• Hevajra, 16; tantra, 421, 443
• Hooked Cave of Golden Rock (gser gyi brag phug yu ba can): practice place of Prahevajra, 85
• Hooked Cave of the Golden Rock (gser gyi brag phug yu ba can): practice place of Prahevajra, 88
• Horse Head Saccha as the body tantra (sku rgyud rta dbu saccha), 378
• [[Hundred Thousand Nyingma Tantras, 421, 443
• Hungchenkara (hung chen ka ra): song of realization, 402
• Hungkara (hung ka ra): song of realization, 402
• Identifying Original Wakefulness (ye shes ngos 'dzin gyi man ngag), 197
• Immaculate Renown (dri med grags pa): name of Vimalamitra, 121
• Immediacy of Awareness (rig pa spyi lugs kyi dbang): empowerment, 197
• Immense Ocean (gangs chen mtsho), 277, 373; five families of, 15; Vajra Guru, 277
• Immutable Light ('od mi 'khrugs pa): Youth of Immutable Light]] (khye'u 'od mi 'khrugs pa), twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 374
• incalculable eon (bskal pa grangs med): definition, 421, 443
• [[Indian continent: nine major areas, 81
• Indrabhuti the Younger (indra bhu ti chung ba): in Kapilavastu, 148
• Innate Nature in Actuality (chos nyid mngon sum), 271
• Inner Cycle (nang skor), 241, 267, 319, 322; brief explanation, 264; of the Instruction Section, 136
• Inner Space Section Cycle (nang klong sde'i skor), 219
• Innermost Ati Cycle (yang gsang a ti'i skor gyi bshad rgyud): see Exposition Tantras, 237
• Innermost Unexcelled Cycle (gsang ba bla na med pa'i skor), 425
• Innermost Unexcelled Cycle (yang gsang bla na med pa'i skor), 221, 241, 265
• Innermost Unexcelled Cycle of the Precious Fruition (gsang ba'i yang ti bla na med pa'i 'bras bu rin po che'i skor), 425
• Innermost Unexcelled Cycle of the Precious Fruition (yang gsang bla na med pa'i skor), 319
• Innermost Unexcelled Effortless Vehicle (yang gsang bla na med pa rtsol med kyi theg pa), 232
• Innermost Unexcelled Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po yang gsang bla na med pa), 255, 305, 350
• Innermost Unexcelled Great Perfection (yang gsang bla na med pa'i rdzogs chen), 222
• Innermost Unwritten Cycle (yang gsang yi ge med pa'i skor), 322
• [[Innermost Vajra Essence of the Unexcelled Fruition, 334
• Insight during Daily Activities (spyod lam rig pa'i man ngag), 197
• Instruction Cycle (man ngag gi skor), 206; three aspects, 247
• Instruction Cycle of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po man ngag gi skor), 219
• Instruction Section (man nga sde): explanation by Padmasambhava, 247
• Instruction Section (man ngag sde), 76, 132, 268, 346, 385; defined by Jamgön Kongtrül, 385
• Instruction Tantra of the Play of the Sublime Steed (rta mchog rol pa man ngag rgyud): from Yidam Gongdü, 371
• Instructions of Rishi the Seer (drang srong mig gi man ngag), 71
• Instructions of Vimalamitra (dri med bshes gnyen gyi man ngag), 71
• Intersecting Secret Path of Great Bliss (bde chen gsang lam bsnol ba): charnel ground abode of Kungamo, 287
• Intrinsic Greatness of Samantabhadra (kun tu bzang po che ba rang la gnas pa), 379
• Issuing from One Tantra (gcig las 'phros pa'i rgyud): speech tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo ('jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po), 52, 174, 385, 393, 410
• Jemala (bye ma la): alias Vimalamitra, 349
• Jemalamudra, 348, 350; explanation of name, 426
• Jetsunma Kunga Bum (rje btsun ma kun dga' 'bum), 294
• Jewel Garland (nor bu'i phreng ba): past life of Vajradhara, 372
• Jewel Studded Bliss (bde ba phra bkod): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 65
• Jewel Studded Bliss of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems bde ba phra bkod), 50
• Jewel-Bearer (lag na rin po che): Flaming Mouth, 314, 422
• Jigmey Lingpa ('jigs med gling pa), 10, 96, 417; details, 416
• Jnana Kumara of Nyak (gnyag dza-nya na ku ma' ra), 219; lineage of Mind Section, 46; Vairotsana's disciple, 238
• Jnanasutra (jna na su tra), 356, 357, 382, 394, 400; details, 137; receives the Secret Cycle, 265; song of realization, 397, 402
• Joyful Forest (dga' ba tshal): charnel ground, 323
• Joyful Svastika (g.yung drung skyid): daughter of King Ashoka and aunt of Prahevajra, 282
• Joyful Vajra (dgyes pa rdo rje): name of Prahevajra, 284
• [[Juniper Ridge of Crystal Pearls, 340
• Kala Heruka (khrag 'thung nag po), 400; song of realization, 404
• [[Kalachakra, 16
• Kamalashila (ka ma la sh'i la): birth place of Jnanasutra, 137
• Kamarupa: location, 81
• Kangyur, 421, 443
• Kapilavastu (ser skya), 87, 114, 150, 186, 381; residence of Indrabhuti the Younger, 148
• Karmeshvari (las kyi dbang mo che), 227, 287, 298, 400; song of realization, 406
• Kashmir: location, 81
• Kashyapa the Elder ('od srungs bgres po), 317; as emanation of Vajrasattva, 315; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 186, 380; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 119
• Kawa Paltsek, 121, 347
• Kawa Paltsek (ska ba dpal brtsegs), 350; sent to receive Vimalamitra, 150
• Khambu (khams bu): location, 421, 443
• Khandro Yangtig. See Quintessence of the Dakinis
• Khangbu: location, 81
• Kharatira Black Turtle Boulder, 174
• Kharchu in Lhodrak (lho brag mkhar chu), 221, 327
• Khönting Temple at Lhodrak (lho brag khon mthing gi lha khang), 231
• Kilaya of Peak Array (phur pa rtse mo rnam par bkod pa),]] (phur pa rdo rje rtse mo rnam par bkod pa), 378
• King Ashoka: as grandfather of Prahevajra, 198
• King Hasti (rgyal po hasti): early master in Mind Section, 422
• King Helu Bhade: father of Dhahena Talo, 97
• King Indrabhuti (rgyal po in dra bhu ti), 150, 400; song of realization, 401
• King Jah the Worthy One (skal ldan rgyal po dza): song of realization, 391
• King of Arrangement (bkod pa rgyal po'i rgyud): samaya tantra of Mahayoga, 281
• King of Marvels (rmad byung rgyal po), 46
• King of Natural Knowing (rang shes rang rig gi rgyal po), 306
• King Uparaja: grandfather of Prahevajra, 319
• King's Cycle (rgyal po'i skor), 206
• King's Developed Cycle (bskyed pa rgyal po'i skor), 263
• Kingly Scripture (lung gi rgyal po): quote from, 65
• Knowing of One that Liberates All (gcig shes kun grol), 314
• Knowing One that Liberates All (gcig shes kun grol), 425
• Konchok Jungney of Langdro (long gro dkon mchog 'byung gnas), 329
• Kongpo (kong po), 221
• Kosali (ko sa li), 142
• Krodha the Powerful (khro bo stobs ldan), 313; emanation of Vajrasattva, 313
• Kuhana (ku ha na, sku ha na): mother of Manjushrimitra, 202
• Kukkuraja Dhahuna: alias Kukkuraja the Younger, 367
• Kukkuraja the Dog King (khyi'i rgyal po ku ku ra' dza), 362; song of realization, 57; song to Parati, 366
• Kukkuraja the Elder (khyi'i rgyal po snga ma): details, 103; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; song of realization, 104; song to Bhashita, 104
• Kukkuraja the second Dog King, 361; details, 95
• Kukkuraja the Younger: among the seven later panditas, 95; details, 96
• Kukkuraja the Younger (khyi'i rgyal po phyi ma): aka Dhahuna the Dog King, 426; alias Dhahuna, 362; details, 107; song of realization, 59, 108; song to Manjushrimitra the Younger, 108, 367
• Kulaya Tantra (kun byed rgyal po'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Mind Section, 263
• Kulayaraja Tantra, 43
• Kulayaraja Tantra (kun byed rgyal po'i rgyud), 46, 263, 385
• Kulayaraja, Tantra of the All-Creating King (kun byed rgyal po'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Mind Section, 379
• Kulika Sukha Bhadrapala (rigs ldan bde ba bzang skyong): Anu Yoga teacher of Padmasambhava, 286
• Kunga Mönlam (kun dga' smon lam). See Kungamo
• Kungamo (kun dga' mo): details, 110; Manjushrimitra's prediction to Padmasambhava, 287; song of realization, 110
• Kungamo the Eminent (kun dga' bzang mo): concealer of the Dzogchen teachings at the Vajra Throne, 267
• Kungamo the virtuous (dge slong ma kun dga' mo): one of the twenty-one masters of the Mind Section, 362
• Kungamo the Virtuous (dge slong ma kun dga' mo): song to Vimalamitra, 368
• Kungamo the Younger: among the seven later panditas, 95; details, 96
• Kuñjara (kuñja ra): transmission to Padmasambhava, 289
• Kusulu Cycle (ku su lu'i skor), 170; Khandro Nyingtig, 165
• Labu Dönyö Dey (lha bu don yod sde), 340
• Lady Gyalmo Tso of Ru (ru bza' rgyal mo mtsho): mother of Yeshe Tsogyal, 163
• Lady Jangchub Men of Dro ('bro bza' byang chub sman): one of King Trisong Deutsen's queens and mother of Princess Pema Sal, 165
• Lady of Kharchen (mkhar chen gza'), 163, 231, 232, 233, 237, 302, 327
• Lady Tsogyal of Kharchen. See Lady of Kharchen
• Lake Kutra (mtsho ku tra): in Uddiyana, 199
• Lalitavajra (sgeg pa rdo rje), 206
• Lama Gongdü (bla ma dgongs 'dus), 370, 422
• Lamp for the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal sgron ma), 299
• land of Turquoise-Browed Sogpos (sog po g.yu'i smin ma can), 117, 186, 379
• Laughing Vajra (bzhad pa rdo rje): name of Prahevajra, 284
• Learned Pandita Cycle (mkhas pa pandi ta'i skor), 170
• Learned Splendid Wisdom (mkhas pa dpal gyi blo gros): dakini, 144
• Leulag Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul gyi le lag), 286
• Lhacham Pema Sal (lha lcam padma sal): details, 423
• Li (li): kingdom, 142, 286
• Liberating Mound Tantra (sgrol ma brtsegs pa'i rgyud): activities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Liberation Through Wearing (btags grol), 248, 251
• Lion Cave of Bumtang (bum thang seng ge'i brag): terma site, 232
• Lion Face (seng gdong ma): dakini, 376
• Lion Snout in Bumthang (bum thang seng ge'i sna), 302
• Lion-like Cliff in Lower Bumtang (bum thang smad kyi sengge 'dra ba), 170
• Little (dur khrod tha chung): charnel ground, 160
• Long Cave at Nadün Lhodrak (sna bdun lho brag phug ring), 231
• Longchen Rabjam (klong chen rab 'byams), 163
• Lord of Secrets (gsang ba'i bdag po), 227
• lords of the three families (rigs gsum mgon po), 119, 326, 381, 383; details, 422
• Lotus Crystal Cave (padma shel phug), 410
• Lotus Light (padma 'od), 36, 233
• Lotus Light the Buddha (padma'i 'od): Amitabha's instruction to Vajrapani, 195
• Lotus Mound (padma brtsegs pa), 319; buddhafield, 195
• Lotus Mound (padma brtsegs): charnel ground in the Li country, 286
• Lotus Net as the mind tantra (thugs rgyud padma dra ba), 378
• Lotus Segment (padma'i dum bu): tantra, 381
• Lovely (mdzes ma dang ldan pa): Sarani, Prahevajra's mother, 82
• Lovingly Playful Wisdom (brtse bas rol pa'i blo gros): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 186, 379; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 43, 117
• Luminosity of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems 'od gsal), 361
• Luminous Vajra Essence ('od gsal rdo rje snying po): dharmakaya realm, 13, 18, 277, 424; Dzogchen, 2, 5, 158, 180
• Magadha (dbus 'gyur), 227, 242
• Magical Net of the Goddess (lha mo sgyu 'phrul), 286
• Magical Net of Vajrasattva (rdo rje sems dpa' sgyu 'phrul 'dra ba), 50
• Magical Wheel of the Sun and Moon ('khrul 'khor nyi ma zla ba),]] ('khrul 'khor nyi ma sbas pa), 378
• Maha Heruka, 228
• Mahamudra view of nondual experience and emptiness (snang stong gnyis med kyi lta ba phyag rgya chen po), 268, 269
• Maharahula: quote by, 62
• Maharaja the Uddiyana scholar (o rgyan gyi mkhan po ma h'a r'a dza), 362; details, 95, 102; song of realization, 102; song to Gomadevi, 102, 365
• Mahasandhi: literal meaning, 421, 443
• Mahasandhi (yang dag pa'i bsam gtan chen po): literal meaning, 46
• Mahasukha (bde ba chen po): the mind of Vajrasattva, 82
• Mahasukha Bheva (bde ba chen po bhe ba): name of Prahevajra, 284
• Mahayoga of Development (bskyed pa ma h'a yo ga), 280
• Maitreya (byams pa), 186
• Manifest Adornment (rnam par rol pa'i rgyan), 137
• Manifest Womb of Passionate Elements (chags 'byung mngal du snang ba), 185
• Manjushri Bhadra ('jam dpal bzang po). See Manjushrimitra the Younger; song to Devaraja, 108
• Manjushri the Youthful ('jam dpal gzhon nu), 272
• Manjushrimitra ('jam dpal bshes gnyen): details, 360; receiving his name, 204; song of realization, 396, 410; song of realization, 393; song to Dhahena Talo, 97; song to Dhahi Telo, 363
• Manjushrimitra the Younger ('jam dpal bshes gnyen phyi ma), 362; among the seven later panditas, 95; as reincarnation of Manjushrimitra, 135; details, 96, 108; song of realization, 64; song to Devaraja Mule Tsen, 367
• Manual of Degrees of Progress (tshad kyi yi ge), 234
• Manual of Key Points (gnad kyi yi ge), 234
• Manual of Signs (rtags kyi yi ge), 234
• Marvels (rmad byung): also King of Marvels, 59; scripture from the Mind Section, 59
• Mass of Light ('od kyi phung po), 185; also]] ('od kyi spungs pa), 116
• Masterful Display (chub pas rol pa): tantra, 379
• Material Womb, the source of passions ('dod chags 'byung ba mngal du snang ba),]] (chags 'byung mngal du snang ba), 116
• Matibhadra (blo gros bzang po), 379
• [[Matram Rudra, 229
• Mekhyo (rme khyod), 95
• Meteor Face the Yaksha (gnod sbyin skar mda' gdong): song of realization, 391
• Mighty Bringer of Joy (dga' byed dbang phyug), 115, 129
• Mighty Lotus Tantra (padma dbang gi rgyud): speech tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Mind Section (sems sde), 132; defined by Jamgön Kongtrül, 385; details of lineage masters, 50, 95, 360; eighteen parts and sixty tantras, 238; explained by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, 46; explained by Jamgon Kongtrul, 238; explained by Padmasambhava, 247; Thirteen Later Translations from Vimalamitra, 346
• Mind Section Cycle of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po sems sde'i skor), 270
• Mind Section Cycle, Outer (phyi sems sde'i skor), 219
• Mind Section, five tantras (sems sde'i rgyud lnga), 116
• Mind Section, Outer Cycle (phyi sems sde'i skor): brief explanation, 263
• Mind Tantra Jewel Heap (thugs kyi rgyud rin chen spungs pa), 313
• Mind Tantras (thugs rgyud), 323
• mind transmission: detailed explanation, 119
• mind transmission (dgongs brgyud): literal meaning, 422
• Minister's Concise Cycle (bsdus pa blon po'i skor): brief explanation, 264
• Mipham Gönpo (mi pham mgon po), 76, 80, 219; Vairotsana's disciple, 238
• Mirror Face (me long gdong): dakini, 376
• Moonlight (drang srong zla 'od): rishi, 376
• Most Profound Secret Cycle (shin tu zab mo gsang ba'i skor): brief explanation, 264
• Mother in Five Hundred Segments (yum bam po lnga brgya pa): Prajnaparamita, 379
• Mount Array of Precious Gems (nor bu rin po che'i rnam par bkod pa'i ri): site where Vajradhara awakened, 372
• Mount Brilliant (snang byed), 146
• Mount Brilliant Sun (ri bo nyi ma rab tu snang byed): meditation abode of Prahevajra, 128, 319
• Mount Hepori (has po ri), 235
• Mount Malaya (ri bo ma la ya), 128, 278, 287, 319
• Mount Mass of Cane (sba mo spungs pa'i ri): where Aryadeva awakened to enlightenment, 135
• Mount of Spontaneous Presence (lhun grub brtsegs pa): charnel ground in Nepal, 281
• Mountain Pile (ri bo brtsegs pa): mind tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Naga Demon's Belly of Lhodrak (lho brag klu bdud kyi lte ba): terma site, 232
• Nagaraja (klu'i rgyal po), 100; song of realization, 56, 100
• Nagaraja Patri, 422
• Nagaraja Sitrita. See Nanda
• Nagarjuna, 362, 400; details, 105; song of realization, 58, 107, 404; song to Kukkuraja the Younger, 107, 367
• Nagarjuna Garbha: details, 361
• Nalanda, 87, 121
• Namkhai Nyingpo (nam mkha'i snying po), 221, 327
• Nanda (dga' bo), 422; details, 99; song of realization, 100; song to Bodhi the Yakshini, 100
• natural nirmanakaya (rang bzhin sprul sku): buddhas, 182; realms, 277
• Nectar Sadhana Tantra (bdud rtsi sgrub thabs kyi rgyud): qualities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Ngödrub Gyaltsen (dngos grub rgyal mtshan), 209
• Nine General Tantras (spyi rgyud dgu), 286
• Ninefold Space (klong dgu), 423
• nirmanakaya Vajradhara (sprul sku rdo rje 'chang), 374
• Noble Kindness (mgon sems byams ma): dakini who gave prediction to Jnanasutra, 140
• Noble Spirit (sems lhag can): (sems dag lha'i bu), emanation of Vajrasattva who became Prahevajra, 82;]] (sems dpa' lhag can), his dreams of four omens, 190; former life of Prahevajra in the deva realm, 190
• Noble Spirit Devaputra (sems dag lha'i bu), 88; blesses Prahevajra, 85; emanation of Vajrasattva who became Prahevajra, 82
• Nonarising Natural Mind (skye med rang rig): scripture from the Mind Section, 69
• Nondual Mingling (gnyis med 'dres pa'i dbang), 197
• [[Nyima Özer the King of Nyang: his journey to Sukhavati, 153
• Nyingma Kahma (rnying ma bka' ma): the canonical scriptures of the Nyingma School, 52, 80
• Nyingthig Tsapö (snying thig rtsa pod), 416
• Nyingtik Yabzhi (snying thig ya bzhi): see Four Branches of Heart Essence, 416
• Ocean of Magical Display (sgyu 'phrul rgya mtsho), 114
• Ocean of Wondrous Sayings (ngo mtshar gtam gyi rol mtsho), 294
• Ocean Sanctuary (rgya mtsho'i gling), 57
• Ogre's Fortress of Nyaljar (gnyal byar srin po'i rdzong), 221
• One Hundred and One Particular Tantras (bye brag gi rgyud brgya phrag bcu), 286
• Oral Lineage for the Vajra Bridge (rna brgyud rdo rje zam pa), 80
• [[Ornament of Pramanavartika, 174
• Ösel Gyuma Terzhey Tsal ('od gsal sgyu ma gter bzhed rtsal), 351
• Outer Cycle (phyi skor), 241, 319, 322; brief explanation, 263; of the Instruction Section, 136
• outer elaborate empowerment (phyi spros bcas kyi dbang), 141
• Outer Mind Section Cycle (phyi sems sde'i skor), 219; brief explanation, 263
• Outer, Inner and Secret Cycles of the Sphere (thig le phyi nang gsang ba'i skor), 157
• Overhanging Cave at the Multicolored Cliff of Dakpo Danglung (dvags po dang lung khra bo brag gi brag bya skyibs can): place where Khandro Nyingtig was concealed, 170
• Overturning the Depth of Samsara ('khor ba dong sprug), 116
• Padmakara (pad ma 'jung gnas): song of realization, 397, 402
• Padmasambhava: meets Prahevajra, 285; meets Shri Singha, 157, 215, 292, 323; prophecy by Shri Singha, 242; song of realization, 398
• Palace of Lotus Light (padma 'od kyi gzhal yas), 233
• Palgyi Senge of Shubu (shud bu dpal gyi seng ge), 235, 326
• Paramita the Rishi: disciple of Kukkuraja in the Mind Section lineage, 362
• Parani (pa ra ni): see Princess Parani, 206
• Parati the Rishi: song to Putamati, 366
• Paro Gyerchu (spa gro sgyer chu), 219
• Peacock Neck (rma bya'i mgrin): dakini, 376
• Peacocks with Entwined Necks (rma bya mjing bsnol): tantra, 116
• Pearl Garland Tantra (mu tig phreng ba'i rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Pema Dechen Lingpa (padma bde chen gling pa), 340
• Pema Ledrel Tsal (padma las 'brel rtsal): secret name of Trisong Deutsen's daughter, 168
• Pema Lingpa (padma gling pa), 422
• Perfect Comprehension (rdzogs pa chig chod): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Perfect Royal Vase (rgyal thabs spyi lugs rdzogs pa'i dbang): empowerment, 197, 200
• Perfected Brilliance (grub par snang ba): Amaghasiddhi's instruction to Vajrapani, 195
• plateau of the Thirty-Three Gods (sum cu rtsa gsum gyi gnas), 190, 197, 213, 380, 382;]] (sum cu rtsa gsum lha'i yul), 227
• plateau of the Thirty-Three Gods (sum cu rtsa gsum lha'i yul), 229, 313
• Play of the Cuckoo Bird (khu byug rol pa), 379
• Play of the Sublime Steed (rta mchog rol pa): from Yidam Gongdü, 371
• Polu Khenpo Dorje, 421, 443
• Powerful Elephant (stobs kyi glang po): Vemachitra, Splendid Robe, 314, 422
• Powerful Warrior Youth (gzhon nu dpa' bo stobs ldan): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 117, 186, 376, 426
• Prabhahasti, 400; song of realization, 404
• Prahevajra: in the god realm, 227; song to Manjushrimitra, 363
• Prahevajra (dga' rab rdo rje): receiving the name, 85, 200; song of realization, 396; song of realization, 393
• Prajnabhava, Source of Knowledge (shes rab 'byung gnas): Prahevajra's name, 128
• Prajnakara, 8, 174
• Precious Ultimate Hearing Lineage (yang dag pa don gyi snyan rgyud rin po che): one of the Six Hearing Lineages, 255
• Prince Murub Tseypo (lha sras mu rub btsad po), 350, 351, 385
• Princess Gomadevi (sras mo go ma de byi), 362; details, 102; song of realization, 68, 103; song to Aloke the Atsantra, 103, 365
• Princess Graceful Light (lha lcam 'phags ma 'od mdzes): mother of Prahevajra, 319
• Princess Paramita: see Princess Parani, 362; song to Takshaka, 364
• Princess Parani: as teacher of Jñanasutra for Mind Section, 422
• Princess Parani (pa ra ni): details, 99; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; mother of Prahevajra, 99, 199; song of realization, 99; song to Nanda, 99
• Princess Pema Sal (lha gcig padma gsal): daughter of King Trisong Deutsen, 165
• Princess Prarani: alias Princess Parani, 422
• Princess Radiant Lamp (snang gsal sgron me): daughter of King Uparaja of Uddiyana, 178
• Princess Sarani: details of the daughter of Rajahasti, 50
• Princess Sarani (sa ra ni), 84;]] (mdzes ma dang ldan pa), see also Parani, 82; Prahevajra's mother, 82; song of realization, 55
• Princess Sarani the Lovely (sras mo mdzes ma dang ldan pa), 84
• Profound Inner Cycle (zab mo nang gi skor), 247; brief explanation, 264
• Profound Quintessence (Zabmo Yangtig)]] (zab mo yang tig), 112
• Profound Six Seals of Vajra Varahi (rdo rje phag mo'i zab pa'i rgya drug), 249
• Protective Mind (mgon sems ma): dakini, 144
• Protector Against Fear ('jigs pa skyob): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 185; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116
• [[Purasati the Courtesan]: among the seven later panditas, 95; details, 96
• Purasati the Courtesan (smad 'tshong ma bdag nyid ma): a note says aka Purarati, 362; details, 105; song of realization, 105; song to Nagarjuna, 105, 366
• Pure Golden Ore (gser zhun): written by Manjushrimitra, 285
• Pure Golden Ore (rdo la gser zhun): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Pure Golden Ore of Awakened Mind (byang sems rdo la gser zhun): by Manjushrimitra, 206
• Purity of the Five Poisons (dug lnga rnam dag), 425
• Putamati the Courtesan: song to Nagarjuna, 366
• Putra: three bearers of that name, 200
• Qualities Tantra Loving Mound (yon tan gyi rgyud byams pa brtsegs pa), 313
• Quintessence of the Dakinis (mkha' 'gro yang tig): Khandro Yangtig, 112; quote about Padmasambhava meeting Shri Singha, 163
• Quintessence of the Guru (Lama Yangtig)]] (bla ma yang tig), 112
• Radiant Displays of Wisdom (ye shes kyi snang ba 'od dang bcas pa), 211
• Radiant Flower (sras mo me tog gsal): Princess Parani, the mother of Prahevajra, 423
• Radiant Light ('od gsal), 213
• Radiant Light (snang ba gsal ba'i 'od ldan ma): grandmother of Prahevajra, 319; mother of Sudharma, 125, 186
• Radiant Lotus (mtsho skyes sa le ma): daughter of King Ashoka and mother of Prahevajra, 282
• Rajadheva the senior prince: see Rajahasti, 362
• Rajahasti: as teacher of Jñanasutra for Mind Section, 422
• Rajahasti the senior prince (sras thu bo ra' dza hasti), 199, 203; details, 50, 98; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; song of realization, 54, 98; song to Parani, 99; song to Princess Paramita, 364
• Raksha Sound of Rulu (srin po ru lu'i sgra dang ldan pa), 117, 186
• Raksha Wish of the Black Mother's Secret Heart (nag mo thugs kyi gsang ba srin mo'i sems),]] (nag mo thugs kyi gsang ba srid pa'i bems): tantra, 378
• Rampant Elephant Tantra (glang po che rab 'bog gi rgyud): body tantra of Mahayoga, 280; quote from, 70
• Ratna Lingpa (ratna gling pa), 8, 298, 331, 332, 339, 425
• Ratnapada (rin chen zhabs): Ratnasambhava's instruction to Vajrapani, 193
• [[Ratnasambhava, 153, 307
• Rays of Sunlight (nyi ma'i 'od zer): dakini, 130
• Razor of Darkness (spu gri mun): lake, 132
• Realizations of the Eighteen Scriptures of the Mind Section Expressed in Song by the Vidyadharas (sems sde bco brgyad kyi dgongs pa rig 'dzin rnams kyis rdo rje'i glur bzhengs pa), 52
• realms of the five families of Great Purity (tshangs chen rigs lnga'i zhing), 424
• Refined Nectar (bdud rtsi yang zhun): tantras given by Kashyapa to Prahevajra, 316
• Regent Nomination (rgyal tshab bsgo ba'i man ngag), 197
• Respendent Giving (dpal sbyin): king of Li, 142
• Resurrected Ash-Colored One (ro langs thal mdog): name of Prahevajra, 128
• Revealing Great Strength (rtsal chen sprug pa): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Rigdzin Gödem (rig 'dzin rgod ldem), 8, 209, 223, 234, 253, 273
• Rigdzin Natsok Rangdrol (rig 'dzin sna tshogs rang grol): Adzom Drukpa, 424
• Rinchen Chok of Ma (rma rin chen mchog), 347
• Rinchen Lingpa (rin chen gling pa), 174
• Rinchen Terdzö (rin chen gter mdzod), 425; Treasury of Precious Termas, 340
• rishi Garuda-clawed Moonlight (drang srong zla 'od khyung sder can), 313
• [[Rombuguhya, 400; song of realization, 406
• Root Cycle of the Unconstructed Expanse (spros pa med pa'i klong rtsa ba'i skor): comrising the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Royal Tantra of Resolving the View (rgyal po lta ba la bzla ba'i rgyud): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Rugged Grove (rtsub 'gyur gyi tshal): charnel ground, 157
• sacred Great Perfection (bka' rdzogs pa chen po): first mention by Prahevajra, 261
• Sadhana Section of Secret Mantra (gsang sngags kyi sgrub sde), 135
• Saha (mi mjed): definition, 421, 443
• Sala (s'a la): country, 292
• Samanta: details, 361
• [[Samantabhadra: song of realization, 395
• Samantabhadra's Royal Tantra of All-Inclusive Vastness (kun tu bzang po klong chen rab 'byams rgyal po'i rgyud), 76, 385
• Samten Lingpa (bsam gtan gling pa): also Taksham Samten Lingpa, 370
• Samvaragarbha (bde mchog snying po): Essence of Sublime Bliss alias Manjushrimitra, 202
• Samye Chimpu (bsam yas mchims phu), 228; see also Caverns of Chimpu, 222
• Sandalwood Forest (tsan dan tshal), 287
• [[Sangye Gönpo the mendicant of Pang: Vairotsana's disciple, 238
• Sangye Lingpa (sangs rgyas gling pa), xi, 370, 385, 422
• Sarati the Courtesan (smad 'tshong ma bdag nyid ma): (s'a ra ti), details, 360; a note says aka Parani, 362; song to Brilliance the Kashmiri scholar, 364
• Sarvabuddha Samayoga (sangs rgyas mnyam sbyor): body tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Scripture of Great Vastness (rgya lung chen mo): quote from, 67
• Seal of Vastness (phyag rgya rgya chen): Vimalamitra, 426
• [[Second Buddha Testament, 426
• Secret Cycle (gsang skor), 241, 265, 319, 322, 424; of the Instruction Section, 136
• Secret Heart Essence (gsang ba snying thig), 145, 180, 347, 350, 351
• Secret Heart Essence (snying thig gsang ba), 143; Heart Essence of the Dakinis, 168
• Secret Heart Essence of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po gsang ba snying tig), 350
• Secret Heart Essence of Vimalamitra (bi ma'i gsang ba snying thig): see Heart Essence of Vimalamitra, 112
• Secret Manjushri Tantra ('jam dpal gsang rgyud), 360
• Secret Moon Essence (zla gsang thig le): speech tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Secret Sphere of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po thig le gsang ba), 265
• Secret Unexcelled Cycle (gsang ba bla na med pa'i skor), 146, 319; of the Instruction Section, 136, 141
• Secret Unexcelled Cycle of the Precious Fruition (gsang ba bla na med pa'i 'bras bu'i skor), 322
• Secret Unexcelled Cycle of the Utterly Great Perfection (gsang ba bla na med pa yongs su rdzogs pa chen po'i skor): the Secret Unexcelled Cycle of the Instruction Section, 136
• Section on Awakened Mind (byang sems sde): same as Mind Section, 285
• Self-Arising Awareness (rig pa rang shar): tantra, 378
• Self-Arising Self-Existence of Vajrasattva (rdo rje sems dpa' rang byung rang shar): tantra, 265
• Self-Existing Brilliance (rang byung 'od 'bar), 248
• self-existing pagoda in Magadha (dbus 'gyur rang byung gi gtsug lag khang), 319
• Self-Existing Single Child of the Doctrine Tantra (rang byung bstan pa bu gcig gi rgyud), 121; one of the Three Sources, 180
• Self-Liberated Dharmata (chos nyid rang grol gyi skor), 295
• Self-Liberated State (dgongs pa rang grol gyi skor), 295
• self-liberation in actuality (rang grol mngon sum), 189, 190, 206
• Self-Liberation of Samsara and Nirvana ('khor 'das rang grol): tantra, 378
• Self-Liberation of Samsara and Nirvana Root Tantra ('khor 'das rang grol rtsa rgyud), 371
• Self-Luminous Wakefulness (ye shes rang gsal), 222
• Self-Manifest Nature (don rang gsal), 296
• separating samsara and nirvana ('khor 'das ru shan 'byed pa), 142
• Serene Purna (purna nye bar zhi ba), 179, 313, 376; dakini present at Prahevajra's birth, 125
• Serene Resurrected One (ro langs bde ba): name of Prahevajra, 128, 283
• seven bodhisattvas endowed with the strength of bodhichitta (byang chub sems kyi shugs 'chang bdun), 422
• Seven Hundred Thousand (stong phrag bdun brgya pa): Prajnaparamita, 379
• seven later Indian vidyadharas (rgya gar gyi rig 'dzin phyi ma bdun), 239
• seven later panditas: listing, 95
• Seven Spikes (zer bu bdun pa): Shri Singha's testament to Jnanasutra, 143, 356
• Seven Studded Tantras ('phra rgyud bdun), 119, 379
• seven successive buddhas (sangs rgyas rab bdun), 117, 313, 376; list, 422
• Seven Vajra Words (rdo rje'i tshig bdun): quote from treatise by Gyalwa Yangönpa, 17
• Seventeen Tantras (rgyud bcu bdun), xi, 156, 301, 385; of the Great Perfection, 165
• Seventeen Tantras of Innermost Luminosity (yang gsang 'od gsal gyi rgyud bcu bdun): taught by Vajradhara, 184
• Seventeen Tantras of the Heart Essence of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen snying thig gi rgyud bcu bdun): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Seventeen Tantras of Unexcelled Fruition of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po bla med 'bras bu'i rgyud bcu bdun), 327
• Shacheling (sha che'i gling): Soshaling, birth place of Shri Singha, 320
• Shakra (brgya byin), 82, 213, 272, 273, 313; song of realization, 389
• Shakya Prabha of Chim (mchims shAkya prabha), 235, 326
• Shakyamuni (sh'a kya'i thub pa): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 119, 186, 381
• Shankara Kuta (bde byed brtsegs pa), 319; main temple in the Dhanakosha district of Uddiyana, 125; stupa in a past aeon, 379
• Shanti Lagpa (shan ti lag pa): father of Jnanasutra, 137
• Shantimgarbha, 400; song of realization, 406
• Shariputra Noble Starlight (sha ri'i bu skar ma 'od bzang po): compiler, 380
• sharira-filled stupa (mchod rten ring srel snying po can), 379
• Shechen Gyaltsab, 423
• Sherab Drönma: Vairotsana's disciple, 238
• Shri Ekajati Wrathful Mother (dpal e ka tsa ti ma mo khros ma),]] (dpal e ka tsa ti nag mo khros ma), 378
• Shri Singha, 121; quote by, 55; song of realization, 72, 110, 396; song to Kungamo, 110, 367; song to Vimalamitra, 111
• Shri Singha Natha (dpal gyi senge mgon po), 421, 443
• Shri Singha Prapata: name of Shri Singha, 109
• Shri Singha the Younger: among the seven later panditas, 95; details, 95
• Siddhigarbha the Brahmin (bram ze snying po grub pa), 202; Essence of Accomplishment alias Manjushrimitra, 202; receives prophecy from Manjushri, 202
• Singala (singa la), 284, 360; where Manjushrimitra resided, 227
• Singha Shipitika: mother of Vimalamitra, 111
• Singhabhadra: king at whose court Vimalamitra presided, 347
• Single Child of the Doctrine (bstan pa'i bu gcig gi rgyud): the Self-Existing Single Child of the Doctrine which is one of the supreme emanations of blessings, 182
• Single Child Seed Tantra (sras gcig sa bon gi rgyud): testament of Kashyapa the Elder, 381
• Single Golden Letter of the Black Quintessence (yang ti nag po gser gyi 'bru gcig pa): revelation, 294
• Sitrita. See Nanda
• Six Dharma Sections of the Great Perfection that Reveal Dharmata in Actuality (chos nyid mngon sum du ston pa'i rdzogs pa chen po chos sde drug), 425
• Six Dharma Sections of the Great Perfection that Reveal the Innate Nature in Actuality (chos nyid mngon sum du ston pa'i rdzogs pa chen po chos sde drug), 237
• [[six million four hundred thousand tantras, 5, 20, 255, 313
• Six Mind Tantras (thugs kyi rgyud drug), 250
• six munis (thub pa drug), 176, 191, 313, 376, 380
• Six Pround Treasuries (zab mo'i mdzod drug), 249
• six self-appearing forms of compassion (thugs rje rang byung ba'i sku drub): thub pa drug, 312
• Six Self-Existing Root Tantras (rang byung rtsa ba'i rgyud drug), 248
• Six Vajra Words (zhal chems rdo rje tshig drug): testament, 43
• Sixfold Expanse of Vajrasattva's Mind (rdo rje sems dpa'i thugs kyi klong drug), 248, 250
• Sixfold Hearing Lineage (snyan rgyud sde drug), 248
• Sixfold Meditation (sgom don drug pa): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Sixfold Meditation Experience (sgom nyams drug pa): Manjushrimitra's testament, 135
• Sixfold Sphere (thig le drug pa), 56
• Skillful Lasso Tantra (thabs kyi zhags pa'i rgyud): Mahayoga tantra on amendment to activities, 281
• Skillful Wisdom, the rakshasa Lodro Thabden (srin po blo gros thabs ldan): song of realization, 391
• Sky King (nam mkha' rgyal po): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 71
• Sky Plain Castle (gung thang mkhar), 425
• Sky Plain Cliff (gung thang brag), 331
• Sky Plain's Lion Fortress (gung thang seng ge rdzong), 302
• Sky Treasury Consecration Tantra (nam mkha' mdzod byin rlabs kyi rgyud): qualities tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Sky-Farer (mkha' la gshegs ma), 86
• Sky-Soarer (mkha' la spyod ma), 86
• slayer mamos (gsod byed ma mo), 132
• Slayer of the Lord of Death, Yamantaka (gshin rje'i gshed), 206
• Slivering Wheel ('khor lo gcod pa): tantra, 379
• Smaller charnel ground (dur khrod tha chung): abode of Vimalamitra, 145
• Smoldering Domain (du ba'i gnas): charnel ground, 238
• Solar Wheel (nyi ma'i 'khor lo), 264
• Sosadvipa (so sa gling), 134; charnel ground, 28, 132, 158, 160, 163
• Soshaling (so sha'i gling): birth place of Shri Singha, 133
• Source of Buddhas (sangs rgyas 'byung ba): at the Tree of Enlightenment in China]] (rgya nag po'i byang chub shing), 136
• Sources (btsas): see Three Sources, 312
• So-Yar Tha (so yar tha): Chinese city where Shri Singha took ordination, 134
• Space Section (klong sde), 132; defined by Jamgön Kongtrül, 385; explained by Dudjom Rinpoche, 76; explanation by Padmasambhava, 247
• Space Section Cycle, Inner (nang klong sde'i skor), 219
• Spangled Cave of Danglung (dangs lung khra mo'i brag): terma site, 232
• Speech Tantra (gsung gi rgyud), 306
• Speech Tantra Vajra Pinnacle (gsung gi rgyud rdo rje rtse mo), 313
• Sphere of Immensity (thig le klong yangs): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Splendid Long Cave of Lhodrak (lho brag dpal gyi phug ring), 233
• Splendid Wisdom (dpal gyi blo gros): the dakini, 145
• Spontaneous Prophecy (ma khol lung bstan): quote from, 57
• Spontaneous Summit (rtse mo byung rgyal): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 95, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 62
• Spontaneously Present Enlightenment (lhun gyis grub pa'i sangs rgyas), 270
• Studded Jewels (nor bu phra bkod),]] (nor bu bkod pa): tantra, 379
• Stupa of Khardo (mkhar rdo'i mchod rten), 350
• Stupa of Perfect Merit (bsod nams rdzogs pa'i mchod rten): in Bhasing charnel ground, 143
• Stupa of the Descent from Heaven (lha las babs pa'i mchod rten): in Cool Grove, 129
• Subahu the Divine Giver (lha sbyin lag bzang): compiler, 381
• Subjugating Elephant Tantra (glang po sun 'byin gyi rgyud): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Sublime (dam pa): Prahevajra's grandmother, 82
• sublime emanations of wisdom (ye shes dam pa'i sprul pa), 114, 180, 184
• Sublime Golden Light (gser 'od dam pa): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 117, 186, 379
• Sublime King (rje btsan dam pa): scripture from the Mind Section, 72
• Sublime King Scripture (rje btsan dam pa): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279
• Sublime King Scripture of Awakened Mind (byang chub kyi sems rje btsan dam pa): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 360
• Sublime Wisdom (ye shes mchog): tantra, 379
• Subsequent Scripture (lung phyi ma): quote from, 64
• Sudharma (chos kyi sde), 423
• Sudharma (su dharma): mother of Prahevajra, 125, 186
• Sugata Kulika (bde gshegs rigs ldan ma): wife of King Ashoka grandmother of Prahevajra, 282
• Sun and Moon Siddhi (nyi zla dngos grub). See Kungamo
• Sun Circle (nyi ma'i 'khor): Prahevajra, 314, 422
• Sun Mountain of Awakened Mind (byang sems nyi ma brtsegs pa), 95
• Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal nyi ma): see Brilliant Expanse, 5, 156, 302
• Sun-Adorned Dakini (mkha' 'gro ma nyi ma'i rgyan can): alias Tromo Rakdongma, 244
• supreme emanations of blessings (byin rlabs mchog gi sprul pa): three types, 114, 180, 182
• Supreme Steed Display as the speech tantra (gsung rgyud rta mchog rol pa), 378
• Sutra on the White Lotus of Compassion, 198
• Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish, 198
• Suvarnadvipa (gser gling): in Kashmir, 147
• Swaying Array (g.yo ba bkod pa): the realm, 372
• Swirling Vastness (klong chen 'khyil ba zhes bya ba'i man ngag): quote from, 68
• Takshaka ('jog po), 362; details, 50; direct disciple of Prahevajra, 206; song to Bodhi the Yakshini, 364
• Taksham Nüden Dorje (stag sham nus ldan rdo rje), 340, 370
• [[Taksham Samten Lingpa: alias Taksham Nüden Dorje, 340
• Tantra Beyond Letters (yi ge med pa gzhi'i rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra Cycles on the Essence of Liberation Through Wearing (btags grol snying po'i rgyud skor), 325
• Tantra of Arrayed Knowing (rig pa bkod pa'i rgyud), 317
• Tantra of Bringing Face to Face (ngo sprod spras pa): see Tantra that Points Out the Buddha, 314
• Tantra of Graceful Auspiciousness (bkra shis mdzes ldan gyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Immaculate Jewels (nor bu dri med kyi rgyud), 264
• Tantra of Kilaya Perfection (phur pa phun tshogs kyi rgyud), 378
• Tantra of Knowing One that Liberates All (gcig shes kun grol gyi rgyud), 317
• Tantra of Piled Gems (rin po che spungs pa'i rgyud), 158
• Tantra of Pointing-Out Instructions (ngo sprod spros pa'i rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Samantabhadri's Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (kun tu bzang mo klong gsal nyi ma'i rgyud), 300; one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, see Brilliant Expanse, 158; see Brilliant Expanse, 299
• Tantra of Secret Sound (gsang ba sgra yi rgyud), 124
• Tantra of Secret Wisdom (ye shes gsang ba'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Space Section, 264
• Tantra of Secret Wonderment (gsang ba rmad du byung ba'i rgyud): thirteen sections, 314
• Tantra of Self-Existing Awareness (rang byung gi rig pa'i tan tra), 317
• Tantra of Self-Existing Awareness (rang byung rig pa'i tan-tra), 425
• Tantra of Self-existing Perfection (rdzogs pa rang byung dbang gi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Self-Liberated Awareness (rig pa rang grol gyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Self-Manifest Awareness (rig pa rang shar gyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Shining Relics (sku gdung 'bar ba rtags kyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of Studded Jewels (nor bu 'phra bkod kyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of the All-Creating King (kun byed rgyal po'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Mind Section, 421, 443; the Kulayaraja tantra belonging to Mind Section, 263
• Tantra of the Black Mantra Guardian (sngags srung nag po'i rgyud): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Tantra of the Blazing Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal 'bar ba'i rgyud): see Brilliant Expanse, 112
• Tantra of the Blazing Crest (gtsug na me 'bar gyi rgyud), 314
• Tantra of the Blazing Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal 'bar ma nyi ma'i rgyud): see Brilliant Expanse, 327
• Tantra of the Blazing Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (kun tu bzang mo klong gsal 'bar ma nyi ma'i lo rgyus): see Brilliant Expanse, 300
• Tantra of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal gyi rgyud), 298
• Tantra of the Female Raksha Slayer (srin mo gsod byed kyi rgyud), 378
• Tantra of the Great Equalizing of Buddhahood (sangs rgyas mnyam sbyor chen po'i rgyud), 425
• Tantra of the Great Perfection of Wisdom (ye shes rdzogs pa chen po'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Space Section, 264
• Tantra of the Great Perfection that is Equal to Space (rdzogs pa chen po nam mkha' dang mnyam pa'i rgyud), 157
• Tantra of the Great Single Cut (gcig chod chen po'i rgyud), 176, 178
• Tantra of the Great Single Cut of Complete Liberation (gcig chod kun grol chen po'i rgyud), 176
• Tantra of the Great Total Perfection (yongs rdzogs chen po'i rgyud), 233
• Tantra of the Heart Mirror of Samantabhadra (kun tu bzang po thugs kyi me long gi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of the King of Awareness in Actuality (mngon sum rig pa'i rgyal po'i rgyud), 425
• Tantra of the King of Knowing Awareness in Actuality (mngon shes rig pa rgyal po'i rgyud), 317
• Tantra of the Magical Storehouse (rgyud 'phrul gi bang mdzod), 306
• Tantra of the Mind Mirror of Vajrasattva (rdo rje sems dpa' snying gi me long gi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of the Perfected Lion (seng ge rtsal rdzogs kyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of the Secret Seed of Conduct (gsang ba spyod pa sa bon gyi rgyud): often spelled Tantra of the Secret Seed of the Tiara]] (gsang ba spyod pan sa bon gyi rgyud), 425
• Tantra of the Single Child of the Buddhas (sangs rgyas sras gcig gi rgyud), 233
• Tantra of the Single Child of the Buddhas (sangs rgyas sras gcig), 425
• Tantra of the Six Spheres (klong drug gi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158
• Tantra of the Storehouse of Magical Jewels (rgyud rin chen 'phrul gyi bang mdzod): quote from, 306, 307, 311
• Tantra of the Sun of the Brilliant Expanse (klong gsal nyi ma'i rgyud): tantra of the Instruction Section of the Great Perfection, see Brilliant Expanse, 165, 298
• Tantra of the Union of the Sun and Moon (nyi zla kha sbyor gyi rgyud): one of Eighteen Dzogchen Tantras, 158; quote from, 161
• Tantra of the Utterly Perfect Great Wakefulness (ye shes chen po yongs su rdzogs pa'i rgyud), 233
• Tantra of Wisdom Equal to Space (ye shes nam mkha' dang mnyam pa'i rgyud): tantra belonging to the Cycle of Instruction, 264
• Tantra on the Self-Arising Self-Existence (rdzogs pa chen po rang byung rang shar gyi rgyud), 209
• Tantra that Directly Reveals Samantabhadra's Mind (kun tu bzang po'i dgongs pa zang thal gyi rgyud), 237, 250
• Tantra that Directly Reveals the Intrinsic Mind (chos nyid kyi dgongs pa zang thal du ston pa'i rgyud), 233
• Tantra that Embodies the Complete Meaning of Unexcelled Secret Mantra (gsang sngags bla med don rdzogs 'dus pa'i rgyud): Anu Yoga Tantra, 286
• Tantra that Embodies the Definitive Meaning (nges don 'dus pa'i rgyud): tantra belonging to Cycle of Instruction, 264
• Taradevi, 378
• Tatvasamgraha Tantra, 96
• Ten Miraculous Statements (man ngag 'phrul gyi lung bcu), 197
• Ten Scriptures (mdo bcu), 46
• Ten Tantras for Taming the Rough-Minded (rags pa 'dul ba'i rgyud bcu), 117, 378
• Ten-Headed Ravana of Lanka (lang ka mgrin bcu): compiler, 378
• Terdak Lingpa (gter bdag gling pa), 423
• Terrifying ('jigs byed): charnel ground, 160
• Testament, Final ('das rjes tha ma): by Kashyapa the Elder, 381
• testaments of the buddhas ([[ston pa'i zhal chems, 313
• The Lotus-Born biography (bka' thang zangs gling ma), 423
• [[The Seven Spikes of Shri Singha, 9
• Thirteen Later Translations (phyi 'gyur bcu gsum), 346
• three aspects of the philosophical vehicle (mtshan nyid sde gsum), 314
• three charnel ground mamos (dur khrod kyi ma mo gsum): guardians of the Dharma, 273
• Three Liberation Through Wearing Tantras (btags grol rgyud gsum), 425
• Three Sections (sde gsum), 157, 385
• Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum: explanation by Padmasambhava]]), 247
• Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po sde gsum): in Gongpa Zangtal, 248
• Three Sections of the Natural Great Perfection (rang bzhin rdzogs pa chen po sde gsum): division, 132
• Three Sources of the Doctrine (bstan pa'i btsas gsum): the three supreme emanations of blessings, 180
• Three Statements of Pithy Advice (tshigs gsum snyan du gdams pa): Vimalamitra's final teaching in Tibet, 350
• Three Tantras and the Four Signs (rgyud gsum rtags bzhi), 227
• Three Words Striking the Vital Point (tshig gsum gnad du brdeg pa), 9, 131, 352, 353
• Threefold Hearing Lineage of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po'i snyan brgyud rnam pa gsum), 223
• Thunder of the Drum of Purity (tshangs pa'i rnga sgra), 15, 18; sambhogakaya realm of, 277
• Tidro Cave at Upper Zho (gzho stod ti sgro), 156, 163, 164, 302
• Time-Line Lord of the Dead (ghin rje dus mtshams), 144
• Tingdzin Zangpo of Nyang (nyang ting 'dzin bzang po), 122, 221, 346, 350, 351; court priest of King Trisong Deutsen, 150
• Tökar-Lek of Mangje (mang rje thod dkar legs): father of Yeshe Tsogyal, 163
• Training in Awakened Mind (sems sgom): scripture from the Mind Section, 58
• Tramo Cave at Danglung (dangs lung khra mo'i brag), 156
• Trawa Thawa Temple (spra ba tha ba'i lha khang): at the Five-Peaked Mountain in China, 137
• Treasure-house of Generosity (sbyin pa'i mdzod), 199
• Treasury of Instructions (gdams ngag mdzod), 52
• Treasury of Precious Termas (rin chen gter mdzod), 340
• Treasury of Songs (glu mdzod), 52
• Tree of Enlightenment in China (rgya nag po'i byang chub shing), 136, 138, 141; where Shri Singha studied with Hastibhala, 133; where Vimalamitra met with Shri Singha, 138
• Tripitaka, 105, 121, 203
• Triple Fruit Forest of the Soaring Cuckoo ('bras sum tshal gyi khu byug lding): place where Prahevajra was conceived, 282
• Triple Hearing Lineage (snyan brgyud rnam pa gsum), 274
• Triple Peak Junction Tantra (rtse gsum 'dus pa'i rgyud): mind tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• triple-styled central temple of Samye (bsam yas dbu rtse rigs gsum): see Samye, 221, 423
• Tromo Rakdongma (khro mo rak gdong ma): guardian of the Great Perfection, 241
• Trulshik Rinpoche, 294
• Truly Perfected Father King (yab mngon rdzogs rgyal po): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 119
• Truly Perfected King (mngon rdzogs rgyal po): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 186, 381; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 119
• Tsawa Rong, 238
• Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, 352
• Turquoise Scripture (g.yu yig): from Vima Nyingtig, 186, 422
• Tushita (dga' ldan), 375
• twelve Dzogchen buddhas (rdzogs chen ston pa bcu gnyis), 43; biographies, 115; detailed explanation by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, 114; sublime emanations of wisdom, 180
• Twelve Dzogchen buddhas (rdzogs chen ston pa bcu gnyis): detailed description, 374
• Twenty Thousand Sections of the Ninefold Space (klong dgu bam po nyis khri), 200, 204; first given to Prahevajra, 200
• twenty-one learned ones of the Mind Section (sems sde mkhas pa nyer gcig), 52, 238, 293, 362
• Twenty-one Thousand Sections of the Ninefold Space (klong dgu bam po nyis khri chig stong): Prahevajra's transmission to Padmasambhava, 285
• Two Stages (rim pa gnyis pa): birth place of Manjushrimitra, 130, 320
• Uddiyana: description, 85, 124, 199; location, 81
• Ultimate Cycle of the Precious Fruition (mthar thug rin po che 'bras bu'i skor), 305
• Ultimate Hearing Lineage (yang dag don gyi snyan rgyud), 248, 250
• Ultimate Hearing Lineage (yang dag pa don gyi snyan rgyud), 250
• Unchanging Mind Essence (sems nyid 'gyur med kyi man ngag), 197
• unelaborate empowerment (spros med kyi dbang), 142
• Unexcelled Mind Cycle (bla na med pa thugs kyi skor): brief explanation, 264
• Unexcelled Vajra-Holder (bla med rdo rje 'chang): name of Padmasambhava given by Samantabhadra, 279
• unified view of Mahamudra (phyag rgya chen po zung 'jug gi lta ba), 261
• Unsurpassable Magical Net (sgyu 'phrul bla ma), 286
• Unwritten Cycle (yi ge med pa'i skor), 323
• Unwritten Cycle of the Hearing Lineage (snyan rgyud yi ge med pa'i skor), 237
• Unwritten Hearing Lineage (yi ge med pa'i snyan brgyud), 248
• Unwritten Hearing Lineages (snyan brgyud yi ge med pa), 265
• Uparaja: definition of title, 81
• Upper Cave of the Slate Mountain (g.ya' ri gong gi brag phug), 156, 301
• Uru Zhai Lhakhang (dbu ru zhwa'i lha khang), 351
• Vairochana (rnam par snang mdzad), 153, 307; his instruction to Vajrapani, 196
• Vairochana Immense Ocean (rnam snang gangs chen mtsho), 5, 15; description, 3; the sambhogakaya buddha, 373
• Vairotsana: details by Jamgön Kongtrül, 238
• Vajra Akshobhya, 153
• Vajra Bridge of the Symbolic Transmission: (brda brgyud rdo rje zam pa), 76
• Vajra Cutter (rdo rje gcod byed): Dharmaraja, 314, 422
• Vajra Garbha (rdo rje snying po), 16
• Vajra Garbhadhara (rdo rje snying po 'dzin pa): alias Kuñjara, 289
• Vajra Guru Immense Ocean (bajdzra gu ru gangs chen mtsho), 277
• Vajra Haven Cave (rdo rje gling phug), 202; abode of Prahevajra in Uddiyana, 199, 203
• Vajra Mound (rdo rje brtsegs pa): quote from, 60
• vajra of dharmata (chos nyid kyi rdo rje), 180, 373; one of the supreme emanations of blessings, 182
• Vajra Prahe (dga' rab rdo rje): Prahevajra, 423
• Vajra Secret the buddha (rdo rje gsang ba): Akshobhya's instruction to Vajrapani, 193
• Vajra Statement (rdo rje lung gi dbang), 197
• Vajra Throne (rdo rje gdan), 88, 92, 119, 124, 129, 130, 132, 136, 137, 143, 174, 179, 186, 218, 221, 241, 261, 267, 292, 293, 319, 326, 380, 381, 404; location, 81; Prahevajra, 178; the ninefold pagoda, 229
• Vajra Varahi (rdo rje phag mo), 298; prophecy to Padmasambhava, 157
• Vajradhara (rdo rje 'chang): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116, 185
• Vajradhara the Great Sixth (drug pa rdo rje 'chang chen po), 12, 15, 115, 212, 248, 301, 313, 372; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116
• Vajrasattva (rdo rje sems dpa'): mirror-like wisdom, 307; song of realization, 395; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 374
• very unelaborate empowerment (shin tu spros med kyi dbang), 142, 146
• Victorious Perseverence (rgyal mo brtson rgyal): mother of Rajahasti, 98
• View of Unity (zung 'jug gi lta ba): see Mahamudra view, 271
• Vigorous Cloud (sprin gyi shugs can), 376; Shakra, the King of the Gods, 117, 314, 422
• Vikramashila, 121
• Vima Nyingtig (bi ma snying thig), 121, 122, 370, 422; see Heart Essence of Vimalamitra, 186
• Vimalakirti of the Licchavi clan (li tsa' bi dri med grags pa): song of realization, 389
• Vimalamitra (bi ma la mi tra): details, 111; song of realization, 111, 397, 401
• Virtuous Mind (dge ba'i sems ma): mother of Jnanasutra, 137
• Virtuous One (dge ba dang ldan pa'i yid can): (dge ba ldan pa'i ming can), father of Shri Singha, 133; father of Shri Singha, 320
• Virtuous Victory (dkar rgyal): father of Shri Singha, 290
• Virtuous Wisdom (dge ba'i blo gros): the buddha, 372
• Vishuddha (yang dag), 95
• Vishuddha Mind (yang dag thugs), 323
• Vulture Peak Mountain (bya rgod phung po'i ri), 117, 119, 186, 314, 379, 380
• Water Entering Elephant Tantra (glang po che chu 'jug gi rgyud): body tantra of Mahayoga, 280
• Wheel of Life-Force (srog gi 'khor lo): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 279, 360; scripture from the Mind Section, 67
• White Crystal Garland (shel phreng dkar po zhes bya ba'i man ngag): quote from, 59
• White, Black and Multicolored aspects of the Space Section (klong sde dkar nag khra gsum), 238
• Wild Jungle (rtsub 'gyur tshal): charnel ground, 163
• Wise Light (snang ba gsal ba rab tu mkhyen ma): mother of Shri Singha, 133, 320
• Wishfulfilling Jewel (yid bzhin nor bu): one of the Eighteen Marvels of Mind, 95, 279; scripture from the Mind Section, 60
• Wrathful Sage King (drang srong khros pa'i rgyal po): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 117, 186, 378
• Written Cycles of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po yi ge can gi skor), 265
• Yamantaka (gshin rje'i gshed), 312, 360
• Yamantaka's Cutting the Stream of Karma (gshin rje las kyi rgyun gcod),]] (gshin rje las kyi skye ba rgyud gcod), 378
• Yangti (yang ti): definition, 422
• Yangti Nagpo (yang ti nag po), 294
• Yangti Yoga (yang ti yo ga), 293
• Yellow Bliss-Giver of Boundless Qualities (bde byed ser mo yon tan mtha' yas): dakini who was the scribe for Prahevajra, 129, 319
• Yeshe Lama (ye shes bla ma), 416
• [[Yeshe Lama the Sangtön: Vairotsana's disciple, 238
• Youth of Immutable Light (khye'u 'od mi 'khrugs pa): twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116, 185, 374
• Youth of Inconceivable Sublime Light (khye'u snang ba dam pa bsam gyis mi khyab pa), 184, 313; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 185; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 114, 115, 179
• Youth Playful Grace (gzhon nu rol pa rnam par brtse ba), 426; alias Gentle Splendor Protector Against Fear, 375; one of the Twelve Dzogchen Teachers, alias Gentle Splendor Protector Against Fear, 370; twelve Dzogchen buddhas, 116, 185
• Yudra Nyingpo (g.yu sgra snying po), 80, 219; lineage from Vairotsana, 238; lineage from Vimalamitra, 346; lineage of Mind Section, 46, 52
• Zahor: location, 81
• Zangling: location, 81