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1) the Amdo region of. 2) the Kham region (East Tibet). [RY] mdo smad goes from rma chu khug pa to rgya mchod rten dkar po (the White Chinese Stupa) near

མཆོད་རྟེན་དཀར་པོ། White Stupa, landmark at the border between Domey and China. [RY]

history of the Great Stupa: "Both Newari and Tibetan legend place the foundation of The Great Stupa of Bodhnath in antiquity. The Newars believe that the Licchavi

[RY] sgrol dkar - White Tara; [deity] White Tara, the Savioress, Sitatara; White Tara [RY] sgrol dkar spyan bdun - white Tara of the seven eyes [RY] sgrol

about twice the length of the Kangyur. [RY] Tangyur / bsTan 'gyur - The collection of commentaries on the Buddha's teachings: the second part of the Tibetan

located to the east of the Potala and the north of the Jokhang. It was built at the same time as the Jokhang by the King Songsen Gampo's Chinese Queen, Wengchen

4-doored Karni Stupa [N of the main temple in Lhasa (built 1368] [IW] kar ni sgo bzhi'i mchod rten - the Four-doored Karni Stupa; situated north of the main temple

to those of the upper and lower tantric colleges. Included in the teachings were the The Five Golden Dharmas of the Shangpa, the cycle of the Thirteen Empowerments

'phel). The second of the four visions in Dzogchen practice. [RY] increasing-activity in the late morning. Literally, when the day is warmed by the sun. Thrangu

teachings eight times. The Thirteen Deity Bhairava from the Tsar tradition three times. The White Tara Cintacakra eight times and the 'Drup Thab Kuntus' once

that the young prince would become the Buddha. As the boy reached the age of 16, his father arranged his marriage to Yashodhara, a cousin of the same age

mo). The consort of Samantabhadra. [RY] Samantabhadri (Kun tu bzang po) lit. 'the All-good'; the mother of all the Buddhas of the three times; the female

renunciation is the path of the mediocre individual and perfect altruism is the path of the superior individual. [RY] Stages of the Path for the Three Kinds

write. He placed the completed page next to the heart of the Guru statue. It was so dark on the journey back that the monks stopped off at the hut where Rinpoche’s

(usnisha) on the Buddha's head. The dharanis and mantras of the White Umbrella and the Lion-faced Dakini (seng ge gdong can) are among the chief recitations

commissioned the carving of the Kangyur, the 103 volumes of the Buddha’s teachings. Later, a line of large stupas was erected halfway along the length of the wall

articles of protection and devotion. English Synonyms Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Chinese Definition Page Number

mchod rten dkar po White Stupa, landmark at the border between Domey and China

unlocking the meaning of the tantras. The four modes are the literal, general, hidden, and the ultimate. The six limits are the views of the expedient

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):

(Sangri), overloooking the northern banks of the Tsangpo river. On the cliff-face to the west of the temple (which was destroyed by the Chinese) is Machik Labdrön's

lnga.) The Five Chronicles of Gods and Demons, the King, the Ministers, the Queens, and of the Panditas and Translators. Recently republished by the Government

saw a huge, magni cent, stupa with ve doors, one in each cardinal direction and one in the upper vase of the stupa. Inside the stupa were beautiful statues

known as the Three Turnings of the Wheel of the Dharma. To turn the wheel of Dharma is poetic for giving teachings. [RY] dharmadhatu - the 'realm of phenomena;'

roots of Vajrayana practice: the guru is the root of blessings, the yidam is the root of accomplishments, and the dakini is the root of activities. [ZL] [RY]

"songs of realization" told by the Mahasiddha Saraha. The Doha for the King, the Doha for the Queen and the Doha for the Subjects. Six: Madhyamika Treatises

negative force or obstacle on the path. The four demons (bdud bzhi) are of the latter kind. The demon of the aggregates refers to the five skandhas (body, feeling

mind-lineage of the Buddhas. The mind-lineage of the Buddhas, the first part of the transmission of the higher Nyingma teachings, is the direct mind transmission

commissioned the carving of the Kangyur, the 103 volumes of the Buddha’s teachings. Later, a line of large stupas was erected halfway along the length of the wall

One of the ten close disciples of the Buddha; the Buddha's personal attendant, who recited the sutras at the First Council and served as the second patriarch

relevance to the field of intellectual history: (1) the relation between the author's life and the text; (2) the relation between the author's life and the text;