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the aspiration to realize enlightenment for the sake of all beings; offering the Mandala, the accumulation of merit through skillful means; Vajrasattva, the

the aspiration to realize enlightenment for the sake of all beings; offering the Mandala, the accumulation of merit through skillful means; Vajrasattva, the

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ears. [Peter Roberts] Offering mandala (mchod pa'i man dal). The mandala plate held in one's hand during the offerings. [RY] offering on the tenth day (tshes

the aspiration to realize enlightenment for the sake of all beings; offering the Mandala, the accumulation of merit through skillful means; Vajrasattva, the

mchod pa'i mandal offering mandala

constructed. He newly established the annual drupchen practices of eighty offering mandalas of kama and terma; the drupchen of Amitayus, the Buddha of Long Life

enriching fire puja and, offering mandalas and praising, offering torma to the direction protectors, prostrating to the mandala te bzod gsol bya ba &, after

dkyil 'khor - mandala table; the square table, where all the offering are arranged. It is also called offering seat (mchod khri), offering table (mchod

2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual. [RY] Maṇḍala [GD] 1)

terminology should not be taken literally. This "blood-offering" is in fact meant to be seen as the offering of the blood of the slain mind-poisons of ignorance

mitiation. The other two requirements are making prostration and offering a [maṇḍala] to the master. English Synonyms Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Chinese

སྒྲུབ་པའི་མན་དལ Practice mandala. The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings [RY] mandala of accomplishment. For the 'mandala of accomplishment'

Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. RY Torch of Certainty (Shambhala Publications), The

expl., 99, 184 mandala -- (dkyil 'khor): three types, 167 mandala of accomplishment -- (sgrub pa'i mandal): expl., 74, 166 mandala offering: detailed expl

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prop/ to depend on, rely upon; support(ing element of a mandala); (working) basis; offering; "support", a technical term for physical embodiments of enlightened

mastery over aspiration. It is said the six paramitas are complete within mandala offering. [RY] sky-treasury [RY]

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tormented spirits, in particular. [Peter Roberts] water-torma offering (chu gtor) is an offering of pure water made to the "four classes of guests," (see Author's

upcoming features. དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་སྒྲུབ་མཆོད the offering of practicing a mandala [RY] sadhana of the mandala [IW]

[RY] Ganden Offering of the Twenty-fifth (dga' ldan lnga mchod): lnga, fifth, being an abbreviation for twenty-fifth) is the yearly offering, at Ganden

Bodhicitta Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro Vajrasattva practice The Trikaya Mandala Offering The Beggar's Accumulation of Merit: also known as Chod Longchen Nyingthik

gu gcig phab. An other term for the gift of the glorious one is the tiny offering (mchod ras - mchod pa'i ras ma). The glorious one (dpal) refers to Maha

went to make a feast offering,’ but he did not say any more. When Ngawang Norbu asked why they needed to perform the feast offering that evening, Rinpoche

Fifth part - Mandala lnga pa ma+nda+la ni/ OM AH: HUM% stong gsum 'jig rten bye ba phrag brgya'i zhing % rin chen sna bdun lha mi'i 'byor pas gtams% bdag

Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. [RY]

chain of the mantra. [RY] fire-offering. Sanskrit: Homa. Tibetan: sbyin sreg. Not to be confused with the smoke-offering puja which is often, in English

circumambulations, he presented a boundless amount of ganachakras and mandala offerings. Then he made this request: “Kye, most compassionate protector. Please

dedication of merit to all sentient beings [RY] bgegs gtor - Gektor. A torma offering given to spirits and negative forces who may obstruct the sadhana practice

[RY] ten topics of tantra. View, conduct, mandala, empowerment, samaya, activity, accomplishment, samadhi, offering puja, mantra and mudra. These are the ten

[MR-ShabkarNotes] Samantabhadra offering cloud (kun bzang mchod sprin). An immense cloud of offering as emanated by the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. [RY] Samantabhadra;

gtor - primary torma [represents the dwelling place of the devas of the mandala. Vajrayogini has 1 large 1 and four smaller ones in the four directions

Longsel Nyingpo (gter ston klong gsal snying po) Traktung Longsel Nyingpo Mandala Offering of Longsal Dorje Nyingpo Initiation Cards: Longsal Nyingpo Terma Cycle

Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. [RY]

environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. 2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as

Heruka). Another term for this 'gift of the Most Glorious One' is the tiny offering (mchod ras, mchod pa'i ras ma). The Most Glorious One (dpal) refers to

Heruka). Another term for this 'gift of the Most Glorious One' is the tiny offering (mchod ras, mchod pa'i ras ma). The Most Glorious One (dpal) refers to

Heruka). Another term for this 'gift of the Most Glorious One' is the tiny offering (mchod ras, mchod pa'i ras ma). The Most Glorious One (dpal) refers to

incarnations web-site [1] Teachings on the offering of flowers: by Jigme Tenpe Nyima [2] TEACHINGS ON THE OFFERING OF FLOWERS by Jigme Tenpe Nyima, the Third

purnam sudraka). [ZL] [RY] hundredfold offering: an offering of one hundred different items. Such a vast offering is traditionally made only in exceptional

and H.E. Gyaltsab Rinpoche gave teachings on the entire mandala offering process. Heart offerings of material things were made by Rinpoches, lamas, students

bodhisattva Samantabhadra used as the example for the perfection of increasing an offering infinitely [RY] kun tu bzang mo - Ever-Excellent Lady, Skt. Samantabhadri

features. ཚོགས་ཀྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར feast mandala [RY] feast mandala; the assembly of the deities invited to the feast offering [RY]

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accomplishments, and the dakini is the root of activities [RY] 'bul gtor - offering torma [to deities yidams, dharmapalas etc.] [IW] 'bras bu rdo rje 'dzin

(rgyud kyi dngos po bcu). View, conduct, mandala, empowerment, samaya, activity, accomplishment, samadhi, offering puja, mantra and mudra. These are the ten

ganachakra feast offerings. They blessed the lingam symbol of Mahadeva as the mandala of the sixty-two deities of the Chakrasamvara mandala. Lapchi was also

Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, which is an extended version of the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala. The Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti (lit. ‘chanting of the names of Mañjuśrī’) is a

http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features. ཚོགས་བསགས་པ་མཎ་ཌལ the mandala offering to gather the accumulations [RY]

twenty-five sets of one-hundred-thousand guruyoga prayers; for the mandala offering - ten sets of one-hundred-thousand 'Thirty-Seven Heaped Prayer.' For

མཎ་ཌལ mandala; a circle [RY] a circle [RY] a circle, mandala [IW] mandala, [Syn dkyil 'khor; (offering of the) mandala of the universe [RY] mandala, SA dkyil

Four-Session Guru Yoga, Green Tara, Lama Chopa and tsok, Mahakala, Mandala offering, Manjushri, Medicine Buddha, Milarepa Guru Yoga, Nyung Ne, Peaceful

perfected [RY] sgrub pa'i man dal - mandala of accomplishment. For the 'mandala of accomplishment' place a mandala plate with five heaps on the shrine

emissary [JV] kingkara/ emissary [secondary deity in certain mandalas] [RB] kingkara. [In feast offering:] The threefold kingkara are the ging who captures the

Maṇḍala of Offerings (mchod pa'i maṇḍal) The maṇḍala of offerings is one of the preliminary practices (sngon 'gro), specifically designed as an antidote

Vol. 10. Miscellaneous; Guruyogas, Vajradhara, Vajrasattva, Offering Pujas, Torma Offerings, Fire Pujas, Rabne, Satstsha, Ganacakra, Medicine Pills, Rasayanas

rnam pa gsum [JV] Syn dpal gsum. three kinds of mandala in Anu Yoga [RY] dpal gsum, three kinds of mandala in Anu yoga (; 1) bdag nyid rtsa ba'i dkyil 'khor

instead Vajrasattva does. and the seven-line prayer is inserted into the mandala-offering section. In the detailed preliminary text, the line of refuge is contained

realm of existence. 2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual

Property "English-def" (as page type) with input value "mandala, [Syn dkyil 'khor; (offering of the) mandala of the universe" contains invalid characters or is

Vajrasattva - Purification of obstacles, obscurations & negativity Mandala Offering - Gathering the accumulations of merit and wisdom Chod - Cutting through

bodhisattva Samantabhadra. [RY] Offering mandala (mchod pa'i man dal). The mandala plate held in one's hand during the offerings. [RY] Old and New Schools (rnying

snow-enclosure, the cool land of the dharma valleys, the segment of the mandala field known as "the six ranges of lower Dokham" [...] , on the fourth day

White Tara; White Tara [RY] sgrol chog - Tara practice [RY] sgrol chog - [4 mandala] Tara ritual [IW] sgrol ljang - Shyamatara, Green Tara [IW] sgrol ljang

English Definition [maṇḍala]/ A. Mandala; a divine mansion. B. An offering to one's spiritual master, in which one visualizes offering the entire universe

incarnations web-site [1] Teachings on the offering of flowers: by Jigme Tenpe Nyima [2] TEACHINGS ON THE OFFERING OF FLOWERS by Jigme Tenpe Nyima, the Third

create smoke rather than flames, with various offerings of food, cloth, etc. added. It is used to make an offering to all the Three roots and Jewels and to

(rgyud kyi dngos po bcu). View, conduct, mandala, empowerment, samaya, activity, accomplishment, samadhi, offering puja, mantra and mudra. These are the ten

dkyil 'khor mandala table; the square table, where all the offering are arranged. It is also called offering seat (mchod khri), offering table (mchod stegs)

making offering to the maṇḍala and giving sacrificial cakes to the directional protectors of the maṇḍala; making prostration and apology to the maṇḍala, bidding

There, before a large audience, he gave an extensive explanation of the Mandala offering due to which his wisdom came to be proclaimed throughout Tibet. During

spiritual master {nyes pa gsum}, by making substantial offerings, offerings of service and offering of one's spiritual practice. [RY] three wheels or activities

Sanskrit English English Definition The common [nirmāṇakāya maṇḍala]. A practice of [maṇḍala] offering in which one visualizes all the excellent riches of gods

brgyad} worldly deities of offering and praise. one of the {'jig rten pa'i sde gsum} three categories of worldly deities; offering of praise to worldly emanation

mastery over aspiration. It is said the six paramitas are complete within mandala offering." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause

The initiations of entering into a [maṇḍala]. The process of initiation of placing the disciples into the [maṇḍala] of the deity by opening the curtain

སླར་སྡུད the outer ten are the mandala, contemplation, seal, stance, seated posture, recitation, burnt offerings, offerings, rites of enlightened activity

Wylie Definition a mandala part, at the base of the wall, a red platform all around the mandala, a kind of plinth on which offering goddesses stand. Wylie

concluding rite of initiation. Offering of the thanks giving [maṇḍala], agreeing to abide by the commitments, offering the three gates of activities for

Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. See Torch of Certainty (Shambhala Publications), The

monastery turned up at his house in Clement Town and requested with a mandala offering to give teachings to them before he left and to pass on his special

English English Definition The uncommon [sambhogakāya maṇḍala]. A practice of [maṇḍala] offering made to one's spiritual master visualizing him or her

Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. See Torch of Certainty, Shambhala Publications, and

dkyil 'khor sgrub mchod the offering of practicing a mandala

Essence of Confession Prayer SHORT FEAST OFFERING from Rigdzin Dupa, Longchen Nyingtig tradition SHORT FEAST OFFERING verses from Jigme Lingpa, Mipham From

prop/ to depend on, rely upon; support(ing element of a mandala); (working) basis; offering; "support", a technical term for physical embodiments of enlightened

yearly basis. Just in terms of the feast offering gatherings, we would always use elaborate ganachakra offerings with no less than a load of tsampa and a

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ས་གཞི་སྤོས་བྱུགས Land Sprinkled with Incense, abbreviated form of mandala offering [JV]

[RY] five meats and the five amritas. The Tantric offering of five meats and five amritas is an offering of what was considered in India to be inedible and

khyad par chos sku'i man Dal the special mandala offering of dharmakaya

man dal bzhi pa'i cho ga ritual for the offering of the four fold mandala

མཆོད་དཔོན person taking care of mandala bestowing and offering making, master of ceremonies, chief of shrine offerings/ procedures, shrine-keeper, ch�p"n

tshogs bsags pa maN Dal the mandala offering to gather the accumulations

phan zla ba); the Beneficent Jewel (chos bshad gzhan phan nor bu); and the Offering Cloud of Samantabhadra (chos bshad kun bzang mchod sprin). Beneficial Sun

man dal (offering of the) mandala of the universe

org/ for more upcoming features. ཁྱད་པར་ཆོས་སྐུའི་མན་ཌལ the special mandala offering of dharmakaya [RY]

Wylie Synonym Sanskrit English English Definition The four types of [maṇḍala] offering.\n1. {phyi'i maNaDal/} outer\n2. {nang gi maNaDal/} inner\n3. {gsang

religious ceremonies such in the consecration and purification of a [maṇḍala], offering articles, self-generation, abode, disciples and so on. English Synonyms

tshogs kyi dkyil 'khor feast mandala; the assembly of the deities invited to the feast offering

org/ for more upcoming features. ཁྱད་པར་ཆོས་སྐུའི་མ་དལ the special mandala offering of dharmakaya [IW]

Maṇḍala of Offerings [GD]

bcu ten topics of tantra. View, conduct, mandala, empowerment, samaya, activity, accomplishment, samadhi, offering puja, mantra and mudra. These are the ten

Synonym Sanskrit English English Definition The four outer offering goddesses inside the [maṇḍala].\n1. {sgeg ma/} goddess with pleasing gesture\n2. {phreng

མཎ་ཌལ་བཞི་པའི་ཆོ་ག The practice of the Four Mandalas [of Tara] [RY] ritual for the offering of the four fold mandala [RY]

Accomplishment ceremony. A grand tantric ceremony involving the creation of a [maṇḍala], offering of services, and performance of the ritual and rites of generating

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Condensed maNDala offering Translation: Text no: PT DA 14 Tibetan title: gtor 'bul Pages: 169-170 Author(s): - Date: - Site: - Description: maNDala ritual

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gu gcig phab. An other term for the gift of the glorious one is the tiny offering (mchod ras - mchod pa'i ras ma). The glorious one (dpal) refers to Maha

for more upcoming features. བསྒྲུབ་མཆོད practice/ establish the mandala and make offerings [bdag mdun bum gsum bsgrub pa'o] [IW]

necessary for receiving the empowerment. In this way, one "enters" into the mandala of that deity. [Peter Roberts] self-entity (bdag); expl. of two kinds [LW1]

are painted images of deities, offerings, etc. used during rites and initiations [JV] icons [RY] [Skt] deities, mandalas, and other auspicious representations

\n1. {dkyil 'khor 'bri ba la mkhas pa/} skilled in the art of drawing [maṇḍala]s and meditating upon them\n2. {dang po sbyor ba sogs kyi ting nge 'dzin

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he time beheld the faces of many deities. At that time he it called the Mandala Cave of Glorious Qualities practice cave and this worshipful history has

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emanations of the four female gate keepers among the 42 peaceful deities in the mandala of Magical Net; seven for each of the four activities. [ZL] [RY] Twenty-five

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consecration and attainment of the mandala [gd] [IW] ten categories of the outer and inner mantra : the outer ten are the mandala, contemplation, seal, stance

mantra : the outer ten are the mandala, contemplation, seal, stance, seated posture, recitation, burnt offerings, offerings, rites of enlightened activity

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feast offering See also Ganachakra, feast offering (tshogs kyi 'khor lo). A feast assembly performed by Vajrayana practitioners to accumulate merit and

"English-def" (as page type) with input value "mandala of accomplishment. For the 'mandala of accomplishment' place a mandala plate with five heaps on the shrine

consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya

realm of existence. 2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual. [RY]

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Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy: An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering

of the real de kho na nyid lta ba determinate conduct la dor ba spyod pa mandala array bkod pa dkyil 'khor successive gradation of empowerment rim par bgrod

more upcoming features. རྟེན་གྱི་མན་དལ Shrine mandala. The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings [RY]

refuge, arousing bodhichitta, recitation and meditation of Vajrasattva, mandala offerings, and guru yoga. For further details see 'Torch of Certainty,' Shambhala

byang Pages: 105-109 Author(s): - Date: - Site: - Description: Dharmapala offering to three families Translation: Text no: PT ZHA 9 Tibetan title: zab mo

directly to http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ for more upcoming features. མ་དལ mandala [offerings] [IW]

who invited, the place of translation, the translators, the panditas, the offering gifts, and the translated teachings. [RY] Six Heights of Dokham (mdo khams

rten gyi man dal Shrine mandala. The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings

sgrub pa'i man dal Practice mandala. The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings

slar sdud the outer ten are the mandala, contemplation, seal, stance, seated posture, recitation, burnt offerings, offerings, rites of enlightened activity

emptiness, suchness, and buddha nature. Feast offering - tshogs 'khor, Skt. ganachakra, a ritual offering in tantric buddhism in which oblations of food

of the real de kho na nyid lta ba determinate conduct la dor ba spyod pa mandala array bkod pa dkyil 'khor successive gradation of empowerment rim par bgrod

of the real de kho na nyid lta ba determinate conduct la dor ba spyod pa mandala array bkod pa dkyil 'khor successive gradation of empowerment rim par bgrod

[Tarthang] Lu-dü red-torma that is entwined by a serpent. This is as an offering to the local Lu-dü deity of Homdrang, the place where the Könchok Chidu

empowerment of Assemblage of Sugatas, her initiation flower fell on the mandala of Kilaya. Through this practice she became able to tame evil spirits and

refuge, arousing bodhichitta, recitation and meditation of Vajrasattva, mandala offerings, and guru yoga. For further details see 'Torch of Certainty,' Shambhala

Crystal Mountain. It is a magnificent lake "like a mirror of sapphire and the mandala of Chakrasamvara." [MR-ShabkarNotes] Great upper directness (yar gyi zang

ldan rdo rje sems dpa'). [RY] Shrine mandala (rten gyi man dal). The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings. [RY] Shrivijaya - Buddhist kingdom

maN Dal me tog sogs 'bul pa offer a mandala, flowers and other offerings

empowerment, nor should one forget their symbolism, one should not disturb the mandala of yogis, nor divert the strength of living beings, and one should continuously

goose's tendons, making 64 tying strings (the number of deities of Demchog's mandala). Would be tied up and losen to make various sounds. [MR] kun 'byung 'dren

monastery turned up at his house in Clement Town and requested with a mandala offering to give teachings to them before he left and to pass on his special

ldan gyi da kyil 'khor bsgrub mchod/} the construction of a [maṇḍala] and making grand offerings at Ganden monastery\n2. {rdzing phyi'i byams pa zhig gsos/}

more upcoming features. མཎ་ཌལ་མེ་ཏོག་སོགས་འབུལ་པ offer a mandala, flowers and other offerings [RY]

At Chimphu, the hermitage above Samye, the great master disclosed the mandala of Eight Heruka Sadhanas into which he initiated nine chief disciples including

deity's realm of existence. mandala offering - an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual, often

been performed since the beginning," The Mandala has "already been laid out since the beginning." The Offering (puja) has "already been made since the beginning

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his practice and for three days and nights everything shone forth as the maṇḍala of Vajrayoginī. Stage by stage Buddhagupta continued onwards, via Kashmir

Chati Lhatsen/ An offering of pure ritual cakes stuck with vulture feathers will give a true prognosis/ Proceed after making offerings to the territorial

rock which the Guru broke and took out the demon of Drakarpo ...a Kilaya mandala ...a naturally arisen letter OM ...a wonderful seal of Guru Rinpoche along

yas kyis dag par bshus pa dge legs 'phel THE ASPIRATION OF THE VAJRADHATU MANDALA CHOKCHU DÜSHI — ASPIRATION BY GURU RINPOCHE NAMO GURU$ On the tenth day

{dkyil 'khor sgrub mchod la mkhas pa/} adept in the creation and worship of [maṇḍala]s. English Synonyms Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Chinese

empowerment, nor should one forget their symbolism, one should not disturb the mandala of yogis, nor divert the strength of living beings, and one should continuously

master invokes the deities and requests these to shower blessings upon the mandala and the participants in the initiation. [MR-ShabkarNotes] Deshek Düpey Phodrang

independent lineages. [EMP] [RY] Practice mandala (sgrub pa'i man dal). The mandala plate placed on the shrine during offerings. [RY] Practice manuals for development

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thousand practices' of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. They are preliminary and necessary in the same way

and Nyingma. It is from this lineage the glorious guru and lord of the mandala, the master whose name is difficult to utter, appeared, but for the sake

bskur ba'i abhisheka of ripening, depending on a colored sand or painted mandala etc. water and crown etc the student's body la bskur and having purified

completion stage in relation to the definitive meaning; luminosity; meaning of mandala. completion stage. [LWx] [RY] Complexities (spros pa). Any mental formulation

ganachakra feast offerings. They blessed the lingam symbol of Mahadeva as the support of the mandala of the 62 deities of the Cakrasamvara mandala. These 24 sacred

to the south-west, though portrayed in the Abhidharma (and also in the mandala practice) as being to the west. [Peter Roberts] Glorious Samye (dpal bsam

of buddhahood from whom all other buddhas of the peaceful and wrathful mandalas emanate. This buddha principle is the ultimate source of all the tantras

greeted this wonder. Then from the South there separately arrived gifts and offering from each of the three great emanations (sprul sku), accompanied by requests