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• Original enlightenment  + (According to East Asian Buddhism, the intr … According to East Asian Buddhism, the intrinsic enlightenment of all sentient beings. This is obscured by the many stains present in the ''ālayavijñāna''. When these are purified, the natural state of enlightenment is recovered, a status known as "actualized enlightenment."tatus known as "actualized enlightenment.")
• Trisvabhāva  + (According to the Yogācāra school, all phen … According to the Yogācāra school, all phenomena can be divided into three natures or characteristics: the imaginary nature (''parikalpitasvabhāva''), the dependent nature (''paratantrasvabhāva''), and the perfect or absolute nature (''pariniṣpannasvabhāva'').bsolute nature (''pariniṣpannasvabhāva'').)
• AOH  + (Acta Orientalia (Budapest))
• Actualized enlightenment  + (Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment … Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment that is attained through practice. It is contrasted with original enlightenment, which is the mind's innate purity in its natural state. Ultimately, there is no difference between them. Because of the presence of ignorance, sentient beings are blind to their true nature. By removing that ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.t ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.)
• AkṣN  + (Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra)
• Yogācāra  + (Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the t … Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the ''Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra'' and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).arma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).)
• Madhyamaka  + (Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two … Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the ''Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras'', though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''.d in Nāgārjuna's ''Mūlamadhyamakakārikā''.)
• Kun gzhi  + (Although it is commonly used as an abbrevi … Although it is commonly used as an abbreviation of ''ālayavijñāna'' (''kun gzhi'i rnam shes''), in later Tibetan traditions, particularly that of the Kagyu and the Nyingma, it came to denote an ultimate or pure basis of mind, as opposed to the ordinary, deluded consciousness represented by the ālayavijñāna. Alternatively, in the Jonang tradition, this pure version is referred to as ''ālaya-wisdom'' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'').''ālaya-wisdom'' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'').)
• AU  + (Amṛtakaṇikodyotanibandha)
• Bodhigarbha  + (An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha fo … An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. Though it is back-translated as ''bodhigarbha'', this term does not seem to be found in Sanskrit sources. However, in other contexts, the Tibetan ''byang chub snying po'' is often used to translate the Sanskrit term ''bodhimaṇḍa'', which is often translated as the "seat of enlightenment."translated as the "seat of enlightenment.")
• Pratipakṣa  + (An antidote or remedy that contributes or supports the elimination or pacification of a particular ailment or affliction.)
• Nirmāṇakāya  + (An fully enlightened Buddha is said to hav … An fully enlightened Buddha is said to have the power to manifest in many forms in order to help the sentient beings. The emanation body of a buddha, as the third of the three bodies of a buddha, refers to the many forms in which a buddha can manifest and which are accessible to ordinary sentient beings. Buddhist scholars present four types of emanation bodies: emanation as supreme being, emanation as rebirth, emanation as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.)
• Svasaṃvedana  + (An important term for the Yogācāra that re … An important term for the Yogācāra that refers to a consciousness of consciousness itself, or how one knows that they know something. It was a hotly debated topic that was disputed by followers of the Madhyamaka. In Tibet it would later become a common Dzogchen term, though with the entirely different meaning of one's own innate awareness (''rig pa''), a crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.)
• ARIRIAB  + (Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University)
• Sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā  + (As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.)

• AP  + (Asian Philosophy)

• AS  + (Asiatische Studien)
• AMS  + (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra)
• Aṣṭa  + (Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā)
• BhK I  + (Bhāvanākrama I)
• BPPB  + (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica)
• BCA  + (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
• BCAP  + (Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā)
• Bobh  + (Bodhisattvabhūmi)
• CŚT  + (Bodhisattvayogācāracatuḥśatakaṭīkā)
• Brahman  + (Brahman is the universal principle, suprem … Brahman is the universal principle, supreme truth or ultimate reality in the Hindu religion considered to be absolute, eternal and blissful. A metaphysical concept, it is described as the single binding unity behind the diversity of all that exists. In Buddhism, while this metaphysical principle is not presented, one finds frequent mention of the deity named Brahmā, who is the personification of this principle. is the personification of this principle.)
• Tathāgatagarbha  + (Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness).")
• BDRC  + (Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/)
• BHSG  + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1)
• BHSD  + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2)
• BEFEO  + (Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient)
• BSOAS  + (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies)
• Kālacakra  + (Can refer to either the ''Kālacakra Tantra'' and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered.)
• Caturmudrā  + (Caturmudrāviniścaya)
• CSS  + (Catuḥstavasamāsārtha)
• CAJ  + (Central Asiatic Journal)
• CNRS  + (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
• Sems nyid  + (Commonly found in Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā literature, this term denotes the true, natural state of mind as it is. Often used in these traditions as a synonym for buddha-nature.)
• Triyāna  + (Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the t … Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the three vehicles are the Śrāvakayāna, Pratyekabuddhayāna, and Bodhisattvayāna, which reference the three different types of Buddhist practitioners. However, these three vehicles can also reference the three types of Buddhist teachings of the Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.yāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.)
• BA (Tib)  + (Deb ther sngon po)
• DhDhV  + (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga)