Property:Glossary-EnglishRY
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1) basis, source, foundation, base, basic [ground]. 2) Syn {don} referent, the object, objective support. Syn {dngos po} 3) ground (of being); ground aspect; ground, basic ground, basic nature. Syn. buddha-nature. Syn {de gshegs snying po ka dag klong rig pa'i klong} 4) to form a basis for, a source of; matters; to cause, ex. {+r gyur} which causes. which is the foundation. fundamental state; 5) basic; foundational, ground-, fundamental. substratum [ggd]. rtsod gzhi - the subject of the debate [ggd] +
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primordial purity [thd]. primordial purity, primordially pure; *; originally pure, pure from the beginning / first. Primordial purity. The basic nature of sentient beings which is originally untainted by defilement and beyond confusion and liberation +
Skt. kleshas. Emotions, conflicting/negative/obscuring. affliction [thd]. klesha 1) disturbed, weary/ troubled/ miserable; turbulent. 2) disturbing emotions, negative emotion. passions, affliction, emotionality, delusion, affect, bad thought, conflicting emotions, fettering passions; [something that is difficult which muddies the stream of awareness], hardship; Def: sems kyi rgyu'am byed pa ma zhi ba +
alaya - *. Literally, the 'foundation of all things.' The basis of mind and both pure and impure phenomena. This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Sometimes it is synonymous with buddha nature or dharmakaya, the recognition of which is the basis for all pure phenomena; other times, as in the case of the 'ignorant *,' it refers to a neutral state of dualistic mind that has not been embraced by innate wakefulness and thus is the basis for samsaric experience. alaya 1) *, basis of all, ground-of-all; gathering place, storehouse, ground of all (ordinary/ samsaric) experience; basis of everything, basic nature. 2) abbr. of {kun gzhi'i rnam par shes pa}, {kun gzhi rnam par shes pa} +
'Wheel of Time.' A tantra and a Vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni himself, showing the interrelationship between the phenomenal world, the physical body and the mind +
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The first of the 'Three Inner Tantras.' Mahayoga as scripture is divided into two parts: Tantra Section and Sadhana Section. The Tantra Section consists of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras while the Sadhana Section is comprised of the Eight Sadhana Teachings. Jamgön Kongtrül says in his Treasury of Knowledge: "Mahayoga emphasizes means (upaya), the development stage, and the view that liberation is attained through growing accustomed to the insight into the nature of the indivisibility of the superior two truths." The superior two truths in Mahayoga are purity and equality – the pure natures of the aggregates, elements and sense factors are the male and female buddhas and bodhisattvas. At the same time, everything that appears and exists is of the equal nature of emptiness. +
Mahayana. 'Greater vehicle.' When using the term 'greater and lesser vehicles,' Mahayana and Hinayana, Mahayana includes the tantric vehicles while Hinayana is comprised of the teachings for shravakas and pratyekabuddhas. The connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to the scope of aspiration, the methods applied and the depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the bodhisattva vow to liberate all sentient beings through means and knowledge, compassion and insight into emptiness. Mahayana's two divisions are known as Mind Only and Middle Way. The sevenfold greatness of Mahayana mentioned in Maitreya's Ornament of the Sutras are explained by Jamgön Kongtrül in his All-encompassing Knowledge: "The greatness of focus on the immense collection of Mahayana teachings, the greatness of the means of accomplishing the welfare of both self and others, the greatness of wisdom that realizes the twofold egolessness, the greatness of diligent endeavor for three incalculable aeons, the greatness of skillful means such as not abandoning samsaric existence and enacting the seven unvirtuous actions of body and speech without disturbing emotions, the greatness of true accomplishment of the ten strengths, the fourfold fearlessness, and the unique qualities of the awakened ones, and the greatness of activity that is spontaneous and unceasing."
Mahayana, the Greater Vehicle, [Mahayana]; greater approach/ Mahayana; [Mahayana] supreme, comprehensive approach, universal / great vehicle +
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expedient meaning. interpretable [ggd]. provisional meanings. hinted or provisional meaning. expedient meaning, assumed meaning, interpretable, provisional meaning, requiring interpretation. {'dul bya kha *}; conventional meaning, / conditional meaning/ truth +
svabhava 1) *, nature, character, attribute, identity, entity, intrinsic / central / essential nature, vital substance, core, being, inmost nature. 2) principle, existence, fact. 3) entity, fact of being, identity. 4) definition, main principle. 5) what it comes down to, at bottom, in fact, 5) essential meaning [in textual introduction]. +
no entityness, unreality; lack of inherent existence, realitylessness, non-entityness, essenceless. Syn {rang bzhin med pa}; entitynessless +
Simplicity. 1) The absence of creating mental construct or conceptual formulations about the nature of things. 2) The second stage in the practice of Mahamudra. simplicity, freedom from/ free of (conceptual) elaborations; unembellished free of elaborations, freedom from conceptual elaboration. freedom from constructing, non-complex, simplicity, without fabrication. unconditioned. "Free from [mental] complexities / elaborations / fabrications, 2) one of the {phyag rgya chen po'i rnal 'byor bzhi} the four yogas of Mahamudra. the second yoga of Mahamudra, "beyond playwords"; free of conceptual elaborations; free of conceptual complication; free of mental elaborations, free of elaborations, see also {spros bral rnal 'byor}. freedom from constructs, simplicity +
Nyingma tradition. Nyingma school. The teachings brought to Tibet and translated mainly during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and in the subsequent period up to Rinchen Sangpo in the ninth century chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Shantarakshita, and Vairochana. The two subsequent main types of transmission are Kama and Terma. Practices are based on both the Outer and Inner Tantras with emphasis on the practice of the Inner Tantras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga and Ati Yoga. Nyingma school; Nyingma, the Old school, old translation school. +
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The imagined (kun brtags) is the two kinds of self-entity. +
Prajna. Knowledge or intelligence. In particular, the 'knowledge of realizing egolessness.'. the practice of wisdom. insight, knowledge (thd). discriminating knowledge. prajna, intelligence, knowledge, discrimination, (wisdom). insight, (shag rog) roommate. (shes rab chung ba) those who have limited knowledge. Discrimination, as one of the five object determining mental states, superior knowledge (in most contexts) - superior intelligence, or intelligence (when referring to the 51 mental factors) - wisdom (when taken as synonymous with yeshe). Syn (ye shes); superior knowledge (in most contexts). - superior intelligence, or intelligence (when referring to the 51 mental factors). - wisdom (when taken as synonymous with yeshe); Wisdom, discriminating wisdom, (prajna); bden don gtan la 'bebs) rang dang spyi'i mtshan nyid rnam par 'byed pa'o) discriminative awareness. recognition, intelligence, to be aware of, come to understand, to know, to grasp, master, to learn, can, be able to, to realize; discriminative awareness; Discrimination, as one of the five object determining mental states. knowledge. one of the (pha drug) the six paramitas. discriminative awareness. insight, intelligence. (shes rab chung ba) those who have limited knowledge. prajna, (wisdom). Syn (ye shes) wisdom. superior knowledge (in most contexts). - superior intelligence, or intelligence (when referring to the 51 mental factors) - wisdom (when taken as synonymous with yeshe). transcendent knowledge. critical acumen (in debate) +
Transcendent Knowledge, prajnaparamita. Intelligence that transcends conceptual thinking. 'Transcendent' literally means 'gone to the other shore' in the sense of having departed from 'this shore' of dualistic concepts. The Mahayana teachings on insight into emptiness, transcending the fixation of subject, object and action. Associated with the Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Insight. perfection of wisdom; transcendent wisdom, transcendent knowledge, "the intelligence of reaching the other share", transcending intelligence, knowledge, the perfection of wisdom, def. {'khor gsum mi rtog pas chos kyi rang bzhin ba rtogs pa ni} ultimate transcendent knowledge +
Naturally present potential applies to the mind essence present as the unobstructed potential for the qualities of dharmakaya arising from its empty aspect and the qualities of rupakaya arising from its manifest aspect. It is called 'all-ground wisdom' (''kun gzhi'i ye shes'') because of being the ground from which both samsara and nirvana arise and the 'defiled suchness' (''dri bcas de bzhin nyid'') because of being combined with defilement at the time of a sentient being. +
genuine
reasoning, འཐད་པ་,་རིགས་པ་
true, proven, genuine; ideal, validity, valid cognition; authentic (standard)/ standard of authenticity; valid cognizer [when related to cognition]; validating; authenticity, validity, proof, pramana, logic, ideal, dialectics, epistemology, valid [cognition / understanding], proof [of knowledge]. three kinds. direct perception མངོན་སུམ་ inference, indirect རྗེས་སུ་དཔག་པ་ trustworthy scripture or testimony ཡིད་ཆེས་པའི་ལུང་ the study of pramana [in a monastic college]. authentic, genuine, convincing. right cognition / understanding [free from illusion]. valid source of knowledge, true knowledge, reasoning, འཐད་པ་, རིགས་པ་ There are three pramanas, direct perception, inference and scripture. Sometimes the following three pramanas are discussed, direct མངོན་གྱུར་, hidden ལྐོག་གྱུར་ and very hidden ཤིན་ཏུ་ལྐོག་གྱུར་ The ཤིན་ཏུ་ལྐོག་གྱུར་ pramana has to be known through the Buddha's teaching. reasoning, འཐད་པ་,་རིགས་པ་ +
antidote, remedy. antidotal technique/corrective measure, cure; opponent, counteragent, antithesis, factors discordant to +
dependent origination. The natural law that all phenomena arise 'dependent upon' their own causes 'in connection with' their individual conditions. The fact that no phenomena appear without a cause and none are made by an uncaused creator. Everything arises exclusively due to and dependent upon the coincidence of causes and conditions without which they cannot possibly appear. +
The seven sets of precepts one of which should be kept by a Hinayana practitioner +