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• Byams chos sde lnga  + (Five Teachings of Lord Maitreya, five trea … Five Teachings of Lord Maitreya, five treatises of Maitreya, the Five Doctrines of Maitreya, 1) {theg pa chen po'i mdo sde rgyan gyi tshig le'ur byas ba} [Mahayana Sutralamkara Karika]. 2) {dbus dang mtha' rnam par 'byed pa} [madhyaanta-vibhanga] 3) {chos dang chos nyid rnam par 'byed pa} [Dharma-dharmataa-vibhanya] 4) {theg pa chen po'i rgyan bla ma'i bstan bcos} [Mahaayanaottaratantra-shaastra] 5) {mngon par rtogs ba'i rgyan} [Abhisamayaalam.kaara]. rtogs ba'i rgyan} [Abhisamayaalam.kaara].)

• Abhidharma  + (Abhidharma, knowledge, 'actual things', me … Abhidharma, knowledge, 'actual things', metaphysics. Abhidharma. One of the three parts of the Tripitaka, the Words of the Buddha. Systematic teachings on metaphysics focusing on developing discriminating knowledge by analyzing elements of experience and investigating the nature of existing things.vestigating the nature of existing things.)
• Dharmadhātu  + (Dharmadhatu, ultimate sphere, totality of … Dharmadhatu, ultimate sphere, totality of being, total field of events and meanings, the sphere of Dharma, field of all events and meanings, reality field, element of [superior] qualities, dharmadhatu, realm of dharmas, {chos khams}; the dimension of all existence; the expanse of All That Is; the sphere of Dharma, expanse of all events, absolute expansea, expanse of all events, absolute expanse)
• Mahāyāna  + (Mahayana. 'Greater vehicle.' When using th … 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."</br></br>Mahayana, the Greater Vehicle, [Mahayana]; greater approach/ Mahayana; [Mahayana] supreme, comprehensive approach, universal / great vehicleensive approach, universal / great vehicle)
• Cittamātra  + (Mind Only school, Chittamatra; the doctrine of Mind Only; founded by Maitreya and Asaṅga, idealist-mentalist, just displays of mind.)
• Prakṛtisthagotra  + (Naturally present potential applies to the … 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.efilement at the time of a sentient being.)
• Nyingma  + (Nyingma tradition. Nyingma school. The tea … 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.a, the Old school, old translation school.)
• Āvaraṇa  + (Obscurations. The veils that covers one's … Obscurations. The veils that covers one's direct perception of the nature of mind. In the general Buddhist teachings several types are mentions: the obscuration of karma preventing one from entering the path of enlightenment, the obscuration of disturbing emotions preventing progress along the path, the obscuration of habitual tendencies preventing the vanishing of confusion, and the final obscuration of dualistic knowledge preventing the full attainment of buddhahood. The two veils of disturbing emotions and dualistic perception that cover one's buddha nature.perception that cover one's buddha nature.)
• Prajñā  + (Prajna. Knowledge or intelligence. In part … 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)ent knowledge. critical acumen (in debate))
• Yan lag bdun  + (Seven branches. The seven branch practice … Seven branches. The seven branch practice of prostrating to the Three Jewels, confessing negative actions, making offering, rejoicing in the virtue of others, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, beseeching to not pass into nirvana, and dedicating the merit to the enlightenment of all sentient beingso the enlightenment of all sentient beings)
• Niṣprapañca  + (Simplicity. 1) The absence of creating men … 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, simplicitybyor}. freedom from constructs, simplicity)
• Kleśa  + (Skt. kleshas. Emotions, conflicting/negati … 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 bap; Def: sems kyi rgyu'am byed pa ma zhi ba)
• Mahāyoga  + (The first of the 'Three Inner Tantras.' Ma … 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.xists is of the equal nature of emptiness.)
• Sakya  + (The seat of the (sa skya), founded in 1073 … The seat of the (sa skya), founded in 1073 by Könchok Gyalpo of the Khön clan. Its main temple, the impressive Great Emanated Temple (sprul pa'i gtsug lag khang chen mo), was erected in 1268 and is the only building, among over a hundred temples in Sakya's monastic complex, which survived the Cultural Revolution. [MR]. 1) Sakya. One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It was established in the eleventh century by Drogmi Lotsawa ('brog mi lo tsa ba), a disciple of the Indian master Virupa.), a disciple of the Indian master Virupa.)
• Tridharmacakrapravartana  + (Three Successive Promulgations of the Doctrinal Wheel. The first promulgation (chos 'khor dang po) at Varanasi, the intermediate promulgation (bar ma'i chos 'khor) at Vulture Peak, and the final promulgation (chos 'khor tha ma) in indefinite realms.)
• Prajñāpāramitā  + (Transcendent Knowledge, prajnaparamita. In … 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 knowledgeogs pa ni} ultimate transcendent knowledge)
• Kun gzhi  + (alaya - *. Literally, the 'foundation of a … 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} par shes pa}, {kun gzhi rnam par shes pa})
• Tantra  + (being, mind, stream, a) continuity, being … being, mind, stream, a) continuity, being b) Tantra. abbr. རྒྱུད་ Mahayoga.</br></br>1) tantra, tantra-texts, being [body, speech and mind], stream of being, mind-stream, continuity, continuum, "linked together", area, location, stream of existence, mind, heart, nature, existence.</br></br>2) the tantric teachings, texts.</br></br>3) via, through [sm. བརྒྱུད་.</br></br>4) bank, shore, coast, edge, side, range.</br></br>5) lineage, descent.</br></br>6) area, location.</br></br>6) individual, person</br></br>7) bow string མདོ་རྒྱུད་ sutra and tantra].</br></br>8) continuum [or continua], tantra, string, cord. mind-stream; tantra/ continuum; mind-stream</br></br>indirect, [opp to དངོས་ direct] [ggd]</br></br>mind; ex རང་གི་རྒྱུད་ལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་པ་ examining your own mind</br></br>Stream-of-being, (sems rgyud). The individual continuity of cognition in an individual sentient being. continuity</br></br>tantra/ continuum (of being); mindstream</br></br>tantra. The Vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. The real sense of tantra is 'continuity,' the innate buddha nature, which is known as the 'tantra of the expressed meaning.' The general sense of tantra is the extraordinary tantric scriptures also known as the 'tantra of the expressing words.' Can also refer to all the resultant teachings of Vajrayana as a wholeesultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole)
• Bodhisattva  + (bodhisattva [awakening being]; bodhisattva … bodhisattva [awakening being]; bodhisattva. bodhisattvas. a being on the path of enlightenment, bodhisattva. 'heroic being of enlightenment'</br></br>bodhisattva. Someone who has developed bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings. A practitioner of the Mahayana path; especially a noble bodhisattva who has attained the first leveldhisattva who has attained the first level)
• Samudānītagotra  + (developed potential; evolved family (trait … developed potential; evolved family (trait); the affinity to be developed; one of {rigs rnam gnyis} the enlightened family of inner growth; the fully expanded potential {rang bzhin gnas rigs} the growing affinity, the enlightened family of extending realizationnlightened family of extending realization)
• Dharmakāya  + (dharmakaya. Definition by Jamgön Kongtrül: sgrib gnyis bag chags dang bcas pa ma lus par spangs pa'i dbyings nam mkha' lta bu zhig la chos kyi sku zhes bya ste Dharma-body, dharmakaya, (body of enlightened qualities))
• Śrāvaka  + (proclaimer shravaka/ hearer of the teachin … proclaimer</br>shravaka/ hearer of the teachings</br>shravaka. 'Hearer' or 'listener.' Hinayana practitioner of the First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma on the four noble truths who realizes the suffering inherent in samsara, and focuses on understanding that there is no independent self. By conquering disturbing emotions, he liberates himself, attaining first the stage of Stream Enterer at the Path of Seeing, followed by the stage of Once-Returner who will be reborn only one more time, and the stage of Non-returner who will no longer be reborn into samsara. The final goal is to become an Arhat. These four stages are also known as the 'four results of spiritual practice.'</br></br>shravaka, hearer, pious attendants. disciples, hearer of the teachings listener, disciple [of the Buddha]; hearer of the teachings. Expl.: sgra don ni/ gzhan brten thos sgrog nyan thos/ /zhes pa ste/ de'ang legs sbyar skad du/ shra ba ka zhes pa nyan pa dang thos pa gnyis ka la 'jug pas nyan thos zhes bya ba yin te/ bu ddha sangs pa dang rgyas pa gnyis ka la 'jug pas sangs rgyas zhes brjod pa ltar ro/ /rnam pa gcig tu na/ gzhan brten thos sgrog ces pas/ slob dpon gzhan la brten zhing de las thos pa dang yul gzhan la sgrog pas thos sgrog gam nyan thos zhes bya'o</br></br>Shravaka, "listener," a Hinayana follower of the Buddhastener," a Hinayana follower of the Buddha)
• Trikāya  + (three Bodies [thd]. *. {chos sku}. dharmak … three Bodies [thd]. *. {chos sku}. dharmakaya, {longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku}. or sambhogakaya, and {sprul pa'i sku}. nirmanakaya. trikaya, the three bodies of the buddha. Three kayas. Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya. The * as ground are 'essence, nature, and capacity'; as path they are 'bliss, clarity and nonthought,' and as fruition they are the '* of buddhahood.' The * of buddhahood are the dharmakaya, which is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the 'twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;' the sambhogakaya, which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks perceptible only to bodhisattvas; and the nirmanakaya, which manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beingsperceptible to both pure and impure beings)