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Kudṛṣṭi + (Kudṛṣṭisaṅghātana)
Niḥsvabhāva + (Lacking inherent existence.)
Lam rim + (Lam rim refers to the stages on the path a … Lam rim refers to the stages on the path and, by extension, more commonly to the genre of teachings which contain practical instructions for training on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Related to the Lojong (བློ་སྦྱོང་ blo sbyong) practice, it is particularly known among the Kadampa and Geluk schools. Tsongkhapa's Byang chub lam rim chen mo is the most well-known in this genre, and the term lam rim is often used specifically to refer to this text.n used specifically to refer to this text.)
LAS + (Laṅkāvatārasūtra)
LTWA + (Library of Tibetan Works and Archives)
Avidyā + (Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors.)
Icchantika + (Literally, "those with great desire," icchantikas could be rendered as hedonists or addicts. However, the term is generally used to refer to those who, due to their insatiable desire, are incapable of enlightenment.)
Advaya + (Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.)
Āvaraṇa + (Literally, that which obscures or conceals … Literally, that which obscures or conceals. Often listed as a set of two obscurations (''sgrib gnyis''): the afflictive emotional obscurations (Skt. ''kleśāvaraṇa'', Tib. ''nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa'') and the cognitive obscurations (Skt. ''jñeyāvaraṇa'', Tib. ''shes bya'i sgrib pa''). By removing the first, one becomes free of suffering, and by removing the second, one becomes omniscient.moving the second, one becomes omniscient.)
Sugatagarbha + (Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the … Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the Bliss Gone One(s)," a synonym for tathāgatagarbha that is likewise often rendered into English by the term ''buddha-nature''. Though it is often back translated into Sanskrit as ''sugatagarbha'', this term is not found in Sanskrit sources.his term is not found in Sanskrit sources.)
Ātmaka + (Literally, the state of possessing a self. It is usually used to denote something which is endowed with a certain innate, or natural, attribute.)
Vajrapada + (Literally, vajra-footing, or base. In the … Literally, vajra-footing, or base. In the context of the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'', this is the name given to the seven subjects that are addressed in the treatise. These seven are the ''buddha'', ''dharma'', ''saṅgha'', the element (''dhātu''), enlightenment (''bodhi''), enlightened qualities (''guṇa''), and enlightened activities (''karman'')., and enlightened activities (''karman'').)
MH + (Madhyamakahṛdaya)
MĀl + (Madhyamakāloka)
MAv + (Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya)
MAvT + (Madhyamakāvatāraṭīkā)
MAV + (Madhyāntavibhāga)
MAVBh + (Madhyāntavibhāgabhāṣya)
MAVT + (Madhyāntavibhāgaṭīkā)
MBhS + (Mahābherīsūtra)
Mahāmudrā + (Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation … Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside ''dharmamūdra'', ''samayamudrā'', and ''karmamudrā''.ra'', ''samayamudrā'', and ''karmamudrā''.)
Mvy + (Mahāvyutpatti)
Mahāyāna + (Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to … Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.ptiness and the cultivation of compassion.)
MMPS + (Mahāyānamahāparinirvāṇasūtra)
MS + (Mahāyānasaṃgraha)

MSAVy + (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra-vyākhyā)

MSABh + (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārabhāṣya)
Ṭippaṇī + (Mahāyānottaratantraṭippaṇī)
MN + (Majjhimanikāya)
MarKau + (Marmakaumudī)
Āgantukamala + (Mental stains that are not inherent to the … Mental stains that are not inherent to the nature of the mind but are temporarily present as the residue of past actions or habitual tendencies. It is sometimes iterated as adventitious defilements (Skt. ''āgantukakleśa'', Tib. ''glo bur gyi nyon mongs''), which references the fickle and temporary nature of disturbing emotions that lack an ultimately established basis for existence.ltimately established basis for existence.)
MuAlaṃ + (Munimatālaṃkāra)
MCB + (Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques)
MMK + (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā)
RGVV (tib) + (Nakamura's Tibetan Edition of the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā)
NGMPP + (Nepal German Manuscript Preservation Project)
Ngok Tradition + (Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab's "analytic tradition" of exegesis of the ''Uttaratantra''; one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.)
Kleśa + (Often referred to as poisons, these are a class of disturbing or disruptive emotional states that when aroused negatively affect or taint the mind.)
Visaṃyogaphala + (One of the five types of effects, or fruitions. It refers to an effect that arises from removing that which obscures or hinders it.)
Prajñā + (One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent knowledge, or perhaps gnosis. In some contexts it can also refer to cognition or intellectual understanding.)
Rgya chen spyod brgyud + (One of the two main traditions within the Mahāyāna: the "Profound View" (ཟབ་མོ་ལྟ་བརྒྱུད་) of Nāgārjuna and the "Vast Conduct" (རྒྱ་ཆེན་སྤྱོད་བརྒྱུད་) of Asaṅga.)
Zab mo lta brgyud + (One of the two main traditions within the Mahāyāna: the "Profound View" (ཟབ་མོ་ལྟ་བརྒྱུད་) of Nāgārjuna and the "Vast Conduct" (རྒྱ་ཆེན་སྤྱོད་བརྒྱུད་) of Asaṅga.)
PañcT + (Pañcatathāgatamudrāvivaraṇa)
Pañcaviṃśati + (Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā)
Thugs dam + (Persons who have experience in meditation … Persons who have experience in meditation on the nature of the mind or emptiness are said to be able to remain in a meditative equipoise after death. Although they have stopped breathing and are clinically dead, they are said to be able to retain their body without decay, often with lustre and flexibility. They are believed to have actualised their buddha-nature at the time of death and attained the state of enlightenment.h and attained the state of enlightenment.)
PEW + (Philosophy East and West)
Saṃcayagāthā + (Prajñāpāramitāratnaguṇasaṃcayagāthā)
PVSV + (Pramāṇavārttikasvavṛtti)
PVAS + (Pramāṇavārttikālaṃkāraṭīkā Supariśuddhā)
PVAS + (Pramāṇavārttikālaṃkāraṭīkā Supariśuddhā)
PP + (Prasannapadā)