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• 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.)
• 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)
• Pratyekabuddha  + (Pratyekabuddhas are saints who, in their l … Pratyekabuddhas are saints who, in their last birth in the cycle of existence, are said to become enlightened through solitary practice on the nature of dependent ordination. These saints are said to appear when there is no buddha around and work either alone or in small groups. and work either alone or in small groups.)
• Ka dag  + (Primordial purity is a term found in the D … Primordial purity is a term found in the Dzogchen tradition and refers to the empty nature of phenomena which is experienced through the practice of cutting-through meditation (''khregs chod''). It is often juxtaposed with spontaneous presence (''lhun grub'').with spontaneous presence (''lhun grub'').)
• RGV  + (Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra)
• RGVV  + (Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā)
• Nītārtha  + (Refers to a teaching that is literally true.)
• Neyārtha  + (Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.)
• RO  + (Rocznik Orientalistczy)
• RCAJ  + (Royal Central Asiatic Journal)
• SP  + (Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra)
• SR  + (Samādhirājasūtra)
• Sangpu Neutok  + (Sangpu Neutok is an important monastery in … Sangpu Neutok is an important monastery in central Tibet, just south of Lhasa, that was founded in 1072 by Ngok Lekpai Sherab, a disciple of Atiśa, and developed by his nephew, Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab. Originally a Kadam monastery with two colleges, it evolved into a monastery that includes both Sakya and Geluk traditions. At its peak in the 11th to 14th centuries, it was one of the most highly esteemed centers for monastic education and the study of Buddhist philosophy in all of the Tibetan plateau. Many influential philosophers of the time studied there.al philosophers of the time studied there.)
• SER  + (Serie Orientale Roma)
• SUNY  + (State University of New York)
• Tathatā  + (Suchness itself, absolute reality, or thusness, as in the ultimate state of being of phenomena.)
• SuvPra  + (Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra)
• Sādhana  + (Sādhana refers to a method of practice thr … Sādhana refers to a method of practice through which one can actualise a specific spiritual result, and by extension to the texts and manuals which present such methods. A sādhana in the Vajrayāna Buddhist context generally involves the worship and visualisation of a tantric deity, chanting of mantras, and associated practices. The practice often begins with verses of taking refuge and cultivating altruistic thought, then carrying out meditation on emptiness and the mandala of deity, seven-part worship, chanting of mantras, and finally the dissolution of the deity which was visualised.olution of the deity which was visualised.)
• SSaṃgr  + (Sākārasaṃgrahasūtra)
• SSiddh  + (Sākārasiddhiśāstra)
• SU  + (Sārottamā)
• Sūtra  + (Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon.)
• SS  + (Sūtrasamuccaya)
• SSBh  + (Sūtrasamuccayabhāṣyaratnālokālaṃkāra)
• Taishō  + (Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō, Chinese Tripiṭaka)