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• Buddhadhātu  + (Literally, "buddha-element," a synonym for … Literally, "buddha-element," a synonym for what Rongtön calls natural buddha-nature or undefiled suchness. It is the empty nature of the mind, identical in both sentient beings and buddhas. - Bernert, Christian, ''Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature'' (2018), page 114.ngtön on Buddha-Nature'' (2018), page 114.)

• Neyārtha  + ("While Tibetan thinkers generally characte … "While Tibetan thinkers generally characterize definitive teachings as those that explicitly teach ultimate truth, which is the ultimate purport of the Buddha's teachings, and provisional teachings as those teachings that do not explain ultimate truth clearly and that require further interpretation in order to ascertain the ultimate purport of the Buddha's intent, they disagree on which of the Buddha's teachings are definitive or provisional." - Wangchuk, Tsering. ''The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows'' (2017), page 3.tra in the Land of Snows'' (2017), page 3.)
• Nītārtha  + ("While Tibetan thinkers generally characte … "While Tibetan thinkers generally characterize definitive teachings as those that explicitly teach ultimate truth, which is the ultimate purport of the Buddha's teachings, and provisional teachings as those teachings that do not explain ultimate truth clearly and that require further interpretation in order to ascertain the ultimate purport of the Buddha's intent, they disagree on which of the Buddha's teachings are definitive or provisional." - Wangchuk, Tsering. ''The Uttaratantra in the Land of Snows'' (2017), page 3.tra in the Land of Snows'' (2017), page 3.)
• Mahāyāna  + (84000 Glossary Definition The same as the … 84000 Glossary Definition</br>The same as the Bodhisattva Vehicle, whose practitioners aim at complete buddhahood.</br></br>When the Buddhist teachings are classified according to their power to lead beings to an enlightened state, a distinction is made between the teachings of the Lesser Vehicle, which emphasizes the individual's own freedom from cyclic existence as the primary motivation and goal, and those of the Great Vehicle, which emphasizes altruism and has the liberation of all sentient beings as the principal objective. As the term “Great Vehicle” implies, the path followed by bodhisattvas is analogous to a large carriage which can transport a vast number of people to liberation, as compared to a smaller vehicle for the individual practitioner.</br></br>The “Great Vehicle” of Buddhism, called “great” because it carries all living beings to enlightenment of Buddhahood. It is distinguished from the Hinayāna, including the Śrāvākayāna (Śrāvaka Vehicle) and Pratyekabuddhayāna (Solitary Sage Vehicle), which only carries each person who rides on it to their own personal liberation.</br></br>Great Vehicle.</br></br>Literally the Sanskrit means “great way,” but in Buddhism this has developed the meaning of great vehicle, and so is translated literally into Tibetan as “great carrier.”literally into Tibetan as “great carrier.”)
• Bīja  + (Jeffrey Hopkins clarifies: "In the Mind-Only (''sems tsam'', citta-mātra) school, this is a synonym of bag chags; in the Consequentialist (''thal 'gyur'', prAsaGgika) school, it is not the same as bag chags.")