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Prajñāpāramitā + (This can also refer to a female deity who is known in the Tibetan tradition as the Great Mother (yum chen mo).)

Rgyu'i rgyud + (According to the Tshig mdzod chen mo, in t … According to the Tshig mdzod chen mo, in the sutra class this is called the element, essence of the bliss gone, the naturally abiding potential, and so forth. In the lower tantra class it is called the that-ness of self, the enlightened mind, the mind of Samantabhadra, and so forth. And in the highest yoga tantra class, it is called the union of E-Vam.ra class, it is called the union of E-Vam.)
Cittamātra + (In Sanskrit sources it is more common to s … In Sanskrit sources it is more common to see this theory articulated as vijñaptimātra or consciousness only. Western scholars have associate this philosophy with a form of Idealism. In Tibet, the followers of zhentong made great efforts to distance themselves from this concept, while still utilizing many of the Yogācāra terms associated with it. of the Yogācāra terms associated with it.)
Jonang + (The Jonang (''jo nang'') tradition was fou … The Jonang (''jo nang'') tradition was founded by Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen, who ascended to the throne of Jonang Monastery in 1326. Trained in the Sakya tradition, Dolpopa’s controversial teachings, especially his emphasis on the view known as ''Zhentong'' (''gzhan stong'') or ''emptiness of other'', and the institutional independence of Jonang monastery, established the Jonang tradition apart as an independent tradition, although many members of the Sakya tradition continue to consider Jonang to be a subsect of that tradition. Dolpopa, like his predecessors at Jonang, particularly emphasized the teachings of the ''Kālacakra Tantra'' and its completion-stage practices known as the six-branch yoga, while also transmitting many other systems of Vajrayāna and Mahāyāna Buddhism. Following the death of the great Jonang scholar Tāranātha, the Jonang tradition was suppressed in the seventeenth century by the Fifth Dalai Lama; its monasteries were converted to the Geluk tradition and the teachings banned. The tradition has survived in the Dzamtang region of Amdo. (Source: [https://treasuryoflives.org/tradition/Jonang Treasury of Lives])s.org/tradition/Jonang Treasury of Lives]))
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Sugatagarbha + (This term is used differently depending on … This term is used differently depending on the context: in a sūtric context, the term is equivalent to tathāgatagarbha and is translated into English as "buddha-nature". In a tantric context, depending upon the tradition, sugatagarbha is a synonym for pristine awareness and emptiness.onym for pristine awareness and emptiness.)
Prātimokṣasaṃvara + (Until very recently the highest level ordi … Until very recently the highest level ordination available to nuns in the Tibetan was that of a śikṣamāṇā (''dge slob ma'') as the lineage of the vow for fully ordained nuns bhikṣuṇī (''dge slong ma'') in the Mūlasarvāstivāda vinaya was never established in Tibet and therefore had fallen out of use and was lost. It has since been revivedse and was lost. It has since been revived)