Property:EncodedGlossary-Senses

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It+is+known+as+the+Great+Vehicle+in+comparison+to+the+earlier+schools+of+Buddhism+which+aimed+only+to+reach+individual+liberation.+Thus%2C+this+system+claims+to+be+superior+to+the+early+Buddhist+schools+in+terms+of+the+philosophical+understanding+of+reality+and+the+moral+scope+of+rescuing+all+sentient+beings.  +
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Something+that+is+taught+as+a+means+to+an+end.  +
According+to+Ives+Waldo%2C+it+is+similar+to+%27%27rang+bzhin%27%27%2C+but+when+referring+to+%27%27sugatagarbha%27%27%2C+%27%27ngo+bo%27%27+refers+to+the+emptiness+part%2C+whereas+%27%27rang+bzhin%27%27+refers+to+the+luminosity+or+clarity+part.  +
Also+known+as+the+analytic+tradition+%28%27%27thos+bsam+gyi+lugs%27%27%29%2C+literally%2C+%22the+tradition+of+hearing+and+contemplating%2C%22+this+form+of+exegesis+explicated+the+%27%27Uttaratantra%27%27+through+philosophical+reasoning+and+debate+and+thus+entailed+a+primarily+scholastic+approach+to+the+treatise.+However%2C+both+the+Ngok+Tradition+and+its+opposing+counterpart%2C+the+Tsen+Tradition%2C+reportedly+came+from+a+single+source%2C+the+Kashmiri+scholar-yogi+Sajjana.  +
Emanation+body+is+considered+as+an+apparitional+form+and+thus+not+the+actual+physical+form+of+a+buddha+but+one+projected+for+the+purpose+of+helping+sentient+beings.+This+concept+became+later+conflated+with+the+Tibetan+culture+of+religious+incarnation+and+many+lamas+who+are+considered+to+be+rebirths+of+earlier+ones+are+also+referred+to+as+trulku.  +
The+selflessness+of+phenomena.  +
Since+phenomena+are+dependent+on+causes+and+conditions%2C+their+mode+of+being+is+generally+characterized+as+an+absence+of+self-nature+or+personally+distinct+essence.  +
That+which+is+unadulterated+by+the+complexities+or+artifice+of+thought+patterns.  +
The+unadulterated+truth%2C+in+the+sense+of+something+that+is+taught+explicitly+without+any+underlying+intention+or+need+for+further+interpretation.  +
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The+natural+state+of+enlightenment+that+is+obscured+by+the+adventitious+stains.  +
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Reality+as+it+appears+to+an+enlightened+being%2C+in+which+all+phenomena+are+perceived+to+be+empty+of+an+individual%2C+permanent+essence.+This+is+contrasted+to+the+%22relative+truth%22+as+experienced+by+unenlightened+beings.  +
The+relatively+dependent+nature+of+phenomena+and+the+consciousness+that+perceives+them.  +
The+artificial+and+mistaken+perception+of+phenomena+as+being+something+which+they+are+not.  +
Of+the+three+natures%2C+this+one+is+representative+of+the+ultimate+truth.  +
This+is+the+type+of+negation+most+commonly+used+by+proponents+of+other-emptiness.+For+instance%2C+by+denying+the+existence+of+adventitious+stains%2C+they+imply+the+presence+of+enlightened+qualities.  +
The+natural+radiance+of+mind.  +
Radiance%2C+brilliance%2C+or+effulgence.  +
One+of+the+most+important+terms+in+Buddhist+philosophy%2C+%27%27praj%C3%B1%C4%81%27%27%2C+or+%27%27sherab%27%27+in+Tibetan%2C+has+the+sense+of+%22higher+knowing%22+or+%22special+insight.%22+This+is+the+%27%27praj%C3%B1%C4%81%27%27+in+%27%27praj%C3%B1%C4%81p%C4%81ramit%C4%81%27%27%2C+and+it+is+associated+with+the+wisdom+that+perceives%2Fknows+the+actual+nature+of+reality.+See+also+%27%27j%C3%B1%C4%81na%27%27.  +
The+term+itself+references+a+type+of+intelligence%2C+discernment%2C+or+knowledge+that+embodies+the+insight+which+transcends+the+notions+of+the+three+spheres+of+agent%2C+object%2C+and+action.  +
The+term+has+the+sense+of+being+valid%2C+authentic+or+standard.+In+Buddhist+epistemology%2C+a+correct+cognition+is+considered+to+be+the+most+authentic+knowledge+or+accurate+measure+of+the+way+things+are.  +