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the two accumulations (of merit and wisdom); two accumulations/ stores; two provisions / gatherings. merit བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་ཚོགས་ and wisdom ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་ཚོགས་
two accumulations. The accumulation of merit with concepts and the accumulation of wisdom beyond concepts +
developed potential; evolved family (trait); the affinity to be developed; one of {rigs rnam gnyis} the enlightened family of inner growth; the fully expanded potential {rang bzhin gnas rigs} the growing affinity, the enlightened family of extending realization +
New Translation tradition
Sarma Schools. 'New Schools.' The New Schools are Kagyü, Sakya, and Gelug as well as Shijey and Chö, Jordruk, Shangpa Kagyü, and Nyendrub (the Kalachakra system) +
relative/ conventional/ superficial truth; conventional truth, apparent reality, deceptive truth; relative truth. one of the {bden pa gnyis} two truths, superficial truth, truth for a concealer; Relative Truth, [samvrittika satya] +
The nature of one's mind which is taught to be identical with the essence of all enlightened beings, the sugata garbha. It should be distinguished from 'mind' (sems) which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought +
sugata-essence, enlightened essence, essence for attaining experience of bliss. Sugatagarbha. 'Sugata essence.' The most common Sanskrit term for what in the West is known as 'buddha-nature.' +
An inherently existent and independent entity of the individual self or of phenomena. Something that can serve as a valid basis for individual attributes. +
self-cognizant awareness. self-aware[ness] [thd]. Self-cognizance. self-cognition, apperception [ggd]. one's own insight; 1) self awareness; aware of oneself; 2) self consciousness (according to Chittamatra), [svasamvedana]; self-cognizing (intrinsic) awareness; [lit.] your mind, inherent cognizance. [one's] self-cognizance. 1) self-known, self-aware, natural awareness, intrinsic awareness, apperception. 2) abr. of {rang byung rig pa} self-existing insight. 3) self knower, proprioceptive, self-consciousness [apperceptive], self-knower, one's mind, one's own insight, insight, my own mind. 4) the absolute truth in Y. comp. {rang gi rig pa}; self-existing awareness +
T
being, mind, stream, a) continuity, being b) Tantra. abbr. རྒྱུད་ Mahayoga.
1) tantra, tantra-texts, being [body, speech and mind], stream of being, mind-stream, continuity, continuum, "linked together", area, location, stream of existence, mind, heart, nature, existence.
2) the tantric teachings, texts.
3) via, through [sm. བརྒྱུད་.
4) bank, shore, coast, edge, side, range.
5) lineage, descent.
6) area, location.
6) individual, person
7) bow string མདོ་རྒྱུད་ sutra and tantra].
8) continuum [or continua], tantra, string, cord. mind-stream; tantra/ continuum; mind-stream
indirect, [opp to དངོས་ direct] [ggd]
mind; ex རང་གི་རྒྱུད་ལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་པ་ examining your own mind
Stream-of-being, (sems rgyud). The individual continuity of cognition in an individual sentient being. continuity
tantra/ continuum (of being); mindstream
tantra. The Vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. The real sense of tantra is 'continuity,' the innate buddha nature, which is known as the 'tantra of the expressed meaning.' The general sense of tantra is the extraordinary tantric scriptures also known as the 'tantra of the expressing words.' Can also refer to all the resultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole +
tathagata-essence, enlightened essence, buddha-nature +
Thatness, reality, suchness, thusness, natural state, real nature, real, That, what actually is, the real thing, state of being just as it is. Syn tathata གནས་ལུགས་, སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་, དེ་ཉིད་, ཆོས་ཉིད་, ཡང་དག་པ་, དེ་བཞིན་ཉིད་ can be abbreviated by དེ་ཉིད་ reality; Skt. tattva or tatva, thatness itself. +
Three Successive Promulgations of the Doctrinal Wheel. The first promulgation (chos 'khor dang po) at Varanasi, the intermediate promulgation (bar ma'i chos 'khor) at Vulture Peak, and the final promulgation (chos 'khor tha ma) in indefinite realms. +
three Bodies [thd]. *. {chos sku}. dharmakaya, {longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku}. or sambhogakaya, and {sprul pa'i sku}. nirmanakaya. trikaya, the three bodies of the buddha. Three kayas. Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya. The * as ground are 'essence, nature, and capacity'; as path they are 'bliss, clarity and nonthought,' and as fruition they are the '* of buddhahood.' The * of buddhahood are the dharmakaya, which is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the 'twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities;' the sambhogakaya, which is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks perceptible only to bodhisattvas; and the nirmanakaya, which manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings +
V
Vajra Vehicle, Vajrayana, vehicle of indestructible reality, the vajra vehicle [of Secret Mantra]
vajrayana, diamond vehicle, indestructible approach to the teaching, Indestructible Reality Way, Indestructible Way
Vajrayana. The 'vajra vehicle.' The practices of taking the result as the path. Same as 'Secret Mantra.' +
perverted view, wayward view, misconception, perverse, of the nature of a perverted view, reverse, perversion; perverted [view], misconception, reverse, in error, perversion, in the wrong direction. Skt. viparyasa, to go completely in the wrong direction / wayward view, misconception, perverse, of the nature of a perverted view, reverse, incorrect, deceptive, fallacious, perversity. +
result of separation from obscuration +
Y
Seven branches. The seven branch practice of prostrating to the Three Jewels, confessing negative actions, making offering, rejoicing in the virtue of others, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, beseeching to not pass into nirvana, and dedicating the merit to the enlightenment of all sentient beings +
a
All-ground consciousness, as one of the eight collections of cognitions; consciousness as ground of all (ordinary/ samsaric) experience. +
