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INDEX
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Abhidharmakośa (Vasubandhu)
abhisaṃbodhikāya
abridged Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra
absorptions
four formless
nine
accomplishment
in four tantras
indications of
of nonduality
of spiritual masters
of Three Jewels
vajra masters as root of
Accomplishment of Primordial Wisdom Tantra
accumulation, path of
accumulations, two
active bodhichitta and
calm abiding and deep insight in
in four empowerments
in Great Vehicle, role of
joining of
perfecting
refuge and
twofold kāya and
and universal ground of various habitual tendencies
unmistaken actual nature and
Acintyaprabhāsa
Action tantra (Kriya)
action/karma family. See also five enlightened families
actions
examining existence of
four black and four white
freedom from
habitual tendencies and
mind and
shadow of
universal ground and
See also karma; nonvirtues, ten; virtue
active bodhichitta
activities, four
actual nature (pariniṣpanna, yongs grub)
changeless
unmistaken
aggregates, five
dependence of
emptiness of
as figurative imputed nature
purity of
as single maṇḍala
as source of defilements
suffering of
as transitory collection
Akaniṣṭha
Ākāśadhātvīśvarī
Akṣobhya
all-accomplishing wisdom
All-Creating King Tantra, The
all-discerning wisdom
all-illuminating concentration
All-Illuminating Sphere Tantra
Amitābha
Amoghasiddhi
anger. See also aversion
animal realm
antidotes
developed potential as
generation and perfections stages as
lack of need for
Mahāyāna view of
path of two accumulations as
self-cognizing primal wisdom as
union of calm abiding and deep insight as
Anuyoga
appearance
clinging to
and emptiness, union of
hallucinatory
Madhyamaka view of
mere perceived
mind and
/>
not identifying
purifying
transcendent wisdom and
ultimate nature, partaking of
apprehender and apprehended
absence of
arising of
cognitions of, respective
divergent views on
folly of
framework of
as habit
ignorance as root of
sense objects and
upon waking from sleep
arhatship
Asaṅga. See also
Bodhisattvabhūmi-śāstra; Commentary to the Uttaratantraśāstra; Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra
asura (demigod) realm
Atiśa
attachment
arising of
of desire realm
destroying others’
exhaustion from
four unbounded attitudes as antidote
freedom from
purifying
aversion
arising of
delusion of
freedom from, wishing for others
root of
tathāgatagarbha and
See also anger
awareness
arising and subsiding in
free from bias
free from partiality
intrinsic
meditation on
primordially unconditioned
pure state of (rigpa)
in sleep state
in three classes of Great Perfection
āyatanas. See sources (āyatana, skye mched)
Bardo Thödrol
being and nonbeing, transcending
bhikṣus
Bhutan
birth
four ways of taking
suffering of
Black Line Hell
blessings
bliss
of bodhichitta
from buddha-element
of buddhahood
of form and formless realms
from four unbounded attitudes
meditative
spiritual masters as source of
transcendent
See also great bliss
bodhichitta
benefits of
engendering, practice instructions for
training in
twofold
Bodhisattvabhūmi-śāstra (Asaṅga)
bodhisattvas
buddha nature, realization of
countless
desire to benefit beings of
eight male and eight female
enlightenment of
as nirmāṇakāyas
nonvirtue for others’ benefit of
as outer Saṅgha
purity and impurity of
three kinds
body
arising of
as basis of delusion
control of
generosity of
impermanence of
as maṇḍala of deity
offering
purity of
transcendent concentration and
bondage and freedom, transcending
Brahmā
Brahmā realms
breath
Buddha. See also refuge
buddha nature. See tathāgatagarbha
Buddha Śākyamuni
buddha-element (khams)/essence (snying po)
as buddhafield
in defilement, nine similes for
as ground for removal
images, inadequacy of
purifying
qualities of
in third turning
and universal ground of various habitual tendencies
See also buddha-potential (rigs)
buddhafields
Buddhaguhya. See Stage of the Path (Buddhaguhya)
buddhahood
aspiration for
buddha-element as
distinctive qualities of
grounds and paths in attaining
level of
as liberation from mind and mental factors
major and minor marks of
as nature of mind
refuge and
of spiritual masters
time for attaining
two gatherings and
See also enlightenment
Buddhalocanā
buddha-potential (rigs)
of all beings
benefits of awakened
failing to recognize
signs of awakening
twofold (See developed potential (bsgrub pa’i rigs); naturally present
potential (rang bzhin gnas rigs))
ultimate reality as
universal ground and
buddhas
in buddhafields
enlightenment of
five male and five female (See also five enlightened families)
nondual perception of
powers of (make sure this is right)
purity of
spiritual masters as
three bodies of inner luminosity and
two wisdoms of
Buddhism, schools of
calm abiding (śamatha)
defilement and
in formless realms
four means of focusing mind in
instructions for
obscuring factors of
without deep insight
See also under deep insight (vipaśyanā)
Cārvākas
caste
causal agent of removal
causal process
causal refuge
causal vehicle
cause, concentration on
cessation
absorption of
analytical and nonanalytical
of consciousnesses
of mind
of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas
Chandrakirti. See Introduction to the Middle Way
channel of supremely unchanging luminosity
channels
charnel grounds
Chetsun Senge Wangchuck
Chögyal Phakpa
cities, three
Cittamātra
False Aspectarian school
True Aspectarian school
clairvoyance
clarity
Classification of Wandering Beings Sūtra
cleanliness, ritual
clear appearance
clear light
clinging
cutting at root
to Dharma
to generation and perfections stages
to “I” and “mine,”
investigating
lack of
in production of saṃsāra
to self and phenomena
three concentrations and
transcending
See also self-clinging
coemergent ignorance
cognition
of apprehended and apprehender
of aspects
detecting
nature of mind and
as refined wind of central channel
universal ground and
See also preternatural cognition
cold hells, eight
Collected Songs of Realization
Commentary to the Sūtrālaṃkāra (Sthiramati)
Commentary to the Uttaratantra-śāstra (Asaṅga)
on buddha nature, realization of
on buddha-potential in all beings
on emptiness of tathāgatagarbha
on manifest enlightenment
on purity and defilement
on refuge
on tathāgatagarbha in all beings
on ultimate expanse
compassion
in all-illuminating concentration
arising from emptiness
bodhichitta and
of buddhas and bodhisattvas
in causal and resultant refuge
in causal and resultant vehicles
at enlightenment
from meditation
patience and
potential of
as result
as sign of buddha-potential
of skillful means
of spiritual masters
unbounded
of virtuous disciples
Compendium Tantra of Precious Secret Wisdom
Complete Revelation of the Essence Sūtra
concentration
aspect of method
aspect of person
attaining
of buddhas
countless
as Dharma of realization
in itself
of spiritual masters
three types
transcendent
vajra-like
See also absorptions
conceptual elaboration
conditioning effect/result
conditioning factors
conduct
nonvirtuous
right
sphere of
of spiritual masters
view and
Conduct Tantra (Upa/Caryā)
confession
consciousness (rnam par shes pa)
as cognition of aspects
as momentary
seven types
six types
consciousness of universal ground (kun gzhi’i rnam shes)
karma and
mind as
purity of
in sleep state
unfolding of
and universal ground, distinctions between
consciousnesses, eight
as basis of saṃsāra
as object of removal
relationship between
in sleep state
consequences
active, resembling cause
passive, resembling cause
Danglung Thramo
Dangma Lhungyal
death
dedication of virtue/merit
deep insight (vipaśyanā)
and calm abiding, union of
instructions for
obscuring factors of
for uprooting defilement
without calm abiding
defiled mental consciousness (nyon yid)
defilements
bodhichitta and
body and
confessing
dependence of
habituation to
meditation and
sources of
spiritual masters and
tathāgatagarbha as dwelling in
tathāgatagarbha as free from
through friends, evil and virtuous
transforming
universal ground and
wisdom and
See also veil, twofold
definitive meaning
deities
of blessings
of buddhafields
in concentration on cause
in outer and inner tantra, distinctions between
peaceful and wrathful
purity of
delusion
appearance and
arising of
clinging and
cutting through