Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind
Page 32
investigating
of ordinary beings
purified in ground
of self-clinging
in sleep state
within sugatagarbha
See also ignorance
Densely Arrayed buddhafield
dependent nature (paratantra, gzhan dbang)
Madhyamaka views of
mistaken views on
designations, emptiness of
desire
arising of
five objects of
freedom from
images of impurity of
magnetizing action and
meditation and
purifying
suffering from
tathāgatagarbha and
transcendent concentration and
virtuous
desire realm
coarse body and
gods of
images of impurity of
rebirth in
sleeping, waking, dreaming in
sufferings of
universal ground in
developed potential (bsgrub pa’i rigs)
devotion
dhāraṇī
Dharma
gift of
hearing, meaningfulness of
Mahāyāna view of
and mind, dependent arising of
qualities of sublime practitioners
of transmission and realization
See also refuge
Dharma treasures (terma)
dharmadhātu
as buddha-element
consciousness and
earnest search for
expanse and wisdom in
as nature of mind
as purified universal ground
remaining within
in sleep state
wisdom of
dharmakāya
as buddha nature
calm abiding and
as changeless actual nature
as emptiness aspect of tathāgatagarbha
in meditation
as resultant refuge
and rūpakāya, relationship between
as spontaneously present result
two deities of
from unbounded compassion
as unconditioned
universal ground and
Dharmakīrti
Dharmarāja
dharmatā
Dhruvasiṃha
diligence
cultivating
of disciples
on first three paths
transcendent
Discerning the Middle and the Extremes. See Madhyāntavighāga (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
discernment (dpyod pa)
in deep insight
gross and subtle
lack of
mental factor of
on path of seeing
disciples
discipline, transcendent
Do Khyentse
downfalls
dreams
appearance as
arising of
consciousness in
as figurative imputed nature
Madhyamaka view of
refuge in
universal ground in
virtuous conduct in
Drikung Kunrin (Kunga Rinchen)
Drom clan
Dromtön Gyalwai Jungne
Dzogchen (rdzogs chen). See Great Perfection
egg birth
ego-clinging. See self-clinging
eight “ling temples,”
Eightfold Noble Path, elements (dhātu, khams)
embryos
empowerments, four
emptiness
and appearance, indivisibility of
clinging to
compassion and
as definitive or expedient, views on
at enlightenment
equality in
and illusion, union of
and love, united
and luminosity, union of
of mental imputations
of mind
mistaken views of
practices related to
relaxing in, at end of meditation
space-like
types of
empty forms
enlightened actions/deeds
enlightened qualities
enlightenment
bodhichitta as cause of
of bodhisattvas, length of time
needed to attain
human form and
from outset
in single lifetime
stainless
three levels of
as unconditioned
universal ground as support, examination of
See also buddhahood
equal taste. See also single taste
equality
of beings
in concentration
of phenomena
resting in
state of
wisdom of
Essence of Enlightenment Sūtra
essence-drop
eternalists
evenness
all-embracing
expanse of
in meditation
of mind
state of
evil beings, forsaking
Excellent Accomplishment Tantra
Exhaustion of the Four Elements Tantra
Expanded Primordial Wisdom Tantra
expository vehicle of causality
extremes
four
two
faith
Father Tantras
fear
absence of, spiritual masters and
in aging
in animal realm
beings of great scope, felt by
of death
desire-realm gods, felt by
freedom from
mind as source of
refuge and
See also hope and fear
feast, sacred
female buddhas, five. See also five enlightened families
Field of Dense Array of Luminosity
Finding Rest in Illusion (sGyu ma ngal gso)
Finding Rest in Meditation (bSam gtan ngal gso)
Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind (Sems nyid ngal gso)
aspiration and dedication
contents of
structure of
title, Longchenpa’s exegesis of
five enlightened families
in concentration on cause
in refuge of four tantras
seed syllables of
five primordial wisdoms
forest groves, as places of practice
form realm. See also samādhis, four
formless realm. See also under absorptions
four divine abidings
Four Parts of Nyingthig (Nyingthig Yabzhi)
four truths
four unbounded attitudes
fields for
four results of
importance of
intentional bodhichitta and
practice instructions for
relationship between
friends
fundamental mode of being (gnas lugs kyi don). See also ultimate mode of being
fundamental nature. See also nature of phenomena
Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra
Gangri Thökar
generation stage
by class of tantra
deep insight and
as Dharma of realization
dissolution of
fourfold
gathering of wisdom and
and meditation upon guru, respective benefits of
and perfection stage, indivisibility of
on single deity
on spiritual masters
generosity, transcendent
Ghanavyūha-sūtra
god realms
goddesses
great bliss
Great Chariot, The
Great Exposition of the Generati
on and Perfection Stages
Great Perfection
distinctions of
language of
Longchenpa’s role in
Nyingthig teachings in
three classes of
See also Natural Great Perfection
Great Vehicle. See Mahāyāna
Great Yoga tantra (Mahāyoga)
ground
as buddha-potential
Dharma of realization and
luminosity of
and nature of mind, mingling of
self-arisen
self-emptiness of
guardians, eight father-mother
Guhyagarbha Tantra
on buddhahood
on nature of phenomena
on single deity meditation
on straying from sugatagarbha
on tathāgatagarbha
Guide and Guardian. See Buddha
Guru Padmasambhava
Gyalse Lekpa Gyaltsen
habitual tendencies
appearance and
as basis of saṃsāra
of dependent nature
in dreams
of duality
Madhyamaka view of
of primal wisdom, increasing
in saṃsāra’s arising
in universal ground
hagiography
happiness
arising of
Dharma as source of
as figurative imputed nature
virtue as cause of
wishing for all beings
hatred
Heart Essence. See Nyingthig (snying thig)
Heart Essence of the Ḍākinī. See Khandro Nyingthig
Heart Sūtra
hell realms
Heruka Galpo Tantra
herukas, five
Hevajra Tantra in Two Sections
Highest Yoga Tantra (Anuttara)
Hīnayāna
historical methods, modern
homage
hope and fear
householders, vows of
human birth
causes of
freedoms and advantages of
three kinds
human realm
Hūṃkāra
Icchantikas
ignorance
arising of
images of impurity of
karma and
as root of saṃsāra
tathāgatagarbha in
two kinds
universal ground of various habitual tendencies and
See also coemergent ignorance
illness, visualization to purge
illusion
of apprehended and apprehender
body as
clinging to
emptiness and
ignorance and
phenomenal existence as
in postmeditation, regarding appearance as
recognizing through meditation
See also appearance, hallucinatory
Immaculate Wisdom of Mañjuśrī Sūtra
impartiality, unbounded
impermanence
of buddha nature, refutation of
contemplating
four season, knowledge of by observing
of saṃsāra
imputed nature
Indra
Innermost Essence of the Ḍākinī, The (Khandro Yangtig)
Innermost Essence of the Master, The (Lama Yangtig)
intellect (yid). See also mental consciousness
intentional bodhichitta
interdependence
intermediate state
Introduction to the Middle Way. See Madhyamakāvatāra (Candrakīrti)
jewel family. See also five
enlightened families
Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Phuntsok
Jñānagarbha. See Satyadvayavibhaṅga
jñānasattva
joining, path of
joy
in calm abiding and deep insight, union of
in Dharma practice
in diligence
in meditative concentration
sympathetic
unbounded
Jvālamukha
Kadampa tradition
Kagyu school
kalpa, measurements of
Kangyur Rinpoche
karma
accumulation of
arising of
bodhichitta and
death and
debt of
four effects of
freedom from
mind and
nonvirtue of disbelieving
stream of
transcending
white and black
See also actions
Kāśyapa Chapter
kāyas
relationship between
as spontaneously present result
three of inner luminosity
triple
twofold
See also individual kāya
Khandro Nyingthig
King of Marvels Tantra
Koden Khan
Kriyatantra. See Action tantra (Kriya)
Kublai Khan
Kumaradza (Zhönnu Gyalpo)
Kunga Özer
Kyipala (wife)
lamrim (stages of the path). See also under paths
Lang Darma
Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra
Larung Gar
laziness, three kinds
learning, path of
liberation. See also enlightenment
life-supporting channel
Light of Primal Wisdom Tantra
lights, five
Longchen Rabjam
Bhutan, escape to
birth and early education of
death of
Dri med ’od zer, translation of
on his own realization
importance of
inspirational power of
Kumaradza and
marriage of
Nyingthig, receipt of
at Sangphu
scholarship and accomplishments of
traditional biographies of
works of
Lopön Tsensung (father)
lotus family. See also five enlightened families
love
patience and
of spiritual masters
unbounded
luminosity
at death
and emptiness, union of
four levels of
of mind
practices related to
remaining in
resting in
in sleep state
space-like
Madhyamaka
Madhyamakāvatāra (Candrakīrti)
Madhyāntavibhāga (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
magic
Magical Display Sūtra
mahāmudrā
Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra
Mahāyāna
Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
maṇḍalas
in nondual Atiyoga meditation
as present in body
single
spontaneous, experiencing
upper and lower
Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti
mantras
Mantrayāna/mantra path. See Secret Mantra
master-disciple relationship
Mastery of Others’ Emanations (heaven)
Māyājāla Tantra
meditation
cause and result of, establishing
evenness in
on four unbounded attitudes
for highest scope practitioners
for lowest scope practitioners
for moderate scope practitioners
and nonmeditation, mingling of
sphere of
on spiritual masters
See also calm abiding (śamatha); concentration; deep insight (vipaśyanā); generation stage; perfection stage
meditation, path of
meditative equipoise
Melong Dorje
memory
mental consciousness
dependent nature of
inactive
and mental phenomena, distinguished
in sleep state
universal ground and
See also intellect (yid)
mental factors. See mind and mental factors
merit, gathering of. See also accumulations, two
Meru. See Sumeru
metaphors
beggar finding treasure
blind men
boat of freedoms and advantages
child
for conduct and result
elephants, majestic
face appearing in mirror
fire burning wood
flame dependent on wick
flame in a gale
hairs floating before impaired eyes
horns of rabbit
for impurities, nine
jewel in brow of giant
madman drunk on beer
for meditation and view
mirages
mirrors and looking glasses
for nature of mind
for outward appearances
prince who loses realm
silk as vast as universe
son of barren woman
for spiritual masters
for sufferings of saṃsāra
for tathāgatagarbha
turtle in ocean
wish-fulfilling gem
See also moon; sun
Middle-Length Prajñāpāramitā
middle way
mind
agitation of
appearance and
and appearing objects, divergent views on
at complete peace
control of
and dependent nature, divergent views on
of desire realm
and Dharma, dependent arising of
examining
ground and root of
inconceivability of
intellect and
at moment of universal ground
as nature of deity
and object of refuge, indivisibility of
perceiving
and phenomena, inseparability of
purity of
as root of phenomena
of spiritual masters
stillness of
strength of
taming, importance of
two senses of
unchanging ultimate nature of
See also nature of mind
mind and mental factors
arising of
enlightenment and
objects and
relationship between
subsiding of
mind class (sems sde)
Mipham Rinpoche
miraculous birth
miraculous powers
mirage-like concentration
mirrorlike wisdom
momentariness
moon
luminosity of
phases of
reflected in water
that soothes torment
Mother tantras
Munis, six
Nāgārjuna. See also Pañcakrama; Ratnāvalī; Root Stanzas on the Middle Way; Suhṛllekha
nāgas
name aggregates, four
names
namthar
Natural Great Perfection
naturally present potential (rang bzhin gnas rigs)
nature of mind
buddhahood and
in Great Perfection, importance of
and ground, mingling of
introduction to
like space
luminosity of
in meditation