by Longchenpa
mistaken appearance of
of ordinary and awakened beings, distinctions in
primordial purity of
as primordial wisdom
resting in
in Secret Mantra refuge
unbounded impartiality and
nature of phenomena
deep insight and
in final turning
naturally present potential and
and nature of mind, nonduality of
purpose of understanding
sublime beings’ understanding of
in tenet systems
word empowerment and
Net of Precious Peaceful Deities
New Translation school
Ngok Lekpai Sherab
nihilism
Nīladaṇda
nine-vehicle system
nirmāṇakāya
deities in saṃbhogakāya
ground of in causal vehicle
three types
from unbounded joy
nirvāṇa
buddha-potential as basis of
emptiness of
equality of
qualities of
and saṃsāra, inseparability of
transcendent wisdom and
no more learning, path of
Nondual tantras (Atiyoga)
nonduality
accomplishment of
of appearance and emptiness
state of
training in
as unconditioned
nonvirtues, ten
abandoning
bodhisattvas and
of body, speech, mind
four effects of
no-self
no-thought
Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo
Nyingma tradition
Nyingthig (snying thig)
seventeen tantras of
transmission of
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
Nyoshul Lungtok
object of removal (bral bya)
objects, seven subsidiary precious
obscurations
bodhisattvas wish to cleanse
calm abiding and deep insight as antidote to
fear of subtle
four empowerments and
freedom from
meditating on teacher and
removal of, basis for
Ocean of Elegant Explanations
Ocean of Jewels Tantra
offerings
omniscience
one taste. See single taste
ordinary beings
buddha-element in, four images of
childish, as source of defects
downfalls of
impurity of
perception of buddha essence by
Ornament for the Wisdom of Mañjuśrī Sūtra
Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras. See Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
Padmasambhava. See Guru Padmasambhava
Pañcakrama (Nāgārjuna)
Pāṇḍaravāsinī
Parinirvāṇa-sūtra
path, truth of
paths
emptiness of
faulty
five (See also individual path)
refuge and
stages of
patience, transcendent
Patrul Rinpoche
Pema Ledreltsel
Pema Lingpa
Pemasel
perceptions
aggregate of
clinging to
of fortune disciples
mistaken views on
and sense objects, arising of
of six migrations
Perfect Accomplishment of Susitikara Tantra
perfection stage
calm abiding and
by class of tantra
culmination of
as Dharma of realization
gathering of wisdom and
and generation stage, indivisibility of
simple
twofold
perfections, six. See six transcendent virtues
permanence
extreme of
of kāyas, transcending
misconceptions regarding
of tathāgatagarbha
wrong views of
Phakmodrupa school
phenomena
clinging to
compounded
emptiness of
equality of
exhaustion of
incorrect apprehension of
Madhyamaka view of
and mind, dependent arising of
and mind, inseparability of
no-self of
See also nature of phenomena
phenomenal existence
pith-instruction class (man ngag gi sde)
pointing-out instructions
postmeditation
posture, seven-point
Praises of the Mind Vajra
Prajñāpāramitā in Eight Thousand
Lines
Prajñāpāramitā in Twenty Thousand Lines
Prajñāpāramitā-sūtra (abridged)
Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka school
pratyekabuddhas, vehicle of
buddha-element in, image of
emptiness, view of in
enlightenment of
four kinds of pratyekabuddhas in
nirmāṇakāyas of
perception of buddha essence in
refuge in
precepts. See also vows
Precious Net Tantra
Precious Treasure of the Supreme Vehicle
Precious Treasure of the Ultimate Expanse
preta realm
preternatural cognition
primal/primordial wisdom
of all beings
in all-illuminating concentration
appearance of
in Atiyoga, emphasis on
bodhichitta and
cause of
defilement transformed into
as dharmakāya
four stages of
human form and
and mind, relationship of
recognizing in postmeditation
resting in
as root of compassion
self-arisen
self-cognizing
in sleep state
of spiritual masters
as spontaneously present result
See also five primordial wisdoms
primordial state
Profound and Innermost Essence, The (Zabmo Yangtig)
proliferating consequence
prostrations
protection circle
provisional teachings
pure expanse of ultimate reality śubhadharmadhātu)
purity
of buddhas
of deities
of mind
primal/primordial
twofold
purity without beginning. See pure expanse of ultimate reality śubhadharmadhātu)
Question of Brahmaviśeṣacinti Sūtra
Question of Sagara Sūtra
Question of Susthitamatidevaputra Sūtra
Question of Ugra the Householder Sūtra
rainbow body
Ratna Lingpa
Ratnakūṭa-sūtra
Ratnamegha-sūtra
Ratnasambhava
Ratnāvalī (Nāgārjuna)
rebirth
buddha-potential in
in desire realm
of disciples, good and evil
in form and formless realms
in three realms
virtuous and nonvirtuous karma and
See also human birth; six migrations/realms
refuge
common (See causal refuge)
Dharma as only
length of time for
merits of
mistaken views on
relinquishing
in three vehicles, distinctions between
uncommon (See resultant refuge)
&n
bsp; result of removal
resultant refuge
resultant vehicle. See also Vajrayāna
results/fruits
of causal and resultant vehicles, compared
emptiness of
four types
from four unbounded attitudes
freedom from expecting
karmic
of refuge
saṃsāric
of six transcendent virtues
suffering as
tathāgatagarbha and
universal ground and
See also kāyas
retinues
Rog clan
Root Stanzas on the Middle Way (Nāgārjuna)
rūpakāya
as appearing aspect of tathāgatagarbha
in causal refuge
deep insight and
and dharmakāya, relationship between
unfolding of
Sacred Golden Light Sūtra
Sacred Primordial Wisdom Sūtra
Sadāprarudita
Sakya Paṇḍita
Sakya tradition
Samādhirāja-sūtra
samādhis, four
Samantabhadra
purity of
in single deity practices
time of
visualization of
Samantabhadrī
śamatha. See calm abiding (śamatha)
samaya pledge
samaya substances
samayasattva
Samayatārā
saṃbhogakāya
saṃsāra
clinging and
emptiness of
equality of
as failure to recognize awareness
karma and
mind as root of
reflecting on
sadness/revulsion toward
twelvefold cycle of
twofold adventitious veil and
universal ground of various habitual tendencies and
See also under nirvāṇa
Samyé
Saṅgha
Sangphu Neutog monastic university
Śāntarakṣita
Śāntideva. See Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Saraha. See Songs of Realization
Śāntarakṣita (Jñānagarbha)
Secret Mantra
capacity for
inner Saṅgha of
purification terms in
refuge in
spiritual masters in, attributes of
and sūtra path, as one
See also tantra, classes of; Vajrayāna
seed syllables
in Atiyoga meditation
in concentration on cause
in generation stage
in single deity generation stage
seeing, path of
self-clinging
sense consciousnesses, five
dependent arising of
and mental consciousness, relationship between
purity of
unfolding of
universal ground and
sense objects
arising of
cause of
equality of
habituation to
as mind
purity of
sense organs
sentient beings
arising of
multiple roles over lifetimes
three conditions of
See also ordinary beings
Seven Great Treasures
seven-branch prayer
sexual misconduct
Showing Gratitude Sūtra
sickness, suffering of
single nature
single taste
sinking and agitation
Śiva
six migrations/realms
six transcendent virtues
skillful means
compassion and
in Mahāyoga tantra
wisdom and
skull cups
sky, threefold
sleep, state of
Smith, Gene
solitude
Sonam Rinchen
Song of Action
Song of Realization of Kuddālīpāda
Songs of Realization (Saraha)
songs of realization (Skt. doha)
sources (āyatana, skye mched)
sovereignty, seven attributes of
space
in concentration of suchness
emptiness as like
in four absorptions
as inner sky
meditating on
mind and
primordial state and
tathāgatagarbha as like
space class (klong sde)
specifically characterized things (don rang mtshan pa)
speech
around spiritual masters
nonvirtuous
as secret mantra
of spiritual masters
spirit guardians
spirits, famished. See preta realm
spiritual masters
attending
bodhichitta and
in causal refuge
evil, qualities of
outer bearing of
qualities of
realization of, transferring
relying on
works of
śrāmaṇeras
śrāvakas, vehicle of
buddha-element in, image of
emptiness in
enlightenment of
four kinds of śrāvakas in
as nirmāṇakāyas
perception of buddha essence in
refuge in
Śrī Siṃha
Stage of the Path (Buddhaguhya)
Stages of Luminosity
stainless moon, concentration of
stains
beings that have
buddha-element and
purity from
separation from
ultimate ground of joining and
Sthiramati
substances, eight auspicious
suchness
Sudhana
suffering
arising of
bodhichitta and
of change
as figurative imputed nature
of others, inability to bear
three types
transcendent concentration and
sugatagarbha
Suhṛllekha (Nāgārjuna)
Sumeru
Summarized Wisdom Sūtra
sun
of bodhichitta
concealed by clouds
of Dharma
freed from clouds
setting
sūtra path. See causal vehicle Sūtrālaṃkāra. See Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
sūtras, twelve branches of
svābhāvikakāya
Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen
Takṣaka (nāga king)
tantra, classes of
Tārā
Tathāgata family. See also five enlightened families
tathāgatagarbha
emptiness of
images of
mistaken views on
perception of by type of beings
as present in all beings
purposes for teaching
third-turning view of
See also buddha-element; Buddha-potential (rigs)
Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra
Teachers, five nirmāṇakāya
ten grounds
Ten Wheels of Kṣitigarbha Sūtra
tenet systems
terma (gter ma). See Dharma treasures (terma)
Tharpa Ling
thödrol (thos grol)
thögal (thod rgal)
Three Jewels
three natures
actual nature
dependent nature
imputed nature
three poisons
three spheres
Tibet, political instability in
Ti
betan Book of the Dead. See Bardo Thödrol
Tibetan Buddhism
time
Torment Unsurpassed
torture
Tragmar Gekong
transitory collection. See also aggregates, five
Treasure Inexhaustible, a Song of
Instruction
Treasury of Precious Qualities (Jigme Lingpa)
trekchö (khregs chod)
Trilogy of Natural Freedom
Trilogy of Rest (Ngal gso skor gsum)
contents of
methodology of
Trilogy on the Dispelling of Darkness
Triṃśikā-kārikā (Vasubandhu)
Triple Gem. See Three Jewels
Trisong Detsen
truths, two. See also ultimate truth
Tsongkhapa
Tulku Thondup
twofold goal/aim
ultimate expanse
deities in
mind and mental factors subsiding in
perception of
as possessed by all beings
primal wisdom and
as ultimate ground of joining
ultimate mode of being
ultimate reality
as changeless actual nature
in concentration of suchness
equality in
in meditation
qualities of
realization of
in sleep state
as space-like
ultimate truth
universal ground (kun gzhi)
balanced consciousness of
karma and
names of
purity of
subsiding of
in three realms
ultimate, of joining (sbyor ba don gyi kun gzhi)
of various habitual tendencies (bag changs sna tshogs pa’i kun gzhi)
universe, destruction of
Unsurpassed tantra. See Highest Yoga tantra (Anuttara)
upāsakas
Uttaratantra-śāstra (Maitreya-Asaṅga)
on buddha essence in all being
on buddha-element, benefits of
awakening
on buddha-element, four qualities
of
on buddha-element as Tathāgata
on buddhahood
on buddha-potential and triple
kāya
on Dharma
on emptiness
on luminous nature of mind
on mind, improper use and nature of
nine images of tathāgatagarbha in defilement
nine impurities in
on perfect truth
on purpose of teaching buddha essence
on refuge
on tathāgatagarbha as undefiled
on three conditions of beings
on Three Jewels as “Rare and Supreme Ones,”
Vaibhāṣika school
Vairocana
Vairotsana
vajra family. See also five enlightened families
vajra masters. See also spiritual masters
Vajradhara
vajrakāya
Vajramāmakī
Vajrayāna. See also Secret Mantra
Vasubandhu. See also Abhidharmakośa
veil, twofold
four empowerments and
purifying
resultant vehicle view of
saṃsāra and
two accumulations and
Vemacitra
vidyādharas, four types
view
establishing, importance of
of Great Perfection
wrong
Vijaya
Vima Nyingthig
classification of
concealment of