vipashyana and
yana of
lying
madhyamaka
magic
in cutting kleshas
in mahayoga
samaya and
maha ati
use of term
See also atiyoga
Mahakala
Mahamaya
mahamudra
abhisheka
definition
devotion in
dzokchen and
five wisdoms and
formless meditation in
fruition
ground
higher yanas and
kriyayoga and
maha ati and
other yanas, relationship to
path (four yogas)
sacred outlook in
in Surmang lineage
three roots in
yanas of
yogayana and
youthful quality of
Mahamudra-tilaka (Mahamudra Drop Tantra)
mahasukha. See joy, great
mahasukha prince
mahayana
adhishthana in
discipline in
divinity in
guru, role of in
mahamudra and
means in
thoughts in
transmission in
two truths in
vajrayana and
See also bodhisattva path
mahayoga
eight logos of
mandala in
phenomenal world in
practices in
self-existence in
suitability for
visualization in
maitri. See loving kindness
Mamaki
mamos
mandalas
abhishekas and
in anuyoga
in atiyoga
awareness and
birth and death in
of the buddhas
guru
iconography of
inner
Kalachakra
in lower tantras
in mahayoga
nopika (group practice)
offering
outer
sand
secret
vajra
vajra master and
of vajradhatu
See also buddha-families, five
Manjushri
Manjushri-nama-sangiti (Chanting the Names of Manjushri)
mantra
in atiyoga
definition of
in kriyayoga
mandala principle and
in path mahamudra
silent
Vajrasattva
in visualization
wrathful
yeshe and
mantrayana
See also vajrayana
Mao Tse-tung
marks, three
Marpa
masculine principle
Mati Subhagini
Matram Rudra
meditation
Meditation in Action
men-ngag gi de
Mermelstein, Larry
Merton, Thomas
messages
Milarepa
mind
cognitive
conceptual
conditional
consciousness
dharmakaya and
fickleness of
of guru
in kriyayoga
luminosity of
mahayoga understanding of
as mandala
meeting ones own
nature of
protection
spaciousness of
vajra
See also gates, three; lo; sem
Mind-only (Skt.: yogachara)
Mipham Rinpoche
miracles
mögü
See also devotion
monasticism, Tibetan
mother principle
mother sentient beings
mother tantra
mudra
divine beings of
samaya of
Mukpo, Diana (nee Pybus)
mysticism
mystics, eight
nadi
Nagarjuna
Nairatmya
Nalanda University
Namgyal-tse monastery
Nangchen kingdom
Naropa
six yogas of
Naropa University
Nedo Kagyü
negation
neighs, three
neurosis
New Translation School
ngöndro
mandala offering
need for
prostrations
Vajrasattva mantra
See also guru yoga
Niguma
nine yanas
nirmanakaya
nirvana
nondual tantra
nonduality
nonmeditation
in anuyoga
in atiyoga
in mahamudra
nontheism
nonthought
nopika
nowness
nyam
Nyingma lineage
devotion in
dzokchen tradition of
terma tradition of
in Trungpa line
yanas of
obscurations
offerings
feast
fire
Old Translation School
See also Nyingma lineage
one-pointedness
one taste
coemergent wisdom and
going beyond
in mahamudra
of samsara and nirvana
oneness
openness
oral tradition
ordinary mind
coemergent wisdom and
mahamudra understanding of
as randomness
resting in
transmission of
oryoki
Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo. See Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Ösel Tendzin (Thomas Rich)
padma family
Padmasambhava
passion
compassion and
in mother tantra
role in tantra
vajra speech and
See also under anuyoga
passionlessness
paths, five
perception
direct
in guru yoga
in kriyayoga
mandalas as
in outer mandala
pure
(See also sacred outlook)
sambhogakaya and
vajra nature and
phurbas
poisons, three
positive circumstances, ten
postmeditation
continuity of
cutting thoughts in
joining practice with daily life
in kriyayoga
in mahayoga
mantra and
vipashyana and
poverty mentality
prajna
in anuyoga
lodrö and
as luminous emptiness
rikpa and
sacred outlook and
as seed of deity
vipashyana and
Prajnaparamita
prajnaparamita
Prajnaparamita Sutras
prana
pratyekabuddhayana
preliminary practices
See also ngöndro
pride
See also vajra pride
Profound Treasury
projections
ground of
lo, role of in
of outer mandala
as separate
speech and
prostrations
pure land tradition
purification
purity
inherent
in kriyayoga
physical
/> twofold
in upayoga
in yogayana
Rain of Wisdom, The
rainbow body
rangtong
ratna family
Ratnasambhava
reality
refuge
reincarnation
See also tülkus
relative truth
differences in yanas
as great joy
in mahamudra
purity of
in upayoga
vajrayana understanding of
in yogayana
See also truths, twofold
relaxation
reminders, four
renunciation
rikpa
Rikpa Rangshar Chenpö Gyü (Tantra of Great Self-Arising Awareness)
Rinchen Terdzö (Precious Treasury of Treasure Texts)
roots, three
royal imagery
Rudra
rudrahood
sacred outlook
aggression and
in atiyoga
environment of
five buddha-families and
flashing
hierarchy in
in mahamudra
outer world, transforming
samaya of
in secret mandala
sacredness
of body
definition of
fear and
in kriyayoga
reverence and
self-existing
of speech
violating
in yogayana
Sadhana of Mahamudra, The
sadhana practice
Sakya Pandita
Sakya tradition
Sakya Trizin
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
samadhi. See meditation
Samantabhadra
Samantabhadri
samaya
in abhisheka
breaking
as connection
functions of
inherent strength in
in kriyayoga
maintaining
in preliminary practices
in teaching
types of
in upayoga
vajra master and
yidam, role of in
samayasattva
in anuttarayoga
in empowerment
in kriyayoga
in lower tantra
See also under jnanasattva
sambhogakaya
sampannakrama. See formless meditation
samsara
in anuttarayoga
in mahamudra
in mahayoga
mandala principle and
secret
six realms of
torment of
undermining
understanding, importance of
in vajrayana
Samye monastery
secrecy
seed syllables (bija mantras)
self-existence
sem (Tib.; conceptual mind)
sem-de
sense perceptions
in anuttarayoga
in atiyoga
in lower tantra
in mahamudra
in outer mandala
sambhogakaya and
vajrayana view of
setting sun
sexual union
shamatha
dharmakaya and
mahamudra and
mandala offering as
ngöndro and
prostrations and
transmission and
in vajrayana
watcher in
shamatha-vipashyana
ground mahamudra in
in mahamudra, development
nonduality of
sacredness and
samaya, as foundation of
union of
in vajrayana
visualization and
Shambhala, kingdom of
Shambhala tradition
Shantarakshita
Shantideva
Shechen Gyaltsap
Shechen Monastery
shentong
shi-je tradition
shila (Skt., discipline)
Shingon
shravakayana
Shri Heruka
shunyata. See emptiness
siddhas
siddhis
simplicity
skandhas, five
skillful means (Skt.: upaya)
Smile at Fear
snake in tube analogy
“Song of Lodrö Thaye, The” (Jamgön Kongtrül)
Songtsen Gampo
space
in atiyoga
emptiness and
in fourth abhisheka
samaya and
tantric understanding of
three kayas and
See also dharmadhatu; vajradhatu; long-de
speech
in kriyayoga
sambhogakaya and
vajra
See also gates, three
spiritual friend
spiritual materialism
spiritual orgasm
See also cosmic orgasm
spontaneous action
spotlessness
See also purity
study
suffering
sugatagarbha
See also buddha nature
sugatas. See tathagathas
Supplication to the Takpo Kagyü
Surmang Dütsi Tel Monastery
Surmang Tendzin
surrender
in lower tantra
in preliminary practices
to teacher
in transmission
See also devotion
Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels, The
Suzuki Roshi
symbolism
eight auspicious symbols
of Kalachakra
in kriyayoga
in mahamudra
in mahayoga
projections as
of sexuality
in upayoga
in visualization
Tail of the Tiger. See Karmé Chöling
tantra
self-proclaiming
suitably for
two aspects of
yana systems of
See also vajrayana
Tantra of the Pearl Rosary (Longchenpa)
Taranatha
tathagatagarbha
See also buddha nature
tathagatas
te-kho-na-nyi (“that alone”)
teacher-student relationship
caution in
in empowerment
meeting of minds in
rudra in
samaya in
in secret mandala
See also devotion; samaya; transmission
Tenga Rinpoche
terma
theism
impermanence and
and nontheism, differentiated
sacredness and
and vajrayana, differentiated
thögal
thoughts
cessation of
cutting
first
in kriyayoga
prime
sacredness of
space before
Tibet
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