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Information about these terms will be found under the listed Tibetan equivalents in the Tibetan glossary, which is in
English alphabetical order.
abhisheka: dbang
abhidharma: mngon chos
Abhirati: mngon par dga ba
absolute: don dam
accept and reject: blang 'dor
action: spyod
adding and taking away: 'du bral
affirmation and negation: dgag sgrub
affirmation: sgrub
Akanishta: 'og min
alaya: kun gzhi
alayavijñana: kun gzhi rnam par shes pa
all at once: cig char
all-pervading, all-encompassing: phyam gdal
all-sufficient: gcig chod
alpha-pure: ka dag
amrita: bdud rtsi
analysis: dpyod pa
antidotes: gnyen po
anu: a nu
appearance: snang ba
artificial: bcos
Aryan riches, 7,: 'phags pa nor bdun
as it is: rang babs, rang sar, rang mal
asura: lha min
ati: a ti: rdzogs pa chen po
authentic: yang dag
Avalokiteshvara: spyan ras gzigs
avaricious: rngom
Avici Hell: mnyal ba mnar med pa
awakened: sangs
awareness: shes pa
ayatanas, 12: skye mched bcu gnyis
bardo: bar do
bhagava-t-an: bcom ldan 'das
Bhrama: tshangs pa: Hindu creator god
bhramin bram ze
bhuta: byung po
bhuumi: sa
bias: ris
bindu: thig le
bodhicitta: byang chub sems
bodhisattva: byang chub sems dpa'
body speech and mind: honorific: sku, gsung, thugs; non-honorific: lus, ngag, sems
buddha activity: phrin las
buddha qualities: yon tan
Buddha qualities: sangs rgyas kyi yon tan
buddhadharmakaya: sangs rgyas chos kyi sku: = dharmakaya.
buddhahood: sangs rgyas
caste: rigs
cause and condition: rgyu rkyen
ceaseless: ma 'gags, 'gag med.
certain: nges
chakravaritin: a'khor lo bsgyur ba'i rgyal po
chandali: tsa nda li
characteristics: mtshan
charya yana: see theg pa dgu
chörten; mchod rten
cliff: gyang sa
clouds of offerings: mchod sprin
co-emergent: lhan cig skyes pa
coarse: rags
collection of oral instructions: man ngag sde
compassion: thugs rje
complexity: spros pa
concept: rtog pa
conceptions: dmigs pa
confusion: 'khrul pa
Conquerer: rgyal ba.
consciousness 5/6: rnam shes lnga/drug
contrived: bcos
coronation vase: spyi blugs
created: bcos
crystal: shel gong
dakini: mkha' 'gro
dedicating the merit: bsod nams bsngo
defilements: dri ma
deity: lha
detail: rim pa
developing stage: bskyed rim
dge a'dun: followers of the Buddha's teachings.
dharmakaya: chos sku
dharmata: chos nyid
dharmas: chos
dharmdhatu: chos dbyings
dharmin: chos can
dhatu: dbyings, khams
dhatu: khams
khams: realm, element.
dhatus, 18: khams bco brgyad
Dhupa: dhu pa: goddess of incense.
dhyana: bsam gtan
dhyanas, 4: bsam gtan bzhi
direct liberation: cer grol
discontinuity: rgyun chad
discriminating awareness wisdom: so so rtags pa'i ye shes
discriminating awareness: so so rang rig; so sor rtag pa
discursive thought: rnam rtog
display: bstan, bkod
disturbed: rnyog
doer of all: kun byed
dön: gdon
drowsiness and discursiveness wildness: bying rgod
eggshell: rgya
ego: bdag
eight consciousnesses: tshogs brgyad
eight examples of illusion: sgyu ma dpe brgyad
eight extremes: mtha' brgyad
eight kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal brgyad
eight ordinary siddhis: dngos grub thun mong brgyad
eighteen dhatus: khams bco brgyad
element: khams, rigs
eliminate or establish: dgag sgrub
eliminate: log
emanation: sprul pa
embodiment: 'du ba
empowerment: lung, dbang
emptiness with all the supreme aspects: rnam mchog kun ldan stong nyid
empty: stong pa
enlightenment: byang chub
ennailment: gzer bu
environment and inhabitants: snod bcud, rten dang brten pa
equality: mnyam nyid
equanimity: mnyam nyid
essence: ngo bo snying po
establish: sgrub
eternal: ye
eternalism: rtag lta
etherial: sang seng
even: phyal ba
examination: brtags pa
examine: brtags pa
examineation: dpyod pa
exhaustion: zad pa, rdzogs pa
exist: yod pa
experience: rang snang
experiences: nyams
extremes: mu mtha'
fabrication: bcos
false conception: kun btags
family: rigs
father tantra: pha rgyud
fine and coarse: rags phra
five aspects of sadhana: cho ga rnam pa lnga
five buddha activities: phrin las lnga
five buddhas: bcom ldan 'das lnga:
five certainties: nges pa lnga
five colors: kha dog lnga
five desirables: a'dod pa lnga
five elements: 'byung ba lnga
five eyes: spyan lnga
five families: rigs lnga
five kayas : sku lnga
five kinds of mind: thugs lnga
five kinds of speech: gsung lnga
five paths: lam lnga
five perfections: phun sum tshogs pa lnga
five qualities: yon tan lnga
five root kleshas/ poisons: rtsa ba'i nyon mongs lnga
five skandhas: phung po lnga
five wisdoms: ye shes lnga
Five buddha families: see five buddhas, five families.
fixation and grasping: gzung 'dzin
fixation, fixated object: gzung ba.
fixator, fixating subject: 'dzin
fixed: nges
flickering emanation etc: 'gyu ba
four extremes: mtha' bzhi
four fearlessnesses: see chapter 6.
four great terrors: a'jigs chen bzhi
four individual true apprehensions: meanings, words dharmas, powers.
four kayas : sku bzhi
four kinds of birth: skye ba bzhi
four legs of miracle: cho 'phrul rkang pa bzhi
four manners of birth: skye tshul bzhi
four maras: bdud bzhi
four mudras: phyag rgya bzhi
four noble truths: 'phags pa bden bzhi
four purities: see ch. 6
four seals: phyag rgya bzhi
four, the, propitiation and so on: bsnyen sgrub bzhi.
four times: dus bzhi
four ultimate realizations: rtogs pa bzhi
four yogas of atiof maha of mahamudra: rnal 'byor bzhi
four Bhrama viharas: tshangs pa'i gnas bzhi
four elements: khams/ 'byung ba bzhi
four immesurables: tshad med bzhi
freedom: grol ba
freedoms and favors, 18: dal 'byor bcu brgyad: Ch. 1.
fresh and relaxed: lhang nge lhan ne
from all eternity: ye
fruition: 'bras bu
fundamental luminosity = gting gsal
fundamental state: gzhi gnas not = shamatha
gandavyuuha: stugs po bkod pa
Gandha :Gandha: goddess of perfume.
gandharva: dri za
garbha: snying po
garuda: khyung
gather: 'du ba.
gelong: dge slong
genuine: yang dag
Gita: gi ta: goddess of song.
glorification exaggeration and deprecation: sgro 'dogs dangskur 'debs
good and evil: bzang ngan
gotra: rigs
grasper & grasped: gzung 'dzin
grasper/grasping subject: 'dzin pa
great full ocean: gang chen mtsho
great perfection: rdzogs pa chen po
ground: gzhi
groundless: gzhi med
guard samaya: dam tshig srung ba
guru: bla ma
heart-essence: snying po
higher perceptions: mngon shes
higher realms: mtho ris
highest yoga: shin tu rnal 'byor
hinayana: theg dman
hungry ghosts: yi dwags
ignorance: ma rig pa
Immense ocean: gang chen tsho: AKA rnam snang
incidental: glo bur
included: 'du ba, 'dril ba, 'ub chub
individual insight: so so rang rig
individuating characteristics: rang mtshan
Indra: brgya byin
insight: rig pa
instantly: skad gcig par, cig car
intellect: yid special cases
intellect-consciousness: yid kyi rnam shes
intention: dgongs pa
interdependent arising: rten 'brel 'byung ba
intrinsic-: rang-, rang bzhin gyis-
Ishvara: "the Lord,"a Hindu creator god.
jang: byang
jetsün: rje btsun
jinyépé yé shé: ji snyed pa'i ye shes
jitawè yé shé: ji lta ba'i ye shes
jñana: ye shes
jñanasattva: ye shes sems dpa'
kagyü: bka' brgyud
kalpa: bskal pa
kama: desire
karma: las
kaya: sku
kinnara: mi'am ci
klesha: nyon mongs
knowledge: shes pa
kriya: kri ya, bya rgyud
let loose: rang kha yan
liberation: grol ba
limit: rgya chad
limitless as the sky: mkha' mnyam
loka: sems can rigs drug
lokayata: rgyang phan
Longchenpa: klong chen rab 'byams pa
Longdé: klong sde
Lord of death: shin rje
lord: mgon pa, bdag po, mnga dbang, rje
lower realms: ngan 'gro
luminosity: 'od gsal
luminous appearances of what does not exist: med pa gsal snang.
luminous: 'od gsal
madhyamaka: dbu ma
mahamudra: phyag rgya chen po
mahasandhi: rdzogs pa chen po
mahasattva: sems dpa' chen po
mahasukha: bde ba chen
mahasukhakaya: bde ba chen po'i sku
Mahayana: theg chen
Maheshvara: dbang po chen po
maintain: skyong
Maitreya: byams pa
major and minor marks: mtshan dpe
major and minor marks of a buddha: mtshan dang dpe byad
mandala: dkyil 'khor
manifest: mngon gsum
Manjushri: a'jam dpal
mantra: sngags
mantrayana: sngags kyi theg pa
mara: bdud
marks: mtshan
measure: tshad
meditation: bsgom pa, mnyam bshag, bsam gtan
memory: dran pa
mental contents: sems las 'byung ba
middle: bar
mind: sems, yid
mind: itself-nature of sems nyid
mind-only: sems tsam
mindfulness dran pa
Mipham: mi pham
miracle: cho 'phrul
mix: 'dre ba.
mother tantra: ma rgyud
Mount Meru: ri rgyal rab
mudra: phyag rgya
Muni: thub pa
nada: na da
nadi: rtsa
nadis, three: rtsa gsum
naga: klu
natural freedom: rang yan
natural state: gnas lugs, rnal ma
natural state: gnas lugs tshul
natural: rang byung, rang bzhin gyis etc.
nature: rang bzhin, gzhis
negation: dgag
neither established nor cleared away: sgrub bsal med
net: rgya, dra ba
neutral: lung ma bstan
nihilism: chad lta
nine yanas: theg pa dgu
nirmanakaya: sprul sku
nirvana: mya ngan las 'das pa, zhi
noble ones: 'phags pa
non-dual: gnyis med
non-men: mi ma yin
non-obstruction: 'gags med: zang ka
non-thought: mi rtog pa
not adding and subtracting (taking away): 'du bral med
Nyingma: rnying ma
nyingthig: snying thig
object, kaya: yul sku: the object of enlightened perception is the kayas , having the essence emptiness and the nature of
luminosity.
object: yul
obscuration: sgrib
offering substance: rdzas
omniscience: kun mkhyen, thams cad mkhyen pa'i ye shes
one taste: ro gcig
one's own insight: rang gi rig pa
one's own seat: rang mal
opposite: ltos
oral instructions: man ngag:
ornament: rgyan
overturned: ru log
paramita: pha rol tu phyin pa
partiality: phyogs
particularizing characteristics: rang mtshan
pass the pass: la bzla ba
path of splendor of vivid rainbow colors: khra lam lam
path: lam
perceiver, wisdom: yul can ye shes
perception: dmigs pa
perfect: rdzogs
perfecting stage: rdzogs rim
perfecting yoga: yongs su rnal 'byor
phenomena: rnam pa
phenomenal world: snang srid
pith: gnad
play: rol
post-meditation: rjes thob
power: rtsal
powers of mind: dbang po
prajña: shes rab
Prajñaparamita in Eight Thousand Lines: yum bar ma
prajñaparamita: shes rab pha rol tu phyin pa
prana: rlung
prasangika: thal 'gyur pa
pratyekabuddha: rang rgyal
precipice: gyang sa
preta: yi dwags
primordial: gdod nas, thog nas
primordial: ye
projection: rang snang, kun btags, rang gzugs
pure appearance: dag snang
pure bhuumis: dag pa sa
purified: dag, sangs, sbyangs
Pushpa: pushpa godddess of flowers.
puja: mchod pa, cho ga
qualities: mtshan, mtshon
Ra hu: Demon, planet, or dark area responsible for eclipses.
rakshasas: srin po
real: don du, dgnos
realization: rtogs pa, dgongs pa
recognize: ngos bzung
reference point: gtad so
relative: kun rdzob
renunciation and realization: spangs rtogs.
resolve: gtan la 'bebs pa
rich display: 'byor ba'i bkod
rigdzin: rigs 'dzin: awareness holder.
royal treasures, 7: rin chen sna bdun
rupakaya: gzugs sku
samsara: 'khor ba: srid pa
sacred outlook: dag snang
sadhana: sgrub thabs, cho ga
Saha: This world called the realm of endurance.
sakyong: sa skyong: earth preotecting (king)
samadhi: ting nge 'dzin,
Samantabhadra i: kun tu bzang po mo
samapatti: snyoms 'jug
samaya: dam tshig
samayasattva: dam tshig sems dpa'
sambhogakaya: longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku
sampannakrama: rdzogs rim
Sangha: dge 'dun
Saraha: Sa ra ha
sattva: sems dp'a
sattva-yoga: sem dpa'i rnal 'byor
sautrantika: mdo sde pa
sealing: rgyas thebs: phyag rgya
self existing equanimity: lhun grub mnyam pa nyid
self-existing: lhun grub, rang gnas
self-insight: rang rig
self-liberation: rang grol
self-luminosity: rang gsal:
self-nature: rang ngo
separation of clearing away: dbye bsal
seven fold service: prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting to teach, asking the teacher to remain, dedicating
the merit.
Shakyamuni: sha kya'i thub pa
shamatha: gzhi gnas
shang shang: shang shang
Shastra: bstan bcos
shentong: gzhan stong
Shijé: shi byed
Shiva: drag po, dbang po
shloka: sho lo ka
shravaka: nyan thos
shuunyata: stong nyid
siddhi: dgnos grub
sign: rtags: tshad
simple: spros bral
simplicity: spros bral
single dot: nyag gcig
six higher perceptions: see mngon shes
six
realms: rigs drug
six perfections/ paramitas: Ch. 8 pha rol tu phyin pa
six perfections/ paramitas: pha rol tu phyin pa drug
six realms of beings: rigs drug
six senses: tshogs drug, dbang drug
skandhas: phung po
sky: nam mkha'
solid: dgnos
space of the dhatu: dbyings
space: dbyings, go, nam mkha', bar snang
Space: Spaciousness klong
spheres of activity: spyod yul
spheres of apprehension: spyod yul
spontaneous: lhun grub
stage: rim pa
straying: gol sa
Subhuti: rab 'byor
subject: yul can
substance: rdzas
subtle: phra ba
subtlest: shin tu phra ba
suchness: deji bzhin nyid
sugata: bde gshegs pa
sugatagarbha: bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po
support and supported: rten dang brten pa
Surya: the Hindu sun god.
sutra: mdo
svatantrika: rang rgyud
taking and leaving: btang bshag
taming: 'dul ba
tantra: rgyud
tathagata: de bzhin shegs pa
ten bhuumis: sa bcu
ten dharmic activities: chos spyod bcu
ten directions: phyogs bcu
ten masteries: see Ch 6. See ch. 6
ten natures: rang bzhin bcu
ten virtues: yon tan bcu
tenuous: sang seng
the 20 downfalls of bodhicitta: see Ch. 8.
the 4 hidden intentions: see Ch 8.
the 5 pranas: rlung lnga
the dhatu: khams: = dharmadhatu
the four abhishekas/ empowerments: dbang bzhi
the four jewels: dkon mchog bzhi
the nature: ngo bo
the ten unwholesome actions: yon ten bcu
the three kinds of alaya: kun gzhi rnam gsum
The four kinds of birth: skye ba bzhi
thing: dgnos po
things as they are: gnas lugs tshul
thirty seven factors of enlightenment: byang chub yan lag gsum bcu so gnyis
three gates: sgo gsum
three jewels: dkon mchog gsum
three kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal gsum
three mandalas: dkyil 'khor gsum
three natures: rang bzhin gsum
three poisons/kleshas: dug gsum
three purities: dag pa gsum
three samadhis: ting nge 'dzin gsum
three times: dus gsum
three worlds realms: srid gsum, khams gsum
Three levels: sa gsum
tirthika: mu stegs: Hindu, extremist.
tonglen: gtong len
total goodness: kun tu bzang po
training on the bhuumis: sa sbyang
transition or change: pho 'gyur
transmission: ngo sprod
transparent: zang thal
traversing treading the path: lam bgrod
treasury: mdzod
trikaya: sku gsum
true meaning: nges don
tummo: gtum mo
turbid: rnyog
turning the wheel of dharma: chos kyi 'khor lo 'khor.
twelve ayatanas: skye mched bcu gnyis
twelve divisions of the Buddha's sutra teachings: bstan pa'i dbye ba bcu gnyis
twelve links of interdependent origination: see ch. 8 rten a'brel
two accumulations: tshogs gnyis
two acumulations: tshogs gnyis: accumulation of merit and wisdom.
two bodhicittas: byang chub sems gnyi
two cessations: 'gogs pa gnyis
two kayas : sku gnyis: dharmakaya and rupakaya, chos sku and gzugs sku.
two sattvas: sems dpa' gnyis
two truths: bden gnyis
Two benefits: don gnyis
twofold purity: dag pa gnyis
ultimate point: 'gag bsdam
unborn: skye ba med
uncompounded: 'du ma byas
universal: rab 'byams
unmixed: ma 'dres
unobstructed: 'gag med, thogs med
upa/ charya: u pa, spyod rgyud
upaya: thabs
upayayoga: = upa
utpattikrama: bskyed rim
vaibha.shika: bye brag pa
vajra holder: rdo rje 'dzin pa
vajra master: rdo rje slob dpon
vajra: rdo rje
Vajradhara: rdo rje chang
vajradhatu: rdo rje dbyings
vajrakaya: rdo rje sku
Vajrapani: lag na rdo rje
Vajrasattva: rdo rje sems dpa'
vajrayana: rdo rje theg pa
vasana: bag chags
vase of coronation: spyi blugs
vast: yangs
vessel and essence: snod bcud
Victorious One: rgyal ba
vidya mantra: rigs snang
vidyadhara: rig 'dzin
vinaya: 'dul ba
vipashyana: lhag mthong
virtues: yon tan
Vishnu: khyab 'jug
vision: dgongs pa
visualize: bskyed
vividness: sal le ba
warrior abhi.sheka: dpa' bo dbang
We: = one. There are actually no we's in the text. This was a way VCTR dealt with passages without pronouns that require
some specific pronoun in English, following Longchenpa’s directions for the use of I and we in practice.
wisdom of appearance: snang ba'i ye shes
wisdom of equality: mnyam nyid ye shes
wisdom of manifestation: snang ba'i ye shes
wisdom of nature: ji lta ye shes
wisdom: ye shes
wish-fulfilling gem: yid bzhin nor bu
without support: rten med
without transition and change: pho 'gyur med.
yana: theg pa
yanas of cause and characteristics: rgyu mtshan theg pa
yé shé: ye shes
ye: primordial There is no creation or creator in Buddhism. The nature is beginningless and eternal, much as God is
described.
yidam: yi dam
yoga tantra: yo ga: rnal 'byor rgyud
yogachara: sems tsam, rnal 'byor spyod
yuga: age
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