ak-tsang 
hay-rap-rin-chen, 63Ornament to the Subduer’s Thought (munimatālaṃkāra), 141
Niṣhpannayogāvalī, 487
abhidharmakosha
See: Vasubandhu, Treasury of Knowledge
abhiṣheka
See: empowerment; initiation
absorption
entering into, 82, 120–21, 265
formless absorptions, 45
generating from the seed of absorption, 368, 418
action faculties
and their activities, 71–74, 115–117, 318, 485, 491, 506
generated as deities, 318, 325, 491
purifying activities of, 124, 318–20
activities
authorization to perform, 279
as empty of inherent existence, 190, 400
student’s, 105
adopting and discarding, 14, 171
afflictive emotions, 40, 42, 45–46, 170, 172, 188, 196, 230, 488
and lineage, 249
and root infractions, 359
tantrists not dominated by, 31, 33
transmutation of, 126–27
aggregates
ascertaining not one/not different, 54–57
and five Buddhas, 111, 229, 271, 280–87
mental and physical aggregates, 54, 72–73, 106, 108, 281, 412, 429, 362
pristine consciousness aggregate, 117, 506
purifying and cleansing in initiation, 110, 117–118, 123, 229, 262, 271, 280, 368, 418
of a yogi, 362
Akṣhobhya
and aggregates, 280–87
and associations, 110–117
fused with Kālachakra, 82, 86, 103, 271
in mandala, 111
and seal impressions, 269, 300, 310, 320
student turning into, 103, 237
Alaṃkakalasha, 32
alcohol, 231
altruistic intention to become enlightened, 20, 43, 170, 225, 228, 387–90, 411, 426
as conventional mind of enlightenment, 96, 102
and emptiness, 48, 175, 202, 209, 215, 375
aspirational altruistic intention, 177, 234, 362, 429
practical altruistic intention, 429
Amarāvati, 59
Amitābha
and Amitāyus, 503
and associations, 110–16
and name initiation, 124
and seal impressions, 111, 269, 282, 310, 320
student turning into, 238–39, 503
Amoghasiddhi, 103
and associations, 110–16
in mandala, 78, 84–85, 250, 269
and name initiation, 124
and seal impressions, 282, 310, 320
student turning into, 237–38
Aniruddha (twenty–first Kulika), 358
Āryadesha, 60
Āryadeva, 496
Ashvaghoṣha
Fifty Stanzas on Guru Devotion (gurupañchāsika), 242, 393, 394, 398, 414, 430, 503
See also: Kālachakra, cosmology
bardo
See: intermediate state
beer, 83, 231, 292, 412–13, 429
Bhadrabodhi, 61
Bhairava
See: Vajrabhairava
Bhāvaviveka, 495
bliss
great, 129
See also: consciousness, bliss; mandala, great bliss mandala; mind, pristine mind
Blue Annals (deb ther sngon po), 60–61, 482
bodhicharyāvatāra
See: Shāntideva, Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds
bodhichitta
See: altruistic intention to become enlightened
Bodhisattva
grounds (bhūmi), 125
See also: vows, Bodhisattva vows
body
base of the spine, 120–21
mental body, 180
Pristine Consciousness Body, 399
subtle body, speech, and mind, 181–82
See also: channel; drops; mandala, body; Three Bodies of a Buddha; winds
Bu-dön Rin-chen-drup, 211
Commentarial Explanation, The Easily Understandable Annotations to Kulika Puṇḍarīka’s “Stainless Light”, 408, 501–502
Extensive Explanation of Ānandagarbha’s “Rite of the Vajradhātu Mandala”, 485
Buddha
See also: Akṣhobhya; Amitābha; Amoghasiddhi; Shākyamuni Buddha; Ones Gone Thus; One Gone to Bliss; Vairochana
Buddhapālita, 496
calm abiding and special insight, 19, 37, 45, 162
cessation
of coarse winds and minds, 182
Chakrasaṃvara
See: Tantra, Chakrasaṃvara Tantra
Supplement to (Nāgārjuna’s) “Treatise on the Middle Way”, 57, 477, 479
channel (nāḍī), 118, 125, 182, 254, 297, 298, 399
channel wheels, 367
central channel, 113, 166, 212–15, 299–304, 367–72, 417–20, 422
left and right channels, 71, 73, 113, 212–15, 299–304, 367, 417–20, 506
Chilupā, 60–61
Christianity, 376
See: mind, of clear light
compassion (karuṇā)
definition, 389
exercises in, 102–103
love and, 93
and wisdom, 103–104
compassionately motivated wisdom consciousness, 58, 70
compositional factors
See: aggregates
concentration
and formless absorptions, 45
See also: perfections
conduct
assuming a special ethical mode of conduct, 360
twenty five modes of conduct, 231–32, 412, 501
consciousness
compassionately motivated wisdom consciousness, 58, 70
bliss [wisdom] consciousness, 95–97, 109, 123, 128, 129, 271
omniscient consciousness, 180–81
pristine consciousness, 73, 91, 117–118, 121–22, 506
subtle level of consciousness, 36, 163, 179–82
See also: exalted wisdom; mind; emptiness, realizing; mandala, consciousness
ak-tsang hay-rap-rin-chen, 63
Dalai Lama, Fourteenth brief biography of, 146–55
Dalai Lama, Seventh
Means of Achievement, 137, 381–82, 396, 401, 437, 486, 503
Self–Generation of Kālachakra, 396
defeat
See: infraction
defilement
adventitious defilements, 165, 179
See also: purification
deity, 69, 75, 208, 209, 227, 506
as seal impressions, 107, 111–17
designated in dependence upon pure mind and body, 70–71, 101
father and mother, 270, 300–304
generating action faculties as, 318, 325
initiation, 107, 270, 278, 283, 286, 294, 297, 402
Kālachakra
See: Kālachakra, deity
lama who is not different from the principal deity, 92–97, 106, 174–78, 217, 246, 265, 270, 289–90, 294, 305–307, 311, 384
tutelary, 144
Vajra Body Deity, 265
Vajra Speech Deity, 289
wrathful, 87, 91, 115, 125, 237–39, 246, 270, 284, 294, 301, 312, 318, 321–25
yourself (student) as, 71–72, 118, 174, 219–22
Deity Yoga, 8, 27–38, 58, 70, 96, 126, 129, 162, 478
desire
defilement of, 16, 18, 21, 23, 35, 103, 197, 397
desire in the path, 34–36, 266
fire of great desire, 266, 283, 290, 300, 307
goddesses of, 91
Desire Realm, 44, 113, 119, 228, 266, 277, 315, 316
deva
See: deity
Dharmadhātuvajra, 90, 114–15, 309–10
Dharmakīrti
Commentary on (Dignāga’s) Compendium, 15–16, 171
dharmakāya
See: Three Bodies of a Buddha, Truth Body
divine pride, 70–71
dreams, 92, 100, 120, 133, 168, 192, 201–203, 207–208
of great bliss, 368
melting into, 106, 265, 289, 306
zong-ka-
a
Basis of Good Qualities, 400
in Kālachakra transmission lineage, 62
Kay-drup and, 139–45
effort
See: perfections
Eliade, Mircea, 487
empowerment (abhiṣheka)
etymology of, 66–67
emptiness
aspected and unaspected, 211–212
dissolving into, 264
and deity yoga, 36–7
(absence / emptiness) of inherent existence, 17–22, 25, 30, 39, 58, 93, 95, 99, 101–102, 108–109, 119–20, 165, 175, 215, 222, 245, 271, 274, 277, 324, 362, 490
infractions concerning, 362, 411
meditation on, 393
realizing, 21, 35, 66, 70, 80, 108–109, 129, 95–96, 228, 393
subtle emptiness, 25
and yoga, meaning of, 254
essential constituent / fluid
See: semen
ethics
See: perfections
exalted wisdom
at the secret region, 187
of undifferentiable bliss and emptiness, 96, 108, 123, 169, 175–76, 243, 245, 271, 277, 384
infractions involving, 362–63
as meaning of bliss, 504
perfection of, 112
See also: Vajrasattva, as exalted wisdom
flower
dropping of a, 105, 247–48, 324–25, 359
Foe Destroyer (arhan), 29, 165, 478
Form and Formless Realms, 55, 261, 277, 399
Form Body
giving
See: perfections
Gö Kuk-a-hlay-
zay, 495
Gö Shön-nu-el, 60–61
great seal
See: seal, Great Seal
Great Vehicle
See: Vehicle, Great Vehicle
Guhyasamāja
zong-ka-a vs. Alaṃkakalasha on, 32
See also: Tantra, Guhyasamāja Tantra
guru
See: Ashvaghoṣha, Fifty Stanzas on the Guru; lama
guru yoga, 384
Hearer (shrāvaka), 23, 45, 161, 407
Heruka, 393
See also: Tantra, Chakrasaṃvara Tantra
Highest Yoga Tantra
See: Tantra, Highest Yoga Tantra
Hinayānists
infraction
abandoning, 134
eighteen root infractions, 241–42, 359–64, 400, 411–14, 429
gross infractions using an unqualified seal, 412, 430
purifying infractions, 131, 360, 395
and those who are not vessels, 362, 413, 430
inherent existence
abandoning the conception of inherently existent I and mine, 389, 396
absence of / emptiness of, 17–22, 25, 30, 35, 39, 58, 66, 70, 80, 93, 95, 99, 101–102, 108–109, 119–20, 129, 165, 175, 209, 215, 222, 245, 254, 271, 274, 277, 324, 362, 490
ascertaining as the object of negation, 48–51
and appearance of objects, 188, 197, 314
and the deity, 58
seeking under analysis, 51–58, 233–34
See also: aggregates, ascertaining not one/not different; emptiness
initiation
authorizing practice, 90, 94, 105, 129
divisions
fifteen initiations, 68–69
four initiations, 68–69
seven initiations, 68–74, 90, 94, 112–113, 118–24, 129, 134, 213–215, 256–353, 504, 508
etymology, 66–67
internal initiation, 93–95, 97, 105, 118, 169–76, 264–66
meaning of the initiation, 279, 286–87, 297, 304, 316, 325–26
as purification, 109–118
substances, 108, 269, 293–97, 318–25
vajra master initiation, 127–29, 506–507
intermediate state, 94–95
Islam, 376
Judaism, 376
Kālachakrapāda, 61
Kālachakra
(Condensed) Kālachakra Tantra (laghutantra), 60, 196, 210–11, 410, 501, 507–510
Kālachakra Tantra, 16, 27, 34, 68, 117, 172, 181, 244, 271, 273, 277, 408–10, 412, 498–99
main object of discussion, 166
root Kālachakra Tantra, 209–212, 412
history of the Kālachakra Tantra, 59–65, 209–211
alternative Kālachakra, 126, 214–15
and (Kulika) Mañjushrīkīrti, 40, 60, 140–42, 210, 408–409, 495
as non-dual tantra, 165–66
astrological calculation for dates of Shākyamuni Buddha, 65, 357–58, 484
associations, 113–19
in relation to the Buddhist Vehicles, 161–67
compiler of the Condensed Kālachakra Tantra, 40, 140–41
consort (Vishvamātā), 110, 112, 117, 402
mantra of, 403
deity, 58, 74–84, 92–97, 118, 174, 246, 418
external Kālachakra, 125, 212–15, 244
fifteen initiations, 68–69
final Form Body, 258
fused with Akṣhobhya, 82, 86, 103, 271
Kālachakra mandala, 74–91, 227, 254
presentation of path-consciousnesses, 120–22
primordial Buddha, 358
seeing the mandala, 248–54
self–generation, 385
stage of generation, 105
taught by Shākyamuni Buddha, 59, 482
visualizing oneself as, 187, 195, 208, 222, 237
See also: Puṇḍarīka, Kulika, Stainless Light
Kay-drup
and zong-ka-a, 139–5
Mandala Rite, 63, 131–37, 414, 437–58, 498, 499–511
past lives, 141
Rosary of Offering, 414
Secret Biography, 139–45
Kṛṣhṇayamāri, 143
Kṣhitigarbha, 87–88, 114, 309–10
Kulika lineage of kings, 357–58
lama
lama who is not different from the principal deity, 92–97, 106, 174–78, 217, 246, 265, 270, 289–90, 294, 305–307, 311, 384
scorning and deriding, 412, 429
three activities of the lama, 118
liberation
three doors of, 190
lineage
five Buddha lineages, 228–30, 363, 390
six lineages, 186, 190, 194, 246
Lesser Vehicle
See: Vehicle
Mādhyamika
See: Middle Way; tenets
mahāmudrā
Mahāyāna
See: Vehicle, Great Vehicle
Maitreya, 387
Sublime Continuum (uttaratantra), 16
Ornament for Clear Realization (abhisamayālaṃkāra), 14, 141, 180
Ornament for the Great Vehicle Sutras
(mahāyānasūtrālamkāra), 161
mandala
exalted body, speech, & mind mandalas, 76, 116–117, 176, 252–53
deities, 253–54
goddesses of, 90
great bliss mandala, 83, 417–18
Kālachakra mandala, 74–91, 227, 254
pristine consciousness mandala, 78–80, 85, 111
Mañjushrī, 140–44
Mañjushrīkīrti, 40, 60, 140–42, 210, 408–409, 495
mantra
meaning of the mantra, 190, 194–95, 374
See also: Kālachakra, mantra; Vehicle, Secret Mantra Vehicle
meaning-generality, 19
meditation
analytical meditation, 19
meditative equipoise, 21, 28, 93, 125, 274, 314, 400
meditative stabilization, 19, 37, 162, 166, 182, 302, 313, 367
See also: six session yoga
Middle Way
and Highest Yoga Tantra, 273
See also: tenets
mind
luminous and knowing nature, 16, 100, 126, 274
of clear light, 36, 180–82, 201, 271–74, 488
and pristine consciousness, 122
pristine mind (bliss), 267, 278
See also: consciousness
Mind Only
See: tenets
Moslem
See: Islam
Nāḍapāda
See: Nāropa
Fundamental Text Called ‘Wisdom’, 26, 54, 165
Precious Garland, 385–86, 490, 503
Nālandā, 61
Nāropa (Nāḍapāda), 61
commentary on the Brief Explication of Initiations, 223
nirvana, 16, 102, 230, 271, 272
object
of negation, 48–51
of refuge, 387–89
obstructions
in the Kālachakra system, 122
to liberation (afflictive), 18–20, 35, 172, 178, 230, 275, 388
to omniscience, 18, 35, 172, 178, 180, 230, 275, 375, 388, 479
omens, 100
One Gone Thus (tathāgata), 84–85, 109–112, 229, 237–39, 248, 251, 267, 285, 325, 403, 505
One Gone To Bliss (sugata), 390, 399, 426–27
path
in Highest Yoga Tantra, 179–83, 259–60
patience
See: perfections
perfections, 27, 112, 125, 396
Pi–to–pa (Pindo Āchārya), 61
pledge being (samayasattva), 392
See also: wisdom being; deity
pledge
conferring / taking, 97, 134, 177, 185
of five Buddha lineages, 227, 384
pledge of secrecy, 236, 240–42
purpose of, 230
Ratnasambhava pledge, 389, 406
secondary pledges, 384, 413, 429
three pledges, 129
Vairochana pledge, 407
pledge beings, 269, 282, 293, 300, 310, 320, 369
prāsaṅgika
See: tenets
pratyekabuddha
See: Solitary Realizer
Puṇḍarīka, Kulika, 65
Stainless Light (vimalaprabhā), 60–63, 136, 210–11, 223, 361
purification, 13–22, 98, 118, 122, 267, 278, 326, 359–60, 369, 420
activities of action faculties, 124, 318–20
of aggregates in initiation, 110, 117–118, 123, 229, 262, 271, 280, 368, 418
Raktayamāri, 143
Ratnasambhava
and associations, 110–16
position in mandala, 78, 84, 103, 250
and name initiation, 124
Ratnasambhava pledge, 389, 406
and seal impressions, 269, 282, 310, 320
student turning into, 238
refuge
objects of refuge, 387–89
regenerative fluid
See: semen
samaya
See: vows
saṅgha
See: spiritual community
seal
aspected and unaspected, 368, 384, 418
Great Seal (mahāmudrā), 129, 166, 228, 273, 368, 372, 384, 507
Great Seal Woman (Vishvamātā), 182, 384, 406
gross infractions using an unqualified seal, 363, 413, 430
See also: Kālachakra, mantra
semen (regenerative fluid), 85, 94–96, 113, 121, 253
emission of, 71–74, 115, 261, 412
meaning in Form and Formless Realms, 261
sexual organs
See: body, sexual organs
sexual union, 34–38, 70, 72, 94–96, 414, 422, 430
orgasm without emission, 35, 504
See also: seal
Shākyamuni Buddha, 13, 141, 183, 232, 324, 377, 387, 495, 500
Kālachakra astrological calculation for dates, 65, 357–58, 484
teaching the Kālachakra Tantra, 59, 209–10, 357–58
and Three Wheels of Teaching, 23, 109
Shaktis (ten), 82–84, 112, 293–97, 485
Shambhala, 59–60, 65, 140, 145, 166–67, 210, 358
taking birth in, 372, 409, 423, 431
Shāntideva, 496
Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds (bodhicharyāvatāra), 49, 225, 226, 232, 244, 390–91, 510
six session yoga, 135, 373–74, 381–82, 383–424, 425–31, 432–33
Solitary Realizer, 23, 45, 161, 407
spiritual community, 219, 231, 276, 284, 295, 302, 313, 322
two types of, 388
stage of completion, 63, 69, 375, 415
authorizing practice of, 129
stage of generation, 63, 69–70, 101, 126, 279, 373, 375, 415, 437
authorizing practice of, 90, 94, 105
mantras for, 437–58
meditatively cultivate the, 373
Subhūti, 495
sūtra
demarcation between sūtra and tantra, 478, 480
Kāshyapa Chapter Sūtra (kāshyapaparivarta), 141
tantra
Chakrasaṃvara Tantra, 163, 212, 273, 405
demarcation between sūtra and tantra, 478, 480
and external activities, 162
General Secret Tantra, 173
Guhyasamāja Tantra, 16, 32, 34, 63, 163, 166, 181, 212, 273
Highest Yoga Tantra, 31–38, 162–64, 181–83, 259–61, 384, 407, 423, 489–90
enlightenment in dependence upon, 183
intended trainees, 31–38
lower tantras (Action, Performance, Yoga), 31–33, 162–64, 180
mother, father, and non-dual, 165–66
and performing activities, 181
Vajrapañjara Tantra, 272
See also: deity yoga; Kālachakra, Kālachakra Tantra; path, in Highest Yoga Tantra
Tathāgata
See: One Gone Thus
tenets
and inherent existence, 410
same in sūtra and tantra, 26, 480
Sūtra School (sautrāntika), 142, 477
four schools of, 23–24, 33, 49, 430, 477
Three Bodies of a Buddha
direct substantial causes of, 179–82
Form Body, 14, 27–28, 163–64, 180–81, 201, 244, 399
coarse, 395
emanation of, 393
in the Kālachakra Tantra, 181, 244
Truth Body (dharmakāya), 14, 28, 179–80, 181, 201
Tok-may-sang-o
Thirty-Seven Practices, 41–47
uttaratantra
See: Maitreya, Sublime Continuum
Vairochana
and associations, 110–116
and seal impressions, 111, 269, 282, 310, 320
student turning into, 239–43, 386
Vajrabhairava (Vajra Frightful One), 144
evoked in mantra, 265, 270, 283, 290, 294, 301, 307, 311, 321
as tutelary deity, 143
Vajrasattva, 81–83, 110, 486, 268, 299, 428
as exalted wisdom, 241
as crown-deity, 110–117
invoking, 92, 100, 133, 168, 194–95, 237, 299, 313, 403
and purification, 259
and seal impressions, 111, 282, 294, 300, 310, 320
student turning into, 433
Vasubandhu
Treasury of Knowledge (abhidharmakosha), 499
difference between Perfection and Mantra, 26–30
Great Vehicle, 13, 19, 26–30, 161–65, 178, 226, 479, 488
Lesser (Hearer) Vehicle, 13, 24, 161, 223, 411
Secret Mantra Vehicle (Guhyamantrayāna), 26–34, 60, 179, 198–99, 226, 363, 480
Perfection Vehicle, 26–30, 33, 162–64, 180, 362, 489–90
vessel
being a suitable, 33, 167, 178, 247
infraction concerning those who are not, 362, 413, 430
Vishvamātā, 110, 112, 117, 402
vows
Bodhisattva vows, 67, 92, 97, 101–102, 177, 184–85, 224–26, 373, 382, 411, 428–29
Mantra vows, 92, 185–86, 227–28, 231, 241–42, 363, 374, 382, 411–12
purifying infractions of, 131, 208, 359–60
vow of the practical intention to become enlightened, 389
Wayman, Alex
Mkhas Grub Rje’s Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras, 494
winds (prāṇa), 71, 113, 181, 374, 399, 480
ten winds, 72, 111–12, 288, 291–93, 297, 421
wind yoga, 212
withdrawing and collecting, 121, 166, 302, 371
wisdom
See: exalted wisdom; perfections
wisdom being (jñānasattva), 392
See also: pledge being; deity
Wrathful Ones
Yamāntaka
See: Vajrabhairava
