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abhisheka, fourth
accomplishment
See also spontaneous accomplishment
action
as confidence in liberation
inseparability of view, meditation, and
and view and meditation, inseparability of
age of five corruptions
aggression
emptiness of
primordial purity and
self-liberating
thoughts of in meditation
Akshobhya
Amitabha
Amoghasiddhi
amusement, inner
analysis
anger. See aggression
antidotes
in dzogchen
in ordinary vehicles
anuyoga
appearance
See also display (Tib. rölpa)
Aryadeva
Atisha
atiyoga. See dzogchen
Avalokiteshvara
awareness
expressive power of
inner
knowledge aspect of
and mind, distinguishing
naked
recognizing
resting in
self-manifesting
thought projections and
uncontrived
beyond meeting and parting
bhumis
bird, flight of (analogy)
blessings
bliss
bliss-emptiness
bodhichitta, absolute
bodhisattva activity
bodhisattva yana
bodhisattvas
buddha nature
Buddha Shakyamuni (Bhagavat)
on buddha nature
compassion of
on meditation
qualities of
skillful means of
as superior teacher
on view
vision of
buddhahood
buddhas
as display of awareness
five
knowledge of
meditation of
in mind lineage
qualities of
sentient beings and
in symbolic lineage
wisdom space of
camphor analogy
carefree and at ease, state of being
causal vehicle of characteristics
approach to view in
buddha qualities, according to
emotions in
equanimity, according to
path of seeing in
path of unification in
prasangika madhyamaka in
and secret mantrayana, compared
taking cause as path in
upaya and prajna in
causal vehicle of no characteristics
Chakrasamvara
Chandrakirti
child of barren woman analogy
child receiving inheritance analogy
Christianity
clarity
Clear Vision of the Five Buddhas, The (Nagarjuna)
cloth analogies
Collection of Praises (Nagarjuna)
Collection of Reasonings (Nagarjuna)
Collection of Talks (Nagarjuna)
compassion
completion stage
conch analogy
confidence
developing
in dharma
in dzogchen
in intrinsic nature
in liberation (See under action)
of lineage masters
in natural flow
in primordial purity and knowledge
stabilizing
in view of dharmata
confusion
cutting root, importance of
as expressive power of view
letting go of
of looking outside
as obscuration
purified as groundless
self-liberating
source of
crystal ball analogy
Dakini Inner Essence (Longchenpa)
Dakini’s Heart Essence
decision (Tib. lada)
degenerate age. See age of five corruptions
deities
delusion
appearance of as amusing
bodhichitta, effect of on
cutting
freedom from
as incidental
liberating
recognizing
development stage
devotion
to gurus
in mahayana and dzogchen, compared
thoughts of
dharma
becoming accustomed to
beyond positive and negative
difficulties in
listening to
mixed with mind
source of
See also wheel of dharma
dharmadhatu
dharmakaya
as Buddha
buddhas
as empty nature of mind
expression of
guru as
recognizing
and rupakaya, inseparability of
dharmata
emotions and
exhaustion of
as groundless
knowledge of nature of
presence of
recognizing
resting in
stability in
thoughts and
differentiation (Tib. shen-je)
diligence
disciples, connection to
discipline
display (Tib. rölpa)
See also appearance
distraction
doctor analogy
dog metaphor
dreams
drowsiness
dzogchen
certainty in
connecting with
equanimity in
essence of
ignorance, view of in
Longchenpa, role of in
and lower yanas, differences between
and mahamudra, compared
meditation, ultimate view of
self-cognizing wisdom in
three chariots of
three divisions of
three stages in
as ultimate among yanas
as ultimate view of Buddha
earth analogy
effort
eight chariots of practice lineage
eighty-four thousand dharmas
elephant analogy
emotions
See also kleshas
emptiness
attachment to
as basic of samsara and nirvana
Chandrakirti’s emphasis on
endowed with all supreme aspects
gradual understanding of
karma and
as knowledge of things as they are
pointing out
power over phenomena and
as primordially pure
realizing
superimposing concept of
of view
of what is to be rejected
See also prajna
engine analogies
enlightenment
thought of (See bodhichitta, absolute)
See also buddhahood
equanimity
essences, art of extracting
eyes, analogy of
faith
field with good crop analogy
final testament
fire analogies
four Jigmes (four fearless ones)
freeing knot in snake analogy
Garab Dorje
gods, formless
gold analogies
golden locket analogy
grain analogy
grasping and nongrasping
Guhyagarbha
Guru Inner Essence (Longchenpa)
Guru Rinpoche
guru yoga
gurus
blessings of
as Buddha, recognizing
devotion to
as dharmakaya
and disciples, minds of
homage to
lineage and
outer and inner, distinguished
role of
and teachings, connection of
Gyalwe Nyugu. See Jigme Gyalwe Nyugu
HAM
heart, analogy of striking
heart essence
Heart Essence of Luminosity
Heart Essence of the Great Expanse
hermit’s way
Hevajra
hope and fear
horse analogy
ignorance
knowing through experience
primordial purity and
self-liberating
thoughts of in meditation
two kinds
impermanence
Indian Buddhism
intellectual understanding
intrinsic nature
experiencing
power of direct realization of
presence of
recognizing
resting in
sealing with view of
Jamgön Lodrö Thaye
Jamyang Chökyi Lodrö [Khyentse II, Dzongsar Khyentse I]
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo [Khyentse I]
Jataka tales
Jigme Gyalwe Nyugu
lineage history of
name and action as one
Jigme Lingpa, Rigdzin
lineage history of
name (Khyentse Öser) and meditation as one
visions of Longchenpa
See also Treasury of Qualities, The (Jigme Lingpa); Wisdom Guru (Jigme Lingpa)
jnana
Jnanasutra
joy
Kagyu lineage
Kanjur
karma
accumulating
as based on emptiness
as incidental
liberating
trust in
kaya
emptiness of
luminosity of
spontaneous presence of
through name and sounds
kayas, four
kayas, three
See also individual kayas
key instructions
Khepa Shri Gyalpo
See also Three Words That Strike the Vital Point (Shri Gyalpo)
Khyentse Öser. See Jigme Lingpa, Rigdzin
Kindly Bent to Ease Us. See Three Cycles of Relaxation (Longchenpa)
kleshas
knowledge
knowledges, two
Krishnacharya
Kshantivadin
Kumaradza
Lhatsun Namkha Jigme
liberation
amount of practice needed for
dzogchen view of (See also self-liberation)
four ways of
in one lifetime
in ordinary vehicles
primordial
spontaneous
through one word
through union
view, importance of to
without subject or object
See also under action
lineages
hearing lineage of superior individuals
mind lineage of victorious ones
purpose of understanding
symbolic lineage of vidyadharas
lion metaphors
logic
See also analysis
Longchen Nyingthik. See Heart Essence of the Great Expanse
Longchen Rabjam
lineage of
madhyamaka teachings of
name and view as one
works of
See also Seven Treasures (Longchenpa); Treasury of Key Instructions (Longchenpa)
longde
love
luminosity
of dharmakaya
ground
ground and path
liberation and
meeting of mother and child
as sambhogakaya
of view
luminosity-emptiness
madhyamaka
mahamudra
mahasukha chakra
mahayana
See also bodhisattva yana; causal vehicle of characteristics
mahayoga
major marks, thirty-two
mala analogy
man watching child at play analogy
man wearing lion mask
Manjushrimitra
mantras
mantrayana, secret. See secret-mantra vajrayana
meditation
advice for beginners
analytical
of buddhas
in dzogchen and lower yanas, compared
experiences in
on intrinsic nature
mistaken views on
of no meditation
nonconceptual
purpose of
as realization of emptiness
sign of accomplishment in
stability in
and view, relationship between
See also under action; postmeditation
meeting an old friend analogy
men-ngag-de
See also key instructions
merit
Milarepa
mind
and awareness, distinguishing
essence of
of guru and disciple as one
investigating
karma and
leaving in natural state
See also nature of mind
mindfulness
conditioned and innate
difficulty of
effortless
six types of
miracles
mirage analogies
mirror analogies
moon metaphors and analogies
mother luminosity
mountainlike natural contemplation
mudras
mustard seed analogy
Nagarjuna
naked state
names, use of in key instructions
Naropa
natural flow
of intrinsic nature
of meditation
of mind
of thoughts
nature of mind
as dharmakaya
guru as
leaving unaltered
in meditation
primordial purity of
radiant emptiness of
resting in
Neten Dangma Lhüngyal
New Translation School
nihilism
nirmanakaya
nirvana
nongrasping
nonmeditation
nonthought
Nyangben Tingdzin Sangpo
Nyingma tradition
See also dzogchen
obscurations
ocean analogies
oceanlike natural contemplation
Old Translation School. See Nyingma tradition
omniscience
one taste
Orgyen Terdak Lingpa
Padmakara. See Guru Rinpoche
Palri Tsechok Ling
Paltrul Chökyi Wangpo
passion
in causal vehicle
emptiness of
as incidental
primordial purity and
thoughts of in meditation
PHAT
phenomena
of ground and path as one
indicating through name and sound
liberating
as rabjam
transforming
as wisdom
poison into medicine, transforming (analogy)
postmeditation
and meditation, lack of difference between
practice in
vidyadharas as beyond
view and
Prahevajra
prajna
prajnaparamita
Prajnaparamita in One Hundred Thousand Verses
prasangika madhyamaka
preliminary practices
primordial purity
as confidence in liberation
crucial points of
dzogchen understanding of
emptiness of
karma and
meditation on
of original basis
and spontaneous accomplishment, nonduality of
ways to realize
See also trekchö
Profound Inner Essence
projections
See also thought projections
prostrations
purification
rabbit with horns analogy
radiance
rainbow analogies
Ratnasambhava
refuge
relative truth
renunciation
Repa Shiway Ö
river analogies
“Rong Long”
Rongzon Pandita
Root Stanzas on Madhyamaka (Nagarjuna)
rupakaya
Sakya Pandita
Samantabhadra
sambhogakaya
samsara
Samye Chimpu
sandalwood or musk analogy
sang-gye, meaning of term
Sarasvati
scholar’s way
See also intellectual understanding
Secret Gathering, The (Nagarjuna)
secret-mantra vajrayana
seed analogy
seeing, path of
self-liberation
of confusion
of samsara and nirvana
of thoughts
unceasing self-occurring
of what is to be rejected
semde
sense consciousnesses, six
senses, six
sentient beings
benefiting
as buddhas
natural compassion for
Seven Treasures (Longchenpa)
shamatha
See also tranquillity
Shotö Tidro
shravaka yana
siddhis, supreme and ordinary
six ornaments and two supreme ones
sky analogies
sleep
solitary places
sound
space
as dharmata
emptiness as
inner division of
intrinsic nature as
in pointing out view
primordial purity as
between thoughts
yoga of
spontaneous accomplishment
spontaneous presence
of buddha qualities
of knowledge and love
of luminosity
and primordial purity, union of
in thögal
suffering
sugatagarbha
summertime metaphor
sun metaphors
symbols, realization through
tantra, ten categories of
Tara
teachers. See gurus
ten powers
Terchen Ratna Lingpa
terma (treasures)
texts, using names to understand meaning of
thief entering empty house analogy
thögal
thought projections
thoughts
emptiness of
expressive power of
as incidental
natural flow of
PHAT to scatter
realizing nature of
recognizing and liberating, differentiated
self-liberating
when resting
of yogins and worldly people, compared
Three Cycles of Relaxation (Longchenpa)
Three Cycles of Self-Liberation (Longchenpa)
three doors of liberation
three hundred sixty non-Buddhist wrong views
three words
See also action; meditation; view
Three Words That Strike the Vital Point (Shri Gyalpo)
as complete teaching
for corrupt age
sound and word in
subject and object in
three lineages condensed in
transmission of
Tilopa
Tragmar Ke-u Tsang
tranquillity
See also shamatha
treasure, hidden (analogy of )
Treasury of Key Instructions (Longchenpa)
Treasury of Qualities, The (Jigme Lingpa)
tree, cutting at root (analogy)
trekchö
See also primordial purity
Trisong Detsen
truths, two
Uddiyana
Uddiyana Padmakara. See Guru Rinpoche
upaya
Vairochana
vajra nature
Vajradhara
Vajrapani
Vajrasattva
Vajrayogini
vase body, youthful
victorious ones
See also buddhas
vidyadhara, meaning of
view
emptiness aspect of
expressive power of
as internal
and meditation, relationship between
realizing
recognizing one’s nature as
role of
three aspects of
without grasping
See also under action
Vimalamitra
Vimalamitra’s Heart Essence
vipashyana
war analogy
water analogies
adding medicine or poison to
drawing on surface of
and ice
muddy/dirty
ripples
wealth analogy
wheel of dharma
wisdom
of bliss-emptiness
coemergent
of emptiness
mirrorlike
of nonthought
self-cognizing
self-resounding
unconditioned
Wisdom Guru (Jigme Lingpa)
wisdoms, five
yanas, nine
Yeshe Tsogyal
yoga of resting like flowing river
yoga of space
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