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Index of Technical Terms

Introduction

This index of technical terms has also been given the function of a trilingual glossary of terminology for Buddhism and the outer sciences. The traditional]] sources consulted in compiling it include the Seven Great Treasuries of Longcen Rapjampa and Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche's Store which Embraces All Knowledge, as well as the primary Indian treatises studied in Tibet. Reference has also been made to such recent lexicographical works as the bod-rgya tshig-mdzod chenmo and the ongoing compilation of Tibetan Buddhist terminology by Erik Pema Kunsang.

Readers are referred to the Glossary of Enumerations for more information on numerical categories and to the Notes for occasional more detailed explanation of terms; neither of these two sections have been cross-referenced here. Where an entry is followed by “passim”, it may be useful to consult the detailed contents lists for Books One and Two appearing in Section One, which outline the structure and subject-matter of each.

Note

To avoid unnecessary repetition, master terms have been omitted in sub-entries, or replaced by a comma. Sub-sub-entries run on.

Index of Technical Terms

Abhidharma chos mngon-pa: see under piṭaka

seven sections of mngon-pa sde-bdun, 90-1

abiding mode (of reality) gnas-tshul, 32, 210, 212-13, 215-16, 232, 234, 249, 314

abiding nature (of reality) gnas-lugs: the primordial emptiness or nature of the buddha-body of reality, 23, 36, 85-6, 122, 141-2, 154, 161, 167-8, 177, 183-5, 206, 217, 220, 232, 234, 247, 249, 251-2, 257, 259-60, 263, 273, 275-6, 285, 287, 291, 295, 297-300, 302, 307-8, 310, 312-13, 315, 321, 323, 327, 335-6, 338, 342-5, 447, 566, 609, 615, 625, 677, 700, 726, 856, 896, 898, 900, 901, 903, 906, 907, 931

harmony and disharmony of the apparitional and gnas-snang mthun mi-mthun, 206, 210-11

absolute (nature/reality) (chos-nyid) yongs-grub-kyi mtshan-nyid, Skt. pariniṣpannalakṣaṇa, 24, 25, 26, 27, 154, 161-2, 170-1, 173, 176, 178, 182; see also essential natures, three

absorption snyoms-'jug, Skt. samāpatti: see meditative absorption(s)

acacia wood seng(-ldeng), Skt. khadira, 603, 612, 615

ācārya slob-dpon: a master or teacher, 558; see also master

accomplished master grub-pa/grub-thob, Skt. siddha, passim

accomplishment(s) dngos-grub, Skt. siddhi, passim

common thun-mong-gi dngos-grub, Skt. sādhāraṇasiddhi, 260, 477, 480, 487, 614, 787, 918; eight thun-mong-gi dngos-grub brgyad, 247, 259

of the divine body in which bliss and emptiness are coalesced in inner radiance bde-stong 'od-gsal-gyi lha-sku 'grub, 288

of the divine body which coalesces vital energy and mind rlung-sems-kyi lha-sku 'grub, 288

of the divine body of devoted conduct mos-spyod-kyi lha-sku 'grub, 288

of the divine body in which pristine cognition and the pure (path of) learning are coalesced ye-shes-dang dag-pa'i slob-pa'i zung-'jug-gi lha-sku 'grub: i.e. prior to the attainment of the path of no-more-learning, 288

great/supreme/uncommon mchog-gi dngos-grub, Skt. paramasiddhi, 45, 247, 260, 281, 404, 472, 473, 476, 481, 488, 536, 584, 605, 615, 621, 714, 772, 843, 918

level of dngos-grub-kyi sa, 894, 917

signs of dngos-grub-kyi nags-mtshan/grub-rtags, 601, 607, 631, 690, 713, 714, 715, 765, 767, 778, 787, 798, 844, 866, 869, 870, 939; see also signs of success

of the sky-farer mkha'-spyod-pa'i dngos-grub, 773

of the “swift feet of the yakṣiṇī” gnod-sbyin-mo'i rkang-mgyogs-kyi dngos-grub, 614

of swift-footedness rkang-mgyogs-kyi dngos-grub, 540

two dngos-grub gnyis, 404, 861, 918, 967

water of grub-chu, 601, 628

action seal las-kyi phyag-rgya, Skt. karmamudrā: see under seal(s)

activity field(s) skye-mched, Skt. āyatana, 93, 170, 212, 217, 221, 224, 247, 251, 259, 276, 322, 367, 424, 543, 900

in which appearances are exhausted chos zad-pa'i skye-mched, 639; see also under visionary appearance(s)

four skye-mched bzhi: the four formless realms, 15, 62

infinite as the sky nam-mkha' mtha'-yas skye-mched, 15, 62

of infinite consciousness rnam-shes mtha'-yas skye-mched, 15, 62

of nothing at all ci-yang med-pa'i skye-mched, 15, 62

of phenomena chos-kyi skye-mched, Skt. dharmāyatana, 52

twelve skye-mched bcu-gnyis, 13, 55-6

where there is neither perception nor non-perception 'du-shes med 'du-shes med-min skye-mched, 15, 62

Adherents of the Nine Categories don-dgu-pa, 66; see also Jaina

Adherents of the Six Categories don-drug-pa, Skt. ṣaḍpadārtha, 65; see also Vaiśeṣika

Adherents of the Three Attributes yon-tan gsum-pa, Skt. Traiguṇya, 65; see also Sāṃkhya

aeon(s) bskal-pa, Skt. kalpa, 121, 138, 200-1, 247, 256, 258-9, 271, 292, 313, 420, 474, 691, 697, 916

auspicious bskal-pa bzang-po, Skt. Bhadrakalpa, 409, 414, 943-4

“countless” grangs-med bskal-pa, 115, 246, 251, 254, 258, 411, 412

affixation rkyen, Skt. pratyaya: in grammar, 100

Aiśvara dbang-phyug-pa, Skt. Aiśvara: the Followers of Shaivism or Followers of Īśvara, 16, 65

Akaniṣṭha 'og-min: see Index of Locations

alchemy bcud-len, Skt. rasāyana: a means of extracting elixir from minerals of the earth or herbs and plant substances, and subsisting upon it, 549, 550, 575, 682, 789

ālikāli: literally refers to the vowels and consonants of the Sanskrit language, but secretly to the rites of wrathful “liberation” and sexual union, 292

all-positive king kun-bzang rgyal-po: an epithet of Samantabhadra, the buddha-body of reality, 317

All-Surpassing Realization thod-rgal, Skt. vyutkrāntaka, 38-9, 334, 337-45, 371, 456, 540, 552, 565, 588, 593, 658, 665, 773, 828-9, 879; see also lamps and visionary appearance(s)

four assurances gdeng-bzhi, 372

four consolidations mtha'-rten bzhi, 343

six essentials gnad-drug, 371

of spontaneous presence lhun-grub thod-rgal, 877

three attainments thob-pa gsum, 343

three essentials which guide (the eyes) towards the expanse 'khrid-pa dbyings-kyi gnad gsum, 338; see also gazes, three

three essentials of objective appearance snang-ba yul-gyi gnad gsum, 338

three presences sdod-pa gsum, 343

three supportive essentials of the body bca'-ba lus-kyi gnad gsum, 338; see also postures, three

three unmoving states mi-'gul-ba gsum, 343

Ancient Translations snga-'gyur: the teachings of the Nyingma [[tradition which were translated in Tibet up to the time of Smṛtijñānakīrti, 40, 376, 396, 522, 523, 545, 666, 671, 696, 720, 724, 922, 969

Ancient Translation School snga-'gyur rnying-ma: adherents of the above tradition, 11, 41, 47, 109, 148, 198, 237, 372, 378, 394, 400, 401, 441, 442, 461, 504, 523, 526, 527, 560, 565, 569, 577, 590, 596, 599, 607, 617, 624, 657, 669, 674, 675, 677, 678, 679, 683, 688, 698, 699, 706, 707, 719, 722, 723, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, 736, 737, 738, 739, 747, 750, 762, 770, 783, 789, 794, 795, 805, 807, 808, 809, 811, 816, 823, 824, 827, 830, 831, 833, 836, 838, 842, 852, 856, 861, 862, 868, 869, 872, 873, 877, 878, 881, 883-940, 962, 968, 972; see also Nyingma

relationship to the New Translation School, 918-25

six superiorities of snga-'gyur che-ba drug, 375, 889-90

antigods lha-ma-yin, Skt. asura, 14, 66, 130-2, 466, 491

Anuyoga rjes-su rnal-'byor: see under piṭaka and vehicle(s)

Apabhraṃśa zur-chags, 107

Apathetic phyal-ba, 16, 63, 67

aphorisms in prose and verse dbyangs-bsnyad, Skt. geya, 76

aphoristic verses don-du 'gyur-ba'i tshigs-bcad, 705

apparitional mode/nature (of reality) snang-tshul, 13, 56-7, 203, 210-13, 217, 232, 250-1, 260, 562

apparition of/apparitional reality chos-can, Skt. dharmin: lit. “possessor of dharma”, this term refers to the concrete reality of apparent objects, which is contrasted, in works such as the Analysis of Phenomena and Reality (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga), with actual reality (chos-nyid, Skt. dharmatā) or emptiness. In logical treatises, it refers to the topic to be analysed. For the specific Nyingma interpretation, see Longcenpa, Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle, (p. 82), 37, 38, 95, 191-2, 201, 211, 215, 287, 319, 325-6, 330

appearance(s) snang-ba, passim; see also form and visionary appearance(s)

pure appearance/vision dag-snang, 249, 564, 747-8, 755, 767, 784, 793, 805, 807, 813, 819, 837, 843, 844, 845, 847, 848, 852, 853-4, 855, 857, 858, 860, 865, 866, 871, 935

three snang-ba gsum, 142, 258, 288

appraisal of textual traditions gzhung-lugs 'jal-byed

key to the appraisal of causal vehicle texts 'jal-byed lde-mig, 30, 217-22

key to the appraisal of Secret Mantra texts sngags-gzhung 'jal-byed, 35, 290-3

Arabic chronicles, 399

arhat dgra-bcom-pa: one who has slain the foe of conflicting emotion and reached the highest result of the vehicles of pious attendants. Buddhas and self-centred buddhas may be referred to as arhats insomuch as they have also realised nirvāṇa, 18, 83, 90-1, 93, 159, 174, 231, 423, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 912, 913, 933

arithmetic sa-ris: arithmetical calculations traced in sand, which are then easily erased, 869

arts bzo'i rig-gnas, Skt. śilpavidyā, 18, 59, 98-9, 103, 418, 860; see also crafts, sixty-four

thirty designated bzor btags-pa sum-cu, 98

artistic techniques, eighteen bzo-sbyangs bco-brgyad, 99

āryā metre 'phags-pa: in prosody, a stanza comprising two half-verses, the first of which contains eight feet of thirty mātrā (morae) and the second eight feet of twenty-seven mātrā, 106

Āṣādha chu-stod: July to August, 947

ascendant conjunction 'char-rtsis: a calculation in astrology, 104

ascetic dge-sbyong, Skt. śramaṇa, 422, 551

contemplation dka'-thub-kyi ting-nge-'dzin, 419

discipline/practice brtul-zhugs-kyi spyod-pa, 221, 270, 501

four doctrines of a spiritual dge-sbyong-gi chos-bzhi, Skt. catvāraḥ śramaṇadharmāḥ, 52

virtues sbyangs-pa'i yon-tan, Skt. dhūtaguṇa, 432, 434, 497; twelve sbyangs-pa'i yon-tan bcu-gnyis, Skt. dvādaśadhūtaguṇa, 227

asceticism brtul-zhugs, Skt. vrata, 304

aspects rkang-pa: the mathematical calculations in astrology of the lunar path, on which see D. Schuh, Untersuchungen zur Tibetischen Kalenderrechnung, (p. 124), 104

aspiration smon-lam, Skt. praṇidhāna, 47, 82, 118-19, 122, 127, 129, 146-7, 194-6, 228, 235-6, 266, 422, 552, 587, 641, 728, 743, 744, 745, 747, 748, 774, 798, 812, 822, 828, 832, 838, 842, 878, 879, 927, 967, 968, 969

enlightened thugs-bskyed, 729, 738, 887, 926

perfection of smon-lam-gyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. praṇidhānapāramitā, 902

superior lhag-bsam, Skt. adhyāśaya, 376, 403

aspirationlessness smon-pa med-pa, Skt. apraṇihitam, 24, 154, 218, 316-17, 898

assembly(ies) tshogs, 448, 449; see also community

four (ordinary/monastic) 'khor-bzhi-po, 74, 423, 426; see also orders, four

astrology skar-rtsis: i.e. that which is Indian in origin, in contrast to the Chinese tradition of divination (nag-rtsis), 18, 103-4, 575, 665, 679, 723, 724, 727, 730, 746, 775, 791, 821, 836, 869, 939, 946-8, 954

astrological charts skar-rtsis-kyi ri-mo, 944

Atiyoga shin-tu rnal-'byor: see Great Perfection and under piṭaka and vehicle(s)

atom rdul-phra-rab, Skt. paramāṇu: i.e. an indivisible atomic particle, 19, 20, 24, 25, 38, 117, 156, 159, 215, 224-5, 229

atomic matter rdul-rdzas, 35, 294, 336-7, 341

attainment sgrub-pa, passim

of elixir sman-sgrub, 686, 757

great sgrub-chen, Skt. mahāsādhana, 807

means for sgrub-thabs, Skt. sādhana: see means for attainment

of medicinal pills from the flesh of one born as a brahman seven times skye-bdun (ril-sgrub), 791, 793, 797

place of sgrub-gnas, 518, 519, 862, 876

supreme and common mchog-dang thun-mong-gi sgrub-pa, 917

auspicious coincidence rten-'brel, passim; for the philosophical implications of this term, see dependent origination

austerity dka'-thub, Skt. tapas, 64, 270, 351, 427, 548, 569, 580, 946

awakening(s) mngon-byang, Ski. abhisambodhi, 113

five mngon-byang lnga, Skt. pañcābhisambodhi: according to Yogatantra, 33, 272-3, 355-6, 412, 645, 703

four mngon-byang bzhi, Skt. caturabhisambodhi, 279

outer and inner phyi-nang-gi mngon-byang, 413; five phyi-nang-gi mngon-byang lnga, 115

awareness rig-pa, Skt. vidyā, 21, 38, 53, 123, 162, 171, 177, 201, 204, 252, 276, 280, 297, 308-9, 311-12, 325, 327, 329, 332-41, 350, 358, 360, 365-6, 371, 403, 448, 449, 476, 588, 641, 771, 818, 825, 830, 832, 843, 900, 901, 906, 922, 923, 924

channels of rig-pa'i rtsa, 874

empowered dbang-bsgyur rig-pa, 281

expressive play of rig-pa'i rtsal, 684

in the form of a woman rig-ma, 866

immediacy of total rig-pa spyi-blugs, 280

intrinsic rang-rig, Skt. svasaṃvittiḥ, 17, 21, 24, 25, 36, 38, 102, 127, 158, 162, 172, 176, 181, 201, 213, 231, 234, 259, 263, 275-6, 278, 299-300, 316, 318, 333-4, 349, 355, 358, 680, 830; four modes of genuine individual so-so yang-dag-pa rang-gi rig-pa bzhi, Skt. catuḥpratisaṃvid, 871; individual or (intuitive) so-so rang-gi rig-pa, Skt. pratisaṃvid, 104, 176, 180-1, 185, 208, 272, 309, 333, 342; see also pristine cognition of intrinsic awareness

limit of rig-pa'i tshad, 343, 668

naked rig-pa rjen-pa, 856

of the present shes-bzhin, Skt. saṃprajanya, 94, 236

and radiance rig-gsal, 902

total presence of rig-pa cog-bzhag ngang, 902

awareness-holder(s) rig-'dzin, Skt. vidyādhara, 31, 34, 45, 47, 259-60, 271, 278, 280-2, 306, 375, 397, 406, 483, 485, 487, 489, 490, 498, 543, 568, 573, 579, 625, 626, 649, 653, 661, 677, 679, 683, 700, 731, 750, 765, 774, 778, 780, 809, 813, 820, 824, 854, 864, 865, 872, 887, 890, 894, 918, 957

body of pristine cognition of ye-shes-kyi sku-ste rig-pa 'dzin-pa, 259-60

controlling the duration of life/with power over the life-span tshe-dbang rig-'dzin, 260, 281-2, 470, 472, 712, 804

of the desire realm 'dod-pa'i rig-'dzin, 301

eight rig-'dzin brgyad, 757, 791

of the form realm gzugs-kyi rig-'dzin, 301

four kinds of rig-'dzin rnam-bzhi, 31, 260, 281-2, 363

of the great seal phyag-rgya chen-po'i rig-'dzin, 260, 282, 467, 472; five kinds of phyag-rgya chen-po'i rig-'dzin lnga, 282

human and non-human rig-'dzin mi-dang mi-ma-yin, 452-6

Mantrapiṭaka of rig-'dzin-gyi sde-snod: see under piṭaka

seven kinds of rig-'dzin rnam-bdun, 31, 259-60

sky-faring mkha'-spyod-pa'i rig-'dzin, 270, 272, 301

of (spiritual) maturation rnam-smin rig-'dzin, 260, 281, 470, 837

of spontaneous presence lhun-grub rig-'dzin, 260, 266, 282, 521, 634

supramundane 'jig-rten-las 'das-pa'i rig-'dzin, 31, 259

three kinds of (mundane) ('jig-rlen-pa'i) rig-'dzin rnam gsum, 31, 259

Awesome Secret gnyan-pa gsang-ba, 508-9, 949

axioms gtan-tshigs: see (logical) axioms

bahal ba-hal/be-hār: a Newari vihāra, 891

baliṃācārya: a master of torma offerings, 479

bardo bar-do, Skt. antarābhava: see intermediate state

Being of Commitment dam-tshig sems-dpa', Skt. samayasattva: the deity which is creatively visualised, 351, 355

Being of Pristine Cognition ye-shes sems-dpa', Skt. jñānasattva: the real deity who enters into the creatively visualised Being of Commitment, 270, 351, 355, 695, 915

benefits, two don-gnyis, 171, 379

bewilderment 'khrul-pa, Skt. bhrānti, 12, 26, 53-5, 117, 218, 330, 333, 349, 355, 853, 866

four conditions of 'khrul-pa'i rkyen-bzhi, 54-5

bhikṣu dge-slong: see monk

birth skye-ba, Skt. jāti: see under intermediate slate

birthplace skye-gnas, Skt. yoni

four kinds of skye-gnas rigs-bzhi, 279

purification of skye-gnas sbyang-ba, 416

blazes, three 'bar-ba gsum, 851

blessing(s)/consecration byin-gyis brlabs-pa, Skt. adhiṣṭhāna, 17, 35, 45, 74-5, 117, 133-5, 144-5, 196, 255, 275, 293, 295, 343, 345, 353, 355-6, 369, 414, 468, 469, 546, 551, 552, 555, 564, 595, 601, 621, 624, 634, 639, 655, 658, 706, 721, 734, 745, 746, 771, 792, 798, 839, 841, 846, 848, 852, 853, 854, 857, 863, 865, 866, 871, 877, 890, 918, 928, 934

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi byin-brlabs, 272, 353, 831

two byin-brlabs gnyis, 912-13

which is the ultimate truth without symbols, don-dam mtshan-ma med-pa'i byin-brlabs: according to Ubhayatantra, 32, 33, 207, 264

bliss bde-ba, Skt. sukha, passim; see also under coalescence/union

co-emergent lhan-cig-skyes-pa'i bde-ba, Skt. sahajasukha, 258, 830, 861

great/supreme bde-ba chen-po, Skt. mahāsukha, 20, 45, 124-5, 145, 185, 202, 250, 258-9, 263-4, 273, 277, 281, 284, 286, 296-7, 302, 313, 329, 343, 365-6, 377, 406, 462, 536, 583, 593, 766, 769, 770, 771, 830, 861, 877, 909, 972; of purpose yid-bzhin bde-ba-mchog, 230-1; indestructible discipline of bde-chen rdo-rje'i brtul-zhugs, 405

melting zhu-bde, 34, 258, 280-1, 829, 830

Blood-drinkers, fifty-eight khrag-'thung nga-bcu lnga-brgyad: see under deities/conquerors, peaceful and wrathful

bodhisattva(s) byang-chub sems-dpa', 18, 20, 27, 30, 47, 68, 78, 82, 91, 95, 98, 118-19, 129-30, 136, 138, 142, 154, 164, 167, 173-5, 180, 182, 186, 190, 232, 315, 322, 393, 423, 424, 430, 447, 449, 451, 452, 474, 524, 571, 574, 575, 613, 633, 641, 674, 691, 693, 694, 697, 701, 722, 732, 743, 746, 747, 758, 760, 767, 803, 842, 878, 889, 890, 900, 908, 909, 912-13, 921, 928, 932, 936

eighth level sa-brgyad-pa'i byang-chub sems-dpa', 137, 449

male and female sems-dpa'-dang sems-ma, 125

ninth level sa-dgu-pa'i byang-chub sems-dpa', 449

tenth level sa-bcu-pa'i byang-chub sems-dpa', 912, 913, 916

third level sa-gsum-pa'i byang-chub sems-dpa', 184

Bodhi Tree byang-chub shing-sdong, Skt. bodhivṛkṣa: i.e. at Vajrāsana (Bodh Gaya) in India, 417

body sku, Skt. kāya: i.e. of a buddha, see buddha-body(ies)

body lus

conventional brtags-pa'i lus, 412

corrupt zag-pa'i lus, 498

rainbow 'ja'-lus, 259, 441, 540, 550, 556, 642, 783; see also buddha-body of great/supreme transformation

body-colours sku-mdog: i.e. of the different deities, 125, 137, 915

book, four-inch: a symbol of buddha-speech according to the Great Perfection, 134-5

brahman bram-dze, 121, 440, 475, 478, 485, 511, 607, 693, 856, 912

seven times born as skye-bdun, 626, 777, 791

Brāhmaṇa view of mundane aggregates bram-dze'i 'jig-tshogs-kyi lta-ba, Skt. satkāyadṛṣṭi: the view of the eternalistic extremists such as the Sāṃkhya, 221

brilliance spobs-pa, Skt. pratibhāna, 405, 493, 577, 636, 641, 666, 681, 704, 705, 708, 797, 839, 928

eight great treasures of spobs-pa'i gter chen-po brgyad, 666, 705, 871

bse-stone bse, 666, 705, 871

Buddha sangs-rgyas: defined as one, such as Śākyamuni, who has utterly purified obscurations (sangs) and developed pristine cognition (rgyas); defined, 18; passim

perfectly realised yang-dag-par rdzogs-pa'i sangs-rgyas, Skt. Samyaksambuddha, 421

buddha-body(ies) sku, Skt. kāya, 17, 18-23, 25, 26, 31, 75, 111-48, 161, 171, 184, 186, 191-5, 203, 207, 209-10, 212-14, 244, 246, 249, 251, 255, 259, 263, 267, 289, 313, 341-2, 356, 404, 413, 458, 462, 477, 594, 607, 634, 656, 664, 803, 829, 832, 846, 851, 862, 874, 877, 879, 915, 960

of awakening mngon-byang sku, Skt. abhisambodhikāya, 19, 22, 139-40, 282

of coalescence zung-'jug-gi sku, Skt. yuganaddhakāya, 413, 467, 487, 540

emanational sprul-pa'i sku, Skt. nirmāṇakāya, 11, 12, 19, 21-2, 23, 115, 118, 123, 127-38, 139, 145, 153, 191-2, 196, 282, 299, 337, 339, 343, 409, 414, 415-16, 454, 585, 746, 866, 961; four kinds of instruction of the supreme 'dul-ba rnam-bzhi, 21, 131-2, 146, 414, 415; three types of sprul-sku rnam-gsum, 21, 128-34, 415-16; twelve deeds of the supreme mchog-gi sprul-sku'i mdzad-pa bcu-gnyis, Pls. 6-8; 21, 129, 137, 415-16, 624; twelve teachers of sprul-pa'i sku ston-pa bcu-gnyis, 22, 134-8

essential ngo-bo-nyid sku, Skt. svābhāvikakāya, 115, 184-5, 191-5

five sku-lnga, Skt. pañcakāya, 18, 19, 128, 139-40, 282, 363, 568, 594, 924

of form gzugs-sku, Skt. rūpakāya, 18, 19, 26, 30, 38, 115, 117, 168, 193-4, 221, 259, 263, 335, 341-2, 355; nine similes for dpe-dgu, 197; two gzugs-sku gnyis, 113, 168, 195-6, 237, 251, 342

four sku-bzhi, Skt. catuḥkāya, 19, 191-2, 288, 923

(great), of reality chos-sku (chen-po), Skt. (mahā)dharmakāya, 11, 12, 18, 19-20, 22, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 38, 95, 113, 115-23, 127, 134, 139, 144-5, 165, 168, 171, 184-5, 192-8, 201-2, 219, 221, 237, 245-7, 250, 263-4, 279, 282, 309, 329, 339, 342-3, 357, 403, 413, 415, 421, 447, 448, 572, 585, 677, 832, 837, 901, 902, 924, 925, 947

of great/supreme transformation 'pho-ba chen-po'i sku, Skt. *mahāsaṅkrāntikāya, 38, 342, 501; see also body, rainbow, buddha-body of light and supreme transformation

of indestructible reality rdo-rje'i sku, Skt. vajrakāya, 19, 22, 139-40, 197, 282, 301, 341, 414, 464, 471, 480, 877

of light 'od-kyi sku, 473, 537, 567, 581, 588, 695, 809, 812, 855, 858, 919; see also buddha-body of great/supreme transformation

of perfect rapture longs-spyod-rdzogs-pa'i sku, Skt. sambhogakāya, 11, 12, 19, 20-1, 22, 23, 115, 117-18, 122-9, 134, 139, 145-6, 196-7, 282, 340, 342-3, 409, 582, 583, 585, 680

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi sku, Skt. jñānakāya, 259-60, 350, 412, 502, 595, 684, 763, 804, 825, 827, 829, 835, 837, 838

of reality: see buddha-body, (great) of reality

of supreme bliss bde-ba chen-po'i sku, Skt. mahāsukhakāya, 369

three sku-gsum, Skt. trikāya, 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 29, 113, 115, 118, 139, 142, 148, 151, 183-4, 191, 194, 196, 251, 280, 306, 352, 357, 363, 404, 448, 503, 554, 622

two sku-gnyis, 18, 26, 169, 379

youthful vase gzhon-nu bum-pa'i sku: a synonym for the great buddha-body of reality, 19, 38, 117, 342

buddha family(ies) rigs, Skt. kula, 448, 561, 563; see also enlightened family(ies)

five sangs-rgyas rigs-lnga, 453, 572; see also enlightened families, five

sixth rigs drug-pa, 447, 448

(buddha-)field (sangs-rgyas-kyi) zhing-khams, Skt. (buddha)kṣetra, 19, 117-20, 123-4, 127-31, 145, 161, 171, 212, 214, 247-8, 253, 259, 263, 283, 307, 339, 341, 343, 518, 582, 668, 693, 697, 848, 879

five, of the emanational body of natural expression rang-bzhin sprul-pa'i sku'i zhing-khams lnga, 128

buddhahood/buddha nature sangs-rgyas-nyid, Skt. buddhatva, 17, 19, 27, 29, 30, 36, 67, 115-17, 120-1, 129-31, 141-2, 200, 203, 220, 244, 264-6, 273, 284, 289, 291, 297-8, 306, 332, 357, 366, 369, 411, 412, 413, 420, 421, 423, 432, 433, 434, 447, 458, 545, 568, 582, 594, 622, 641, 642, 697, 760, 767, 900, 901, 913, 923, 924, 946, 947

buddha-mind thugs, Skt. citta, 17, 21, 22, 31, 75, 115, 124-5, 132, 135-8, 147, 171, 181, 186, 246, 249, 255, 261, 270, 334, 338, 340, 350, 356, 404, 414, 451, 458, 462, 475, 594, 634, 656, 664, 803, 830, 846, 851, 862, 874, 915, 960; see also intention(s) and pristine cognition(s)

five kinds of thugs-kyi rnam-pa lnga, 283

innermost point of thugs-kyi thig-le, 832; see also seminal point, sole/unique

buddha nature: see buddhahood/buddha nature

buddha-speech gsung, Skt. vāk, 17, 21, 22, 31, 45, 71, 75, 115, 117, 124-5, 132, 135-8, 147, 186, 246, 249, 255, 289, 356, 404, 414, 425, 447, 458, 462, 479, 594, 634, 656, 664, 760, 803, 830, 846, 851, 862, 874, 915, 944, 960; see also under indestructible reality

five modes of gsung-lnga, 282-3

Buddhism, 11, 16, 19, 39, 41, 47, 393, 394, 396, 397; see also teaching

Buddhist nang-pa, 11, 12, 16, 18, 23, 36, 40, 41, 82, 89, 185, 393, 394, 395, 398, 463, 471, 472, 485, 493, 503, 632, 715, 936, 943; see also Insiders

burnt offerings sbyin-sregs, Skt. homa: refer to J. F. Staal, Agni: the Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar, for abundant material on the background and development of these rites, 290, 292, 304, 514, 516, 736, 768, 791

Burushaski bru-sha: an archaic language of Gilgit, 11, 489

Caitra nag: April to May, 947

campaka flowers me-tog tsam-pa-ka: michelia champaca, 913

Caryātantra spyod-pa'i rgyud: see vehicle of Ubhayatantra/Caryātantra

causal basis/cause rgyu, Skt. hetu, passim

of separation from defilements bral-rgyu, 191-4, 197, 254

causality rten-'brel, 666; see also dependent origination

cause: see causal basis

celestial mansion/palace gzhal-yas kkang, Skt. vimāna: residence of the deities, 123, 126, 171, 247, 255, 283, 287, 293, 416, 692, 769, 892, 915

centre(s) rtsa-'dab/rtsa-'khor, Skt. cakra: a focal point of energy within the central channel of the body, 124; see also door

four 'khor-lo bzhi, Skt. catvāri cakrāṇi, 286, 368

heart-centre snying-gi 'khor-lo, 264

(of perfect rapture) in the throat mgrin-pa (longs-spyod-rdzogs-pa'i) 'khor-lo, Skt. sambhogacakra, 620, 819, 837

secret (or sexual) mkha'-gsang, 286; two mkha'-gsang gnyis, 277, 368

six 'khor-lo drug, 368

throat: see centre (of perfect rapture) in the throat

certainty(ies) nges-shes, 872, 968

five nges-pa lnga, 117, 123, 145; see also excellences, five

cessation 'gog-pa/zad-pa, Skt. nirodha/kṣaya, passim

of all phenomena/things chos-zad, 84, 334

of (apparitional) reality chos-nyid zad-pa, 335; see also under visionary appearance(s)

of breathing dbugs chad-pa, 332

of corruption zag-pa zad-pa, Skt. āsravakṣaya: according to the vehicle of pious attendants, 203, 226, 227, 229, 231

due to individual scrutiny so-sor brtags-pas 'gog-pa, Skt. pratisaṃkhyānirodha, 157

independent of individual scrutiny bnag-min-gyi 'gog-pa, Skt. apratisaṃkhyānirodha, 157

of intellect/mind blo-zad, 84, 144, 165

of quiescence zhi-ba'i 'gog-pa, 342

channel rtsa, Skt. nāḍī: see energy channel/pathway

charnel ground dur-khrod, Skt. śmaśāna, 460, 469, 471, 482, 490, 493, 494, 497, 567, 609, 610, 618, 626, 757, 772, 791

chiliocosm stong dang-po'i 'jig-rten-gyi khams, 131, 212

Chinese chronicles, 399

Chinese silk chu-dar, 663

clairaudience lha-snyan, Skt. divyaśrotra, 132; see also divine ear

clairvoyance lha-mig, Skt. divyacakṣuḥ, 132, 548, 609; see also divine eye

classes of (living) beings 'gro-ba'i rigs

five 'gro-ba rigs lnga, 414

six 'gro-ba rigs drug, 14-15, 99, 166, 250, 312, 341, 357, 414

twelve dissimilar classes or types of living beings to be trained gdul-bya rigs mi-mthun-pa bcu-gnyis, 137

twelve thought patterns of living beings 'gro-ba'i rigs mi-'dra-ba-rnams-kyi rtog-pa bcu-gnyis, 137

coalescence/union zung-'jug, Skt. yuganaddha, 33, 201, 208, 232, 254, 269, 274, 537, 605, 643, 923

of appearance and emptiness snang-stong zung-'jug, 29, 31, 144-5, 192, 198, 204, 207, 209, 245, 865

of awareness and emptiness rig-stong zung-'jug, 34, 203-4, 273

of bliss and emptiness bde-stong zung-'jug, 33, 125, 204, 251, 255, 273, 277, 281, 288, 301, 362, 870, 877, 909

of the expanse of reality and pristine cognition dbyings-dang ye-shes-kyi zung-'jug: in Anuyoga, 284-5, 354-6

level of zung-'jug-gi sa, 477

of radiance and emptiness gsal-stong zung-'jug, 33-4, 273, 350, 362

coalescent being zung-'jug-gi sems-dpa, Skt. yuganaddhasattva, 259

co-emergence lhan-skyes, Skt. sahaja, 404, 830

colleges and meditation centres/hermitages/retreats bshad-grva-dang sgrub-khang, 519, 625, 632, 671

commentary 'grel-pa, Skt. vṛtti, 30, 39-41, 90-2, 99, 102, 142, 182, 186, 230, 301, 393, 405, 533, 658, 673, 674, 676, 677, 681, 691, 697, 701, 703, 705, 767, 831, 861, 872, 873, 876, 878, 894, 925

on the final promulgation, 95

on the first promulgation, 93

on the Fourth Piṭaka, 96

on the intermediate promulgation, 94-5

commentators 'grel-pa byed-pa-po, 90-1, 440

commitment(s) dam-tshig, Skt. samaya, 16, 58, 63, 252-4, 266, 303, 305, 308, 320, 546, 567, 583, 585, 630, 661, 668, 686, 787, 798, 832, 852, 864, 921, 928, 939; see also vows for those of the lower vehicles and oath of allegiance for those observed by doctrinal protectors

of Atiyoga, 370

ceremony for the fulfilment of skong-chog: this expiates any violations, 585, 745, 788, 791

five basic rtsa-ba dam-tshig lnga: according to Kriyātantra, 350

fourteen basic violations of bsrung-bya'i dam-tshig rtsa-ltung bcu-bzhi: according to Yogatantra, 361

fourteen particular dam-tshig bcu-bzhi: according to Yogatantra, 355

holder of dam-tshig 'dzin-pa, 841

nine enumerations of dam-tshig rnam-grangs dgu: according to Anuyoga, 367

of the sacramental substances: see sacrament/sacramental objects/substances

thirteen bye-brag-gi dam-tshig bcu-gsum: according to Yogatantra, 350, 355

thirteen particular bye-brag-gi dam-tshig bcu-gsum: according to Kriyātantra, 350

three general spyi'i dam-tshig gsum: according to Kriyātantra, 350

twenty, concerning attainment sgrub-pa'i nyi-shu: according to Anuyoga, 367

twenty-eight dam-tshig nyer-brgyad: according to Mahāyoga, 361

twenty-eight common thun-mong-gi nyi-shu rtsa-brgyad: according to Anuyoga, 367

twenty-three, relating to discipline brtul-zhugs-kyi nyer-gsum: according to Anuyoga, 367

of Ubhayatantra, 353

commitment seal of buddha-mind which secures the mind of conflicting emotions in the pristine cognition of sameness mnyam-nyid nyon-yid thugs-dam-rgya, 356

common savour ro-snyams, Skt. samarasa, 260-1, 305, 322, 404, 571

community dge-'dun, Skt. saṃgha, 16, 95, 394, 403, 519, 731, 933; see also monastic community and saṃgha

compassion snying-rje, Skt. karuṇā, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 61, 68, 88, 117, 140, 146-7, 168, 193-4, 200-1, 231-2, 249, 251, 281, 322, 393, 403, 409, 425, 564, 568, 571, 575, 591, 592, 593, 604, 622, 623, 641, 652, 653, 664, 665, 705, 726, 744, 751, 758, 767, 768, 774, 795, 809, 818, 821, 869, 871, 887, 924, 934, 937, 939, 959

great snying-rje cken-po, Skt. makākaruṇā: as a stage of Mahāyoga, 278-9, 281, 360

component(s) phung-po, Skt. skandha/upādānaskandha, 59, 93, 170, 212, 217, 224, 247, 250, 251, 259-60, 276, 315, 333-4, 367, 424, 899

of consciousness rnam-shes-kyi phung-po, Skt. vijñānaskandha, 56, 176, 212, 224; see also under consciousness

eighty-four thousand (doctrinal) (chos-kyi) phung-po brgyad-khri bzhi-stong, 17, 77, 86, 133, 763, 925; see also extensive teachings, extremely

of feelings tshor-ba'i phung-po, Skt. vedanāskandha, 55-6, 176, 212

five phung-po lnga, Skt. pañcaskandha, 13, 20, 25, 55-6, 160-1

five phung-po lnga, Skt. (asamāsama)pañcaskandha: i.e. of the enlightened ones, 125

of form gzugs-kyi phung-po, Skt. rūpaskandha, 55, 176, 212, 214-15

four nominal ming-bzhi-la ldan-pa, 62

of habitual tendencies 'du-byed-kyi phung-po, Skt. saṃskāraskandha, 56, 176, 212

of perceptions 'du-shes-kyi phung-po, Skt. samjñāskandha, 56, 176, 212

compounded entities 'du-byas, Skt. saṃskṛta, 52-3, 70-1, 93, 197, 211, 225, 297, 319, 321, 426

Conangpa, jo-nang-pa, 833, 850

concentration bsam-gtan, Skt. dhyāna: see meditative concentration(s)

conceptual elaboration spros-pa, Skt. prapañca, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 154, 162, 164, 167, 184-5, 196, 203-4, 208-9, 215, 219, 232, 234, 250, 252, 269, 272, 284, 295, 304-6, 308-9, 312, 314-15, 317, 320-1, 324, 330, 336, 342, 354, 360, 362, 365, 368, 764

conceptualising/discursive thought rnam-rtog, Skt. vikalpa, passim

condition(s) rkyen, Skt. pratyaya, 93, 118, 145-6 and passim

four, of samsāra 'khor-ba'i rkyen-bzhi, 54-5

conduct spyod-pa, Skt. caryā, passim

of Atiyoga, 372

of the bodhisattvas, 94-5, 236

disciplined, (of awareness) rig-pa'i dka'-thub-kyi spyod-pa, 818, 820

extensive spyod-pa rgyas-pa, 431, 440

according to Kriyātantra, 270, 351-2

according to Mahāyoga, 277, 363

in the mundane vehicle, 60

of overpowering discipline brtul-bzhugs-kyi spyod-pa: in Mahāyoga, 281

of the pious attendants, 93, 227

of the self-centred buddhas, 230

of self-restraint in Mahāyoga, the eight divisions grol-lam bag-yod-kyi spyod-pa brgyad, 281

ten modes of doctrinal chos-spyod bcu, 60, 862

three kinds of spyod-pa gsum: according to Anuyoga, 369

according to Ubhayatantra, 271, 352

in the vehicle of Brahmā, 61

according to Yogatantra, 357

conflicting emotions nyon-mongs, Skt. kleśa, 23, 25, 61, 73, 79, 89, 93, 130, 159, 171, 174, 195, 198-9, 227, 229, 236, 255, 265, 292, 302, 309, 311, 321, 332, 341, 420, 424, 930; see also defilements

all-conflicting emotions kun-nas nyon-mongs, Skt. saṃkleśa, 57, 73, 170-1, 176, 234

eighty-four thousand nyon-mongs brgyad-khri bzhi-slong, 133

five nyon-mongs-pa lnga, 128, 714

six nyon-mongs-pa drug, 12, 55

subsidiary nye-bar nyon-mongs, Skt. upakleśa, 176

three nyong-mongs-pa gsum, 88; see also poisons, three

conqueror(s) rgyal-ba, Skt. jina: an epithet for the buddhas, who are conquerors of Māra, passim

consciousness rnam-par shes-pa, Skt. vijñāna, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 54-6, 156-205, 250-1, 257, 265, 294, 424, 863, 896, 903, 905, 906 and passim; see also mind

apperceptive rnam-par rig-byed, Skt. vijñapti, 56

as a component, 56, 176, 212, 224, 294

of conflicting emotions nyong-mongs-pa-can yid-kyi rnam-shes, Skt. kliṣṭamanovijñāna, 340; see also mind which apprehends emotionally conflicted thoughts

contrasted with pristine cognition, 180-4, 201, 203, 210-11, 215-16

eight aggregates of rnam-shes tshogs brgyad, Skt. aṣṭavijñānakāya, 162, 202, 216, 221, 297, 309, 333-4, 341

of the eye mig-gi rnam-shes, Skt. cakṣurvijñāna, 56

of the five senses sgo-lnga'i rnam-shes, 156, 158, 340, 356; see also sensory perceptions, five

of the ground-of-all kun-gzhi'i rnam-shes, Skt. ālayavijñāna, 12, 27, 55, 178, 340

of the intellect/mental faculty yid-kyi rnam-shes, Skt. manovijñāna, 55, 156-7, 178-9, 257, 340, 356

proponents of: see Vijñānavādin

six aggregates of rnam-shes tshogs drug, Skt. ṣaḍvijñānakāya, 162, 166

consecration rab-gnas: a ceremony of inauguration, 629, 630, 643, 644, 676, 695, 791, 809, 826, 838, 912

consort(s), 470, 489, 562, 663, 673; see also under deity(ies)

father/male yab: male deities or yogins, 125, 273, 281

father and mother yab-yum, 369; deities yab-yum-gyi lha, 274

five characteristic mtshan-ldan gzungs-ma lnga, 773

male and female yab-yum, 277

mother/female yum: the female adepts and deities, 125, 273, 281, 284

constellations and lunar mansions, the moving band of skar-khyim-gyi go-la: in astrology, 104, 946, 969

contemplation(s) ting-nge-'dzin, Skt. samādhi, 23, 34, 75, 117, 121, 125, 141, 248, 253-6, 259-61, 265-6, 272, 278, 281, 312, 334, 340-1, 348-9, 356-7, 412, 421, 423, 424, 456, 475, 482, 486, 493, 494, 498, 513, 514, 535, 554, 555, 562, 587, 590, 603, 625, 629, 659, 695, 696, 700, 774, 819, 822, 824, 825, 831, 858, 859, 913

on all that appears kun-snang-gi ting-nge-'dzin, 279

blissful, radiant and non-discursive bde-gsal mi-rtog-pa'i ting-nge-'dzin, 579

of the causal basis rgyu'i ting-nge-'dzin, 279

formless gzugs-med-kyi ting-nge-'dzin, 486

endowed with four nominal components ming-bzhi-la ldan-pa'i ting-nge-'dzin, 62

named “Great Lotus” padma chen-po zhes-pa ting-nge-'dzin, 130

of the Great Perfection rdzogs-pa chen-po'i ting-nge-'dzin, 693

of the “Illumination of the Greater Vehicle” theg-pa chen-po rab-tu snang-ba, 912

of just what is de-bzhin-nyid-kyi ting-nge-'dzin, 279; see also contemplation of reality, just as it is

non-conceptual mi-rtog-pa'i ting-nge-'dzin, Skt. nirvikalpasamādhi, 280, 287, 368, 854

non-symbolic mtshan-med ting-nge-'dzin, 34, 248, 354

of nothing at all ci-yang-med-pa'i ting-nge-'dzin; 412, 419, 693; see also meditative absorption(s)

of the pinnacle/summit of existence srid-rtse'i ting-nge-'dzin, 56, 419

profound and vast zab-rgyas ting-'dzin, 75, 247, 423

of reality, just as it is chos-nyid de-bzhin-nyid-kyi ting-nge-'dzin, 363; see also contemplation of just what is

of the summit of existence: see contemplation of the pinnacle/summit of existence

symbolic mtshan-bcas ting-nge-'dzin, 34, 248, 354

three ting-nge-'dzin gsum: according to Mahāyoga, 278-81, 358, 360, 362-3

two kinds of ting-'dzin-la mos-bsgom-dang nges-rdzogs gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, the meditation of devotion as in the performance of daily ceremonies (mos-bsgom) and the definitive perfection of perpetual contemplation (nges-rdzogs), 278, 363

contemplative experiences, five ting-'dzin nyams lnga: according to Mahāyoga, 34, 278

continents, four gling-bzhi, Skt. caturdvīpa, 14, 56, 60, 131, 409, 438, 515, 555, 577

continuum/continua rgyud, Skt. tantra, 12, 51, 142, 147, 197, 275, 971

of the basis/ground gzhi'i rgyud, 32, 34, 154, 169, 247, 253-5, 276, 291, 348, 897, 905

of the path lam-gyi rgyud-rnams, 32, 34, 154, 169, 247, 265-6, 348, 897, 905; three characteristics of lam-rgyud-kyi mtshan-nyid gsum, 265

of the result 'bras-bu'i rgyud, 32, 154, 169, 247, 266-7, 348, 897, 905

three (comprising the actual or expressed meaning) (brjod-bya) rgyud-gsum, 32, 185-6, 196-8, 208, 244, 262-7

core-penetrating zang-thal/zang-ka-ma dang thal-du byung-ba: in the Great Perfection, the penetrating openness of the very core of reality, which is the nucleus of pristine cognition, 335, 337, 344

corruption(s) zag-pa, Skt. āsrava: the flux of world-forming deeds caused by ignorance, 132, 157, 227, 319, 330, 423, 615, 879

three zag-pa gsum, 472

councils bsdu-ba, Skt. saṃgīti, 75, 410, 428-31, 441, 456, 949

covert intention ldem-dgongs, Skt. abhisandhi, 30, 218-22

four kinds of ldem-dgongs bzhi, 30, 220-2

crafts, sixty-four sgyu-rtsal re-bzhi, 98, 418

creation and perfection, three aspects of bskyed-rdzogs gsum, 83, 358, 476, 612, 615, 616, 619, 650, 651, 652, 654, 700, 717

creation stage bskyed-rim, Skt. utpattikrama: the elaborate gradual phase of creative visualisation according to the tantra vehicles, 34, 35, 36, 85, 87, 204, 251, 274, 278-81, 284, 290-1, 293, 300-2, 305, 335-6, 358-60, 362-3, 365, 370, 458-83, 486, 496, 523, 531, 647, 681, 720, 721, 723, 726, 787, 829, 836, 844, 862, 865, 876-7, 880

Cutting Through Resistance khregs-chod, 38, 334-7, 341, 371, 593

four creative stages of the path of khregs-chod lam-gyi bskyed-rim bzhi, 371

in the Great Perfection rdzogs-pa chen-po khregs-chod, 828

in primordial purity ka-dag khregs-chod, 877

cyclical existence 'khor-ba: see saṃsāra

ḍāka mkha'-'gro: male space-farers who embody awareness, 442, 451, 490, 492; see also warrior

ḍākinīs mkha'-'gro-ma: female space-farers who embody emptiness, 135-6, 199, 406, 442, 451, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 482, 485, 486, 490, 492, 493, 494, 498, 499, 501, 503, 593, 567, 580, 581, 582, 583, 585, 587, 588, 609, 621, 644, 670, 676, 679, 697, 745, 756, 757, 760, 762, 766, 767, 771, 772, 773, 774, 785, 786, 787, 802, 814, 820, 825, 829, 832, 846, 855, 856, 863, 865, 887, 889, 890, 892, 927, 961

of the four classes rigs-bzhi'i mkha'-'gro-ma, 755

of pristine cognition ye-shes mkha'-'gro, Skt. jñānaḍākinī, 469, 480, 502, 572, 755, 763, 774, 837, 857

of the three abodes gnas-gsum-gyi mkha'-'gro-ma, 469, 853

script/symbolic language of mkha'-'gro brda'-yig, 469, 580, 745-6, 747, 778, 837, 844, 857, 865

ḍāmaru da-ma-ru: a skull-drum, 638

death 'chi-ba, Skt. maraṇa, 278-9; see also under intermediate state

four ways of 'chi-lugs bzhi, 543, 547

deceases, four 'da'-ka-ma bzhi, 923

declension rnam-dbye, Skt. vibhakti: in grammar, 100

deeds mdzad-pa: i.e. those of a buddha, 137-8, 146, 221, 253, 415-16, 436, 812; see also enlightened activity(ies)

deeds, world-forming las, Skt. karman, 13, 16, 51, 55-61, 63, 76, 93, 118-19, 130, 161, 198, 214, 229, 260, 277, 298, 321, 409, 414, 450, 641, 658, 671, 767, 769, 798, 832, 878, 896, 898-9, 903, 913; see also karma

freedom from bya-bral, 896

three types of las gsum-po, 56

defilements nyon-mongs, Skt. kleśa, 913; see also conflicting emotions

definitive meaning nges-don, Skt. nītārtha: see under meaning

deity(ies) lha, Skt. devatā, passim; see also consort(s)

body of lha'i sku, 255, 281, 356, 900

body, speech and mind of lha'i sku-gsung-thugs, 31, 246, 575, 647

central gtso-bo'i lha, 271, 281

of the expanse of indestructible reality rdo-rje dbyings-kyi lha: according to Yogatantra, 32, 33, 207, 264, 272, 353, 355; see also maṇḍala of indestructible (reality's) expanse

favoured lhag-pa'i lha, Skt. iṣṭadevatā, 747, 818, 852, 872, 874, 927

guardian srung-ma, 605

local gzhi-bdag, 847; see also local divinity

male and female lha-dang lha-mo, 304, 348, 355, 367-8, 641; wrathful khro-bo khro-mo, 125; see also deities/conquerors, peaceful and wrathful

meditational yi-dam, 91, 108, 510, 534, 537, 564, 585, 588, 607, 615, 634, 647, 665, 710, 711, 713, 726, 766, 828, 829, 853, 876, 922

of perfect rapture longs-spyod-rdzogs-pa'i lha, 692

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi lha, 347, 923

of relative appearance kun-rdzob-kyi lha, 349

six modes of lha drug: according to Kriyātantra, 270, 350-1

symbolic mtshan-bcas lha, 287, 350-1

of the three roots rtsa-gsum-pa'i lha: the guru, meditational deity and ḍākinī, 376, 555, 586, 676, 748, 823, 847, 855

wrathful khro-bo lha, 713, 767; male and female khro-bo khro-mo, 125; see also following entry

deities/conquerors, peaceful and wrathful zhi-khro lha/rgyal-ba, 132, 279-80, 447, 511, 583, 635, 679, 693, 775, 853; see also preceding entry

(Fifty-eight) Blood-drinkers/wrathful khrag-'thung/khro-bo lha (nga-brgyad), 280, 623, 713, 767

(Forty-two) Peaceful zhi-ba'i lha (zhe-gnyis), 125-6, 280, 623, 644, 691, 701

of the Magical Net sgyu-'phrul zhi-khro, 628, 673, 674, 691, 695, 696, 700-1, 730, 731, 843, 849

delight(s) dga'-ba, Skt. ānanda, 301

co-emergent lhan-skyes dga'-ba, 818

four dga'-ba bzhi, 818, 830, 877

sixteen dga'-ba bcu-drug, 125

supreme mchog-gi dga'-ba, 125, 376

delusion gti-mug, Skt. moha, 12, 18, 34, 55, 130, 403, 547, 638, 901, 902, 903, 904, 924, 938

twenty-one thousand kinds of gti-mug-gi cha nyis-khri chig-stong, 11

dependent (nature) gzhan-dbang-gi mtshan-nyid, Skt. paratantralakṣaṇa, 24, 25, 26, 154, 160-1, 170-2, 182, 219-20; see also essential natures, three

dependent origination rten-'brel, Skt. pratītyasamutpāda, 227-31, 403; see also auspicious coincidence and causality

inward nang-gi rten-'brel, 208

outward phyi'i rten-'brel, 208

twelve antidotes/emptinesses belonging to the trend in which it is reversed rten-'brel lugs-ldog stong-pa bcu-gnyis, 230

twelve modes of rten-'brel bcu-gnyis, 25, 159, 228

desire 'dod-chags, Skt. raga, 12, 18, 33, 55-6, 61, 64, 72, 129, 130, 273, 302, 306, 317, 322, 340, 412, 584, 625, 652, 653, 899, 938

four kinds of 'dod-chags tshul/rigs bzhi, 269, 413

realms 'dod-pa'i khams, Skt. kāmadhātu, 13, 56, 129, 142, 258-9

twenty-one thousand kinds of 'dod-chags-kyi cha rnam-pa nyis-khri chig-stong, 77

desired qualities 'dod-yon, Skt. kāmaguṇa: the five sensual pleasures, 251, 254; see also sensual raptures, five

determination la-bzla-ba: i.e. that made by the view of the Great Perfection which transcends or has transcended the subject-object dichotomy, 37, 320

deva lha: gods within the three realms of saṃsāra, 451, 452; see also gods

deviation gol-sa: i.e. from the view of the Great Perfection, 36, 37, 295-7, 302, 323, 330, 340-1, 353, 851, 902, 923

dhāraṇī gzungs: a mantra-like formula or incantation which serves a mnemonic function, promoting retention of extensive bodies of doctrine, 23, 141, 657, 743, 852, 878, 928

dharma chos: defined, 51-3; passim; see also doctrine(s)

dhūti dhū-ti, Skt. avadhūti: see energy channel/pathway, central

dialectical doctrines (of the causal vehicles) rgyu mtshan-nyid-kyi chos, 854; see also under vehicle(s)

dialectical sophistry, eight categories of rtog-ge'i tshig-don brgyad, 101

dialectician mtshan-nyid-pa, 642, 678

dialectics mtshan-nyid, 26, 605, 650, 651, 672, 704, 723, 757, 850, 898, 907

three classes of mtshan-nyid sde-gsum: the three causal vehicles, 618, 671

dichiliocosm stong gnyis-pa'i 'jigs-rten-gyi khams: a universe of 10002 world realms, 131

direct perception mngon-sum, Skt. pratyakṣa, 21, 275-6, 300, 318, 340, 415, 641, 844, 920

three kinds of mngon-sum gsum, 102

directions, ten phyogs-bcu, Skt. daśadik, 412

discrete entities rang-rgyud-pa'i chos-rnams, 104, 640, 641

discriminative awareness shes-rab, Skt. prajñā, 18, 28, 33, 34, 45, 55, 62, 79, 88, 94, 99, 117, 125, 168, 181, 184, 185, 192, 231-2, 244-5, 247-9, 260, 269, 273-4, 278, 281, 286, 293, 296, 300, 302-3, 306, 313, 343-4, 359-60, 362, 364, 368, 422, 543, 560, 563, 568, 570, 613, 615, 620, 637, 703, 704, 773, 869, 871, 872, 877, 899, 901, 902, 905, 916

born of meditation bsgoms-pa-las byung-ba'i shes-rab, Skt. bhāvanāmayīprajñā, 535, 720, 877

born of thought bsam-pa-las byung-ba'i shes-rab, Skt. cintāmayīprajñā, 720

perfection of shes-rab-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-ma/pa, Skt. prajñāpāramitā, 23, 74-5, 182-3, 185, 188-9, 208, 236, 300, 308, 901, 902, 909, 947

superior lhag-pa'i shes-rab, Skt. adhiprajñā, 71, 424, 707

three kinds of shes-rab gsum, 185, 277, 332, 722

discursive/conceptualising thought rnam-rtog, Skt. vikalpa, passim

disjunct conditions ldan-min 'du-byed, Skt. viprayuktasaṃskāra: in Abhidharma, those conditions, such as linguistic phenomena, cessation of consciousness in meditative absorption and relations, which are not reducible to the categories of form and mind, 24, 156-8

display rol-pa, Skt. lalita, 324, 326-8, 363, 365-6, 368, 372; see also expressive play/power and play

disposition (of reality) ngang, 251, 287, 311-12, 315-16, 323, 325, 328, 337, 340, 342-4, 351, 357, 368, 371, 571, 643, 832, 896, 900

dissertation rab-tu byed-pa/pra-ka-ra-ṇa, Skt. prakaraṇa, 102

distinct attributes of the buddhas, eighteen sangs-rgyas-kyi chos ma-'dres-pa bco-brgyad, Skt. aṣṭadaśāvenikabuddhadharma, 22, 140

divination nag-rtsis: i.e. Chinese divination, in contrast to the Indian tradition of astrology (skar-rtsis), 104, 727, 730, 762, 821, 869; see also elemental divination

divination chart gtad-khram: a divination device which determines malign forces — gtad means entrusting and khram the crossing or sealing of malign forces, 786

divine ear lha-snyan, Skt. divyaśrotra, 928; see also clairaudience

divine eye lha-mig, Skt. divyacakṣuḥ, 928; see also clairvoyance

(doctrinal) components (chos-kyi) phung-po

eighty-four thousand phung-po brgyad-khri bzhi-stong, 17, 77, 86, 133, 763, 925

twenty-one thousand phung-po nyis-khri chig-stong, 77-8

doctrinal seal of buddha-speech which secures the mental faculty as the pristine cognition of discernment sor-rtog yid gsung chos-rgya, 356

doctrinal terminology chos-skad, 887, 894-5, 925, 936

doctrinal tradition chos-lugs, 51-2, 917, 920

doctrinal wheel(s) chos-kyi 'khor-lo, Skt. dharmacakra, 28, 73, 76, 128-9, 131, 151-5, 188, 409, 412, 416, 421, 427, 590, 593, 695, 726, 731, 823, 830, 872, 948; see also transmitted precepts

first promulgation/turning, of the middle way which abandons both extremes concerning the four truths dbu-ma'i lam-gyi bden-pa bzhi'i chos-'khor, 23, 27, 28, 76, 93, 137, 153, 186-8, 423, 896, 946

second/intermediate promulgation/turning, concerning signlessness mtshan-med 'bar-ma'i chos-'khor, 23-4, 27, 28, 76, 94-5, 153-4, 172, 178, 184-8, 206, 216, 423-4, 526, 896, 905

of the Secret Mantra gsang-sngags-kyi chos-'khor, 95-6, 445-50, 458

(third/final) promulgation/turning, of definitive meaning nges-don-gyi chos-'khor (phyi-mal-gsum-pa), 24, 27, 28, 30, 36, 76, 95, 153-4, 160, 170, 178, 185-8, 190, 206, 216, 236, 300-1, 424, 527, 896, 905, 944; see also promulgation of the doctrinal wheel, irreversible

three promulgations/turnings chos-kyi 'khor-lo gsum, 17, 23-4, 27, 76, 151-5, 187, 425, 896, 946-7

twelve different, of speech gsung-chos-kyi 'khor-lo mi-'dra-ba bcu-gnyis, 137

doctrine(s) chos, Skt. dharma, defined, 51-3; passim; see also under treasure(s)

ages of, 949

background rgyab-chos, 658

of cause and effect rgyu-'bras-kyi chos, 538, 540

chronology of, 941-62

duration of, 943-5

eye of chos-kyi spyan, 933

five chos-lnga: i.e. of the Sūtra of the Descent to Laṅkā, 128

four negative nag-po'i chos bzhi, Skt. catuḥkṛṣṇadharma, 236

four positive dkar-chos bzhi, Skt. catuḥśukladharma, 236

four, of a spiritual ascetic dge-sbyong-gi chos bzhi, 52

genuine/true dam-pa'i chos, Skt. saddharma: the Buddha's teaching, 51, 59, 68, 70-2, 102, 113, 137, 195, 217, 235, 393, 403, 422, 428, 498, 504, 508, 509, 512, 513, 515, 516, 527, 575, 669, 675, 705, 723, 748, 753, 762, 806, 809, 874, 894, 938, 939, 949

lord of chos-kyi bdag-po, 761

mundane 'jig-rten-gyi chos, Skt. laukikadharma, 12, 16, 51

nectar-like bdud-rtsi lta-bu'i, 421, 423, 648; see also nectar(-like instruction)

ninety-six, of a single emanational body mchog-sprul-gyi chos dgu-bcu dgu-drug, 22, 138

of nirvāṇa mya-ngan-las 'das-pa'i chos, 12, 16-18, 53, 70-2

perception of chos-shes, Skt. dharmajñāna, 226; after-effect of chos-kyi rjes-su shes-pa, Skt. dharmānvayajñāna, 227

of the purification of the birthplace skye-gnas sbyang-ba'i chos, 416

of realization rtogs-pa'i chos, Skt. adhigamadharma, 16, 17, 71-2, 403

of saṃsāra 'khor-ba'i chos, 12-16, 53, 54-69

seven divine lha-chos bdun: of Atiśa and the Kadampa tradition, 853

sixty chos-kyi rnam-grangs drug-tu, 137

supramundane 'jig-rten-las-das-pa'i chos, Skt. lokottaradharma, 12, 51

ten meanings of chos-kyi don bcu, 51-3

thirty-seven aspects of enlightenment byang-chub-kyi chos sum-cu-rtsa-bdun, Skt. saptatriṃśadbodhipaḳṣadharma, 236

of transmission lung-gi chos, Skt. āgamadharma, 16-17, 403, 582

door sgo, Skt. dvāra: in general this term indicates the apertures of the physical body and the gates of the five senses. In the context of the path of skillful means, it specifically refers to the energy centres in the body; see also centre(s)

lower, of one's partner's body gzhan-lus 'og-sgo: the secret centre of the partner, embodying awareness and emptiness, 277, 363, 368

lower, of skillful means thabs 'og-sgo, 286

upper, of one's own body rang-lus steng-sgo, 277, 363, 368

upper, of skillful means thabs steng-sgo, 286

drama zlos-gar, Skt. nātya, 18, 98, 103, 106-7, 577, 762, 803

thirty-six characteristics of zlos-gar-gi mtshan-nyid sum-bcu-so-drug, 107

dramatic airs, nine gar-gyi cha-byad dgu, 98, 630

dramatic juncture, five sequences of mtsham-sbyor-gi yan-lag lnga, 107

dramatic manners, four zlos-gar-gi tshul bzhi, 107

sixteen aspects of tshul bzhi'i yan-lag bco-drug, 107

Drigungpa 'bri-gung-pa, 592, 681, 823, 830, 839, 841, 847, 850, 867, 868, 929

Drukpa Kagyüpa 'brug-pa bka'-brgyud-pa, 823, 841, 847, 850, 868, 922

Dvāparayuga gnyis-ldan: the third age of the aeon, which is particularly suited to the practice of Yogatantra, 268

elaboration spros-pa, Skt. prapañca, 302, 344, 403, 498; see also conceptual elaboration

elder gnas-brtan, Skt. sthavira, 93, 137, 429, 430, 438-9, 556, 557, 558

element(s) 'byung-ba, Skt. (mahā)bhūta, 53, 104, 301, 321, 368, 615, 747, 763

five (gross) 'byung-ba (chen-po) lnga, Skt. pañca(mahā)bhūta, 13, 56, 104, 264, 640

four 'byung-ba bzhi, Skt. caturbhūta, 38, 53, 117-18, 328, 336, 542, 543, 594, 748

elemental divination 'byung-rtsis: Chinese divination or geomancy, 104; see also divination

nine topics of 'byung-rtsis-kyi don rnam-pa dgu, 104

elemental properties, five khams-lnga, Skt. pañcadhātu, 20, 125

elemental components 'byung-'gyur, 368

elixir sman: spiritual medicine, 867; see also nectar(s)

attainment of sman-sgrub, 686, 757

elixir/water of life tshe-chu, 573, 662-3, 789, 790

nectar-elixir bdud-rtsi sman, 619, 651, 775

spiritual chos-sman: i.e. the doctrine, 791

emaho e-ma-ho: an exclamation of wonder, 915

emanation(s) sprul-pa/sku, Skt. nirmāṇa(kāya), 68, 113, 118-20, 122, 124, 127, 129-30, 214, 342, 413, 415, 468, 478, 492, 496, 526, 555, 556, 592, 594, 560, 572, 582, 587, 607, 618, 634, 637, 645, 648, 654, 665, 677, 683, 698, 704, 719, 727, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 745, 747, 751, 753, 755, 757, 758, 760, 780, 791, 809, 813, 821, 823, 825, 833, 835, 839, 841, 854, 859, 922, 934, 936; see also under buddha-body(ies)

of artistry and birth bzo-ba-dang skye-ba-dang, 133, 415

supreme mchog-gi sprul-sku, 415; see also under buddha-body(ies)

emanational teachings of buddha-body, speech and mind, three great sprul-pa'i bstan-pa chen-po gsum: according to the Great Perfection, 134-8

emotional defilement nyon-mongs, Skt. kleśa: see conflicting emotions

empowerment(s) dbang-bskur, Skt. abhiṣeka: the required entrance for the tantra vehicles, passim; see also maturation

of awareness' expressive play/power rig-pa'i rtsal-dbang: according to Atiyoga, 370, 673, 674, 763-4

of beneficence, ability and profundity phan-nus-zab-gsum-gyi dbang, 360, 665

(common) vase thun-mong-pa'i bum-dbang: according to Kriyātantra and Ubhayatantra, 360, 626, 825-6, 829, 921

of the corpse of the great charnel ground bam-chen ro-yi dbang-bskur, 610

of discerning/discriminating pristine cognition shes-rab ye-shes-kyi dbang: see empowerment, third

eight hundred and thirty-one ancillary yan-lag-gi dbang brgyad-brgya so-cig: according to Anuyoga, 364

extremely unelaborate rab-tu spros-med dbang-bskur: according to Atiyoga, 500, 501

of the fifteen ordinary sacraments sgrub-rdzas thun-mong bco-lnga'i dbang: according to Mahāyoga, 700-1

five dbang-lnga: according to the Secret Nucleus, i.e. those of beneficence, 915

five, of awareness rig-pa'i dbang-lnga: according to Kriyātantra and Ubhayatantra, i.e. those of ability, 354; see also empowerment, (common) vase

four snying-thig-gi dbang-bzhi: according to Innermost Spirituality, 499-501, 673, 674-5

four dbang-bzhi: according to Mahāyoga 360, 546, 613, 755, 825, 863, 923

fourth dbang bzhi-pa, Skt. caturtha: according to Mahāyoga, also called the empowerment of word and meaning. Refer to Mipham Rinpoche, spyi-don 'od-gsal snying-po, (pp. 149 ff.), 360

of great light rays 'od-zer chen-po'i dbang: according to the sūtras. This is contrasted with the empowerment of supreme desire, 142, 912-13

of the Great Perfection rdzogs-chen-gyi dbang-bskur, 370, 677; see also empowerment of awareness' expressive play/power

inner unelaborate nang spros-med dbang-bskur: according to Atiyoga, 500, 501, 675

of the irreversible vase phyir mi-zlog-pa'i bum-dbang: according to Yogatantra, 354; see also empowerment of the master of indestructible reality

“liberating”, of the lower rite of Vajrakīla smad-las sgrol-dbang, 712

of longevity tshe-dbang, 669, 673, 674; for final support mtha'-rten tshe-dbang, 828

of the master of indestructible reality rdo-rje'i slob-dpon-gyi dbang, Skt. vajrācāryābhiṣeka: according to Yogatantra, 354

means for the conferral of bskur-thabs, 601

of the Mental Class sems-sde (A-don bco-brgyad-kyi) dbang, 700, 701

of the nine vehicles theg-pa dgu'i dbang: according to Anuyoga, 364-5, 910-12

outer elaborate phyi spros-pa'i dbang-bskur: according to Atiyoga, 499-500, 501, 580, 586, 673, 675

outer, inner and secret phyi-nang-gsang-gi dbang-bskur, 469

secret gsang-dbang, Skt. guhyābhiṣeka, 360, 619, 830, 866

six dbang-drug: according to Yogatantra, 354

of supreme desire 'dod-chags chen-po'i dbang: according to Unsurpassed Tantra. It is contrasted with the empowerment of great light rays, 142

of the Sūtra which Gathers All Intentions mdo-dbang, 911-13

symbolic brda'i dbang-bskur, 855

third dbang gsum-pa: also known as the empowerment of discriminating pristine cognition. Refer to Mipham Rinpoche, spyi-don 'od-gsal snying-po, (pp. 146-8), 247, 301, 360, 584, 866

thirty-six, ceremonies dbang-chog so-drug: according to Anuyoga, 364-5

three higher (supreme, uncommon) (thin-min mchog-)dbang gong-ma gsum, 347, 360, 913; see also following entry

three profound zab-dbang gsum: according to Mahāyoga, i.e. those of profundity, 347, 701

vajra, bell and name rdor-dril-ming-gsum-gyi dbang: according to Ubhayatantra, 352

vase, of awareness rig-pa spyi-blugs-kyi dbang, 493; see also following entry

vase, that is the conqueror's means/which pours out all the conquerors' means rgyal-thabs bum-dbang/rgyal-thabs spyi-blugs-kyi dbang-chen: according to Atiyoga. On this, Longcenpa, Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle, p. 291, says 'khor-'das gnyis-ka'i dbang-bskur, phyi rgyal-thabs spyi-blugs-su bskur-bas stong-gsum-gyi 'jig-rten gling-bzhi ri-rab-dang-bcas-pa-la dbang thob: “Having conferred the empowerment of both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, outwardly as a pouring out of all the conquerors' means, one obtains the empowerment of the trichiliocosm, together with the four continents and Mount Meru”, 345, 453

vases for the corners (of the maṇḍala) dbang-gi bum-grva, 726

very unelaborate shin-tu spros-med dbang-bskur: according to Atiyoga, 500, 501

water and crown chu-dang cod-pan-gyi dbang: according to Kriyātantra, 349, 352

of word and meaning tshig-don-gyi dbang: see empowerment, fourth

emptiness stong-pa nyid, Skt. śūnyatā, 23, 29, 31, 35, 37, 38, 45, 55, 144-5, 154, 168, 170-3, 178, 184-6, 188-9, 191-3, 196-214, 206, 209, 217-18, 220, 226, 230, 234, 236, 250, 263-4, 272, 274, 280, 294-5, 304-5, 314, 316-18, 321-4, 330-2, 335, 339, 342, 351, 354, 356, 359-60, 365, 371, 403, 404, 583, 638, 653, 818, 830, 856, 877, 898, 906, 923, 924, 931; see also under coalescence/union

emptiness of stong-pa nyid-kyi stong-nyid, 309

endowed with all supreme aspects rnam-pa kun-gyi mchog dang-ldan-pa'i stong-pa-nyid, Skt. sarvākāraguṇopetaśūnyatā, 125, 185, 203, 250, 255, 281, 291

extrinsic gzhan-stong: i.e. the absolute's emptiness of extraneous entities or other substances, 27, 28, 41, 170-2, 188; adherents of/apologists for gzhan-stong-pa, 207-8

form of, within a black outline re-kha nag-po'i nang-la stong-pa-nyid, 301

four modes of stong-nyid tshul-bzhi, 877

great stong-pa chen-po: according to Mahāyoga, 278-9, 309

intrinsic rang-stong, 27, 28, 41, 171, 188, 307; adherents/proponents of rang-stong-pa, 171, 186

two modes of stong-pa-nyid-kyi lugs gnyis, 184

enclosure sbubs-ma, 448, 587, 588

endowments, ten 'byor-ba bcu, 573

energy channel(s)/pathway(s) rtsa, Skt. nāḍī, 20, 115, 124, 620, 773, 837, 877, 878

central dbu-ma, Skt. avadhūti, 341, 722, 829, 877

and currents rtsa-rlung, 867; and seminal points rtsa-rlung thig-le gsum, 20, 34, 36, 214, 247, 251, 290, 293, 295, 301, 304, 362-3, 722, 813, 837

knotted rtsa-mdud, 341, 773, 819, 844

left rkyang-ma, Skt. lalanā, 341

of light 'od-kyi rtsa, 341

right ro-ma, Skt. rasanā, 341

energy field below the earth rlung-dkyil, Skt. vāyumaṇḍala, 131

enlightened activity(ies) phrin-las, Skt. karman, 22, 47, 68, 95, 116, 125, 135, 137-8, 143, 146-8, 196, 249, 266-7, 288-9, 342-3, 414, 425, 462, 481, 524, 584, 590, 591, 592, 601, 605, 610, 612, 643, 647, 648, 655, 656, 660, 664, 668, 672, 717, 720, 721, 723, 724, 733, 736, 737, 738, 746, 748, 757, 765, 768, 770, 783, 788, 798-9, 801, 803, 811, 812, 817, 818, 820, 821, 824, 826, 830, 838, 839, 844, 846, 847, 848, 867, 880, 905, 920, 928, 930, 936, 939, 954, 959, 961; see also deeds and rites

eight arisings of phrin-las shar-ba brgyad, 673

five phrin-las lnga, 283

four kinds of phrin-las rnam-bzhi, 146; see also rites, four

enlightened attitude byang-chub sems, Skt. bodhicitta: see enlightened mind/attitude

enlightened attributes yon-tan, Skt. guṇa, 18, 23, 26, 27, 28, 61, 74, 95, 124-5, 140-1, 144-8, 170-1, 174-6, 184, 188, 191, 195, 197-9, 249-50, 263, 266, 269-70, 289, 297, 306, 341, 342, 345, 349-50, 376, 462, 480, 613, 663, 665, 724, 846

five yon-tan lnga, 283

four yon-tan bzhi, 186, 212; see also transcendental perfection of enlightened attributes

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi yon-tan, 349

seven distinctions of yon-tan-gyi khyad-par bdun, 259

sixty-four yon-tan-gyi chos drug-cu-rtsa-bzhi, 95, 203

enlightened family(ies) rigs, Skt. kula/gotra, 29, 130, 189, 191-205, 236, 298, 364, 416, 454, 493, 498, 564, 569, 619, 656, 664, 693, 722, 753, 771, 772, 796, 815, 835, 849, 861, 868, 869, 871, 876, 898, 899, 908, 948; see also buddha-family(ies)

of activity las-kyi rigs, Skt. karmakula, 353

which is attained sgrub-pa'i rigs: i.e. that of inner growth, 29, 191-2

five rigs-lnga, Skt. pañcakula: according to Yogatantra, 11, 21, 33, 273, 343, 346, 355, 357, 447, 453, 561, 563, 623, 660, 672, 676, 691, 746-7

four rigs-bzhi, Skt. catuṣkula: according to Ubhayatantra, 271-2, 353

five minor rigs-chung lnga: according to Yogatantra, 273

of inner growth rgyas-'gyur-gyi rigs, Skt. samudānītagotra, 196, 198, 202

intermediaries, male and female pho-nya-dang pho-nya-mo: according to Kriyātantra, 271

which naturally abides: see enlightened family, (twofold) which naturally abides

of precious gems rin-chen rigs, Skt. ratnakula, 353

six rigs-drug: according to Kriyātantra, 271

six, (of the Father tantras) (pha-rgyud) rigs-drug, 274

six, (of the Mother tantras) (ma-rgyud) rigs-drug, 274

sixth drug-pa, 447

three (of pure deities of relative appearance) (kun-rdzob dag-pa'i lha) rigs-gsum, Skt. trikula: according to Kriyātantra, 270, 346, 349-50

twofold buddha/enlightened family rigs-rnam-gnyis, 191, 196-7

(twofold), which naturally abides rang-bzhin gnas-pa'i rigs (gnyis), Skt. prakṛtṣṭhagotra, 29, 32, 191-2, 194, 196, 198, 202, 263

vajra rdo-rje'i rigs, Skt. vajrakula, 475

enlightened mind/attitude byang-chub sems, Skt. bodhicitta: byang meaning pure of obscurations and chub meaning perfect in enlightened attributes, 94, 118, 120, 122, 138, 197, 232, 249, 251, 261, 263, 285, 296-7, 308, 311, 320, 323, 325-6, 333, 350, 355, 661, 663, 707, 839, 865, 911, 913, 924

of aspiration smon-pa'i sems-bskyed, Skt. praṇidhicittotpāda, 235, 842

cultivation/development/generation of sems-bskyed, Skt. bodhicittotpāda, 192, 194, 235, 251, 395, 411, 412, 610, 677, 763, 805, 849

of engagement 'jug-pa'i sems-bskyed, Skt. prasthānacittotpāda, 235

twofold precious rin-chen sems-bskyed gnyis, 852

“enlightened mind” byang-sems: a synonym for thig-le or seminal point, 290, 866

enlightenment byang-chub, Skt. bodhi, 12, 29, 32, 45, 83, 95, 98, 120, 129, 147, 193, 227-8, 232, 235-6, 246-7, 256, 258, 266, 292, 307, 313, 335, 342-3, 372, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 420, 497, 498, 577, 620, 703, 710, 766, 771, 901, 911, 913, 943

aspect of, called physical refinement shin-tu sbyangs-ba, Skt. praśrabdhi, 561

seven branches of byang-chub yan-lag bdun, Skt. saptabodhyaṅga, 236

three degrees of byang-chub gsum, Skt. bodhitraya, 414

entrance 'jug-pa, passim; see also empowerment(s)

to the Brahmā vehicle, 61

to the vehicle of Anuyoga, 354-5

to the vehicle of Atiyoga, 370

to the vehicle of bodhisattvas, 232-4

to the vehicle of Kriyātantra, 349

to the vehicle of Mahāyoga, 278, 360

to the mundane vehicle, 58

to the vehicle of pious attendants, 223-4

to the vehicle of self-centred buddhas, 227-8

to the vehicle of Ubhayatantra, 352

to the vehicle of Yogatantra, 354

envy phra-dog, Skt. īrṣyā, 12, 55

equanimity btang-snyoms, Skt. upekṣā, 13, 61, 631, 893

erotic grace sgeg-pa, Skt. līlā: i.e. graceful song and dance, 98, 107

esoteric instructions man-ngag, Skt. āmnāya, 18, 39, 104, 108, 199, 216, 248, 286, 290, 293, 300, 306, 319, 344, 369, 375, 406, 453, 477, 478, 483, 489, 496, 500, 535, 538, 539, 545, 546, 562, 563, 569, 573, 578, 608, 610, 614, 615, 618, 619, 647, 650, 651, 658, 666, 669, 671, 673, 675, 677, 678, 681, 689, 691, 699, 705, 706, 707, 710, 713, 719, 720, 721, 725, 730, 734, 737, 757, 762, 764, 807, 813, 820, 821, 822, 842, 861, 862, 865, 871, 876, 877, 880, 918, 919, 921, 925, 968

of the Great Perfection rdzogs-chen man-ngag, 921

of the path of desire chags-lam-gyi man-ngag, 818

Esoteric Instructional Class man-ngag-gi sde: of the Great Perfection, 37-8, 319, 327, 329-45, 371, 494, 498, 538, 554-96, 697; see also All-Surpassing Realization and Cutting Through Resistance

four cycles of (man-ngag-sde'i) skor bzhi, 332, 498, 501, 654

Inner Cycle (which Resembles the Eyes) (mig-dang 'dra-ba) nang-skor, 332, 498, 499

Outer Cycle (which Resembles the Body) (lus-dang 'dra-ba) phyi-skor, 332, 498, 499

Secret Cycle(s) (which Resemble(s) the Heart) (snying-dang 'dra-ba) gsang-skor, 332, 498, 499, 569, 570, 657, 658

three categories of man-ngag sde'i dbye-ba gsum, 37, 331

Unsurpassedly Secret Cycle (which Resembles the Perfection of All) (thams-cad rdzogs-pa-dang 'dra-ba) yang-gsang bla-na med-pa'i skor, 332, 498, 500; see also Innermost Spirituality

view and path of man-ngag-sde'i lta-ba-dang lam, 333

essence ngo-bo(-nyid), Skt. svabhāva: in general this term refers to the essence of anything, as opposed to its superficial attributes or characteristics. In particular it indicates the nature of the buddha-body of reality, 22, 32, 54-5, 57, 68, 71-2, 87, 116, 139, 146, 167, 175, 184, 189, 197-8, 211, 243, 245, 248-9, 251, 264, 302, 307, 309, 311-13, 317, 320, 324, 330, 335, 343, 357-8, 403, 494, 594, 887, 907, 923

essenceless natures, three ngo-bo-nyid med-pa gsum, Skt. trividhā niḥsvabhāvatā, 219-20

essential natures, three mtshan-nyid gsum/ngo-bo-nyid gsum/rang-bzhin gsum, Skt. trilakṣaṇa/trisvabhāva, 24, 25, 26, 28, 154, 160-1, 170-2, 182-3, 216; see absolute (nature/reality), imaginary (nature) and dependent (nature)

establishment (of reality) bzhag-thabs, 37, 331, 336

eternalism and nihilism rtag-chad, 82, 95, 144, 164, 252, 324; see also extreme(s), extremist(s) and nihilism

four eternalistic schools rtag-lta sde-bzhi, 16, 64-6

evil destinies/existences ngan-song/-'gro, Skt. durgati, 21, 53, 56, 65, 88, 127, 147, 193, 213, 277, 303, 638

three ngan-song/-'gro gsum, Skt. tisro durgatayaḥ, 58, 767

excellences, five phun-sum tshogs-pa lnga, 22, 137, 280, 703; see also certainties, five

excellent teaching, ten aspects of legs-gsung-gi rnam-pa bcu, 74

exegesis bshad-pa, Skt. ākhyā, 47, 65, 104, 290-3, 376, 403, 489, 523, 526, 527, 535, 601, 609, 612, 645, 673, 674, 678, 683, 689, 696, 698, 699, 702, 717, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 726, 730, 733, 737, 738, 762, 822, 827, 830, 831, 848, 861, 888, 895, 921, 938, 950, 954, 962, 968

three general styles of spyi-don rnam-gsum, 206, 292-3

Exegetical Lineages, Ten Great Pillars who Supported bshad-brgyud 'degs-pa'i ka-chen bcu, 851

exegetical tradition bshad-lugs, 41, 139, 678, 684, 842, 850

exegetical transmission bshad-lung, 674, 675, 682, 687, 691, 701, 730, 733, 754, 827, 828, 842, 869, 872

existence and quiescence srid-zhi: a synonym for saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, passim; see also quiescence

exorcism gtad, 695, 713

expanse of peace zhi-ba'i dbyings, 848

expanse (of reality) (chos-kyi) dbyings, Skt. (dharma)dhātu, 20, 22, 27, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 71, 116-17, 119, 124, 126-8, 139, 144-5, 161, 164-5, 167, 172-5, 180-1, 183-5, 189, 191-2, 195-9, 201-3, 206-7, 209, 231, 234, 247, 250-2, 258, 284-5, 288, 294-5, 297, 306-7, 310, 315, 320-1, 323, 325, 330, 332, 337-8, 342, 354-5, 358, 365, 368-9, 376, 403, 413, 447, 448, 449, 494, 539, 574, 584, 585, 594, 609, 637, 679, 707, 711, 726, 748, 763, 767, 769, 773, 787, 804, 813, 825, 830, 857, 858, 867, 877, 879, 899, 901, 908, 922, 923, 924, 927, 947, 970

experiential cultivation nyams-len, passim

exposer of secrets gsang-ston, Skt. raho 'nuśāsaka: functionary at an ordination ceremony, 515

expression/expressive words/style brjod-byed tshig/brjod-pa, 71-3, 88, 703, 907

expressive play/power rtsal: the spontaneous activity of enlightenment or energy of mind-as-such, 37, 55, 117, 124, 126, 147, 201, 204, 249, 284, 316, 324-6, 328-30, 332, 357-8, 360, 366, 403, 684, 860; see also display and play

extensive teachings rgyas-pa

extremely shin-tu rgyas-pa chen-po, 86; see also components, eighty-four thousand (doctrinal)

as the nine vehicles rgyas-pa chen-po, 86

as one of the twelve branches of the scriptures shin-tu rgyas-pa, 76-7

external perception gzhan-snang: the condition under which the emanational body is perceived, 139, 145

extreme(s) mtha', Skt. anta, 94, 116, 119, 144, 209, 236, 248, 284, 295, 302, 324, 328, 423, 751, 932, 935

eight mtha'-brgyad, 233

eternalistic and nihilistic rtag-pa'i mtha'-dang chad-pa'i mtha', 16, 252, 324

four mtha'-bzhi, 26, 126, 162, 184, 233, 269, 348, 350-1

two mtha'-gnyis, 79, 82, 95, 162, 252, 907

extremist(s) mu-stegs-pa, Skt. tīrthika, 103, 146, 425, 471, 472, 478, 486, 493, 715, 767, 803, 819, 913, 932, 936, 937; see also eternalism and nihilism and nihilism

eternalistic mu-stegs-pa, Skt. tīrthika, 16, 63-8, 89, 184, 224, 318

nihilistic mur-stug-pa, 16, 27, 63, 66-9, 224, 318

faculties, five dbang-po lnga, Skt. pañcendriya: attributes of the bodhisattva path among the thirty-seven aspects of enlightenment, not to be confused with the five sense organs, 236

families rigs, Skt. gotra: i.e. the families or types of sentient beings in contrast to the buddha or enlightened families, 95

cut-off rigs-med-pa, Skt. agotraka, 64, 194

dubious ma-nges-pa'i rigs, Skt. aniyata-gotra, 63

five rigs-can lnga, Skt. pañcagotra, 133

faith(s) dad-pa, Skt. śraddhā, 59, 568, 575, 604, 615, 618, 639, 655, 665, 669, 853, 869

three dad-pa gsum, 968

fearlessnesses mi-'jigs-pa, Skt. abhaya, 201, 663, 928

four mi-'jigs-pa bzhi, Skt. caturvaiśāradya, 22, 140, 171, 266

feast offering tshogs(-kyi 'khor-lo), Skt. gaṇacakra: an assembly or congregation in which elaborate feast offerings are consumed according to the teaching of the three highest vehicles. See Gonpo Tsetan, The Udumbara Bouquet; also GGFTC (pp. 923-31), 255, 281, 290, 460, 487, 561, 580, 585, 588, 590, 591, 621, 627, 649, 676, 692, 736, 766, 772, 773, 848, 857, 864, 866, 867

field zhing-khams, Skt. kṣelra: see (buddha-)field

Followers of Brahmā tshangs-pa-ba, Skt. Brāhmaṇa, 66

Followers of Bṛhaspati phur-bu-pa, Skt. Bārhaspatya, 16, 67, 197

Followers of the Conqueror rgyal-ba-pa: see Jaina

Followers of Īśvara dbang-phyug-pa: see Aiśvara

Followers of Kapila ser-skya-pa, Skt. Kāpila: the Sāṃkhya School of Hinduism, 64-5

Followers of the Owl 'ug-phrug-pa, Skt. Aulūkya, 65; see also Vaiśeṣika

Followers of the Veda rig-byed-pa, Skt. Vaidika, 66

form gzugs, Skt. rūpa: in Abhidharma, this term indicates the apparent or sensible forms which comprise the objective aspect of phenomena, 156, 158 and passim; see also under component(s)

physical sku-gzugs: i.e. as the emanational teaching of the Great Perfection, 115, 135

form realms gzugs-kyi khams, Skt. rūpadhātu, 13, 56, 62, 129, 142, 258-9, 301, 340

extraordinary khyad-par-can, 58, 60, 62

ordinary tsam-po, 58-60, 62

formless realms gzugs-med khams, Skt. ārūpyadhātu, 13, 15, 56, 61-2, 129, 142, 146, 165, 176, 340; see also meditative absorption(s)

four gzugs-med khams-pa'i gnas-bzhi, Skt. caturārūpyadhātu, 13, 15, 61-2

fundamental nature/reality gshis(-lugs), 38, 146, 165, 176, 211, 217-18, 232, 249, 294, 297-300, 303, 305, 314, 316-17, 320, 324, 335-7, 377

gandharva dri-za: denizens of the sky, who subsist on odours, 423, 425, 609

garuḍa mkha'-lding, 477, 763, 773, 810

gatherings, three 'du-ba gsum, 851

Gaurī, Eight gau-rī brgyad, 623, 629

gaze(s) lta-stangs, 614, 819

three lta-stangs gsum, 907; see also three essentials which guide (the eyes) towards the expanse under All-Surpassing Realization

of the buddha-body of reality chos-sku'i lta-stangs, 572

Gedenpa dge-ldan-pa: i.e. Gelukpa, 931

Riwo ri-bo dge-ldan-pa, 868

Gelukpa dge-lugs-pa, 29, 395, 678, 681, 682, 683, 822, 852, 867, 868, 879, 923-6, 954; see also preceding entry

genyen, twenty-one dge-bsnyen nyer-gcig, 513

geomantic centre/focal point/site me-btsa': focal points of power on the surface of the earth, and especially on the body of the supine ogress which represents the Tibetan landscape, 330, 510, 614, 802, 847

geometric poetry zung-ldan bya-dka': comprising alliteration, lines read in two directions (ardhabhrama), zigzagging (gomūtrika) and lines read in all directions (sarvatobhadra), 105

gesture phyag-rgya, Skt. mudrā, 900; see also hand-gesture and under seal(s).

of menace sdigs-mdzub, 819

symbolic brda', 230

of teaching chos-'chad-kyi phyag-rgya, 879

ghandhola spire ghan-dho-la, Skt. gandhālaya: an offering-shrine, usually in the form of a stūpa, 133

ghaṭikā chu-tshod: a period of twenty-four minutes, 946

ghee mar(-gyi nying)-khu, Skt. ghṛta, 465, 624

gnostic mantras/spells rig-sngags, Skt. vidyāmantra: the mantras of the outer tantras, 260, 271, 273, 468, 478, 489, 503, 504, 715, 920, 972; see also mantra(s) and mantra syllables

gods lha, Skt. deva: sentient beings of the higher realms, 11, 13, 14-15, 57-8, 60, 65-6, 130, 132, 303, 416, 419, 422, 423, 424, 425, 432, 433, 441, 454, 468, 491, 492, 889, 939; see also deva

and demons lha-'dre, 609, 654, 686, 709, 761, 802, 819, 894, 938, 939

goddess lha-mo, Skt. devī, 651, 715

goddesses of the earth, twelve brtan-ma bcu-gnyis, 513

Gongpo spirits 'gong-po: bewitching demons, 782, 939

grammar sgra'i rig(-gnas), Skt. śabdavidyā, 18, 65, 98, 99-101, 103, 292, 512, 577, 578, 605, 665, 677, 679, 703, 706, 709, 724, 730, 731, 762, 806, 821, 850, 917; see also science, linguistic

Great Madhyamaka, subtle and inner phra-ba nang-gi dbu-ma chen-po, 25-8, 29-30, 32, 161-216; see also under Madhyamaka

Great Perfection rdzogs-pa chen-po, Skt. *mahāsandhi: the vehicle of Atiyoga, and the ground, path and result taught therein; defined, 311-18; 11, 17, 19, 20, 35-9, 85-7, 124, 134-8, 207, 274, 294-345, 347, 358-9, 397, 451, 453-4, 461, 490-504, 524, 531, 538-96, 614, 619, 646, 647, 651, 652, 654, 665, 666, 668, 677, 679, 680, 683, 691, 693, 694, 695, 698, 707, 718, 722, 732, 734, 762, 766, 813, 818, 820, 828, 837-8, 844, 861, 876, 877, 895-910, 914, 919, 921, 922, 923, 925, 926, 936, 960-1; see also under piṭaka and vehicle(s)

aural lineage of snyan-brgyud, 473, 494, 499, 503, 550, 556, 570, 652, 658

cycles of rdzogs-chen skor-rnams: see Esoteric Instructional Class

exegetical tradition of bshad-brgyud, 494, 556

Kham tradition of rdzogs-chen khams-lugs, 706

three classes/traditions of rdzogs-chen sde/lugs-gsum, 36-9, 319-45, 538-96, 697, 854

two paths of rdzogs-chen-gyi lam gnyis, 334-45

the verbal lineage/tantras of tshig-rgyud, 493, 556, 574, 590

Great Seal phyag-rgya chen-po, Skt. Mahāmudrā: see under seal(s)

ground gzhi, Skt. āśraya: the abiding nature of reality, on which basis buddha-hood may be realised, 36, 54-5, 115-17, 127, 141, 145, 170-1, 178, 192, 196, 207, 250, 252, 254, 257, 264-5, 270-1, 323-4, 338, 342-3, 413, 643, 897, 916; see also under continuum/continua

actual dngos-gzhi: the main body of practice or empowerment, 567, 580

original gdod-ma'i gzhi, 879

ground-of-all kun-gzhi, Skt. ālaya: the substratum or buddha-body of reality as the unactualised ground of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa alike. It is contrasted with the consciousness of the ground-of-all (kun-gzhi rnam-par shes-pa, Skt. ālayavijñāna), which is the foundation of all consciousness actualised in saṃsāra, 32, 55, 161, 221, 263, 312, 314, 340-1, 356

guidance khrid, passim; see also liberation

which lays bare the teaching smar/dmar-khrid: teachings which expose the nature of reality nakedly as if revealing the red (dmar) blood of the heart; or alternatively, teaching which is abundantly rich (smar) and detailed, 601, 843, 871

guru bla-ma: a supreme spiritual teacher, passim

root rtsa-ba'i bla-ma, 657, 718, 719, 835, 861, 868, 871

three means to delight mnyes-pa gsum, 658, 680, 871

Gyelpo spirits rgyal-po: “king” spirits who manifest through anger and hatred, 491, 516, 519, 565, 939

habitual tendencies 'du-byed, Skt. saṃskāra: see under component(s)

hand gesture lag-pa'i phyag-rgya, Skt. mudrā, 117, 290; see also gesture and under seal(s)

five kinds of seal phyag-rgya rigs-lnga, 357

harmonious tones, seven glu-dbyangs-kyi nges-pa bdun, 98, 107

hatred zhe-sdang, Skt. dveṣa, 12, 18, 33, 130, 273, 306, 322, 340, 899, 938, 939

twenty-one thousand kinds of zhe-sdang-gi cha nyis-khri chig-stong, 11

heart-orb of Vairocana thugs dpal be'u, Skt. *cittaśrīvatsa, 961

hedonists tshu-rol mdzes-pa-ba, Skt. Cārvāka, 67

hells dmyal-ba, Skt. naraka: the lowest level of cyclical existence occupied by sentient beings, 14, 130, 214

Śāriputra's visit to, 592

heruka he-ru-ka: the wrathful meditational deity, 45, 404, 449, 623, 676, 692, 837; see also supreme identity

active las-kyi he-ru-ka, 866

causal rgyu'i he-ru-ka, 625

fruitional 'bras-bu'i he-ru-ka, 626, 631, 632

higher insight lhag-mthong, Skt. vipaśyanā, 13, 61-2, 79, 167, 226, 236, 247, 254-5, 338-9, 906

higher realms mtho-ris, Skt. svarga, 14-15, 56, 61, 65, 81, 97, 920; see also Index of Locations

Hindu/Hinduism phyi-pa: lit. “outsider”— the term may be used to refer to any doctrines or adherent of doctrines “outside” those taught by the buddhas, 394, 503, 936; see also Outsiders

homonym sgra-gcig-la don du-ma, 106

ideas/ideation and scrutiny rtog-dpyod, 61, 117, 247, 287, 293, 295-6, 302, 314-15, 329, 905, 906, 907, 930

ignorance ma-rig-pa, Skt. avidyā, 12, 24, 32, 54-5, 67, 69, 104, 159, 161, 166-7, 175, 195, 228-9, 309, 423, 704, 899, 968

co-emergent lhan-cig skyes-pa'i ma-rig-pa, 54

of the imaginary kun-tu-brtags-pa'i ma-rig-pa, 54

of individual selfhood bdag-nyid gcig-pu'i ma-rig-pa, 54

three interrelated aspects of ma-rig-pa gsum, 12, 54

illusion, eight similes of sgyu-ma'i dpe-brgyad, 236

imaginary (nature) kun-brtags-kyi mtshan-nyid, Skt. parikalpitalakṣaṇa, 24, 25, 26, 154, 160, 170, 182, 216, 219-20; see also essential natures, three

immeasurables, four tshad-med bzhi, 13, 61-2, 417

impermanence mi-rtag-pa, Skt. anitya, 16, 28, 53, 70-1, 153, 158-9, 186-7, 197, 199, 211, 226, 230, 400, 419, 571

impurity(ies) ma-dag-pa, Skt. aśuddhi, 199, 273, 326 and passim

five snyigs-ma lnga, Skt. pañcakaṣāya, 212

independent/inherent existence rang-bzhin, Skt. svabhāva, 26, 57, 94, 128, 154, 158, 164, 167, 171-2, 184, 190, 195, 206, 214-16, 224, 229, 234, 255, 299, 314, 317, 335, 653; see also substantial existence

indestructible chain (of light) rdo-rje lu-gu-rgyud, 38, 337-9

Indestructible Nucleus of Inner Radiance 'od-gsal rdo-rje snying-po: the dimension of the buddha-body of reality, 19, 115, 118, 122, 448, 722, 887, 971; see also under vehicle(s)

indestructible reality rdo-rje, Skt. vajra: defined, 260-1; 45, 95, 122, 211, 260-1, 339, 404, 451, 586, 853, 867, 971; see also vajra

of anger zhe-sdang rdo-rje, 604

dance of rdo-rje'i gar, 514, 773

embodiment of rdo-rje'i bdag, 185; see also supreme identity and self, true

expanse of rdo-rje dbyings, Skt. vajradhātu, 353-4

holder of rdo-rje 'dzin-pa, Skt. vajradhṛk: an exponent of the vehicle of indestructible reality, not to be confused with the thirteenth buddha level, which is also called Holder of Indestructible Reality, 33, 115, 264, 296, 330, 481, 515, 733, 735, 809, 814, 817, 850, 873, 892; see also vajra-holder

knot of rdo-rje mdud, 629

line/phrase/verse of rdo-rje tshig, Skt. vajrapāda, 35, 290-3, 376, 857

master of rdo-rje slob-dpon, Skt. vajrācārya, passim

of mind thugs-kyi rdo-rje, 916, 946; see also buddha-mind

song of rdo-rje glu, Skt. vajragītā, 572, 583, 773, 837, 844, 866, 927

speech rdo-rje'i gsung, 468, 934, 944: see also buddha-speech

three (imperishable) rdo-rje (mi-shigs-pa) gsum, 264, 594, 830, 853

Twelve Great Laughs of rdo-rje'i gad-mo chen-po bcu-gnyis, 336

wings of rdo-rje gshog-pa, 627

individual gang-zag, Skt. pudgala: mundane beings, 93, 158, 215, 218-20, 312, 396, 397, 398, 411, 440, 933

eight kinds of gang-zag brgyad: the four pairs of sacred beings, 227

four kinds of gang-zag bzhi, 186

three kinds of gang-zag gsum, 932

inexpiable sins, five mtshams-med-pa lnga, Skt. pañcānantarīya, 320, 901, 932

inference rjes-dpag, Skt. anumāna, 101

three logical axioms (of implicit) (dgnos-stobs rjes-dpag-gi) gtan-tshigs gsum, 102, 839

inherent existence rang-bzhin, Skt. svabhāva: see independent/inherent existence

inner heat gtum-mo, Skt. caṇḍāli, 547, 548, 922, 936

Innermost Spirituality snying-thig, Skt. *cittatilaka: the tradition of the unsurpassedly secret cycle of the Esoteric Instructional Class of the Great Perfection, 122, 332, 494, 500, 501, 554-96, 668, 678, 734, 820, 837, 840, 846, 919, 922, 926; see also Unsurpassedly Secret Cycle (which Resembles the Perfection of All) under Esoteric Instructional Class

ancient and new snying-thig gsar-rnying, 838

inner radiance 'od-gsal, Skt. ābhāsvara/prabhāsvara: the radiance or luminosity of mind-as-such, particuarly as realised between the waking and dream states, 38, 71, 142, 145, 161, 171, 174, 183, 189, 191-2, 195, 198, 200-1, 211, 247, 252, 272, 278, 280, 288, 293-4, 297, 300, 302, 311, 329, 333-5, 337, 340, 354, 362, 369, 413, 421, 462, 581, 582, 585, 587, 588, 618, 680, 726, 818, 825, 838, 877, 919, 923

ten signs of 'od-gsal rtags-bcu, 301

Insiders nang-pa: i.e. Buddhists, 69

instruction(s) gdams-pa, passim; see also nectar-like (instruction)

established gtan-la phab-pa, 76-7

four, of the supreme emanational body 'dul-ba rnam-bzhi, 21, 131-2, 146, 414, 415; see also Vinaya

further advice/instruction rjes-su gdams-pa, passim

oral advice/instruction gdams-ngag, passim

seven, of Upagupta nyer-sbas-kyi gdams-ngag bdun, 437

insubstantiality rang-bzhin med-pa, Skt. niḥsvabhāvatā: i.e. lack of independent or substantial existence, 421

intellect/intelligence blo-gros, Skt. mad, passim

intention(s) dgongs-pa, Skt. abhiprāya: i.e. of buddha-mind, 30, 72, 88, 94-6, 102, 121, 143, 154, 170, 178, 182, 184, 186, 188, 197, 203, 207-8, 214, 216-22, 246, 248, 255, 282, 290-1, 293, 300-1, 312, 317, 326, 342, 397, 403, 404, 406, 413, 426, 447, 573, 574, 582, 585, 604, 613, 615, 619, 627, 630, 640, 707, 722, 732, 783, 804, 807, 819, 829, 840, 848, 854, 856, 858, 861, 871, 879, 880, 894, 899, 903, 905, 908, 910, 926, 930, 943; see also buddha-mind

four kinds of dgongs-pa rnam-bzhi, Skt. caturabhiprāya, 30, 218-20

seven powers of dgongs-pa'i rtsal bdun, 455

twelve different, of buddha-mind dgongs-pa mi-'dra-ba bcu-gnyis, 137

intentional symbols dgongs-pa brda': i.e. symbols indicative of buddha-mind, 448; see also symbols/symbolic convention/symbolism

intermediary(ies) pho-nya, Skt. dūta, 645

male and female, of the enlightened family pho-nya-dang pho-nya-mo: according to Kriyātantra, 271

intermediate state bar-do, Skt. antarābhava, 34, 39, 278-9, 339, 363, 496, 582, 583, 587, 660

before birth skye-ba bar-ma, 278

between the intermediate states of reality and rebirth srid-pa bar-ma, 379

of the birthplace skyes-gnas bar-do, 279, 344

of existence rang-bzhin bar-do, 278-80

four bar-do rnam bzhi, 39, 344-5

of the moment of death 'chi-ka'i bar-do, 278-9, 344

of reality chos-nyid bar-do, 279, 344-5

of rebirth srid-pa bar-do, 279, 345

introduction ngo-sprod: i.e. to the face of reality, 332, 584, 586, 601, 866

to the instructions gdams-ngag ngo-sprod, 762-3

inventory of treasure doctrines kha-byang, 561, 662, 676, 745, 755, 756, 763, 764, 775, 785, 789, 793, 796, 810, 814, 815, 837, 843, 845, 863, 864

essential gnad-byang, 845

prophetic lung-byang, 863, 864, 866, 867

quintessential snying-byang, 845

supplementary yang-byang, 763, 789, 845

Jaina rgyal-ba-pa: followers of Śākyamuni's contemporary, the conqueror Mahāvīra, and of the tīrthaṅkara who preceded him, 16, 66

Jainism rgyal-ba-pa, 16, 66

Jambu tree shing dzam-bu bri-ksha'i ljon-pa, Skt. jambuvṛkṣa: the rose-apple tree, 409

just what is, the nature of de-bzhin-nyid, Skt. tathatā, 31, 79, 124, 154, 172-3, 183-5, 200, 217, 279, 300, 307-8, 313, 320, 334, 362, 403, 412, 447, 539, 901

Jyaiṣṭha snron zla-ba: June to July, 948

Kadampa bka'-gdams-pa, 11, 29, 198-9, 395, 548, 805, 853

schools, ancient and new bka'-gdams gsar-rnying: the ancient school is that of Atiśa and his followers, while the new one is the Gelukpa school of Je Tsongkapa, 526, 850, 929, 951, 954

Kagyü school bka'-brgyud, 395, 952

eight minor subsects of bka'-brgyud chung brgyad, 395, 853, 952

four great subsects of bka'-brgyud che bzhi, 395, 853, 952

Kagyüpa bka'-brgyud-pa, 11, 29, 199-203, 823, 847, 850, 852, 868, 879, 922, 931

Kalantaka bird ka-lanta-ka, 455

Kaliyuga snyigs-ma'i dus: the fourth or degenerate age of the aeon, which is suited for the practice of the Unsurpassed Yogatantra, 268

Kāma divinities, six species of 'dod-lha rigs-drug, 60

Kamtsang kam-tshang: the Karmapa or Karma Kamtsang school, 833, 850

kaptse, (four) gab-rtse (bzhi): diagrams of cyclical existence based on the Chinese tradition of divination, 104, 874

karma las, 13, 55-7, 661, 683; see also deeds, world-forming

Karma Kamtsang karma kam-tshang: the Karmapa or Kamtsang school, 841, 867

Karmapa karma-pa, 569, 584, 682, 683, 812, 841, 847, 848, 868, 956; see preceding entry

Kārttika smin-drug: November to December, 946-7

Katokpa kaḥ-thog-pa: the tradition of Katok Monastery, 695

Kham tradition khams-lugs: see under transmitted precepts

khukcö flowers khug-chos me-tog, 563

kīla phur-ba/phur-bu: a three-bladed ritual dagger or spike, 535, 537, 603, 605, 612, 615, 639, 669, 709, 710, 711, 713, 714, 715, 716, 751, 755, 781, 786, 842

which is a material symbol rdzas-phur, 715

koṣa: a bear-like creature, 490

knowledge, love and power, mkhyen-brtse-nus gsum, 648, 665, 720

Kriyātantra bya-ba'i rgyud: see under vehicle(s)

Kṛtayuga rdzogs-ldan: the first of the four ages of the aeon, which is suited ideally for the practice of Kriyātantra, 268, 960, 970

lama bla-ma: see guru

lamps sgron-ma: according to All-Surpassing Realization

four sgron-ma bzhi, 338-9

six sgron-ma drug, 907

languages, four skad-rigs bzhi, 107

lapis lazuli mu-men, 663

layman dge-bsnyen, Skt. upāsaka, 394, 423, 543, 568, 622, 673, 709, 724, 728, 805

three kinds of dge-bsnyen gsum, 70

laywoman dge-bsnyen-ma, Skt. upāsikā, 423

learning, dignity and excellence mkhas-btsun-bzang, 724, 734, 736

lecture notes stong-thun, 601

legend de-lta-bu byung-ba, Skt. itivṛttaka, 76

level(s) sa, Skt. bhūmi, 142, 248, 304, 315, 320, 335, 423, 424, 594, 609, 732, 832

of the awareness-holders rig-pa 'dzin-pa'i sa: the attainment of the buddha-body of supreme transformation, 649, 918

of the Bounteous Array (of Five Enlightened Families) (rigs-lnga) stug-po bkod-pa'i sa: according to Yogatantra, 84, 273, 296

buddha, 34, 35, 36, 38, 82-3, 204, 207, 214-15, 237, 270, 352, 369

of deathlessness 'chi-med sa, 700

eighth, (Unmoving) sa brgyad-pa (mi-gYo-ba), 282, 449, 691

eleventh, (Universal Light) sa bcu-gcig-pa (kun-tu 'od), 30, 84, 237, 295, 691

fifteenth (Great/Supreme Bliss) sa bcu-lnga-pa (bde-ba chen-po), 84, 771

first, (Joyful) sa dang-po (rab-tu dga'-ba), 281-2, 912

fourteenth, (Great (Cloud) Mass of Rotating Syllables) sa bcu-bzhi-pa (yi-ge (sprin-gyi) 'khor-lo tshogs-chen), 84

fourth, (Flaming) sa bzhi-pa ('od-'phro-ba), 613

of a Holder of Indestructible Reality (Vajradhara) rdo-rje 'dzin-pa: the thirteenth buddha-level, 254, 462, 496; of Four Enlightened Families rigs-bzhi rdo-rie 'dzin-pa'i sa, 84, 271, 353; of Three Enlightened Families rigs-gsum rdo-rie 'dzin-pa'i sa, 270, 352

indestructible rdo-rje sa: i.e. the resultant or buddha levels rather than the causal levels, 404

ninth, (Excellent Intelligence) sa dgu-pa (legs-pa'i blo-gros), 449

of no-return phyir mi-ldog-pa'i sa: the penultimate result according to the vehicle of pious attendants, 471

sixteenth, (Unsurpassed Pristine Cognition) sa bcu-drug-pa (ye-shes bla-ma), 84

of a Sky-farer (of Four Enlightened Families) (rigs-bzhi) mkha'-spyod-pa'i sa, 84, 272; see also level of a Holder of Indestructible Reality

ten sa-bcu: according to Anuyoga, 34, 287-8

ten sa-bcu, Skt. daśabhūmi: of bodhisattvas, 30, 142, 174, 237, 281-2, 341, 416, 574, 746

tenth, (Cloud of Doctrine) sa bcu-pa (chos-kyi sprin-pa), 282, 412, 448, 912, 930

third, (Illuminating) sa gsum-pa ('od-byed), 91, 184

thirteenth, (Holder of Indestructible Reality/Vajradhara) sa bcu-gsum-pa (rdo-rje 'dzin-pa): see level of a Holder of Indestructible Reality

twelfth, (Unattached Lotus Endowed) sa bcu-gnyis-pa (ma-chags padma-can), 254, 757

liberality sbyin-pa, Skt. dāna, 220, 255, 303, 305-6, 313, 768, 831, 902

perfection of sbyin-pa'i pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. dānapāramitā, 902

“liberate”/”liberation” sgrol-ba: to transfer forcefully and compassionately the consciousness of a sentient being to a higher level of existence, thus benefitting that being and removing obstacles caused by his or her evil karma, 469, 535, 603, 604, 605, 612, 615, 620, 622, 642, 711, 713, 767, 938, 950

liberated careers rnam-thar: the lives of those who attained liberation both for themselves and others, 406, 442

liberating diagram btags-grol, 767

liberation grol-ba/thar-pa, Skt. mokṣa/mukti, 16, 18, 19, 21, 27, 28, 30, 37, 38, 64-7, 69, 84, 88, 96-7, 108, 115, 125, 139, 147, 192-3, 223, 228, 259, 261, 264, 282, 305, 323-4, 326, 331-2, 335-6, 342, 345, 359, 364, 370, 411, 415, 416, 425, 430, 432, 449, 540, 547, 557, 571, 593, 595, 641, 642, 655, 656, 744, 787, 788, 819, 873, 877, 888, 894, 898, 899, 903, 930, 944,

definitely good nges-legs, Skt. niḥśreyasa, 920

four great modes of grol-lugs chen-po bzhi, 38, 334

four ways of grol bzhi, 748

from limits mtha'-grol, 906

maturation and smin-sgrol: in this context liberation refers to the guidance which confers liberation, see under maturation

path of grol-lam, 643, 683; two modes of grol-lam rnam-gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, 277-8; three aspects of the gradual rim-gyis-pa'i grol-lam rnam-gsum: according to Mahāyoga 34, 278-81

primordial ye-grol, 906

three approaches to rnam-thar sgo-gsum, Skt. trīṇi vimokṣamukhāni, 28, 154, 187, 316-17, 335, 896, 898, 908

liberators, eighteen secret gsang-ba'i sgrol-ging bco-brgyad, 620

liberties, eight dal-ba brgyad, 573

life, three phases of skye-ba'i rim-gsum 34, 278-81

life-support bla-gnas: a sympathetic energy force, either in living or talismanic form, adopted to sustain a person's life, 605, 790

life-supporting wolf-spirit bla-spyang, 604, 605

limits, four mu-bzhi, Skt. catuṣkoti, 163-4

limits, six mtha'-drug: parameters of the scriptures, 35, 290-2

lineage(s) brgyud-pa, Skt. paraṃparā, passim

of Anuyoga, 485-9, 537, 700, 717-32

of Atiyoga, 413-14, 490-501; Mental and Spatial Classes, 538-53; Esoteric Instructional Class, 538, 554-96

aural, of mundane individuals gang-zag snyan-khung-gi brgyud-pa, 397, 404, 447, 452, 456-7, 601, 745, 819, 844, 847, 858, 866, 894, 923

close, of treasures nye-brgyud gter-ma, 482-4, 741-881

of the ḍākinīs' seal of entrustment mkha'-'gro gtad-rgya'i brgyud-pa, 745

distant, of transmitted precepts ring-brgyud bka'-ma, 597-740, 792

eight, of attainment or (great) conveyances sgrub-brgyud shing-rta (chen-po) brgyad, 852-3, 861

empowered by enlightened aspiration smon-lam dbang-bskur-gyi brgyud-pa, 745

indestructible, of supreme transformation 'pho-ba chen-po'i rdo-rje brgyud-pa, 406

intentional, of the conquerors rgyal-ba dgongs-pa'i brgyud-pa, 397, 404, 447-50, 745

lineage-holder brgyud-'dzin, 552, 642, 733

of Mahāyoga, 458-84; class of means for attainment sgrub-sde'i brgyud-pa, 475-84; class of tantra rgyud-sde'i brgyud-pa, 458-74

of the patriarchs of the teachings bstan-pa'i gtad-rabs, 432-9

of prophetically declared spiritual succession bka'-babs lung-bstan-gyi brgyud-pa, 745

six brgyud-pa drug, 404, 745, 862

symbolic, of the awareness-holders rig-'dzin brda'i brgyud-pa, 397, 404, 447, 452-6, 745, 872

three brgyud-pa gsum, 397, 406, 447, 887, 968

true dam-pa'i brgyud-pa, 861, 969

living being/creature 'gro-ba, Skt. gati: see families

local divinity gzhi-bdag, 571, 621, 622, 624, 630, 633, 638, 639, 645, 690; see also under deity(ies)

logic gtan-tshigs-kyi rig-gnas, Skt. hetuvidyā, 16, 18, 67, 69, 98, 101-3, 292, 313, 440, 564, 577, 578, 590, 605, 642, 650, 665, 679, 705, 706, 709, 732, 805, 806, 850, 873, 917

(logical) axioms gtan-tshigs, Skt. hetu, 163-4, 167, 247

of awareness rig-pa'i gtan-tshigs: in Anuyoga, 287

five kinds of gtan-tshigs lnga, 26, 163-4

four gtan-tshigs bzhi: of Mahāyoga, 34, 275-6

four great gtan-tshigs chen-po bzhi, 35, 294

three gtan-tshigs gsum, 102, 839

logical contrareity and inclusion 'gal-khyab, 314

longevity tshe-ring/tshe, Skt. dīrghāyuḥ, 99, 470, 550, 564, 671, 678, 712, 804, 842, 863, 874

long-living tshe-dang ldan-pa, Skt. āyuṣmān, 137, 423

lord bdag-po/mgon-po/dbang-phyug, passim

of attainment sgrub-pa'i bdag-po, 322

of the tenth level sa-bcu'i bdag-po, 117, 127-8, 186

loving kindness byams-pa, Skt. maitrī, 13, 23, 61, 141, 232, 249, 251, 421, 520, 564, 571

Madhyamaka dbu-ma, 16, 18, 25-8, 29-30, 41, 108, 128, 160, 162-216, 235-6, 315, 317, 323, 564, 577, 650, 805, 850, 861, 878, 911, 925, 926, 936

coarse and outer phyi rags-pa'i dbu-ma, 26, 29, 162-9, 206

five kinds of logical axioms gtan-tshigs lnga, 26, 163-4

four great axioms of gtan-tshigs chen-po bzhi, 35, 294

subtle and inner nang phra-ba'i dbu-ma, 26-8, 169-216

Mādhyamika dbu-ma-pa: a follower of the Madhyamaka, 25, 35, 162, 232, 234-5, 294, 342, 350

mahāpaṇḍita: great scholar, 703, 806, 821

Mahāsaṃghika phal-chen-pa, 429-30

Mahāvaśavartin, Akaniṣṭha of gnas dbang-sgyur chen-po'i 'og-min: the deities or inhabitants of Akaniṣṭha, 449

Mahāyoga rnal-'byor chen-po: see under vehicle(s)

class of means for attainment mahāyoga'i sgrub-sde, 275, 283, 361-2, 461, 475-83, 533, 534-7, 730, 804

class of tantras mahāyoga'i rgyud-sde, 275, 283, 361-2, 458-74, 533-4, 730, 804

five aspects of the entrance to 'jug-pa'i yan-lag lnga, 278-81

four axioms of gtan-tshigs bzhi, 34, 275

two divisions of sde-gnyis, 462

maṇḍala dkyil-'khor: a cosmogram of deities or enlightened attributes, 20, 34, 36, 117, 122, 124-6, 132, 247, 249, 251-3, 255-6, 266, 276, 279-81, 287, 291, 295, 297, 304, 306, 308, 320, 324, 338-9, 349-50, 362, 366-8, 404, 406, 447, 449, 462, 475, 476, 481, 485, 494, 499, 538, 572, 580, 583, 586, 588, 601, 606, 607, 609, 615, 616, 620, 621, 623, 628, 643, 644, 648, 651, 669, 676, 682, 691, 712, 713, 726, 738, 766, 772, 789, 798, 825, 828, 829, 854, 862, 900, 903, 915, 972

attainment of the maṇḍala clusters tshom-bu tshogs-sgrub: in Mahāyoga, 279

of buddha-body and pristine cognition sku-dang ye-shes-kyi dkyil-'khor, 347, 360

of buddha-body, speech and mind sku-gsung-thugs-kyi dkyil-'khor, 31, 246

centre dkyil. the principal deity or attribute, 125-6, 281, 916

ceremony/rite dkyil-'khor-gyi cho-ga, Skt. maṇḍalavidhi, 826, 831, 861

of cloth ras-kyi dkyil-'khor, 727, 828

cluster of deities tshom-bu, 125, 279-81, 779, 862, 973

of coloured powders rdul-tshon-gyi dkyil-'khor: a symbolic representation of deities, 829, 839

emanated sprul-pa'i dkyil-'khor, 290, 718, 727, 729

fundamental (offspring), of enlightened mind byang-sems rtsa-ba'i sras-kyi dkyil-'khor: according to Anuyoga, 32, 34, 264, 284-5, 366

of the indestructible body rdo-rje'i sku'i dkyil-'khor, 766

of indestructible (reality's) expanse rdo-rye dbyings-kyi dkyil-'khor, Skt. vajradhātumaṇḍala, 354, 466, 538; see also deities of the expanse of indestructible reality

material rdzas-kyi dkyil-'khor, 710, 864

outer, inner and secret phyi-nang-gsang-gi dkyil-'khor, 534

periphery 'khor: the surrounding deities, 125-6, 281

primordial ye-nas dkyil-'khor: according to Anuyoga, 34, 284, 365

of the seals phyas-rgya'i dkyil-'khor, 246

spontaneously present, of natural expression rang-bzhin lhun-grub-kyi dkyil-'khor: according to Anuyoga, 34, 284, 366

three kinds of dkyil-'khor gsum: according to Anuyoga, 34, 284-6, 365-7

three dkyil-'khor gsum: according to Ratnākaraśānti, Definitive Order of the Three Vehicles, 253

mandate rjes-su gnang-ba: in this context it refers to one kind of the Buddha's transmitted precepts, 17, 74-6; for its sense in the vehicle of indestructible reality, see permissory initiation

manifest in and of itself/self-manifesting rang-snang: the perceptual status of the buddha-bodies of reality and perfect rapture, in contrast to that of the emanational body which is extraneously manifest (gzhan-snang), 115, 117, 122-7, 132, 139, 145, 194, 249, 284, 326, 330, 341-3, 345, 358, 360, 447, 448, 640, 924

mantra(s) sngags: defined, 31, 257; passim; see also gnostic mantra(s)/spells, mantra syllables, piṭaka, Secret Mantra, seed-syllables, tantra(s) and vehicle(s)

combined with sūtras mdo-sngags, 693, 695, 696, 706, 722, 724, 725, 737, 789

contrasted with deities, 185, 306

contrasted with sūtras, 142-8

fifteen distinctive features (of the superiority of the inner mantra to the outer sūtra vehicle) sngags-kyi khyad-par bco-lnga, 248-55

four distinctive features of sngags-kyi khyad-par bzhi, 246

malevolent/malign drag-sngags, 610, 764, 765

outer and inner phyi-nang-gi sngags, 477, 498, see also under Secret Mantra and vehicle(s); ten categories of sngags-phyi-nang-gi de-nyid bcu, Skt. daśatattva, 303-5, 308, 349-50, see also tantra, ten categories of

teaching/tradition: see under vehicle(s)

text sngags(-gzhung), passim

three kinds of sngags-gsum, 257; see also Secret Mantra, gnostic mantras/spells and dhāraṇī

vital-heart srog-snying, 471, 478, 513, 514, 612, 615, 622, 629, 843, 938; see also seed-syllables

wrathful drag-sngags, 516, 601, 610, 612, 615, 662, 679, 682, 690, 713, 727, 763, 789, 790

mantra adept sngags-'chang, Skt. mantradhṛk, passim

mantra syllables 'bru-yig, 75, 549, 585, 852, 863, 894, 917; see also recitation, seed-syllables and syllables

A, 501, 572, 588, 761, 818, 860

EVAṂ: lit. “thus” in Sanskrit. According to the teachings of the Vajrayāna, E symbolises emptiness and VAṂ symbolises coalescent bliss, 31, 207, 258, 930

four yi-ge bzhi-pa, 547, 548

HA-RI-ṆI-SA, 758

HRĪḤ, 405, 468, 757

HŪṂ, 135, 469, 476, 581, 931

hundred yig-brgya, Skt. śatākṣara, 762

KA, 690

NṚ, 554

OṂ ĀḤ HŪṂ, 564

OṂ ĀḤ HŪṂ SVĀHĀ, 490

OṂ MAṆI PADME HŪṂ, the six-syllable mantra yi-ge drug-pa, Skt. ṣaḍakṣarī, 508, 545, 569, 767, 841

OṂ VAJRA KĪLI KĪLAYA, 715

PHAṬ, 581, 931

rulu mantra ru-lu sngags: this refers to any of the several mantras of the wrathful herukas which include the syllables ru-lu, 620, 631, 847

ten, of Tārā yi-ge bcu-pa, 857

mantrin sngags-pa, passim

marks mtshan-dpe

eighty minor dpe-byad brgyad-cu, Skt. aśītyanuvyañjana, 20, 124-5

major and minor mtshan-dang dpe-byad, Skt. lakṣaṇa and anuvyañjana, 122-4, 128, 135, 191, 405, 436, 447, 468, 645, 928

thirty-two major mtshan-bzang so-gnyis, Skt. dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, 20, 124-5, 877

marvellous events rmad-du byung, Skt. adbhūtadharma, 76-7

master slob-dpon, Skt. ācārya, passim

of ceremonies las-kyi slob-spon, Skt. karmācārya, 515, 525, 551, 678, 694, 806

of indestructible reality rdo-rje slob-dpon, Skt. vajrācārya, passim

materialist rgyang-'phen-pa, Skt. lokāyata, 16, 63-4, 67

mātrā metre phyi-mo: the many variations of Sanskrit metre based on pāda (metrical lines) which consist of a determined number of morae or light syllables, 106

maturation smin-pa, Skt. vipāka: a synonym for empowerment, 972

and liberation smin-sgrol, 471, 566, 580, 593, 595, 721, 733, 745, 758, 772, 773, 778, 788, 794, 805, 811, 813, 814, 818, 820, 823, 827, 835, 837, 844, 847, 850, 853, 857, 858, 861, 871, 967; and supporting transmission smin-sgrol rgyab-chos gsum: these are empowerment, guidance and transmission respectively, 442, 851, 856, 871

seed of smin-pa'i sa-bon, 829

meaning don, Skt. artha: i.e. truth, object, purpose, significance, topic or concept, passim

definitive nges-don, Skt. nītārtha, 28-9, 137, 142-3, 148, 162, 164, 169, 173, 182, 184, 187-90, 201, 208, 216-18, 236, 276, 290, 413, 424, 453, 744, 896, 903, 934, 944, 947; sūtras of nges-don-gyi mdo-sde-rnams, 154-5, 187-90, 898

expressed brjod-bya'i don, 71, 73, 88, 907

provisional drang-don, Skt. neyārtha, 28-9, 187-90, 216-18, 290, 301, 893, 896, 909, 931, 934; sūtras of drang-don-gyi mdo-sde, 187-90

meaningful expression ched-du brjod-pa, Skt. udāna, 76

means: see skillful means

means for attainment sgrub-thabs, Skt. sādhana, 283, 462, 470, 472, 475, 480, 481, 482, 483, 489, 498, 535, 564, 576, 587, 619, 621, 628, 642, 647, 651, 663, 676, 679, 682, 686, 691, 696, 703, 710, 715, 719, 722, 724, 757, 775, 826, 827, 831, 848, 861, 893, 920, 927; see also under Mahāyoga and piṭaka

eight classes of sgrub-sde brgyad, 283, 361-2, 475-83, 521, 534

five classes of means for attainment of deities of pristine cognition ye-shes lha'i sgrub-sde lnga: according to Mahāyoga, 361-2; see also under lineage(s)

general and special classes of sgrub-sde spyi bye-brag, 482

of the guru bla-sgrub, Skt. gurusādhana, 779

of longevity tshe-sgrub, Skt. āyuḥsādhana, 470

three common classes of thun-mong-gi sgrub-sde gsum: according to Mahāyoga, 362; see also under lineage(s)

meats, five sha-lnga, Skt. pañcamaṃsa: commitments of Unsurpassed Yogatantra, 274

media, three sgo-gsum, the sensory gates of body, speech and mind, 264, 304, 367; see also door

medicine/medical science gso-ba'i rig-gnas, Skt. cikitsāvidyā, 18, 65, 98-9, 575, 651, 665, 677, 722, 746, 762, 775, 791, 809, 850, 860

meditation sgom-pa, Skt. bhāvanā, passim

aftermath of rjes-thob, Skt. pṛṣṭhalabdha, 147, 168

of Anuyoga anuyoga'i sgom-pa, 286-7, 368-9

as an aspect of discriminative awareness bsgom-pa-las 'byung-ba'i shes-rab, 71, 99, 276

of Atiyoga atiyoga'i sgom-pa, 334-45, 370-1

belt sgom-thag, 540

of the bodhisattvas byang-chub sems-dpa'i sgom-pa, 236

according to the Brahmā vehicle bram-ze theg-pa'i sgom-pa, 61-2

of definitive perfection nges-rdzogs: in Mahāyoga, 278, 363

devotional mos-bsgom: in Mahāyoga, 278, 363

of Great Madhyamaka dbu-ma chen-po'i bsgom-pa, 184-5

of Kriyātantra bya-ba'i rgyud-kyi sgom-pa, 270, 350-1

of Mahāyoga ma-hā-yo-ga'i sgom-pa, 278-81, 301, 361-3

according to the mundane vehicle 'jig-rten theg-pa'i sgom-pa, 60

non-meditation sgom-med, 304-5, 317, 543, 548, 580, 641

as one of the transcendental perfections bsam-gtan phar-phyin, 94

of the outer tantras phyi-rgyud-kyi sgom-pa, 348

of the pious attendants nyan-thos-pa'i sgom-pa, 226-7

of the self-centred buddhas rang-rgyal theg-pa'i sgom-pa, 230

of Ubhayatantra upa rgyud-kyi sgom-pa, 33, 271, 352

of Yogatantra rnal-'byor rgyud-kyi sgom-pa, 33, 272, 355-7

meditational deities yi-dam, Skt. iṣṭadevatā: deities who are the focus of meditation and means for attainment, and who confer supreme accomplishments: see deity(ies)

meditative absorption(s) snyoms-'jug, Skt. samāpatti, 29, 93, 157, 164, 206, 254-6, 286, 293, 302, 314, 342, 356, 368, 454, 549, 561, 581, 584, 639, 912

aftermath of rjes-thob, Skt. pṛṣṭhalabdhajñāna, 166-7, 177, 206, 562

four formless gzugs-med bzhi, 13, 15, 61-2

two methods of 'jog-chabs gnyis-po, 280

meditative commitment thugs-dam, 773

meditative concentration(s) bsam-gtan, Skt. dhyāna, 61-2, 71, 270, 302, 306, 902

four bsam-gtan bzhi, Skt. caturdhyāna, 13, 14-15, 61-2, 115

fourth bsam-gtan bzhi-pa, 421

perfection of bsam-gtan-gyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. dhyānapāramitā, 902

three aspects of the reality of bsam-gtan-gyi de-nyid gsum: according to Kriyātantra, 270

meditative equipoise and its aftermath mnyam-bzhag-dang rjes-thob, Skt. samāhita and pṛṣṭhalabdha, 75, 125, 147, 166-8, 177, 194-5, 208-9, 236, 272, 274, 315-16, 336, 631, 829, 831, 905; see also under meditation and meditative absorption(s)

meditator, great sgom-chen, 622, 709

Menmo sisters, seven sman-mo mched bdun, 581

Menmo spirit sman-mo: a female demon inhabiting the countryside, 773

mental body yid-lus: the insubstantial body assumed by the mind during the intermediate state after death, 178, 260

Mental Class of the Great Perfection sems-kyi sde, 37, 319-26, 327, 370-1, 494, 496, 524, 538-53, 554, 619, 633, 642, 654, 660, 688, 697, 700, 701, 706, 734, 833, 845, 922

seven categories of sems-phyogs bdun, 37, 323-5

mental events sems-byung, Skt. caitasika, 24, 35, 156-8, 164, 166-7, 183, 252, 294, 314-15, 329, 334, 340, 898, 904, 906

fifty-one sems-byung lnga-bcu-rtsa-gcig, 156

merit bsod-nams, Skt. kuśala/puṇya, 23, 51-3, 85, 94, 131, 247, 323, 345, 376, 378, 412, 415, 416, 419, 421, 550, 592, 594, 621, 633, 634, 637, 647, 661, 666, 768, 928, 934; see also under provisions

dedication of bsngo-ba, Skt. pariṇāmanā, 592, 767, 792, 852

metaphor gzugs, Skt. rūpaka: in poetics, 105

metrical feet dzā-ti, Skt. jāti, 106, 730

metrical lines: see pāda

middle path/way dbu-ma'i lam, Skt. madhyamapratipad, 95, 162, 182, 311-12, 421, 423

mind sems, Skt. citta: i.e. of an ordinary being, passim; see also under component(s) and consciousness

in Abhidharma: this refers in particular to the dominant mind, i.e. consciousness, which is contrasted with peripheral mental events, 24, 35, 156-8, 164, 166-7, 224-5, 229, 252, 294, 314-15, 334, 340, 898, 904, 906

which apprehends emotionally conflicted thoughts nyong-mongs-pa-can yid-kyi rnam-shes, Skt. kliṣṭamanovijñāna, 55; see also consciousness of conflicting emotions

of inner radiance 'od-gsal-gyi sems, Skt. prabhāsvaracitta, 189

in its natural state gnyug-ma'i sems, 41, 200

superior lhag-pa'i sems, Skt. adhicitta, 71, 79, 423, 707; see also meditation

supreme sems chen-po, 116

those holding the mind to emerge from space nam-mkha' yid-can-pa, 67, 197

vital energy and rlung-sems, 536

mind thugs, Skt. citta: see buddha-mind, mind-as-such and pristine cognition(s)

mind-as-such sems-nyid: i.e. the fundamental reality of buddha-mind, 30, 31, 36, 37, 87, 183, 197, 202, 214, 217, 244, 248-9, 260, 264, 276, 284, 297, 307, 319-20, 324-6, 328, 334, 346, 350, 358, 369, 903

Mind Only sems-tsam, Skt. Cittamātra: Vijñānavāda, 25, 27, 28, 159, 161-2, 170, 178-86, 235, 936

mindfulness dran-pa, Skt. smṛti, 236; see also recollection(s)

mind-stream rgyud, Skt. santāna, 276; see also continuum/continua

miracle(s) cho-'phrul, Skt. prātihārya, 131, 358, 433, 434, 469

four cho-'phrul bzhi: according to Mahāyoga—also known as the four yogas, 355-6

miraculous ability/power rdzu-'phrul, Skt. ṛddhi, 21, 132, 135, 137-8, 230, 248, 281, 425, 456, 471, 473, 474, 513, 538, 622, 624, 630, 639, 757, 758, 791, 803, 811, 889

four supports for rdzu-'phrul rkang-bzhi, Skt. catvāra ṛddhipādāḥ, 236

monastic community dge-'dun, Skt. saṃgha, 423, 666, 783, 848, 862, 921, 939; see also community and saṃgha

monk dge-slong, Skt. bhikṣu: i.e. fully-ordained, holding two hundred and fifty-three vows, 226, 393, 394, 423, 424, 426, 429, 430, 440, 450, 515, 520, 521, 523, 524, 526, 541, 547, 548, 575, 578, 590, 601, 604, 607, 626, 630, 632, 633, 672, 675, 694, 775, 809, 810, 921, 936, 950; see also under ordination and vows

morae, Skt. laghumātrā: light syllables in prosody, two of which are equivalent to one heavy syllable (Skt. gurumātrā), 106

moral discipline tshul-khrims, Skt. śīla, 12, 30, 58, 117, 125, 220-1, 248, 253, 306, 729, 899, 901, 902; see also under commitment(s) and vows

of Anuyoga, 367

of Atiyoga, 370

of the bodhisattvas, 235-6

of the Brahmā vehicle, 61

of Kriyātantra, 350

of Mahāyoga, 361

of the mundane vehicle, 58-60

perfection of tshul-khrims-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. śīlapāramitā, 902

of the pious attendants, 226

of the self-centred buddhas, 230

superior lhag-pa'i tshul-khrims, Skt. adhiśīla, 71, 79, 423, 707

three aspects of tshul-khrims gsum: according to the bodhisattva vehicle, 235, 355

of Ubhayatantra, 352

of Yogatantra, 355

morphological change rnam-'gyur, Skt. vikāra, 100

Mu spirits dmu: malignant spirits causing dropsy, 491

mudrā phyag-rgya: see gesture, hand gesture and seal(s)

mudrā (las-kyi) phyag-rgya, Skt. (karma-)mudrā: see seal, action

Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition gzhi thams-cad yod-par smra-ba, 429-30; see also Sarvāstivāda order

music, eighteen appendages of rol-mo'i bye-brag bco-brgyad, 98

nāga klu: spirits of the water and subterranean regions, usually depicted as serpents, 132, 423, 424, 427, 438-9, 441-2, 451, 452, 454, 466, 481, 492, 514, 516, 609, 623, 629, 630, 631, 632, 649, 663, 763, 764, 889, 939

nāginī klu-mo: a female nāga, 452, 629

nails, four gzer-bzhi, 647

Naiyāyika rigs-pa-can: an adherent of the Nyāya tradition of logic, 16, 65

naked ascetic gcer-bu-pa, Skt. nirgrantha: followers of Jainism in the Digambara tradition, 66; see also Jaina

narrative rtogs-pa brjod-pa, Skt. avadāna, 76

Nateśvara suborder of the Nāthapaṇṭhas na-tha-partha'i nang-tshan nadeshva-ra'i sde, 504

natural descriptions rang-bzhin brjod-pa, Skt. svabhavokti: in poetics, the first ornament of sense (Skt. arthālaṃkāra), 105

natural expression rang-bzhin: an attribute of the buddha-body of perfect rapture, according to the Great Perfection, 20, 32, 72, 128-9, 135, 144, 146, 161, 171, 174-5, 197, 199, 215, 246, 255, 257, 264, 294, 300, 302, 304, 308, 315, 317, 338, 341, 359, 403

according to the four cycles of the Esoteric Instructional Class of Atiyoga, 332

seven particular attributes of rang-bzhin bdun, 20, 124, 251

natural stems rang-bzhin, Skt. prakṛti: in grammar, i.e. stems, 100

natural nouns ming, Skt. nāman: i.e. nominal stems, 100

natural roots byings, Skt. dhātu, 100

natures, three rang-bzhin gsum, Skt. trisvabhāva: see essential natures, three

nectar(s) bdud-rtsi, Skt. amṛta, 581, 755, 811, 820, 844, 848, 861, 867; see also elixir

deathless 'chi-med bdud-rtsi, 548, 575, 613

five bdud-rtsi lnga, Skt. pañcāmṛta: sacramental substances, a commitment of Unsurpassed Yogatantra, 274

nectar-elixir bdud-rtsi sman, 619, 651, 775

nectar(-like instruction) bdud-rtsi, 422, 432, 577, 594; see also under doctrine

of esoteric instruction man-ngag-gi bdud-rtsi, 925

profound bdud-rtsi zab-mo, 416, 421

of secret injunctions gsung-tshig bdud-rtsi, 972

negation dgag-pa, Skt. pratiṣedha

explicit med-dgag, Skt. prasajyapratiṣedha, 28, 164, 184, 196, 206, 208, 250, 326

implicitly affirmative ma-yin dgag, Skt. paryudāsapratiṣedha, 164, 208, 326

new translation school(s) gsar-'gyur/gsar-ma-pa: the teaching tradition(s) based on texts translated into Tibetan after the time of Smṛtijñānakīrti, 11, 198-205, 441-2, 550, 560, 565, 633, 643, 657, 665, 666, 671, 672, 675, 677, 683, 695, 708, 713, 720, 724, 731, 748, 758, 762, 768, 789, 806, 807, 809, 811, 823, 824, 827, 833, 836, 842, 852, 856, 861, 862, 872, 894, 898, 950, 954

in relation to the Ancient Translation School, 918-26

Ngorpa ngor-pa: a subsect of the Sakyapa school, 850, 868

nihilism chad-lta, 66-8, 197, 343; see also eternalism and nihilism, extreme(s) and extremist(s)

Nirākāravādin rnam-rdzun-pa: adherents of Vijñānavāda who hold sensa to be false, 25, 161-2

Nirgrantha Jain gcer-bu-pa: the Digambara or naked ascetics within the Jain tradition, 432; see also Jaina

nirvāṇa mya-ngan-las 'das: the literal meaning in Tibetan is “gone beyond the sorrows of saṃsāra”, 16, 19, 23, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 39, 49, 51-3, 70-2, 80, 84, 95, 109, 116, 118, 127, 170, 173-4, 183, 187, 194, 200, 202, 206, 213, 225, 229, 244, 248-9, 260, 263, 284, 303, 305-7, 312, 317, 319, 321, 324-5, 329, 331-2, 340, 344, 372, 415, 426, 428, 432, 433, 435, 436, 437, 447, 494, 500, 502, 550, 588, 594, 614, 645, 660, 683, 726, 746, 764, 897, 898, 922, 924, 930, 947, 948; see also quiescence

final yongs-su mya-ngan-las 'das, Skt. parinirvāṇa: the final passing away of buddhas such as Śākyamuni, 75, 129, 131, 416, 426, 427, 428, 430, 435, 437, 438, 440, 441, 454, 508, 613, 943, 944, 948

non-Buddhist phyi-pa, 440, 471, 475, 485, 715, 936; see also Hindu/Hinduism and Outsiders

non-virtues, (ten) mi-dge-ba (bcu), Skt. (daśā)kuśala, 13, 56, 58, 60-1, 64, 302-3

no understanding, those of ma-rtogs-pa, Skt. apratipanna, 13-16, 54, 62-4, 67, 873

nouns, table of ming-gi kun-bshad: in grammar, 101

Northern Treasures byang-gter: those discovered by Rikdzin Gödemcen, 782, 783, 802, 806, 808, 919

novice/novitiate dge-tshul, Skt. śrāmaṇera: a novice monk in the monastic tradition, 545, 566, 569, 676, 722, 723, 724, 726, 728, 731, 753, 758, 950; see also under ordination and vows

nucleus snying-po, Skt. garbha: the nucleus of reality, 27, 29, 31, 36, 71, 115, 154, 161, 174, 190, 192, 197, 199-201, 213, 216, 247, 268, 284, 299-302, 308, 326, 330, 333, 337, 345, 351, 366, 368, 372, 376, 378, 403, 409, 591, 746, 813, 897, 903, 924, 947, 973; see also seed

of indestructible reality rdo-rje snying-po, Skt. vajragarbha, 336

of the sugata bde-gshegs snying-po, Skt. sugatagarbha: the nucleus of enlightenment present in all sentient beings, 27, 116, 127, 146, 171, 173, 178, 189, 194, 263, 909

of the tathāgata de-gshegs snying-po, Skt. tathāgatagarbha: the nucleus of enlightenment present in all sentient beings, 20, 27, 29, 32, 95, 147, 154, 171, 173-7, 186-7, 194, 198, 236, 291, 424

nun dge-stong-ma, Skt. bhikṣuṇī. i.e. fully-ordained, 424, 490, 546, 547, 647; see also under ordination and vow(s)

Nyang/Rong tradition nyang/rong-lugs, 397, 616, 617-87; see also Zur tradition

Nyingma (tradition/school) rnying-ma, 11, 12, 17, 22, 28, 32-3, 35, 36, 39, 40, 47, 208, 247, 394, 395, 396, 397, 399, 413-4, 550, 657, 667, 675, 692, 883-940; see also Ancient Translation School

Nyingmapa rnying-ma-pa: an adherent of the Nyingma or Ancient Translation School, 19, 29, 39, 86, 115, 378, 394, 396, 397, 599, 633, 695, 724, 735-6, 768, 780, 794, 816, 822, 824, 833, 834, 838, 839, 842, 847, 850, 852, 879, 883-940, 951, 957, 965

oath of allegiance, to bind under dam-la btags-pa, 469, 472, 481, 513, 514, 519, 584, 622, 629, 639, 764, 802, 939; see also commitment(s)

Object of Cutting gcod-yul, 395, 546, 577, 762, 763, 833, 853, 926, 929

obscuration(s) sgrib(-pa), Skt. āvaraṇa, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32, 72, 127, 132, 140, 159, 171, 175-7, 191-2, 210, 212-13, 248, 323, 336, 345, 449, 573, 625, 628, 659, 767, 811, 902, 906, 908

four sgrib-bzhi, 923

three sgrib-gsum, 469

two sgrib-gnyis, 51, 142, 159, 167, 175, 378

two kinds of suddenly arisen glo-bur-pa'i sgrib gnyis, 116, 139

Oḍḍiyāna Tradition of Ritual Service and Attainment o-rgyan bsnyen-sgrub, 578; see also rites of/ritual service and attainment of the three indestructible realities

offering mchod-pa, Skt. pūjā, 53, 60, 99, 122, 124, 248, 253, 255, 266, 290, 350, 356-7, 420, 422, 429, 499, 546, 561, 565, 583, 588, 591, 593, 619, 620, 630, 652, 656, 714, 758, 766, 848, 863, 864; see also torma

goddesses mchod-pa'i lha-mo, 624, 638

water yon-chab, 543

ogre srin-po, Skt. rākṣasa: a cannibalistic demon, 136, 454, 455, 516, 520, 715, 887, 939

ogress srin-mo, Skt. rākṣasī, 133, 455, 507

supine srin-mo gan-rkyal-du bskyel-ba, 510

omniscience thams-cad mkhyen-pa-nyid, Skt. sarvajñatā, 24, 82, 96, 108, 154, 176, 289, 298, 305, 342, 425, 707, 887, 888, 913

openness, vast rgya-yan chen-po, 305, 324

oracular mirror pra-sen: employed in divination to detect past, present and future events, 514

orders, four tshogs rnam-pa bzhi, 137, 226; see also assemblies, four (ordinary/monastic)

ordination rab-tu byung-ba, Skt. pravajyā: i.e. as a renunciate, 93, 436, 464, 469, 488, 515, 524, 525, 552, 667, 673, 675, 681, 715, 731, 753, 849; see also vows

complete/full, of a monk/nun bsnyen-rdzags, Skt. upasampadā, 226, 250, 524, 601, 676, 678, 681, 688, 694, 723, 806, 821, 823

according to the current rite lta-da'i cho-ga, 435

novitiate dge-tshul, Skt. śrāmaṇera, 226, 524, 681, 723, 841

three levels/stages of (so-thar) rnam-pa gsum/tshig(s)-gsum rim-nod-pa, 524, 618

ornaments rgyan, Skt. alaṃkāra

body sku-rgyan, 786, 845

bone rus-pa'i rgyan, 581, 583, 638

five wheels of inexhaustible mi-zad-pa'i rgyan-gyi 'khor-lo lnga, 866

in poetics, 105; of enigmatic innuendo gab-tshig-gi rgyan, Skt. prahelikā, 105; phonetic sgra'i rgyan, Skt. śabdālaṃkāra, 105; of sense don-rgyan, Skt. arthālaṃkāra, 105

Outsiders phyi-rol-pa: i.e. non-Buddhists, 68-70, 82, 89, 104, 169

Pacification zhi-byed: the tradition of Padampa Sangye, 395, 657, 762, 833, 853, 926, 929; see also listed in the first section of the Bibliography

pāda rkang-pa: a metrical line (lit. “foot”) of verse, 93, 105-6

Paiśācī sha-za'i skad, 107

paṇḍita mkhas-pa, Skt. paṇḍita: a scholar or expert, passim; see also scholar

long-eared hat of paṇ-zhva rna-ring, 875

parable gleng-gzhi, Skt. nidāna, 76-7

paradigms of the roots byings-mdo, Skt. dhātupātha: in grammar, 100-1

path(s) lam, Skt. mārga/patha, passim; see also under continuum/continua and truth(s)

of Atiyoga: see meditation of Atiyoga

of conclusion: see path, final/of conclusion

of connection/connecting sbyor-lam, Skt. prayogamārga, 115, 175, 236, 288, 363, 411; receptiveness on sbyor-lam bzod-pa, Skt. kṣānti: on this, see Longcenpa, Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems, (pp. 143-6), 125; middling degree of receptiveness on bzod-'bring, 228; supreme phenomenon on chos-mchog, Skt. agradharma, 236; feeling of warmth on sbyor-lam drod, Skt. uṣmagata, 159, 236; climax/summit on rtse-mo, Skt. mūrdhāna, 236

definitive, of skillful means thabs-kyi nges-pa'i lam: according to Anuyoga, 34, 286, 368-9

final/of conclusion mthar-lam, Skt. niṣṭhamārga, 266, 281, 288, 312, 521

five lam lnga, Skt. pañcamārga: of bodhisattvas, 30, 142, 155, 159, 174, 230, 237, 634

five lam-lnga: according to Anuyoga, 34, 288, 369

five lam lnga: according to Mahāyoga, 278-81

four: see paths of learning, four

of (great) desire 'dod-chags (chen-po'i) lam, 288, 364, 818; esoteric instructions of chags-lam-gyi man-ngag, 818

indestructible rdo-rje lam, Skt. vajramārga, 404

of insight mthong-lam, Skt. darśanamārga, 129, 155, 175, 228, 236, 247, 259, 281, 288, 411, 489

of learning slob-pa'i lam, 192, 196-7, 259; four slob-pa'i lam bzhi, 231, 236, 287, 923

liberating, of discriminative awareness shes-rab-kyi rnam-grol lam: according to Anuyoga, 34, 286-7, 368-9; three ways of entering rnam-grol lam-gyi 'jug-pa rnam gsum, 286-7

of liberation grol-lam, 643, 683; two modes of grol-lam rnam-gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, 277-8; three aspects of the gradual rim-gyis-pa grol-lam rnam-gsum: according to Mahāyoga 34, 278-81

of meditation bsgom-lam, Skt. bhāvanāmārga, 155, 159, 175, 236, 281, 288, 411

of a messenger (or intermediary in the sexual practices) pho-nya'i lam, 830

of no-more-learning mi-slob-pa'i lam, Skt. aśaikṣamārga, 155, 159, 237, 247, 282, 287-8, 411, 493

of provisions tshogs-lam, Skt. sambhāramārga, 159, 175, 228, 236, 288, 363, 441

of skillful means thabs-lam, 618, 619, 643; two thabs-lam rnam-gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, 277; two esoteric instructions of thabs-lam-gyi man-ngag gnyis: according to Anuyoga, 34, 286, 368

sublime eightfold 'phags lam yan-lag brgyad, Skt. aṣṭāṅgamārga, 236

two lam gnyis: according to Anuyoga, the definitive path of skillful means and liberating path of discriminative awareness (thabs-kyi nges-pa'i lam-dang shes-rab rnam-par grol-ba'i lam), 286-7, 368-9

two stages of lam-gyi rim-gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, 34, 276-81

Path and Fruit lam-'bras: the esoteric instructions of Virūpa primarily preserved within the Sakyapa tradition, 395, 576, 578, 657, 806, 813, 853, 923, 926, 930

patience bzod-pa, Skt. kṣānti, 94, 193, 306, 902; see also receptiveness

perfection of bzod-pa'i pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. kṣāntipāramitā, 902

patriarchs, line of gtad-rabs, 396, 410, 432-9

(perfect) rapture longs-spyod (rdzogs-pa), Skt. sambhoga, 123-4, 141, 145, 254-5, 349, 357

perfection stage rdzogs-rim, Skt. sampannakrama: the subtle phase of creative visualisation in the vehicles of tantra, which may be either elaborate, involving yogic exercises, or unelaborate, involving meditation on emptiness, 34, 36, 85, 87, 204, 251, 274, 278-81, 284, 291, 293, 295, 300-2, 305, 312-13, 320, 335, 350, 359, 362-5, 367, 370, 461, 464, 485-9, 496, 523, 531, 537, 571-2, 647, 681, 720, 721, 723, 726, 829, 836, 844, 853, 862, 876, 877, 880, 898, 923

permanence nag-pa, Skt. nitya, 20, 186, 211-12, 877, 902

permissory initiation rjes-gnang, 673, 826, 866, 870; see also mandate

perseverance brtson-'grus, Skt. vīrya: 94, 153-4, 272, 281, 286, 297, 304, 306, 353, 615, 620, 723, 833, 850, 853, 857, 861, 902

perfection of brtson-'grus-kyi pha-rol-tu phyins-pa, Skt. vīryapāramitā, 902

Phakmotrupa phag-mo-gru-pa: the followers of the Kagyü tradition of Phakmotrupa, 590, 778

Phakpa calendrical system 'phags-lugs: the system established by Chögyel Phakpa, 400

phenomena chos, passim; see also dharma

eighty-four thousand chos brgyad-khri bzhi-stong, 55; see also conflicting emotions

twenty-one thousand (dug gsum-ka cha-mnyam-pa-la) nyis-khri chig-stong, 55; see also desire, delusion and hatred

philosophical (and spiritual) system(s)/tenets grub-mtha', Skt. siddhānta: 11, 16, 23, 26, 30, 37, 63-4, 67-8, 88, 91, 162, 167-8, 176, 184-5, 190, 204, 208-9, 216, 249, 260, 287, 324, 340, 404, 411, 463, 572, 578, 619, 625, 669, 678, 845, 851, 873, 888, 925, 930

four grub-mtha' bzhi, 178, 184, 923

five basic, of wrong view held by Outsiders phyi-rol lta-ba log-pa'i rtsa-ba'i grub-mtha' lnga, 82; see also five sophistic schools of the extremist masters under sophistry

Phukpa calendrical systems, old and new phug-lugs gsar-mying, 400

pilgrimage place gnas(-chen), 567, 609, 676, 807, 819, 820, 847, 863, 866-7, 889, 957

pinnacle/summit of existence srid-pa'i rtse(-mo), Skt. bhavāgra, 62, 69-71, 94, 197

pious attendants nyan-thos, Skt. śrāvaka: defined, 223; 24, 25, 35, 75, 78, 82, 90-1, 137, 153, 156, 158-9, 174, 179, 180, 186, 196, 203, 220, 230, 248, 294, 302, 315, 411, 432, 434, 440, 908, 913, 931, 932

piśācī phra-men: female animal-headed, cannibalistic deities of the wrathful maṇḍala, 132

piṭaka sde-snod: this comprises all the textual traditions of the diverse vehicles of the transmitted precepts; defined, 78-80; 259, 481, 498, 515, 665; see also appraisal of textual traditions

Abhidharmapiṭaka chos mngon-pa'i sde-snod, 17, 77-9, 91, 102, 424, 428, 430, 431, 650, 730, 753

of Anuyoga anu-yo-ga'i sde-snod rnams, 289

bodhisattvapiṭaka of extensive teaching shin-tu rgyas-pa chen-po byang-chub sems-dpa'i sde-snod, Skt. *mahāvaipulyabodhisattvapiṭaka, 77-8, 154

of the Esoteric Instructional Class man-ngag-sde'i sde-snod, 332-3

of the final transmitted precepts bka' tha-ma'i sde-snod, 178

Fourth sde-snod bzhi-pa: the Mantrapiṭaka of the Awareness-holders, 78, 95-6

of the greater vehicle theg-pa chen-po'i sde-snod-rnams, 78, 266, 431, 456

holder of sde-snod 'dzin-pa, Skt. piṭakadhara, 656

of Kriyātantra, 270-1

of Mahāyoga, 283

Mantrapiṭaka of the Awareness-holders rig-'dzin sngags-kyi sde-snod: the Fourth Piṭaka, 17, 31, 77-8, 95-6, 257, 968; see also piṭaka of the resultant Secret Mantra and of the vehicle of indestructible reality

of the Mental Class sems-sde'i sde-snod, 325-6

of the pious attendants nyan-thos-kyi sde-snod, 78, 226, 230, 895

of prose and verse combined dbyangs-bsnyad-pa'i sde, 52

of the resultant Secret Mantra 'bras-bu gsang-sngags-kyi sde-snod: the Mantrapiṭaka of the Awareness-holders, 241

of the self-centred buddhas rang-rgyal-gyi sde-snod, 230

of the Spatial Class klong-sde'i sde-snod, 329

Sūtrapiṭaka mdo-sde'i sde-snod, 17, 52, 73, 76-9, 423-4, 428, 430

tantrapiṭaka rgyud-sde: see under tantra(s)

three/Tripiṭaka sde-snod gsum, 76, 78-80, 203, 405, 428, 429, 436, 437, 441, 468, 511, 560, 619, 888, 893

three lower sde-snod 'og-ma gsum, 259

of Ubhayatantra, 272

of the vehicle of indestructible reality: the Mantrapiṭaka of the Awareness-holders, 259

Vinayapiṭaka 'dul-ba'i sde-snod, 17, 77-80, 423, 428, 430, 431, 730

of Yogatantra, 273

plainness phyal-ba, 370

planets, (ten) gza'(-bcu), 104, 351, 469, 930

play rtsal, 584, 829, 832, 849; see also display and expressive play/power

Podongpa bo-dong-pa, 833, 839, 850

poetics snyan-ngag(-gi rig-gnas), Skt. kāvyavidyā, 18, 103-5, 577, 677, 705, 727, 731, 821

Point of Enlightenment byang-chub snying-po, Skt. bodhimaṇḍa, 115, 129, 412, 416, 419

poison(s) dug, Skt. viṣa: i.e. the conflicting emotions

five dug-lnga, 253, 332, 767, 924

three dug-gsum, 18, 24, 33-4, 55, 77, 88, 159, 229, 273, 277

Pön bon, 690, 936-7, 938-40

Pönpo bon-po, 508, 509, 632-3, 665, 690, 760, 762, 765, 791, 936-40

posture(s) 'dug-stangs

of a bodhisattva sems-dkyil, 879

of the buddha-body of reality chos-sku'i 'dug-stangs, 594

dramatic stangs-stabs, 304

lotus pad-ma dkyil-krung, Skt. paryaṅka, 190

of a ṛṣi drang-srong-gi 'dug-stang, 572

sedentary vajra-like rdo-rje skyil-mo-krung, 304

three 'dug-stangs gsum: according to Atiyoga, 907; see also three supportive essentials of the body under All-Surpassing Realization

power(s) stobs, Skt. bala, 201, 236, 902

five stobs-lnga, Skt. pañcabala, 236

occult nus-pa/mthu, passim

perfection of stobs-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. balapāramitā, 902

ten yon-tan stobs-bcu, Skt. daśatathāgatabala: of the tathāgatas, 22, 171, 188, 266

ten dbang bcu, Skt. daśavaśitā, 405

ten stobs-bcu, Skt. daśabala: those cultivated by arhats and bodhisattvas, 435

practice which divides saṃsāra from nirvāṇa 'khor-'das ru-shan, 500

Prakrit phal-skad, Skt. prākṛta, 107

Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka dbu-ma thal-'gyur, 26, 28, 162, 164-9, 185, 206-8; see also Madhyamaka

dialectic thal-'gyur, Skt. prasaṅga: the reductio ad absurdum in Buddhist logic, 69

Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamika dbu-ma thal-'gyur-ba: an adherent of the Prāsaṅgika dialectic as the appropriate form of argument for the Madhyamaka school, 164

prātimokṣa so-thar: see under vows

preceptor mkhan-po, Skt. upādhyāya, 47, 425, 509, 513, 514, 515, 522, 524, 552, 565, 566, 568, 569, 601, 675, 678, 688, 694, 708, 714, 728, 734, 736, 753, 777, 784, 798, 806, 842, 868, 871, 879, 888

Precious Jewels, Three dkon-mchog gsum, Skt. triratna, 59, 69-70, 95, 203, 350, 468, 523, 583, 592, 644, 707, 743, 768, 862, 970, 973

predictions/prophecies/prophetic declarations lung-bstan, Skt. vyākaraṇa, 76, 91, 397, 416, 438, 440, 498, 577, 584, 586, 621, 638, 676, 698, 722, 726, 745, 747, 755, 765, 766, 772, 784, 785, 786, 807, 810, 812, 814, 820, 829, 832, 839, 842, 844, 846, 847, 855, 893, 923, 927, 934-5, 944, 959, 960-1; see also under inventory of treasure doctrines

indestructible rdo-rje lung-bstan, 801, 823, 838, 853, 854, 859, 930

preliminary practice sngon-'gro, 567; see also ground, actual and under yoga(s)

prepositional prefixes nye-bsgyur, Skt. upasarga: in grammar, 101

pride nga-rgyal, Skt. abhimāna, 12, 55

primordial purity ka-dag: in Cutting Through Resistance, 139, 176, 342, 403, 550, 566, 585, 619, 679, 726, 856, 971

original ground in which primordial purity and spontaneous presence are coalesced ka-dag lhun-grub zung- 'jug gdod-ma'i gzhi: according to Atiyoga, 207

pristine cognition(s) ye-shes, Skt. jñāna, passim; see also buddha-mind

of accomplishment bya-ba (grub-pa)'i ye-shes, Skt. kṛtyānusthānajñāna, 23, 141, 283, 356

blissful, radiant and non-conceptual bde-gsal mi-rtog-pa, 340-1, 362

blessing/consecration of ye-shes-kyi byin-brlabs, 111, 353, 831

coalescence/indivisibility of pristine cognition and reality's expanse dbying-ye dbyer-med: according to Anuyoga, 207; see also coalescence of the expanse of reality and pristine cognition

co-emergent lhan-cig skyes-pa'i ye-shes, Skt. sahajajñāna, 34, 286, 335, 340, 345, 368, 773, 877

contrasted with consciousness, 180-2

of discernment sor-rtog ye-shes, Skt. pratyavekṣaṇajñāna, 23, 117, 283, 356, 906

of the expanse of reality chos-dbyings ye-shes, Skt. dharmadhātujñāna, 19, 22, 117, 140, 283, 356

eye of ye-shes-kyi spyan, Skt. jñānacakṣuh, 535, 873

five ye-shes lnga, Skt. pañcajñāna, 22-3, 125, 128, 140-2, 273, 288, 342, 352, 357, 594

four kinds of ye-shes bzhi, 124, 251

genuine/real don-gyi ye-shes, 745, 830, 837

of intuitive awareness/that is intuitively aware rang-rig-pa'i ye-shes, 115, 198, 326, 413

irresistible descent of ye-shes btsan-thabs-su dbab-pa, 39, 247

matrix of ye-shes spyi-gzugs, 309, 313, 876

which may be exemplified dpe'i ye-shes, 837

mirror-like me-long (lta-bu'i) ye-shes, Skt. ādarśajñāna, 22, 140-1, 283, 313, 356

perfection of ye-shes-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. jñānapāramitā, 902

which qualitatively knows (the view) ji-lta-ba mkhyen-pa'i ye-shes, 117, 127, 140, 141

which quantitatively knows (phenomena) ji-snyed-pa mkhyen-pa'i ye-shes, 127, 140-2

of sameness mnyam-nyid ye-shes, Skt. samatājñāna, 19, 22, 117, 141, 192, 283, 356, 905

sixteen moments of ye-shes bcu-drug (i.e. sems-kyi skad-cig bcu-drug, Skt. ṣodaśacittakṣaṇa), 226-7

three kinds of ye-shes rnam-gsum: according to the Sūtra of the Descent to Laṅkā, 180-1

three subtle ye-shes phra-ba gsum, 342

twofold ye-shes gnyis: of arhats, 227

wheel of ye-shes-kyi 'khor-lo, 915

privy seal rgal-tshig/sgar-tshig, 787

profound/profundity zab: the quality of discriminative awareness which is contrasted with vast or extensive (rgyas) skillful means, 28, 37, 75, 78, 84, 184, 247, 305, 321, 329, 331, 335, 344, 393, 412, 416, 440, 448, 468, 488, 677, 707, 726, 744, 830, 839, 845, 871, 907, 920, 923, 927, 931

promulgation of the doctrinal wheel chos-'khor bskor-ba, Skt. dharmacakrapravartana: see doctrinal wheel(s)

irreversible phyir mi-ldog-pa: the third turning of the wheel, 154, 187-8, 190, see also under doctrinal wheel(s); vehicle of the phyir mi-ldog pa'i theg-pa, 947

promulgators who were masters of the greater vehicle, two theg-chen-gyi slob-dpon shing-rta gnyis: Nāgārjuna and Asaṅga, 180, 182, 184, 300-1, 440-1, 849, 903

promulgators of India and Tibet 'phags-bod-kyi shing-rta (chen-po), 859, 873

proof sgrub-pa: in logic, 101-2, 209, 327, 874, 895, 907, 917, 924, 926, 929-33

syllogistic gtan-tshigs, 708; see also (logical) axioms

propensities bag-chags, Skt. vāsanā: residual tendencies established in the consciousness of the ground-of-all by past actions, 35, 55-6, 79, 116, 127, 161, 167, 172, 183, 195, 207, 209, 214-15, 221, 228, 258, 279-80, 288, 324, 333, 416, 641, 658, 671, 677, 726, 744-5, 764, 767, 807, 809, 843, 860, 903

five bag-chags lnga: of the subject-object dichotomy, 357

prophecies/prophetic declarations lung-bstan, Skt. vyākaraṇa: see predictions/prophecies/prophetic declarations

prose lhug-pa, Skt. gadya: in poetics, 105, 107

prosody sdeb-sbyor, Skt. chandovidyā, 18, 103, 105-6, 577, 723, 727, 729, 730, 731, 821

protector(s) of the doctrine/teaching chos-skyong/bstan-srung, Skt. dharmapāla, 406, 580, 581, 587, 589, 591, 601, 608, 614, 621, 623, 659, 665, 670, 727, 758, 760, 763, 765, 775-6, 777, 802, 829, 847

“active”, of Yamāri las-gshin, 615

of the transmitted precepts bka'-srung, 581, 584, 587, 632, 644, 815, 866, 928

protectress (of mantra) sngags-srung-ma, 580, 587, 815, 843, 849, 865

provisions tshogs, Skt. sambhāra, 29, 36, 168-9, 171, 220-1, 228, 247-8, 251, 253-5, 258, 288, 292, 297, 345, 411, 412, 492, 621, 630, 658

of merit bzod-nams-kyi tshogs, Skt. puṇyasambhāra, 26, 29, 115, 146, 168, 177, 192, 255, 303, 305, 411, 420, 462, 625

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi tshogs, Skt. jñānasambhāra, 26, 29, 115, 147, 168, 177, 192, 255, 302-3, 411, 420, 462

two tshogs-gnyis, 26, 30, 175, 194-5, 197, 235, 244, 266, 332, 335, 379, 420, 462, 831

two, of skillful means and discriminative awareness thabs-shes tshogs-gnyis, 192

provisional meaning drang-don, Skt. neyārtha: see under meaning

psychophysical bases khams, Skt. dhātu, 21, 93, 131, 170, 212, 217, 224, 247, 251, 259, 276, 322, 334, 367, 421, 424, 900

eighteen khams bco-brgyad, Skt. aṣṭadaśadhātu, 13, 55, 513

pulse(s) 'gros, 258

of the active energy currents las-rlung-gi rgyu-ba, 877; see also vital energy

of the energy channels, currents and seminal points rtsa-rlung thig-le'i 'gros, 829; see also under energy channels(s)lpathway(s)

four 'gros-bzhi, 923

Pure Abodes gtsang-ris gnas, Skt. śuddhādhivāsa, 15, 62, 413, 449

pure essence(s)/essential substance(s) dvangs-ma: the elements in their refined state, 264, 281-2, 338, 340, 543, 634, 642

six dvangs-ma drug, 264

pure human laws, sixteen mi-chos gtsang-ma bcu-drug, 59-60, 512

pure land (sangs-rgyas-kyi) zhing-khams, Skt. buddhakṣetra, 722, 812, 890; see also buddha-field

terrestrial sa'i zhing-khams, 832

purification sbyong-ba, 265, 304 and passim

two modes of sbyong-tshul gnyis: according to Mahāyoga, the creation and perfection stages, 279

purificatory fast bsnyen-gnas, Skt. upavāsa/poṣadha, 58, 416, 429, 946; see also under vows

purity(ies) dag-pa, Skt. śuddhi, 37, 154, 170, 186, 212, 251-3, 272-3, 293, 298, 306, 313, 316, 320, 324, 326, 348, 354, 518

three dag-pa gsum: according to Kriyātantra, 35, 295-6, 349

three dag-pa gsum: an axiom of Mahāyoga, 275-6

two dag-pa gnyis, 139-40

Puṣya rgyal: January to February, 809, 946

quiescence zhi-ba: i.e. nirvāṇa, 113, 116, 164, 167, 175, 188, 199, 226, 234, 314, 340-2; see also nirvāṇa

rāja rā-dza: an Indian prince or petty king (rgyal-po), 538

rakta rak-ta: blood or a sacramental substance representing it, 867

Rañjana lanytsha: an ornamental Indian script, widely used among Newari Buddhists, 729

real nature de-kho-na-nyid, Skt. tattva: a synonym for reality (chos-nyid, Skt. dharmatā), 305-6 and passim

one's own bdag-gi de-kho-na-nyid: according to Kriyātantra, 32, 33, 207, 263-4

realization rtogs-pa, Skt. adhigama, 16-17, 31, 33, 36, 71-2, 79, 85, 94, 116, 153, 159, 165, 180, 195-6, 201, 215, 223, 227, 229, 234, 243, 263, 266, 277, 287, 293, 295, 305-6, 318, 320, 322, 330, 332, 338, 341, 343, 345-7, 350, 404, 406, 412, 420, 440, 442, 447, 460, 481, 540, 543, 547, 585, 603, 609, 637, 639, 640, 641, 652, 655, 659, 680, 691, 721, 722, 723, 727, 743, 766, 773, 813, 818, 822, 897, 931, 968

emergent mngon-rtogs, Skt. abhisamaya, 341

four kinds of rtogs-bzhi: according to Mahāyoga, 275

supreme rtogs-pa chen-po, 116

two kinds of rtogs-pa gnyis, 16-17, 27, 71-2, 176-7

realities

twenty-five resultant 'bras-chos nyer-lnga, 34, 35, 267, 288-9, 369

three de-kho-na-nyid gsum: of the Tantra of the Secret Nucleus, 915

reality chos-nyid, Skt. dharmatā: the great emptiness of all things, defined in Longcenpa, Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle, (p. 82), 19, 20, 33, 37, 52, 68, 95, 103, 108, 116, 118-19, 123, 127, 139, 142, 154, 168, 172-3, 175, 177, 180, 182, 184-5, 191-2, 194, 198-9, 201-6, 209, 211, 214-15, 217, 236, 245, 251-2, 254-6, 258, 260-1, 263-5, 270-2, 277, 285, 287-8, 293, 295, 299, 301-2, 305-6, 308-9, 311, 317, 319, 322-30, 332-3, 338, 340-1, 344, 349-50, 354, 359, 366-8, 398, 413, 424, 448, 501, 540, 548, 556, 569, 571, 594, 603, 604, 615, 625, 640, 642, 879, 900, 901, 906, 907, 930, 932, 933, 971; see also absolute (nature/reality) and abiding nature (of reality)

excellent analysis of legs-pa rnam-par phye-ba, 153-4

modes of yin-lugs: the specific attributes of the abiding nature of reality, 37, 319, 336

natural sound of chos-nyid rang-sgra, 134-5

realms khams, Skt. dhātu: see (world) realms

reason/reasoning rigs-pa, Skt. yukti, 53, 94, 127, 163-4, 169, 216, 226, 275, 920

threefold tshad-ma gsum: the three kinds of valid cognition, 970

receptiveness bzod-pa, Skt. kṣānti, 125, 227; see also path of connection and patience

to the after-effect of the perception of the doctrine rjes-shes bzod-pa, Skt. anvayajñānakṣānti, 227

to the perception of the doctrine chosshes bzod-pa, Skt. dharmajñānakṣānti, 226

recitation bzlas-brjod, Skt. jāpa: i.e. of mantras, 246, 266, 270-2, 287, 304, 320, 351, 356, 368, 548, 662

recollection(s) dran-pa, Skt. smṛti, 255, 302, 308, 324, 368, 573, 774, 906

four essential recollections dran-pa nyer-gzhag bzhi, Skt. catuḥsmṛtyupasthāna: often referred to as the “four foundations of mindfulness”, 236

refuge(s) skyabs-'gro, Skt. śaraṇagamana, 16, 70, 865

lord of skyabs-rje, 873

threefold skyabs-gsum, Skt. triśaraṇa, 69, 728

refutation 'gag-pa, 101, 163, 170, 209, 873, 874, 907, 924, 926, 929-33, 940; see also negation

regulation nges-pa, 51-3; see also vows

relative appearance kun-rdzob, Skt. saṃvṛti, 20, 26, 28, 31, 33, 94, 119, 140, 162-3, 166-8, 171, 178, 206, 208, 210, 225, 233, 245, 247, 249, 251, 264, 270, 278, 320, 350, 903, 904, 905, 931

two aspects of kun-rdzob gnyis, 166

relative truth kun-rdzob-kyi bden-pa, Skt. saṃvṛtisatya: see under truth(s)

reliance, four kinds of rton-pa bzhi, Skt. catuḥpratiśaraṇa, 186, 215-16, 871

relics ring-bsrel, 435, 550, 553, 561, 564, 572, 594, 758, 792; see also reliquary and remains

in the form of letters and stūpas, 656

four kinds of ring-bsrel rnam-bzhi, 38, 337

of Śākyamuni/the tathāgata(s), 427, 456, 471, 626; see also remains of Śākyamuni

tooth relics of the Buddha mtshems, 433

reliquary gdung-rten, 777-8; see also stūpa(s)

remains gdung, 656, 758, 777-8, 792; see also relics

five (large) gdung (chen) lnga, 561, 572, 594

in the form of the syllables OṂ ĀḤ HŪṂ, 564

and relics gdung-dang ring-bsrel, 557, 572

representing the five buddha families, 563

of Śākyamuni, 435, 626, 786

renunciate rab-byung, Skt. pravrājaka: one who has assumed the preliminary monastic vows, 93, 421, 519, 677, 696, 698, 806; see also under vows

renunciation spang-ba, Skt. prahāṇa, 16, 24, 37, 63, 72, 80, 116, 158, 184, 225-6, 251, 254, 273, 302-3, 316, 319, 331, 341, 370-1, 418, 422, 426, 550, 619, 665, 809, 811, 822, 869, 911; see also trainings, four correct

five, eight, ten and all things to be renounced spang-bya lnga-brgyad-bcu-dang thams-cad, 226

supreme spang-ba chen-po, 116

two kinds of spang-ba rnam-gnyis, 27, 175-7

result(s) 'bras-bu, Skt. phala: this term indicates above all the resultant attainment of buddhahood, passim; see also under continuum/continua

of Anuyoga, 287-9, 369

of an arhat dgra-bcom-pa, 227

of Atiyoga, 372

according to the bodhisattvas, 237

according to the Brahmā vehicle, 62

eight 'bras-bu brgyad, 227

entering the stream to nirvāṇa rgyun-du zhugs-pa, Skt. srota'āpanna, 227

four 'bras-bu bzhi, 227

of Kriyātantra, 270, 352

of Mahāyoga, 281-3, 363

according to the mundane vehicle, 60-1

not returning to saṃsāra phyir mi-'ong-ba, Skt. anāgāmi, 227

according to the pious attendants, 93, 227

according to the self-centred buddhas, 230-1

of separation from obscuration bral-'bras, 192, 194-5

tied to a single rebirth lan-gcig phyir 'ong-ba, Skt. sakṛdāgāmi, 227

of Ubhayatantra, 271-2, 353

of Yogatantra, 272-3, 357

retention gzungs, Skt. dhāraṇī, 201, 278, 405, 424, 435, 535, 704, 851; see also dhāraṇī

Rinpungpa rin-spung-pa, 954

rites las, 770, 831, 842; see also enlightened activity(ies)

of enrichment rgyas, Skt. puṣṭi, 283, 682, 920

four las-bzhi, 283, 478, 669, 721, 829, 844, 920; see also enlightened activities, four kinds of

of pacification zhi, Skt. śānti, 283, 682, 920

of sexual union and “liberation” sbyor-sgrol, 292-3, 363; see also “liberate”/”liberation”

of subjugation or dominion dbang, Skt. vaśa, 283, 682, 920

of wrath drag(-po mngon-spyod), Skt. abhicāra, 283, 398, 603, 673, 682, 713, 822, 920; see also sorcery

rite(s)/ritual(s) cho-ga, Skt. vidhi, 248, 608, 642, 676, 713, 729, 861, 864

bean-sprout makṣa'i las-sbyor, 870

descriptive basis for mngon-rtogs, 586

to ensure martial victory gYul-rgyal-gyi cho-ga, 665

pill ril-bu'i las-sbyor, 869

three kinds of cho-ga gsum: according to Mahāyoga, 279; see also contemplations, three

of the “Tie to the Higher Realms” gnas-lung-gi cho-ga, 603, 660-1

rites of/ritual service and attainment bsnyen-sgrub, Skt. sevāsādhana, 727, 805, 806-7, 810, 818, 828, 831, 837, 844, 852, 857, 863, 874

four branches of bsnyen-sgrub yan-lag bzhi, 280, 297, 494, 847, 903

four unions of sbyor-ba bzhi, 277; see also preceding entry

rite of attainment sgrub-pa, Skt. sādhana, 277, 476, 615, 738, 831, 848

rite of great attainment sgrub-chen, Skt. mahāsādhana, 277, 476, 718, 725, 727, 788, 791, 867

ritual service bsnyen-pa, Skt. sevā, 211, 476, 569, 615, 657, 711, 714, 762, 876; further nye-bar bsnyen-pa, Skt. upasevā, 277, 476

of the three indestructible realities rdo-rje gsum-gyi bsnyen-sgrub: the tradition of Orgyenpa Rincenpel, 853

Rong tradition of transmitted precepts rong-lugs: see Nyang/Rong tradition

root downfalls rtsa-ltung, Skt. mūlāpatti

four rtsa-ltung bzhi, 95, 235

nineteen rtsa-ltung bcu-dgu, 235

twenty rtsa-ltung nyi-shu, 235

rosary phreng-ba, Skt. mālā, 542

bodhi seed bo-dhi-tse'i phreng-ba, 543

rudrākṣa, 662

ṛṣi drang-srong: a saint or sage, 65, 99, 137, 435, 467

posture of drang-srong-gi 'dug-stangs, 572

rules: in grammar

for euphonic conjunction mtsham-sbyor, Skt. sandhi, 100-1, 730

for syllabic quantity, Skt. vṛtta, 101, 106

sacrament/sacramental objects/substances dam-rdzas, 363, 463, 581, 620, 631, 746, 748, 756, 757, 777, 781, 786, 789, 791, 797, 816, 846, 862, 864, 867

of accomplishment grub-rdzas, 609

five dam-rdzas lnga, 348; see also nectars, five

sacramental medicine chos-sman, 626; see also elixir, spiritual

Sage thub-pa, Skt. muni: lit. “one who is capable”, used as an epithet of the buddhas, 73, 77, 88, 103, 153, 184, 200-1, 214, 300, 414

Sākāravādin rnam-bden-pa: Vijñānavādin who holds sensa to be veridical, 25, 161-2

Sakya sa-skya: the school, 395, 823

Sakyapa sa-skya-pa: the tradition founded at Sakya by Khön Köncok Gyelpo, which emphasises the teachings of the Path and Fruit, 11, 29, 203-4, 395, 578, 590, 664, 671, 695, 712, 731, 813, 822, 847, 850, 852, 853, 867, 868, 879, 922-3, 929, 931, 951, 953

sal forest/tree shing sā-la, Skt sāla, 426, 949

sameness mnyam-nyid, Skt. samatā, 31, 36, 37, 60, 62, 124, 208-9, 212, 215, 219, 229, 234, 245, 249, 251-3, 259, 306, 308, 316, 320, 322, 324, 360, 371, 899, 900, 916, 932

four modes of mnyam-pa bzhi: according to Mahāyoga, 275-6

saṃgha dge-'dun, 322, 429, 632, 762, 900, 928; see also community and monastic community

Sāṃkhya grangs-can-pa, 16, 64-5, 931

twenty-five categories of shes-bya'i grangs nyi-shu rtsa-lnga, 16, 64

Sammitīya mang-pos bkur-ba, 429-30

saṃsāra 'khor-ba: the cyclical existence of sentient beings who suffer through the round of rebirth, 11, 14-16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 49, 51, 53-69, 75, 81-2, 94-5, 109, 116, 127, 146, 153, 166, 170, 173-4, 179, 183, 187, 193, 200, 202, 210, 213-14, 221, 223-6, 228-9, 237, 249, 253, 257, 260, 263, 265, 277, 280, 284, 302-3, 305-8, 312, 317, 321, 323-5, 329, 331-2, 334, 337, 339-41, 344, 363, 370, 372, 405, 447, 471, 571, 588, 593, 639, 641, 658, 683, 700, 726, 764, 767, 809, 897, 898, 900, 902, 907, 922, 924, 930, 940

four conditions of 'khor-ba'i rkyen bzhi, 54-5

twenty elements of 'khor-ba'i chos nyi-shu, 347

sandhi mtsham-sbyor: see rules for euphonic conjunction

Sanskrit legs-sbyar, 11, 107, 312, 515, 526, 705, 708, 713, 854, 891, 892, 893

sarvajñānamahāpaṇḍita: lit. “great paṇḍita of universal learning”—a title of Jamgön Kongtrül, 861

Sarvāstivāda order thams-cad yod-par smra-ba, 515; see also Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition

Sautrāntika mdo-sde-pa, 24-5, 90-1, 155, 158, 160, 162, 225, 440, 911

science(s) rig-gnas, Skt. vidyā, 59, 97-109, 441, 470, 481, 564, 575, 577, 578, 677, 719, 723, 724, 824, 850, 860, 869, 871, 874

common/ordinary/outer, (four) thun-mong/phyi'i rig-gnas (bzhi), 89, 97-103, 463, 665, 705, 861, 871, 920

conventional tha-snyad rig-gnas, 679, 722, 731, 732, 836; see also preceding entry

five minor rig-gnas chung lnga, 103-7

five rig-gnas lnga, 98, 108, 860

inner nang-pa'i rig-gnas, Skt. adhyātmavidyā: i.e. Buddhist teaching, 89, 98, 102-3, 108-9, 665, 705, 860

linguistic sgra'i rig-gnas, Skt. śabdavidyā, 723, 727, 729; see also grammar

ten rig-gnas bcu, 821, 850, 860

scholar paṇḍita, 102, 144, 167, 249, 404, 405, 430, 441, 463, 492, 493, 498, 509, 515, 522, 526, 538, 578, 590, 592, 601, 603, 607, 609, 656, 664, 671, 708, 709, 736, 838, 874, 887, 888, 889-95

schools, eighteen sde-pa bco-brgyad, 429

scripture gsung-rab, Skt. pravacana, 51-3, 60, 69, 73, 99, 216, 221-2, 393, 429, 441, 493, 522, 537, 564, 577, 590, 595, 705, 730, 732, 827, 862, 871, 893, 931, 939, 971; see also piṭaka

nine branches of gsung-rab-kyi yan-lag dgu, 76

twelve branches of gsung-rab-kyi yan-lag bcu-gnyis, 17, 76

scriptural authority/transmission and logical/theoretical reasoning lung-rigs, 102, 189, 216, 290, 577, 708, 839, 873

scrutiny dpyad-pa/brtag-pa, 37, 214, 305, 314-15, 330, 332, 339, 344

eight subjects of brtag-pa brgyad, 97, 99

three types of dpyad-gsum, Skt. triparikṣā: in logic, 102

seal(s) phyag-rgya, Skt. mudrā, 33, 255, 266, 271, 290, 308, 350, 377, 639, 829, 908-9; see also gesture, hand-gesture and symbolic hand implements

action las-kyi phyag-rgya, Skt. karmamudrā: the mudrā or seal of action, who is the female consort, 293, 301, 356, 449, 462, 475, 476, 773, 815; embodying the enlightened activity which secures the five senses as the pristine cognition of accomplishment bya-ba sgo-lnga phrin-las las-rgya, 356

commitment dam-tshig phyag-rgya, Skt. samayamudrā, 356; of buddha-mind which secures the mind of conflicting emotions in the pristine cognition of sameness mnyam-nyid nyon-yid thugs-dam-rgya, 356

doctrinal chos-kyi phyag-rgya, Skt. dharmamudrā, 356; of buddha-speech which secures the mental faculty as the pristine cognition of discernment sor-rtog yid gsung chos-rgya, 356

elaborate phyag-rgya spros-bcas: according to Mahāyoga, 279-80

of entrustment gtad-rgya, 587, 672, 717, 719, 721, 722, 723, 725, 727, 734, 828, 927, 928

five kinds of phyag-rgya rigs-lnga, 357

four phyag-rgya bzhi, 33, 35, 272, 295-6, 301, 355-6

four, indicative of the transmitted precepts bka'-rtags-kyi phyag-rgya bzhi, 16, 70-1

Great phyag-rgya chen-po, Skt. mahāmudrā, 258, 272, 291, 356, 365, 461, 476, 481, 545, 547, 564, 569, 689, 762, 908-9, 922, 925, 926, 929, 931, 936, 973; of buddha-body which secures the ground-of-all as the mirror-like pristine cognition me-long kun-gzhi sku phyag-chen, 356

of pristine cognition ye-shes phyag-rgya, Skt. jñānamudrā, 301

secret gsang-rgya, 810, 842

single phyag-rgya gcig-pa: according to Mahāyoga, 278-81

subtle and coarse phyag-rgya phra-rags: according to Mahāyoga, 360

three phyag-rgya gsum: impurity, impermanence and suffering, or the four seals indicative of the transmitted precepts with the exception of nirvāṇa, 71

Secret Mantra gsang-sngags, Skt. guhyamantra: defined, 257-62; 47, 75, 77, 82, 122, 185-6, 257-62; 271, 273, 302, 454, 609, 613; see also gnostic mantras/spells, lineage(s), mantra(s), mantra syllables, piṭaka, tantra(s) and vehicle(s)

ancient tradition of gsang-sngags rnying-ma, 441; see also Ancient Translation School

contrasted with causal vehicles, 243-56

inner and outer classes/traditions of gsang-sngags-kyi phyi-nang lugs, 475, 762; see also under mantra(s) and vehicle(s)

new tradition of gsar-lugs/gsar-ma: see new translation school(s)

origin of, 443-504

seed khams, Skt. dhātu, 27, 29, 82-3, 153, 159, 174, 180, 192, 199; see also nucleus and seminal poini(s)

of buddhahood sangs-rgyas-kyi khams, 203; see also seed, virtuous of beginningless reality

that is enlightened mind khams byang-chub sems, 20, 124, 362

of enlightenment byang-chub-kyi khams, 64

in the form of nectar khams bdud-rtsi, 115

of liberation thar-pa'i sa-bon, 787, 829

virtuous, of beginningless reality thog-med-nas chos-nyid-kyi khams dge-ba, 194, 197-8; see also seed of buddhahood

seed-syllables 'bru-yig, Skt. bījākṣara, 33, 275, 287, 351, 356; see also mantra(s), mantra syllables, recitation and syllables

which have eight dimensions of radiance and constancy yig-'bru'i gsal-brtan-gyi tshad brgyad, 279

self bdag, Skt. ātmā, 16, 20, 25, 53, 68, 71, 158-9, 187, 199, 212-13, 218,

true bdag-nyid chen-po, Skt. paramātmā: the transcendence of the dichotomy of self and non-self, 142, 186, 212; for the significance of this term in the vehicle of indestructible reality, see also indestructible reality, embodiment of and supreme identity

self-centred buddha rang-rgyal/rang sangs-rgyas, Skt. pratyekabuddha: defined, 227; 24-5, 35, 82-3, 153, 159, 174, 180, 186, 227, 294, 302, 315, 411, 908, 913, 932

selfhood bdag-nyid, Skt. ātmā, 28, 62, 229

two concepts of bdag-gnyis, 184

selflessness bdag-med, Skt. nairātmya, 35, 153, 159, 180, 185-6, 212-13, 218, 226-7, 294

two kinds of bdag-med don rnam-gnyis, 108, 208, 216, 231, 234, 237

of the individual gang-zag-gi bdag-med, Skt. pudgalanairātmya, 18, 25, 223-4, 229, 234

of phenomena chos-kyi bdag-med, Skt. dharmanairātmya, 18, 181, 224-5, 234

self-manifesting rang-snang: see manifest in and of itself

seminal fluids, male and female khu-rdul: khu meaning sperm and rdul meaning ovum, 279

seminal point(s) thig-le, Skt. bindu: the nucleus or seed of the enlightened mind, which comprises a range of meanings, from the white and red seminal fluids of the physical body to the seminal points of light which appear during All-Surpassing Realization, 20, 38, 186, 264, 277, 290, 302, 312, 337, 339-40, 362, 584

blazing and secretion of thig-le'i 'bar-'dzag, 277

great thig-le chen-po: the great buddha-body of reality, 306, 337, 339, 370

pulse of the seminal point of great desire 'dod-chags chen-po'i thig-le'i 'gros, 258

sole/unique thig-le nyag-gcig, 763; see also buddha-body, (great) of reality and seminal point, great

white and red thig-le dkar-dmar, 142, 341

seminal retention thig-le dbab-bzung, 489

Senmo spirits bsen-mo: female spirits who manifest through lust and attachment, 565, 939

sensations, four nyams-bzhi: the consciousnesses of the four senses — seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting—excluding the fifth, i.e. touch, 20, 125

sense objects, (four) yul(-bzhi), 20, 125, 257, 449

sense (organs) dbang-po, Skt. indriya, 21, 93, 102, 126, 131, 156, 257, 309, 423, 424, 449

five dbang-po lnga/sgo lnga, Skt. pañcadvāra: lit. “five gates”, 56, 463

four dbang-po bzhi, 20, 125

of the intellect yid-kyi dbang-po, 56

six dbang-po drug, 55-6

sensory perceptions, five sgo-lnga'i shes-pa, Skt. pañcadvārajñāna, 12, 55; see also consciousness of the five senses

sensual raptures, five 'dod-pa'i longs-spyod lnga, 258: see also desired qualities and (perfect) rapture

sensum rnam-pa, Skt. ākāra, 25, 158, 225

sentient beings sems-can, Skt. sattva: these are of six classes, passim; see also families

sevenfold service yan-lag bdun-pa, 865

shang gshang: a Pönpo musical instrument, 939

Shangpa Kagyü shangs-pa bka'-brgyud, 395, 802, 833, 853, 929, 952

Shing-go-chen-pa shing-sgo chen-pa: lord of the land of wooden doors (Tibet), an epithet for Tā'i Situ Cangcup Gyeltsen, 592

signs mtshan/rtags, passim

of success, 822, 861; see also accomplishment, signs of

ten, of inner radiance 'od-gsal rtags-bcu, 301

signlessness mtshan-ma med-pa-nyid, Skt. animittam: one of the three approaches to liberation, 23, 153-4, 218, 316-17, 423, 898, 947

simile dpe, Skt. upamā: in poetics, 105

skillful means thabs, Skt. upāya, 22, 31, 32, 33, 45, 69, 84, 120, 122, 129, 143, 168, 192, 232, 236, 245-8, 253, 258-60, 262, 269-70, 273-4, 276-7, 286, 290, 292, 296, 302, 306, 313, 321, 323, 347-8, 352, 359-60, 362-3, 368-70, 414, 425, 571, 591, 618, 905, 911, 936, 969

perfection of thabs-kyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. upāyapāramitā, 902

sky-cord dmu-thag, 507

sky-farer mkha'-spyod-pa, Skt. khecara, 535, 536, 543, 547, 803; see also under awareness-holder

sophist rtog-ge-ba, Skt. tārkika, 94, 314, 416, 421, 744

sophistry rtog-ge, Skt. tarka, 103, 181, 275, 309, 314, 594, 641, 907

eight categories of dialectical rtog-ge'i tshig-don brgyad, 101

five sophistic schools of the extremist masters rtog-ge sde-lnga, 64

sorcerer nus-pa-can/mngon-spyod-pa, Skt. abhicārin, 604, 615

sorceress (spirit) phra-men-ma: a demoness in human form with prophetic powers, sometimes equated with the piśācī class of deities, 486-7

sorcery mngon-spyod-kyi las, Skt. abhicāra, 603, 612, 615, 661, 662, 663, 664, 681, 682, 710, 713, 764, 767, 775, 822; see also rites of wrath

Southern Treasures lho-gter: especially those discovered by Pema Lingpa, 919

Spatial Class of the Great Perfection klong-gi sde, 37, 326-9, 371, 494, 538-53, 665, 697, 734, 919

four categories of klong-sde bzhi, 37, 326-7

three branches of klong-sde dkar-nag-khra gsum, 539

speech ngag, Skt. vāk: especially of a mundane being, passim

twelve different fetters of ('gro-ba'i) ngag-gi bcings-pa mi-'dra-ba bcu-gnyis, 137

speech gsung, Skt. vāk: especially of a buddha, see buddha-speech

spheres (of existence), three srid-pa/sa gsum, Skt. tribhuvana/tribhava, 45, 212, 301, 405, 971

spheres, three 'khor-gsum, Skt. trimaṇḍala: those of the subject, object and their interaction, 316, 588, 619

spheres, three 'khor-lo gsum: those of exegesis, attainment and work, or of renunciation, study and work, 720, 724, 736, 738, 783, 824, 830, 833, 835, 840, 848, 852

spiritual ascetic dge-sbyong, Skt. śramaṇa: see ascetic

spiritual benefactor dge(-ba'i) bshes(-gnyen), Skt. kalyāṇamitra, 59, 147, 226, 231, 525, 526, 545, 571, 595, 640, 641, 643, 648, 656, 665, 675, 678, 684, 700, 713, 730, 748, 753, 754, 805, 831, 850, 852, 861, 868, 871, 872, 879, 890

spirituality thugs-rye: the counterpart in buddhahood to compassion (snying-rje), which is similar to the quality cultivated on the path by bodhisattvas. In the Great Perfection, this is the dynamic aspect of primordial enlightenment giving rise to the emanational body, 32, 75, 127, 141, 264, 299, 332, 342, 403, 414, 610, 616, 856, 887, 923

spiritual maturation/maturity and liberation smin-sgrol: see maturation and liberation

spiritual and philosophical system grub-mtha', Skt. siddhānta: see philosophical (and spiritual) system(s)tenets

spiritual son thugs-sras, passim

spiritual and temporal laws chos-khrims-dang rgyal-khrims, 939

spiritual and temporal well-being phan-bde, Skt. hitasukha, 403, 405, 726, 811, 830, 831, 970

spiritual warrior sems-dpa', Skt. sattva, 75, 122, 376, 671, 692, 696, 743, 867, 877, 912, 913, 928

spontaneous presence lhun-grub, Skt. anābhoga: an attribute in particular of All-Surpassing Realization, 55, 116-17, 124, 146, 184, 252, 282, 317, 342-3, 370-1, 454, 550, 619, 679, 877

stages, two rim-gnyis, 204, 254, 320, 475, 476, 496, 877, 879, 923; see also creation stage and perfection stage

Sthavira gnas-brtan-pa, 429-30

stūpa(s) mchod-rten: a reliquary symbolic of buddha-mind, 99, 433, 434, 435, 436, 456, 471, 493, 508, 549, 550, 623, 624, 637, 661, 685, 757, 797, 809, 815, 831, 851, 900, 915; see also reliquary

eight mchod-rten brgyad, 427

styles of appraisal/exegesis of the scriptures, four 'jal-byed tshul-bzhi, 35, 206, 292-3

subject-object dichotomy gzung-'dzin, Skt. grahyagrahaka, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 37, 56, 127, 158, 181, 206, 215, 221, 224-5, 236, 295-6, 309, 320, 336, 343-4, 357, 421, 903

sublime (being) 'phags-pa, Skt. ārya: this term generally indicates one who has attained the path of seeing, whether as a pious attendant, self-centred buddha, or bodhisattva, passim

four classes of 'phags-bzhi, 72, 908

three lower kinds of 'phags-pa 'og-ma gsum, 175

sublime wealth 'phags-pa'i nor: its seven aspects are listed in the Glossary of Enumerations, 568, 575

Subsequent Yoga rjes-su rnal-'byor: see Anuyoga

substance dngos-po, Skt. vastu, 16, 52, 156, 158, 163, 168, 201, 214, 225, 264, 314, 322-3, 337, 349, 906

substantial existence rang-bzhin, Skt. svabhāva, 769, 896, 915; see also independent/inherent existence

suffering sdug-bsngal, Skt. duḥkha, 12, 13, 16, 18, 23, 51, 53, 57-8, 69, 70-1, 88, 117-18, 133, 153, 186-7, 193-4, 199, 213, 224, 226, 252, 303, 322-4, 419, 571, 639, 659, 769, 900, 911, 923; see also under truth(s)

of change 'gyur-ba'i sdug-bsngal, Skt. vipariṇāmaduhkhatā, 197, 419

embraced by conditions of mundane existence 'du-byed-kyi sdug-bsngal, Skt. saṃskāraduḥkhatā, 419

of pain itself sdug-bsngal-gyi sdug-bsngal, Skt. duḥkhaduḥkhatā, 419

suffixes uṇā, Skt. uṇādi: in grammar, 101

sugata bde-bar gshegs-pa: lit. “one who has gone to bliss”, i.e. a buddha, passim

nucleus of bde-gshegs snying-po, Skt. sugatagarbha: the nucleus of enlightenment present in all sentient beings, 27, 116, 127, 146, 171, 173, 178, 189, 194, 263, 909

supernormal cognitive power(s) mngon-shes, Skt. abhijñā, 288, 465, 473, 516, 548, 567, 572, 579, 609, 615, 648, 656, 660, 709, 793, 801, 811, 812, 829, 853

of clairvoyance and exhaustion of corruption lha'i mig-dang zag-pa zad-pa'i mngon-shes, 421, 454, 705

five (mundane) mngon-shes lnga, Skt. pañcābhijñā, 61, 259, 515

six mngon-shes drug, Skt. ṣaḍabhijñā, 21, 132, 415

supreme identity bdag-nyid chen-po, Skt. mahātmā, 322, 346-7; see also heruka and deities, meditational; for the significance of this term in the sūtra tradition, see self, true

axiom of gtan-tshigs bdag-nyid chen-po: according to Mahāyoga, 275-6

supreme transformation 'pho-ba chen-po, Skt. *mahāsaṅkrānti, 919, 968; see also under buddha-body(ies) and transference of consciousness

sūtra(s) mdo: defined, 79; passim; see also under piṭaka and vehicle(s)

profounder zab-mo'i mdo-sde: those of the Greater Vehicle which focus on buddha-attributes, 414

contrasted with tantra, 142-8, 243-56, 441, 909

and mantra/tantra, passim

tradition/transmission, 153-237, 689, 693, 809, 822, 823, 827, 836, 842, 848

Svātantrika-Madhyamaka dbu-ma rang-rgyud, 26, 28, 162-4, 167, 169, 906

Svātantrika-Mādhyamika dbu-ma rang-rgyud-pa, 164, 206, 234

syllables yi-ge, Skt, akṣara, 271, 287, 368, 837; see also mantra(s), mantra syllables and seed-syllables

symbols/symbolic convention/symbolism brda', Skt. saṃketa, 290, 393, 460, 545, 660, 664, 917; see also intentional symbols

symbolic hand implements phyag-mtshan: the emblems held by the deities which symbolise their buddha-mind, 137, 352, 356

symbolic script brda'-yig: see under ḍākinīs

sympathetic joy dga'-ba, Skt. muditā: one of the four immeasurables cultivated by a bodhisattva, 13, 106

synonym don-gcig-la ming du-ma, 106

synonymics mngon-brjod, Skt. abhidhānavidyā, 18, 103, 106, 821

Taklungpa stag-lung-pa, 823, 830, 847, 850, 867, 868, 929

Takpo Kagyü dvags-po bka'-brgyud, 929, 930

Taming temples: see n. 543

Border mtha'-'dul lha-khang, Pls. 45, 47, 102; 510

Further yang-'dul lha-khang, P1. 44; 510, 760

District Controlling temples ru-gnon lha-khang, Pls. 38, 46; 510

Tamsi demons/spirits dam-sri: nine sibling spirits who violated their commitments, said to pose a particular danger to infant children, 589, 590, 811, 939

tantra(s) rgyud: see also continuum/continua, lineage(s), mantra(s), piṭaka and vehicle(s)

Anuyoga anu-yo-ga'i rgyud-rnams: see under vehicle(s)

Atiyoga ati-yo-ga'i rgyud-rnams: see under vehicle(s)

Caryātantra spyod-pa'i rgyud: see under vehicle(s)

contrasted with sūtra, 142-8, 243-56, 441, 909

distinctions between the inner tantras, 358-9

exegetical bshad-rgyud, Skt. ākhyātantra, 619, 658 and passim

Father pha-rgyud, Skt. yogitantra: a class of Unsurpassed Yogatantra, 136, 274, 358, 362, 936

five distinctions between the outer and inner phyi-rgyud-dang nang-rgyud-kyi khyad-par lnga, 346-8

four tantrapiṭaka/classes of tantra rgyud-sde bzhi, 32-4, 96, 203, 263, 268-74, 473

inner nang-rgyud: Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, 207, 461, 522, 608, 794

Kriyātantra bya-ba'i rgyud/kriyā: see under vehicle(s)

Mahāyoga ma-hā-yo-ga'i rgyud-rnams: see under vehicle(s)

Mother ma-rgyud, Skt. yoginītantra: a class of Unsurpassed Yogatantra, 136, 274, 643, 936

new rgyud gsar-ma, 562; see also new translation school(s)

Non-Dual gnyis-med rgyud, Skt. advayatantra, 274, 936, 972

outer/lower phyi-rgyud: i.e. Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra, 207, 348, 458, 459, 608

response to criticisms of the Nyingma, 887-95

root rtsa-rgyud, passim

six classes of rgyud-sde drug: the three outer tantras—Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra—and the three inner tantras—Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, 96

of skillful means thabs-kyi rgyud, 273

and sūtra, passim

tantrapiṭaka rgyud-sde, 65, 73, 78, 136, 186, 214, 246, 261, 441-2, 462, 463, 619, 674, 675, 852, 861, 862, 887, 894, 898, 914, 927, 944

ten categories of tantra/outer and inner mantras rgyud-don-gyi dngos-po bcu/sngags phyi-nang-gi de-nyid bcu, 266, 303-5, 308, 347, 349-50, 358

text rgyud, passim; see also piṭaka

three inner classes of tantra/tantrapiṭaka nang rgyud-sde gsum, 396-7, 529-96, 604, 918

three kinds of rgyud-gsum: according to the Guhyasamāja Tantra, 262

three outer/lower classes of tantra/tantrapiṭaka phyi rgyud-sde ('og-ma) gsum: Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra, 83-4, 268-73, 348-57

Ubhayatantra gnyis-ka'i rgyud: see under vehicle(s)

Unsurpassed Yogatantra bla-med rnal-'byor-gyi rgyud, Skt. Anuttarayogatantra: see under vehicle(s)

verbal, of the Great Perfection rdzogs-chen tshig-rgyud: those concealed by Garap Dorje, 493, 927; see also Great Perfection

Yogatantra rnal-'byor-gyi rgyud: see under vehicle(s)

Yoginī rnal-'byor-ma'i rgyud, 503

Taoist ha-shang, 936

tathāgata(s) de-bzhin gshegs-pa: lit. “one who has gone thus to nirvāṇa”, i.e. a buddha, passim

male and female de-bzhin gshegs-pa-dang gshegs-ma, 125

nucleus of de-gshegs snying-po, Skt. tathāgatagarbha: the nucleus of enlightenment present in all sentient beings, 20, 27, 29, 32, 95, 147, 154, 171, 173-7, 186-7, 194, 198, 236, 291, 424

Teacher ston-pa, Skt. śāstr: in general this refers to those teachers endowed with the three buddha-bodies, specifically it refers to Sākyamuni Buddha, 111-48 and passim

teaching bstan-pa, Skt. sasana: i.e. Buddhism, passim

duration of, 134-5

temporal ages, four dus-bzhi, Skt. caturyuga, 268-9

temporal dimensions/times, four dus-bzhi: the three times with the addition of indefinite time, 20, 125

thread-cross mdos: a ritual utilising a wooden-framed structure crossed with many layers of thread or silk as a device for trapping and exorcising evil forces. This implement is also called nam-mkha', 666, 669, 762, 765

rites of the Mātaraḥs' vengeance ma-mo 'khang-phab-kyi mdos, 669

Tibetan bod-skad: i.e. the language, 11, 393, 496, 515, 522, 526, 705, 773, 917, 921

ti-shih ti-shri: an imperial preceptor, 719, 823, 830

time moment, indivisible dus-kyi skad-cig-ma, Skt. kṣaṇa, 24, 25, 224-5

times

four dus-bzhi: see temporal dimensions/times, four

three dus-gsum, Skt. trikāla, 157-8, 633

torma gtor-ma Skt. naivedya/bali: offering cakes ceremonially presented to deities or spiritual beings for diverse purposes connected with rites of service and attainment, 292, 304, 545, 546, 581, 588, 589, 621, 624, 625, 627, 630, 636, 645, 654, 662, 666, 736, 766, 767

empowerment gtor-dbang, 752

malign zor: a form of sorcery in which the torma itself becomes the instrument of wrathful action, 669

offering dance gtor-'chams, 581, 669

sculpture bca', 727

water chu-gtor: an offering of water specifically consecrated to the tormented spirits, who would otherwise suffer from thirst, 545, 654

tormented spirits yi-dvags, Skt. preta, 14, 130, 609

total presence cog-bzhag: the immovable presence of fundamental reality in Cutting Through Resistance, 902; see also Cutting Through Resistance

tradition lugs, passim

doctrinal chos-lugs: in this context the term has the sense of behaviour or conduct, 51-3

trainings spong-ba/bslab-pa

four correct yang-dag spong-bzhi, Skt. catvāri prahāṇām: among the thirty-seven branches of enlightenment, these concern the renunciation and acceptance in which a bodhisattva must correctly train, 236

three (precious) correct (yang-dag-pa'i) bslab-pa gsum, Skt. triśikṣā, 70-1, 73, 79, 88, 322, 403, 423, 707, 879, 898, 900

tranquillity zhi-gnas, Skt. śamatha, 13, 23, 61, 79, 226, 236, 247, 254-5, 286, 359, 905

Transcendent Lady bcom-ldan-'das-ma, Skt. Bhagavatī: used here as a title for Kurukullā, 824

Transcendent Lord bcom-ldan-'das, Skt. bhagavān: a buddha such as Śākyamuni; lit. one who has subdued obscurations (bcom), possesses the enlightened attributes (ldan), and has passed into nirvāṇa ('das), passim

transcendental perfection(s) pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. pāramitā, 94, 237, 245, 249, 261, 266, 441, 475, 524, 546, 577, 650, 730, 731, 805, 850, 861, 901, 936, 971

of enlightened attributes yon-tan-gyi pha-rol-tu phyin-pa, Skt. guṇapāramitā, 212; see also enlightened attributes, four

six phar-phyin drug, Skt. ṣaṭpāramitā, 36, 235-6, 255, 260, 300, 302, 306, 308, 320, 656

ten phar-phyin bcu, Skt. daśapāramitā, 236, 901-2

transference of consciousness 'pho-ba, Skt. *saṅkrānti: the transference at death into a higher realm of existence, 306, 473; see also under buddha-body of great/supreme transformation and supreme transformation

transgressions nyes-byas, Skt. duṣkṛta

forty-six nyes-byas zhe-drug, 95

and natural offences bcas-pa-dang rang-bzhin(-gyi ltung-ba), Skt. prajñaptisāvadya and prakṛtisāvadya: the former are evil deeds caused by the transgression of vows, and the latter are natural evils such as the ten non-virtues and the five inexpiable sins, 423

ten rung-ba ma-yin-pa'i gzhi bcu, 429

translation sgra-bsgyur: see Ancient Translation School and new translation school(s)

translator(s) lo-tsā-ba: the Tibetan term is said to be derived from Skt. lokacakṣuḥ, lit. “eye of the world”, 22, 47, 393, 405, 509, 515, 522, 526, 547, 601, 603, 605, 607, 609, 633, 643, 671, 675, 696, 708, 709, 725, 728, 733, 821, 838, 859, 887, 889-90, 938, 950

transmission(s) lung, Skt. āgama, 39, 71-2, 155, 211, 375, 442, 564, 577, 580, 584, 619, 620, 651, 656, 672, 673, 674, 675, 677, 678, 679, 681, 682, 683, 699, 701, 706, 720, 721, 723, 724, 727, 730, 731, 734, 736, 737, 738, 751, 778, 789, 794, 795, 799, 808, 809, 821, 827, 828, 835, 841, 850, 854, 861, 862, 866, 867, 874, 876, 918, 930

exegetical bshad-lung: see exegesis

literary lung, 16, 208, 290, 305

two methods of, in the Nyingma School: the distant lineage of transmitted precepts (ring-brgyud bka'-ma) and close lineage of the treasures (nye-brgyud gter-ma), 396, 397 and passim

transmitted precepts bka', Skt. subhāṣita/pravacana, 12, 16, 17-18, 37, 68, 72-93, 186, 216-17, 259, 300, 331, 395, 409-10, 428-31, 432, 441, 451, 460, 462, 468, 475-81, 537, 554, 675, 678, 679, 680, 683, 696, 699, 710, 720, 722, 723, 724, 727, 728, 731, 733-9, 746, 750, 757-9, 762, 764, 770, 805, 808, 811, 818, 822, 823, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 835, 836, 838, 842, 845, 850, 856, 860, 861, 862, 863, 871, 873, 874, 890-1, 893, 894, 910, 921, 926, 931, 965; see also doctrinal wheel(s)

compilation of bka' bsdu-ba, 153-5, 428-31, 451-7; in Tibet, 515, 523, 917

distant lineage of ring-brgyud bka'-ma, 39, 41, 396, 397, 398, 597-739, 745, 845

final bka' tha-ma, 182, 186, 189, 424, 905, 931

five classifications of bka'-la dbye-ba lnga, 74-87

four great rivers of bka'i chu-babs chen-po bzhi, 601

four bka' bzhi: of the Kagyüpa, 853

four special qualities of bka'i khyad-par bzhi, 73

given in oral teaching zhal-nas gsungs-ba'i bka', 17, 74-5

intermediate bka' bar-ma, 182, 189, 423, 896, 905, 947

Kham tradition of khams-lugs, 397, 649, 654, 658, 688-701, 706, 725, 727

Nyang/Rong tradition of nyang/rong-lugs, 397, 616, 617-87; see also Zur tradition

sealed bka'-rgya(-ma), 865

of Secret Mantra, 445, 451; see also vehicle(s)

seven successions of bka'-babs bdun, 751-2, 844-7, 854, 855-8

succession to bka'-babs, 863

three kinds of bka' gsum, 74; see also doctrinal wheel(s)

three successive promulgations of bka' rim-pa gsum, 18, 188; see also doctrinal wheel(s)

treasure(s) gter-ma: teachings which have been concealed and rediscovered: defined, 743-9; 396, 397, 475, 476, 482-3, 498, 511, 516, 518, 519, 556, 558, 573, 584, 585, 586, 612, 662, 675, 677, 678, 679, 680, 683, 695, 696, 699, 713, 714, 720, 722, 723, 724, 727, 731, 736, 741-881, 926, 927-8, 934-5

attainment of gter-sgrub, 810, 842, 844

chest gter-sgrom, 747, 756, 781, 796, 834, 856

close lineage of nye-brgyud gter-ma, 39, 396, 397, 741-881

doctrine/doctrinal gter-chos, 561, 567, 679, 719, 727, 730, 743, 744, 745, 750, 763, 764, 765, 777, 778, 787, 791, 798, 812, 848, 857, 927; see also inventory of treasure doctrines

earth sa-gter, 744, 746-7, 845-6, 856-63

eight great, (of brilliance) (spobs-pa'i) gter chen-po brgyad, 666, 705, 871

four inexhaustible great gter-chen mi-zad-pa bzhi, 743

guardian/protector gter-srung, 747, 785, 864, 866

of intention/mind dgongs-gter, 574, 586, 744, 747-8, 764, 822, 839, 844, 846, 857, 877, 880, 922

lord of gter-bdag, Skt. nidhipati, 662, 745, 764, 927-8

material rdzas-gter, 786

profound zab-gter, 744, 746, 747, 749, 751, 752, 770, 776, 781, 782, 784, 814, 815, 838, 843, 844, 845, 862, 863, 867, 919

protector gter-srung: see treasure guardian/protector

public khrom-gter, 662, 811, 828, 846

of recollection rjes-dran-gyi gter, 844, 846-7, 857-8

reconcealed yang-gter, 844, 846, 856-7

secret gsang-gter, 810, 811

site gter-kha, 743, 755, 786, 789, 790, 811, 864; see also treasure troves

treasure-finder gter-ston, 397, 482-3, 554-61, 580-90, 684, 701, 726, 728, 730, 733, 734, 736, 737, 745, 748, 749-881, 928, 934-5, 950

troves gter-kha, 582, 732, 745, 746, 747, 748, 757, 764, 777, 790, 793, 796, 798, 816, 819, 821, 844, 881, see also treasure site; ancient and new gter-kha gsar-rnying, 859

treatise(s) bstan-bcos, Skt. śāstra, 17, 18, 39, 40-1, 64, 66, 72, 88-119, 169, 184, 186, 217, 292, 440, 461, 464, 476-7, 484, 488, 496, 502, 515, 523, 537, 552, 591, 612, 675, 676, 679, 703, 705, 708, 727, 732, 775, 850, 851, 861, 894, 910, 917, 921

exegetical gzhung-bshad, 552, 666, 681

four kinds of bstan-bcos rnam-pa bzhi, 89

four special attributes of bstan-bcos-kyi khyad-chos bzhi, 18, 88

nine kinds of bstan-bcos rnam-dgu, 89

quantitative ji-snyed-pa ston-pa'i bstan-bcos, 18, 97-107

qualitative ji-lta-ba ston-pa'i bstan-bcos, 18, 108

teaching liberation and omniscience thar-pa-dang thams-cad mkhyen-pa (thob-pa'i thabs) ston-pa'i bstan bcos, 108-9

treasures in the form of dgongs-gter bstan-bcos-su bkod-pa, 877, 880

Tretāyuga gsum-ldan: the second age of the aeon, which is ideally suited to the practice of Ubhayatantra, 268

trichiliocosm stong-gsum-gyi stong chen-po, Skt. trisahasramahāsahasra: one billion worlds, 113, 120, 124, 131, 409, 414

Tripiṭaka/three piṭaka sde-snod gsum, 76, 78-80, 203, 259, 405, 428, 429, 436, 437, 441, 468, 511, 560, 619, 888, 893

troll grul-bum, Skt. kumbhāṇḍa/kuṣmāṇḍa, 132

true acquisitions, ten de-nyid thob-pa bcu, 928

truth(s) bden-pa, Skt. satya, passim

of cessation 'gog-pa'i bden-pa, Skt. nirodhasatya, 16, 27, 29, 32, 35, 71-2, 153, 192, 196, 224, 226, 257, 294

conventional tha-snyad(-kyi bden-pa), Skt. vyavahārasatya, 207, 209-10, 906, 907, 909

declaration of bden-tshig, 589, 611, 662, 713, 745

four bden-pa bzhi, 23-4, 137, 153, 188, 224-7, 230, 421, 423, 946-7; four moments as they apply to bden-bzhi'i rnam-pa bzhi, 158, 230

indivisible gnyis-med bden-pa: according to Mahāyoga, 32, 34, 207, 209, 249, 359-61

of the origin of suffering kun-byung bden-pa, Skt. samudayasatya, 32, 93, 153, 213, 224, 226, 257, 303

of the path lam-gyi bden-pa, Skt. mārgasatya, 17, 27, 29, 32, 36, 37, 71-2, 85, 93, 153, 157, 224, 226, 257, 302, 307, 319, 901

relative kun-rdzob bden-pa, Skt. saṃvṛtisatya, 26, 29, 57, 162-3, 166, 178, 200, 206, 209, 215, 217-18, 232, 234, 247, 249-51, 354, 897, 901; correct yang-dag-pa'i kun-rdzob bden-pa, Skt. tathyāsaṃvṛtisatya, 162, 166, 233, 350, 354; erroneous/incorrect log-pa'i kun-rdzob bden-pa, Skt. mithyāsaṃvṛtisatya, 162, 166, 233, 350, 354

sixteen minor bden-chung bcu-drug, 24, 226

of suffering sdug-bsngal-gyi bden-pa, Skt. duḥkhasatya, 32, 93, 153, 213, 224, 226, 257, 303

two bden-pa gnyis, Skt. satyadvaya: relative and ultimate, 26, 29-30, 32, 34, 35, 76, 162, 168, 200, 204, 206-16, 232, 245, 248, 294, 296, 303, 320, 349, 351, 354, 897, 901

ultimate don-dam bden-pa, Skt. paramārthasatya, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 57, 153, 162-5, 167, 174-6, 178-9, 185, 193, 206, 208, 215, 217, 232-4, 247, 250, 270, 278, 309, 314, 320-1, 349-50, 354, 360, 897, 898, 901, 906, 924, 931, see also ultimate reality; which employs synonyms rnam-grangs-dang ldan-pa'i don-dam bden-pa, Skt. paryāyaparamārthasatya, 24, 162, 200, 208, 233; seven aspects of the spiritual wealth of don-dam bden-pa dkor-bdun, 153, 248-9; without synonyms rnam-grangs min-pa'i don-dam bden-pa, Skt. aparyāyaparamārthasatya, 24, 154, 162, 201, 204, 206-9, 233

tsampa rtsam-pa: parched barley flour, 629, 630, 655, 696

Tsangpa (dominion/governors) gtsang-pa, 955, 956

Tsen spirits btsan: a group of demons headed by tsi'u dmar-po. See R. de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Oracles and Demons of Tibet, (pp. 166ff.), 491, 694

Tsharpa tshar-pa: a division of the Sakyapa school, 850

Tshurpu calendrical system, 400

Ubhayatantra upa'i rgyud: see under vehicle(s)

udumbara u-dum-va-ra: a mythical lotus of a huge size, blooming once in five hundred years, 426, 763, 967

ultimate reality don-dam, Skt. paramārtha, 28, 33, 35, 76, 127, 140, 159, 171-2, 177, 179, 188, 197, 201, 207-8, 210, 215-16, 219-20, 224-5, 233-4, 245, 249, 252, 254, 271, 294-5, 309, 314, 322, 355-6, 582, 907; see also truth, ultimate

definitive vehicles of don-dam nges-pa'i theg-pa: the vehicles from that of the bodhisattva upwards, 285, 454

ultimate truth don-dam bden-pa, Skt. paramārthasatya: see under truth(s)

uncompounded (nature) 'dus-ma-byas, Skt. asaṃskṛta, 51, 139, 146, 156-8, 196-8, 206-7, 302, 321, 328, 898

union zung-'jug, Skt. yuganaddha: see coalescence

union, seven branches of kha-sbyor yan-lag bdun, Skt. saptasampuṭa, 266

universal emperor/monarch 'khor-lo bsgyur-ba, Skt. cakravartin, 60, 132, 191, 196, 417, 450, 894, 913

Unsurpassed (Yoga)tantra bla-na med-pa'i (rnal-'byor-gyi) rgyud, Skt. Anuttarayogatantra: see under vehicle(s)

twelve excellent divisions of bla-med rgyud-kyi rab-tu dbye-ba bcu-gnyis, 274

Upayogatantra upa-yoga: see Ubhayatantra

upper demons steng-gdon, 594

ūrṇakeśa mdzod-spu: the hair ringlet between eyebrows of a buddha—one of the thirty-two major marks, 912

uṣṇīṣa gtsug-tor: the protuberance on the head of a buddha—one of the thirty-two major marks, 271

Uttaraphālgunī khre'u zla-ba: early April, 557

Vaibhāṣika bye-brag-lu smra-ha, 24, 25, 90-1, 93, 155-8, 160, 162, 225, 411, 911

Vaiśākha sa-ga zla-ba: May to June, 946-7

Vaiśeṣika bye-brag-pa, 16, 65

Vaiṣṇava khyab-'jug-pa, 16, 65-6

vajra rdo-rje: see also indestructible reality

and bell rdo-rje dril-bu, Skt. vajraghaṇṭa, 305, 350, 634, 645

crossed-vajra rdo-rje rgya-gram, Skt. viśvavajra, 494, 601, 690

(emblem) (mtshan-pa'i) rdo-rje, 120-2, 198, 340, 356, 468, 535, 609, 616, 623, 646, 787

hand-sized rdo-rje phyag gang-ba: the emanational teaching of the Great Perfection, 134-5

master rdo-rje slob-dpon, Skt. vajrācārya, 494; see also master of indestructible reality

secret gsang-ba'i rdo-rje: the penis, 567, 766

vajra-holder rdo-rje 'dzin-pa, Skt. vajradhṛk: an exponent of the vehicle of indestructible reality, 680, 823, 923; see also indestructible reality, holder of

vajra-like contemplation rdo-rje lta-bu'i ting-nge-'dzin, Skt. vajropamasamādhi, 159, 198

Vajra Queen rdo-rje btsun-mo, Skt. vajrayoṣit, 125, 404, 449

valid cognition tshad-ma, Skt. pramāṇa of inference, 312; see also inference three kinds of (all-embracing) (kun-khyab) tshad-ma gsum, 73, 275, 970

vast/vastness rgyas: the attribute of skillful means in contrast to profound/profundity (zab) which is the attribute of discriminative awareness, 28, 170, 247, 331, 344, 584, 707, 726, 830, 839, 845, 871

vehicle(s) theg-pa, Skt. yāna: defined, 80-7; passim

of Anuyoga rjes-su rnal-'byor-gyi theg-pa, 17, 32, 34-5, 36, 40, 81, 86-7, 137, 264, 284-9, 294, 297, 358-9, 363-9, 396, 397, 460, 461, 485-9, 531, 537, 746

of Atiyoga shin-tu rnal-'byor-gyi theg-pa: defined, 311-18; 17, 19, 29, 32, 34, 35-9, 40, 81, 86-7, 264, 274, 284, 294-345, 347, 358-9, 365, 369-72, 396, 397, 461, 490-504, 531, 537, 558-96, 707, 746, 762, 820, 861, 897, 907, 923; see also Great Perfection

of the awareness-holders rig-'dzin theg-pa, Skt. *vidyādharayāna: the vehicle of indestructible reality/Secret Mantra, 81, 248

basic, of gods and humans sor-bzhag lha-mi'i theg-pa, 57-61, 69, 81-2, 86, 97

of bodhisattvas byang-chub sems-dpa'i theg-pa, Skt. bodhisattvayāna, 17, 30, 81-3, 85-7, 155, 172, 223, 231-7, 286, 295

of Brahmā tshangs-pa'i theg-pa, Skt. Brahmāyāna, 13, 54, 57, 61-2, 82, 86

of Caryatantra: see vehicle of Ubhayatantra/Caryātantra

(causal/outer), of dialectics rgyu mtshan-nyid/phyi'i theg-pa, Skt. *hetulakṣaṇayāna, 12, 23-30, 36, 41, 81, 144-5, 151-237, 243-56, 273, 282, 285-6, 292, 348, 425, 441, 577, 604, 861, 908; three rgyu mtshan-nyid/phyi'i theg-pa gsum, 81, 83, 911

definitive, of ultimate reality don-dam nges-pa'i theg-pa: the vehicles from that of the bodhisattva upwards, 285, 454

of dialectics/dialectical mtshan-nyid theg-pa: see vehicles, (causal/outer) of dialectics

of direction from the cause of suffering kun-'byung 'dren-pa'i theg-pa: the three causal vehicles of dialectics, 81

effortless, bya-rtsol med-pa'i theg-pa: Atiyoga, 538, 971

of extremists mu-stegs-pa'i theg-pa: non-Buddhist traditions, 261

five theg-pa lnga, 17, 81-2, 133

greater theg-pa chen-po, Skt. mahāyāna, 23, 24, 25-30, 64, 73, 81-5, 95, 115, 131, 153-5, 160-222, 231-7, 243-4, 395, 396, 410, 412-13, 415, 430-1, 440, 441, 442, 449, 455, 456, 481, 503, 504, 522, 564, 619, 641-2, 656, 664, 849, 869, 892, 908, 912, 913, 931, 944; causal rgyu'i theg-pa chen-po: i.e. the vehicle of bodhisattvas, 82, 84, 113, 142-4, 305

of the Indestructible Nucleus of Inner Radiance 'od-gsal rdo-rje snying-po'i theg-pa: the All-Surpassing Realization of the Great Perfection, 115

of indestructible reality rdo-rje theg-pa, Skt. vajrayāna: defined, 260-1; 12, 31, 83, 85, 109, 148, 189, 223, 237, 241, 244, 246, 249, 260-1, 293, 305-6, 372, 400, 401, 409, 442, 445, 454, 504, 527, 577, 596, 599, 624, 689, 705, 706, 739, 746, 748, 854, 862, 871, 881, 885, 894, 940

of (the inner tantras of) skillful means nang-pa thabs-kyi rgyud-kyi theg-pa: Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, 84, 245-6, 252, 286, 346, 357-72, 493; see also vehicles of overpowering (skillful) means

irreversible phyir mi-zlog-pa'i theg-pa: the vehicle of the final promulgation of the sūtras, 947

of Kriyātantra bya-ba'i rgyud-kyi theg-pa, 17, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 81, 86-7, 137, 245-6, 252, 264, 268-71, 292, 295-6, 305, 348-52, 353, 449, 456, 502, 531, 604, 618, 619, 827, 893, 936

lesser theg-pa chung-ba/theg-dman, Skt. hīnayāna, 23, 24-5, 81, 83, 153, 155-9, 223-31, 248, 411-56, 481, 504, 522, 911, 931

of Mahāyoga rnal-'byor chen-po'i theg-pa, 17, 32, 34, 35-6, 40, 77, 81, 86-7, 264, 274-83, 294-7, 358-63, 396, 397, 458-83, 531, 533-7, 746

mundane 'jig-rten-pa'i theg-pa, Skt. laukikayāna: the vehicle of Brahmā and the basic vehicles of gods and humans, 13, 54, 57-61

nine (sequences of) theg-pa('i rim-pa) dgu, 12, 13, 17, 28, 30, 34, 35, 40, 41, 81, 86, 364-5, 625, 638-9, 861

outer, of dialectics: see vehicles, (causal/outer) of dialectics

of the outer tantras/mantras of austere awareness phyi dka'-thub rig-pa'i rgyud-kyi theg-pa: Kriyātantra, Ubhayatantra and Yogatantra, 32-3, 81, 286, 346-57, 493, 895, 913; three phyi dka'-thub rig-pa'i rgyud-kyi theg-pa gsum, 84, 269, see also dialectics, three classes of

of Outsiders phyi-rol-pa'i theg-pa: the vehicles of non-Buddhists, 306

of overpowering (skillful) means dbang-bsgyur thabs-kyi theg-pa: the vehicles of the inner tantras of skillful means, Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, 33, 81, 245, 269, 273-4

of pious attendants nyan-thos theg-pa, Skt. śrāvakayāna, 17, 24, 30, 81-7, 155, 161, 190, 227-31, 261, 286, 306, 913

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi theg-pa: Atiyoga, 85

resultant, (of Secret Mantra) (gsang-sngags) 'bras-bu theg-pa, Skt. *phalayāna: the vehicle of indestructible reality, 12, 23, 29, 30-9, 81, 85, 113, 142, 171, 185, 203, 239-372, 412-13, 442

of Secret Mantra gsang-sngags-kyi theg-pa, Skt. guhyamantrayāna: the vehicle of indestructible reality, 28, 83-4, 243-372, 412, 443-504, 531-95, 608, 618, 619, 641, 648, 651, 671, 689, 691, 692, 703, 706, 707, 728, 748, 757, 794, 800, 802, 809, 822, 823, 836, 842, 843, 848, 854, 878, 887, 888, 891, 892-3, 911, 914, 926, 931, 935, 944, 954, 960, 962, 972

of self-centred buddhas rang sangs-rgyas-kyi theg-pa, Skt. pratyekabuddhayāna, 17, 24-5, 30, 81-7, 155, 161, 261, 286, 306, 913

of skillful means: see vehicles of (the inner tantras of) skillful means

single theg-pa gcig, Skt. ekayāna, 80-3, 85-6, 143, 188, 207, 320

six, of definitive attainment nges-pa thob-pa'i theg-pa drug: the greater vehicle, 295

supramundane 'jig-rten-las 'das-pa'i theg-pa, Skt. lokottarayāna: the Buddhist vehicles, 68, 70-2

supreme theg-mchog: Atiyoga, 404, 406, 413-14, 566, 908, 949, 967, 970

of the tathāgatas de-bzhin gshegs-pa'i theg-pa: the vehicle of bodhisattvas, whose result is Buddhahood, 82

three theg-pa gsum, Skt. triyāna, 17, 81-3, 174, 190, 197, 285, 425

three, of inner tantras of skillful means nang-rgyud thabs-kyi theg-pa gsum: Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga, 84

three, of the outer tantras of austere awareness phyi dka'-thub rig-pa'i rgyud-kyi theg-pa gsum: see vehicles of the outer tantras/mantras of austere awareness

of transcendental perfection pha-rol-tu phyin-pa'i theg-pa, Skt. pāramitāyāna: the vehicle of bodhisattvas, 243, 249, 306, 503, 895

two theg-pa gnyis, 17, 81, 83

of Ubhayatantra/Caryātantra upa'i/gnyis-ka'i/spyod-pa'i rgyud-kyi theg-pa, 17, 31, 32, 33, 35, 81, 86-7, 246, 264, 268-9, 271-2, 292, 295-6, 305, 348, 352-3, 449, 456, 502, 531, 604, 893, 936

of Unsurpassed (Yoga)tantra bla-na med-pa'i (rgyud-kyi) theg-pa, Skt. anuttaratantrayāna, 32, 33-4, 81, 83-4, 142, 214, 252, 266, 268-9, 273-4, 301, 340, 376, 448, 451, 456-7, 502, 516, 531, 674, 893, 895, 913, 944, 947

of Yogatantra rnal-'byor-gyi rgyud-kyi theg-pa, Skt. yogatantrayāna, 17, 31, 32, 33, 35, 81, 86-7, 252, 264, 268, 271-3, 295-6, 348, 352-7, 364, 450, 465, 468, 469, 488, 502, 503, 531, 604, 643, 827, 893, 936

verse tshig-bcad, Skt. padya: in poetics, 76, 105-7

mixed, and prose spel-ma, Skt. miśra, 105

vibhaṅga rnam-par 'byed-pa: here, the analytical texts of Maitreya, 95

view lta-ba, Skt. dṛṣṭi, passim

of Anuyoga, 284-6, 365-7

of Atiyoga, 294-345, 370

of the bodhisattvas, 95, 234-5

of the Brahmā vehicle, 61

of the Great Madhyamaka, 169-216, 234

of Kriyātantra, 269-70, 349-50

of Mahāyoga, 275-6, 360-1

of the Mind Only/Vijñānavāda School, 160-2, 234

of the mundane vehicle, 58

of the pious attendants, 158-9, 224-5

of the Prāsaṅgika-Mādhyamika, 164-9, 234

profound zab-mo lta-ba, 431

of the Sautrāntika, 158, 225

of the self-centred buddhas, 159, 229

of the Svātantrika-Mādhyamika, 162-4, 234

of Ubhayatantra, 271, 352

of the Vaibhāṣika, 156-7, 225

of Yogatantra, 272, 354-5

Vijñānavāda rnam-rig smra-ba, 25, 27, 30, 160-3, 178, 189, 234, 301

Vijñānavādin rnam-rig smra-ba, 35, 160, 294

Vinaya 'dul-ba: defined, 80; 93, 137, 187, 429, 498, 524, 526, 552, 569, 576, 688, 730, 731, 748, 805, 806, 850, 861, 874; see also under instruction(s), ordination, piṭaka and vows

Lower Tibetan Lineage of smad-'dul-gyi brgyud-pa, 525, 688, 729

piṭaka 'dul-ba'i sde-snod: see under piṭaka

virtue(s) dge-ba, Skt. kuśala, 56, 193, 199, 214, 302-3, 320, 322, 604, 625, 899, 900, 901, 903, 944

fundamental dge-ba'i rtsa-ba, Skt. kuśalamūla, 85, 302, 307, 898, 900, 905, 908, 912

ten (divine) dge-ba bcu, Skt. daśakuśala, 13, 56, 59, 60, 61, 512, 513

ten, “endowed with corruption” zag-bcas-kyi dge-ba bcu, 60

visarga: usually the sign of final aspiration but here it refers to final punctuation marks (tig), 916

vision, pure dag-snang: see under appearance(s)

visionary appearance(s) snang-ba: in All-Surpassing Realization, 337, 339

of the cessation of clinging to reality or of the cessation/exhaustion of (apparitional) reality chos-nyid-du 'dzin-pa'i zad-pa/chos-nyid zad-pa'i snang-ba, 337, 339, 371, 594; see also under cessation

of the direct perception of reality chos-nyid mngon-sum, 339, 371

four snang-ba bzhi, 38, 332, 341, 343, 371, 971

of increasing contemplative experience nyams gong-'phel-ba, 339, 371

of reaching the limit of awareness rig-pa tshad-phebs, 339, 371

vital energy rlung, Skt. vāyu, 24, 115, 362, 489, 536, 578, 618, 669, 676; see also energy channels, currents and seminal points

active las-kyi rlung, 877; see also pulse of the active energy currents

of great life-breath srog chen-po'i rlung: ignorance, 291

koṭākhyā, 292

and mind rlung-sems, 288, 341, 643, 721

of pristine cognition ye-shes-kyi rlung, 115, 341

ten kinds of rlung bcu, 292

Vivarta script bi-barta, 705, 729

vows sdom-pa, Skt. saṃvara, 70, 80, 729 and passim; see also commitment(s), moral discipline and ordination

bodhisattva byang-chub sems-dpa'i sdom-pa, Skt. bodhisattvasaṃvara, 78, 423, 674, 729, 805, 827, 849, 939

of celibacy tshangs-spyod, Skt. brahmacarya, 422, 760

inner, of the awareness-holders rig-'dzin nang-gi sdom-pa, 78, 729; see also commitment(s)

lay-vows dge-bsnyen, Skt. upāsaka, 70, 226, 784, 827, 911; see also layman

mantra sngags-kyi sdom-pa, 849; see also commitment(s)

monastic sdom-brtson/rab-byung, 526, 887; see also ordination

novitiate dge-tshul, Skt. śrāmaṇera: see under ordination

of Pön bon-gyi sdom-pa, 690

pōṣadha, 911

prātimokṣa so-thar sdom-pa: the vows of pious attendants and self-centred buddhas, 78, 235, 729, eight so-thar sdom-brgyad, 158, 226

of the purificatory fast bsnyen-gnas, Skt. upavāsa, 58, 226; eight gso-sbyong/yan-lag brgyad(-pa'i khrims), 513

three sdom-pa gsum, Skt. trisaṃvara, 78, 300, 302, 827, 831, 861

two hundred and fifty disciplines of the Vinaya nyi-brgya lnga-bcu'i 'dul-khrims: the vows of a fully-ordained monk, 230; see also under ordination

warrior dpa'-bo, Skt. vīra: an heroic being in terms of spiritual commitment, 404, 460, 469, 581, 588, 593, 653; see also ḍāka

water of life tshe-chu: see under elixir

wheel(s) 'khor-lo, Skt. cakra: see centre(s)

cloud-mass, of syllables yi-ge'i sprin-gyi 'khor-lo, 877

of the doctrine chos-kyi 'khor-lo, Skt. dharmacakra: see doctrinal wheel(s) and promulgation of the doctrinal wheel

of inexhaustible ornament mi-zad-pa'i rgyan-gyi 'khor-lo, 126; five mi-zad-pa'i rgyan-gyi 'khor-lo lnga, 866

thirty-six actions of the wheels of the inexhaustible ornaments of body, speech and mind sku-gsung-thugs mi-zad-pa rgyan-gyi 'khor-lo'i mdzad-pa sum-cu-rtsa-drug, 121

Wish-fulfilling Gem yid-bzhin nor-bu, Skt. Cintāmāṇi, 133, 147, 195, 198, 468-9

Wishing Tree dpag-bsam-gyi shing, Skt. kalpavṛkṣa, 133, 148, 198

(world) realms ('jig-rten-gyi) khams, Skt. (loka)dhātu, passim

six, of existence 'jig-rten-gyi khams drug, 585

three khams-gsum, 13, 31, 38, 51, 56, 73, 202, 259, 302, 321, 337, 339-40, 363, 418, 458, 490, 491, 575, 907, 930

worldly concerns, eight 'jig-rten chos brgyad, 723, 852

wrong understanding, those of log-par rtogs-pa, Skt. vipratipanna, 13, 16, 54, 62-7, 873

yakṣa gnod-sbyin: a very large class of nature spirits, many of which are associated with mountains, trees, forests, rocks, abandoned buildings, etc. In India they are frequently related to vegetation, 75, 132, 135-6, 433, 435, 451, 452-3, 454, 466, 492, 609, 614, 754, 889

yakṣiṇī gnod-sbyin-mo: a female yakṣa, 465, 480, 481

year signs and elements lo-rtags-dang khams: the twelve animals and five elements marking the years of a sexagenary cycle, 959, n. 1330

yoga(s) rnal-'byor: lit. “union in fundamental reality”, 35, 39, 102, 184, 248, 254, 256, 270, 276, 295, 312, 320, 343-5, 357, 360, 368, 413, 423, 459, 490, 547, 579, 588, 630, 653, 709, 715, 735, 769, 813, 829, 832, 853, 867, 876, 877, 897, 900, 907, 926

of another's body as the seal gzhan-lus phyag-rgya, 818; see also under seal(s) and door

daytime nyin-gyi rnal-'byor, 280

dream rmi-lam, 548

five rnal-'byor lnga: according to Mahāyoga, 363

five rnal-'byor lnga: i.e. the five paths of Anuyoga, 288, 369

four rnal-'byor bzhi, 33, 272; see also miracles, four

of one's own body as the means rang-lus thabs-ldan, 818; see also under door

preliminary, of accumulation and purification sngon-'gro bsags-sbyong-gi rnal-'byor, 862; see also preliminary practice

Six-limbed sbyor-ba yan-lag drug-pa: of the Kālacakra Tantra, 301, 546, 577-8, 674, 853

three rnal-'byor gsum: according to Anuyoga, 285-6

three classes of yo-ga'i sde gsum: the vehicles of the inner tantras of skillful means, 746

Yogācāra rnal-'byor spyod-pa: this term may originally refer to the conduct of the bodhisattva path in general, rather than to the mentalist school alone, 315, 911; see also Mind Only and Vijñānavāda

Yogācāra-Madhyamaka rnal-'byor spyod-pa'i dbu-ma: Great Madhyamaka, 169

Yogatantra rnal-'byor-gyi rgyud: see under piṭaka and vehicle(s)

yogic exercises 'phrul-'khor, Skt. yantra, 606

yogin rnal-'byor-pa: a male practitioner of yoga, 115, 184, 195, 201, 270, 281, 304, 313, 335, 344, 353, 356, 394, 447, 473, 504, 511, 545, 547, 566, 573, 575, 580, 581, 583, 585, 586, 588, 630, 638, 641, 643, 755, 839, 854, 903, 926

twelve orders of dzo-ki sde-tshan bcu-gnyis: followers of Gorakṣanātha, 504

yoginī rnal-'byor-ma: a female practitioner of yoga, 460, 494, 538, 547, 573, 580, 585, 586, 588, 620, 630, 631, 700, 772, 773, 859

Yoginī tantras rnal-'byor-ma'i rgyud, 503

yojana dpag-tshad: a measurement of distance; defined, n. 518; 490

youthful vase body gzhon-nu bum-pa'i sku: the great buddha-body of reality: see under buddha-body(ies)

Yungdrung Pön tradition gYung-drung bon-lugs, 852; see also Pön

zandre za-'dre: a vampire demon, 711

Zhalupa zhva-lu-pa, 850

zho zho: a half tola of gold (approximately 5.85g.), ten of which equal one srang, 768

zi-stone gzi: a species of etched agate, highly valued in Tibet, 483

zombie ro-langs, Skt. vetāla: lit. “standing corpse”, 535

Zur tradition zur-lugs, 139, 266, 617-49, 665, 668, 671, 672, 679, 691, 700-2, 725, 727, 730; see also Nyang/Rong tradition

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