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The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

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Dan Smyer Yü

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Bret W. Davis

Khenpo Dawa Tsering

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Yasuo Deguchi

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Mark W. Dennis

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Dirck Vorenkamp

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Lucia Dolce

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Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, nil

Gary Donnelly

The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje

Gyurme Dorje

Dorje Sherab

Drakar Lobzang Palden Tenzin Nyendrak

Martina Draszczyk

Dratsepa Rinchen Namgyal

Seventh Drikung Chetsang Könchok Tenzin Trinle Lhundrup

The First Drikung Chungtsang, Rigdzin Chökyi Drakpa

Drogön Chögyal Pakpa

Drokmi Lotsāwa

Lama Palden Drolma

Drolungpa Lodrö Jungne

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Douglas Duckworth

Dudjom Jikdral Yeshe Dorje

Dudjom Lingpa

Dudjom Dorjee

Tony Duff

Dumowa Tashi Özer

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dölpa Sherab Gyatso

Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

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Dōgen

Franz-Karl Ehrhard

Eighth Tai Situpa Chökyi Jungne

Elio Guarisco

Artemus Engle

Erik Pema Kunsang

Eugène Burnouf

Tsering Everest

Faju

Bernard Faure

Faxian

Fazang

Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje

Fifth Shamarpa Könchok Yenlak

First Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa

Norman Fischer

Wulstan Fletcher

Florin Giripescu Sutton

Greg Forgues

T. Griffith Foulk

Fourth Shamarpa Chodrak Yeshe

Eli Franco

Koun Franz

Erich Frauwallner

Frederick Shih-Chung Chen

Rosemarie Fuchs

Funayama Tōru

Gampopa

Gar Dampa Chodingpa

Alex Gardner

Jay L. Garfield

Khenpo Gawang

Holly Gayley

Gendun Chöpel

Je Khenpo Gendun Rinchen

Gendun Özer

Genshin

Geoffrey Samuel

George N. Roerich

David Germano

Geshe Drime Ozer

Geshe Jigme Gyatso

Geshe Lhundub Sopa

Geshe Lobsang Gyatso

Geshe Ngawang Topden

Geshe Ngawang Tsesang

Geshe Tenzin Zopa

Stephen Gethin

Getse Mahāpaṇḍita Tsewang Chokdrup

Gewai Lodrö

Geydrak Rinpoche

Rolf Giebel

Peter Gilks

Robert M. Gimello

Giuseppe Tucci

Dwight Goddard

Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

Vasudeva V. Gokhale

Joseph Goldstein

Gorampa Sönam Senge

S. C. Goswami

Qalvy Grainzvolt

David Gray

Gray Tuttle

Eric M. Greene

Peter Gregory

Gregory Schopen

Paul J. Griffiths

Paul Groner

William Grosnick

Guo Gu

Herbert V. Guenther

Guifeng Zongmi

Gungru Gyaltsen Zangpo

Guṇabhadra

Gyaltsap Je Dharma Rinchen

Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

Gyatso De

Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche

Luis Óscar Gómez

Gö Chödrub

Gö Khukpa Lhatse

Gö Lotsāwa Zhönu Pal

Hakamaya Noriaki

Yoshito S. Hakeda

Don Handrick

Sarah Harding

Haribhadra

Ian Charles Harris

Paul M. Harrison

Peter Harvey

Steven Heine

Ann Helm

Helmut Tauscher

Heshang Moheyan

Hideko Wayman

Rev. Blayne Higa

David Higgins

Akira Hirakawa

Hiromi Habata

Hitoshi Inui

Stephen Hodge

Rudolf Hoernle

Katia Holmes

Ken Holmes

Shenpen Hookham

Jeffrey Hopkins

Sarah J. Horton

Mei Hsiao

Jamie Hubbard

Pascale Hugon

Huiguan

Huineng

Huiyan

Scott Hurley

Hōnen

Katsuhito Inoue

Isaline Blew Horner

Jack Kornfield

David Jackson

Roger R. Jackson

Lozang Jamspal

Yün-hua Jan

Jangtse Khenzur Sönam Kunga

Jarosław Zapart

Achan Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo

Jayānanda

Je Yeshe Gyatso

Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

Jigme Lingpa

Jikten Gönpo

Jin Y. Park

Jinamitra

Jingxi Zhanran

Jingying Huiyuan

Thupten Jinpa

Jizang

Joaquín Pérez-Remón

Edward Johnston

Jonang Chöje Yönten Gyatso

Jonang Lotsāwa Lodrö Pal

David Jones

Christopher V. Jones

Sina Joos

Khenpo Ngawang Jorden

John Jorgensen

Judith Snodgrass

Jun Gong

Jñānacandra

Jñānagarbha

Jñānagupta

Jñānavajra

Jñānaśrīmitra

Jörg Plassen

Keizan Jōkin

Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider

Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong

Kalu Rinpoche

Kamalagupta

Kamalaśīla

Kammie Takahashi

Kazuo Kano

Matthew Kapstein

Seishi Karashima

Karma Trinlepa

Karma Yeshe Chödrön

Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje

Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje

Khenpo Karthar

Kawa Paltsek

Kazunobu Matsuda

John P. Keenan

Birgit Kellner

Casey Forgues Kemp

Kengo Harimoto

Garje Khamtrul Jamyang Döndrup

Sangye Khandro

Khatok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu

Khedrup Je Gelek Palzang

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen

Khenpo Chöying Dorje

Khenpo Dawa Paljor

Khenpo Gangshar

Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim

Khenpo Kunchap

Khenpo Kunga

Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi

Khenpo Namdrol

Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe

Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey

Khenpo Sodargye

Khenpo Tamphel

Khenpo Tashi Tshering

Khenpo Tenpa Tshering

Khenpo Tshewang Sonam

Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu

Khenpo Zhenga

Khenpo Zopa

Khensur Rinpoche Ngawang Nyima

Usha Khosla

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Paljor

Khöndung Asanga Vajra Rinpoche

Gavin Kilty

Sallie King

Richard King

Jeff Kitzes

Anne Klein

Kokyo Henkel

Yaroslav Komarovski

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye

Kenneth Kraft

Leonard van der Kuijp

Seiji Kumagai

Kumārajīva

Kunga Drolchok

Kunga Yeshe Gyatso

Kunpang Tukje Tsöndru

Kunzang Palden

Traleg Kyabgon

Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim

Kālacakrapāda

Kūkai

Kṛṣṇapaṇḍita

Louis de La Vallée Poussin

William LaFleur

Lama Gendun Rinpoche

Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Étienne Lamotte

Lewis Lancaster

Layakpa Jangchub Ngödrup

Lea Terhune

Sumi Lee

Leonard Zwilling

Geshe Lhakdor

Lhodrak Dharma Senge

Xuezhu Li

Zijie Li

Judy Lief

Chen-kuo Lin

Kennard Lipman

Lobzang Palden Tendzin Yargye

Thubten Loden

Margarita Loinaz

Longchen Yeshe Dorje

Longchen Rabjam Drime Özer

Lopen Dawa Zangpo

Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

Lotsawa Senge Gyaltsen

David Loy

Etienne Loyon

Hong Luo

Dan Lusthaus

Līlāvajra

Zhouyang Ma

William Magee

Mahājana

Maitreya

Maitrīpa

John Makeham

Tomoko Makidono

Marpa Chökyi Lodrö

Marpa Dopa Chökyi Wangchuk

Dan Martin

Marty Bo Jiang

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Matsumoto Shirō

Jacques May

Mazu Daoyi

Melvin McLeod

Ingrid McLeod

John R. McRae

Melinda Pap

Melissa Myozen Blacker

Michael Sweet

Michael Tweed

Peter Michel

Milarepa

Andrea Miller

Lama Surya Das

Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

Ming-Wood Liu

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Minling Lochen Dharmaśrī

Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje

Minoru Kiyota

Minyak Lama Yeshe Dorje

Mipam Gyatso

Mitsuya Dake

Kaie Mochizuki

David Molk

Muge Samten Gyatso

A. Charles Muller

Munivarman

Ralf Müller

Zuiryū Nakamura

Naktso Lotsāwa Tsultrim Gyalwa

Nanyang Huizhong

Hubert Nearman

David Need

Heidi Nevin

Ngawang Chöjor Gyatso

Ngawang Kunga Wangchuk

Ngawang Lodrö Drakpa

Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso

Ngoje Repa

Ngok Lekpai Sherab

Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab

Nguyen Dac Sy

Solvej Hyveled Nielsen

Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje

Kosen Nishiyama

Nobuyoshi Yamabe

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche

Norzang Gyatso

Noël Péri

Nupchen Sangye Yeshe

Nyawon Kunga Pal

Nyenchen Palyang

Nyo Gyelwa Lhanangpa Sanggye Rinchen

Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje

Nāgārjuna

Nāropa

Eugène Obermiller

Ichijo Ogawa

Shinsui (Mamiko) Okada

Shohaku Okumura

Morten Ostensen

Ouyi Zhixu

Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok

Padmasambhava

Pakmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo

Pal Gomi Chime

Palchen Chokyi Yeshe

Palgyi Lhunpo

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Parahitabhadra

Paramārtha

Patrul Rinpoche

Patsab Lotsāwa Nyima Drakpa

Diana Y. Paul

Paul Masson-Oursel

Paul Oltramare

The Second Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa

Paṇchen Sönam Drakpa

Rinchen Dorje

Marcus Perman

John W. Pettit

Karma Phuntsho

Piya Tan

M. Cody Poulton

John Powers

Prabhākaramitra

Prajñākaramati

Prajñāvarman

Hari Shankar Prasad

Graham Priest

Katrin Querl

Andrew Quintman

Michael Radich

Ralf Kramer

Fabio Rambelli

Rase Könchok Gyatso

Ratnamati

Ratnavajra

Ratnākaraśānti

Andrew Rawlinson

Red Pine

Rendawa Zhönu Lodrö

Rev. George Kosho Finch

Rev. Timothy Richard

Jim Rheingans

Matthieu Ricard

Richard B. Mather

Richard Morris

Rigdzin Gödem

Rinchen Jangchub

Rinchen Zangpo

Geshe Sonam Rinchen

Ringu Tulku

Gyatrul Rinpoche

Yangthang Rinpoche

Thrangu Rinpoche

Rinso Ed Sattizahn

Robert W. Clark

Peter Alan Roberts

Ulrike Roesler

Roger Corless

Rongtön Sheja Kunrik

Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo

David Seyfort Ruegg

Rulu

Rupa Bhattacherjee

Ryōgen

Ryūkai Mano

Rāmapāla

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sahajavajra

Saichō

Saigyō

Sajjana

Sakya Paṇḍita

Sharon Salzberg

Sandrine Colombo

Lodrö Sangpo

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo

Sangpuwa Lodrö Tsungme

Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche

Sabzang Mati Paṇchen Lodrö Gyaltsen

Dominick Scarangello

Kurtis Schaeffer

Joshua Schapiro

Lambert Schmithausen

Jim Scott

Cherickanampuram Devasia Sebastian

Sera Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen

Sera Khandro

Seventh Karmapa Chödrak Gyatso

Anton Luis Sevilla

Francesco Sferra

Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol

Śākya Chokden

Shangton Tenpa Gyatso

Shaoyong Ye

Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen

Robert Sharf

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche

Michael Sheehy

Sheng Yen

Shenhui

Shenxiu

Khenchen Palden Sherab, nil

Sherab Jungne

Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho

Khenchen Pema Sherab

James Mark Shields

Heng-Ching Shih

Rigdzin Shikpo

Masahiro Shimoda

Shinran

Henry Shiu

Shizuka Sasaki

Shongton Dorje Gyaltsen

Mark Siderits

Jonathan Silk

Sir Aurel Stein

Peter Skilling

Tadeusz Skorupski

David Snellgrove

Jan-Ulrich Sobisch

Ruth Sonam

Khenpo Tshewang Sonam

Joan Stambaugh

Gabriele Staron

Cyrus Stearns

Rolf Stein

Daniel Stevenson

Sthiramati

Jacqueline Stone

Mark Strange

Fumihiko Sueki

Hao Sun

Sung-bae Park

Dominic Sur

Surendrabodhi

Susanne Fairclough

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Shunryu Suzuki

Paul Swanson

Sylvain Lévi

Sönam Gyaltsen

Sönam Tsemo

Sāramati

Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana

Taehyŏn

Jikido Takasaki

Takashi James Kodera

Takayasu Suzuki

Yoshiro Tamura

Tanak Rinchen Yeshe

Kenneth K. Tanaka

Tanluan

Tanyan

Tao Jin

Francesca Tarocco

Tenshin Reb Anderson

Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin

Venerable Khenpo Tenzin

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

The Fourth Drukchen Pema Karpo

The Fourth Paṇchen Lama Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen

The Fourth Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

The Second Dzigar Kongtrul, Jigme Namgyel

The Third Changkya, Rolpai Dorje

The Third Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpai Nyima

Theodor Stcherbatsky

Third Tai Situ Tashi Paljor

Ngawang Zangpo

Thu'u bkwan blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma

Thubten Chodron

Robert Thurman

Tilopa

Gishin Tokiwa

Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

Tokpa Tulku

Tong Ācārya

Tony Page

Tony Sin-Heng See

Fabrizio Torricelli

Alex Trisoglio

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Tsele Natsok Rangdrol

Tsen Khawoche

Chih-Mien Adrian Tseng

Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Tsepak Rigzin

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Tsongkhapa

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Philippe Turenne

Twelfth Tai Situ Pema Dönyö Nyinje

Tāranātha

Tōru Tomabechi

Yoshifumi Ueda

Hakuju Ui

Tulku Urgyen

Vairocanarakṣita

Vairotsana

Vasubandhu

Ven. Robina Courtin

Ven. Ajahn Brahm

Ven. Cheng Kuan

Ven. Dhammadipa Thero

Vibhūticandra

Satis Chandra Vidyābhūṣaṇa

Vidyākaraprabha

Markus Viehbeck

Vijayaśīla

Kevin Vose

Norman Waddell

Ives Waldo

Arthur Waley

B. Alan Wallace

Walter Liebenthal

Dorji Wangchuk

Tsering Wangchuk

Wangpabzhun

Pema Wangyal Rinpoche

Alex Wayman

Weijing

Whalen Lai

William S. Waldron

Paul Williams

Jeff Wilson

Joe Wilson

Wǒnch'ǔk

Wǒnhyo

Xie Lingyun

Xuanzang

Yakton Sangye Pal

Kosho Yamamoto

Philip B. Yampolsky

Yamāri

Yarlung Lotsāwa

Yeshe De

Yijing

Yin Guan

Yin Shun

Yongdzin Ayang Thubten

Yoshio Takanashi

Young-ho Kim

Young-suk Kim

Youru (Charlie) Wang

Yukhok Chatral Chöying Rangdrol

Yumo Mikyö Dorje

Yunmen Wenyan

Zasep Tulku

Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Zhang Tsepong Chökyi Lama

Zhang mdo sde dpal

Zhangtön Sönam Drakpa

Zhaozhou Congshen

Zhapdrung Ngawang Namgyal

Zhen Liu

Zhiyi

Michael Zimmermann

Brook Ziporyn

Zu Gawai Dorje

Zurmang Pema Namgyal

Jan Willem de Jong

Ganden Tripa Lodrö Tenpa

Gharungpa Lhai Gyaltsen

Karma Könchok Zhönu

Troru Tsenam

Chim Namkha Drakpa

Marcia Binder Schmidt

Sam van Schaik

Śikṣānanda

Śraddhākaravarman

Śrījñānākara

Śākya Śrī

Śākya Śrī

Śākyamuni Buddha

Śākyaprabha

Śākyasiṁha

Śāntarakṣita

Śāntibhadra

Śīlendrabodhi

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252 Terms

'jog sgom

Noun

स्थाप्यभावना

འཇོག་སྒོམ་

Jok gom

This is the meditation of directly observing the mind without engaging in any analytical or intellectual activity. (Thrangu Rinpoche, Transcending Ego, 102).

Tibetan
'jog sgom

AA

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāra


AA

AAvivṛti

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāravivṛti


AAvivṛti

AAvṛtti

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkāravṛtti


AAvṛtti

AAĀ

Abbreviation

Abhisamayālaṃkārālokā


AAĀ

abhidharma

Noun

अभिधर्म

ཆོས་མངོན་པ།
阿毗达磨
Chö ngonpa

Abhidharma generally refers to the corpus of Buddhist texts which deals with the typological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and epistemological presentation of Buddhist concepts and teachings. The abhidharma teachings present a meta-knowledge of Buddhist sūtras through analytical and systemic schemas and are said to focus on developing wisdom among the three principles of training. The Abhidharma is presented alongside Sūtra and Vinaya as one of the three baskets of the teachings of the Buddha.

Sanskrit
abhidharma

actualized enlightenment

Noun

始覺


Actualized enlightenment is enlightenment that is attained through practice. It is contrasted with original enlightenment, which is the mind's innate purity in its natural state. Ultimately, there is no difference between them. Because of the presence of ignorance, sentient beings are blind to their true nature. By removing that ignorance, one actualizes enlightenment.

Chinese
actualized enlightenment

Grounded in the original enlightenment is nonenlightenment. And because of nonenlightenment, the process of actualization of enlightenment can be spoken of.
The Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna

advaya

Adjective

अद्वय

གཉིས་མེད་
不二


Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.

Sanskrit
advaya

AK

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośakārikā


AK

AKBh

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośabhāṣya


AKBh

AKVy

Abbreviation

Abhidharmakośavyākhyā


AKVy

AkṣN

Abbreviation

Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra


AkṣN

amalavijñāna

Noun

啊摩羅識, 無垢識


The ninth consciousness, the immaculate pure mind.

Sanskrit
amalavijñāna
At the moment of enlightenment, the eighth consciousness ceases, replaced by the ninth, the immaculate consciousness of a buddha.

AMS

Abbreviation

Aṅgulimālīyasūtra


AMS

Anuyoga

School

अनुयोग

ཨ་ནུ་ཡོ་ག

Anuyoga

The second set of the three inner tantras and the eighth of the nine vehicles according to the Nyingma tradition. Anuyoga includes many yogini tantras and focuses on the Completion Stage practices of sacred channels, energies and essential fluids and espouses the actualisation of empty bliss.

Sanskrit
Anuyoga

anātman

Noun

अनात्मन्

བདག་མེད་པ་
无我
dakmépa

The nonexistence of the self as a permanent, unchanging entity.

Sanskrit
anātman

AOH

Abbreviation

Acta Orientalia (Budapest)


AOH

AP

Abbreviation

Asian Philosophy


AP

arhat

Noun

अर्हत्

དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ།
阿羅漢
drachöm

A person who has reached nirvāṇa by eliminating the three poisons of attachment, hatred and ignorance having followed the path of seeking individual liberation as a Śrāvaka or a Pratyekabuddha. An arhat, thus, is a person who has overcome the cause of rebirth in the cycle of existence and will not take an ordinary birth again.

Sanskrit
arhat

ARIRIAB

Abbreviation

Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University


ARIRIAB

AS

Abbreviation

Asiatische Studien


AS

Atiyoga

School

अतियोग

ཨ་ཏི་ཡོ་ག, ཤིན་ཏུ་རྣལ་འབྱོར།

atiyoga

A system of esoteric thought and practice associated with the Nyingma tradition and equivalent to Great Perfection, it is considered as the pinnacle of the nine vehicles or paths one can follow to reach Buddhahood. The system focusses on the pure, luminous and empty nature of the mind as the ground reality which must be realised through the path of trekchö and thögal practice.

Sanskrit
Atiyoga

AU

Abbreviation

Amṛtakaṇikodyotanibandha


AU

avidyā

Noun

अविद्या

མ་རིག་པ་
無明
marikpa

Literally "unknowing," it refers to a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of the nature of reality. As such, it is considered to be the root cause of suffering and the basis for the arising of all other negative mental factors.

Sanskrit
avidyā

Aṣṭa

Abbreviation

Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā


Aṣṭa

BA

Abbreviation

The Blue Annals


BA

BA (Tib)

Abbreviation

Deb ther sngon po


BA (Tib)

BCA

Abbreviation

Bodhicaryāvatāra


BCA

BCAP

Abbreviation

Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā


BCAP

BCRD

Abbreviation

The Buddhist Canons Research Database a project of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies (AIBS) and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies (CCBS) http://databases.aibs.columbia.edu/


BCRD

BDRC

Abbreviation

Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/


BDRC

BEFEO

Abbreviation

Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient


BEFEO

BhK I

Abbreviation

Bhāvanākrama I


BhK I

BHSD

Abbreviation

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2


BHSD

BHSG

Abbreviation

Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1


BHSG

bhūmi

Noun

भूमि

ས་



A plateau of spiritual development.

Sanskrit
bhūmi

Bobh

Abbreviation

Bodhisattvabhūmi


Bobh

bodhi

Noun

बोधि

བྱང་ཆུབ་
菩提, 悟, 覺
Changchub

Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (byang) and "perfected" (chub), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha.

Sanskrit
bodhi
". . . all beings, regardless of birth, race, social status, and gender, are capable of the attainment of the state of human perfection known as enlightenment."
(Source: page 192, “Liberation: An Indo-Tibetan Perspective” by José Ignacio Cabezón. Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 12 (1992), pp. 191-198 Published by: University of Hawai'i Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1389971)

bodhicitta

Noun

बोधिचित्त

བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
菩提心
jangchubsem

The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.

Sanskrit
bodhicitta
Thought of awakening

bodhigarbha

Noun

बोधिगर्भ

བྱང་ཆུབ་སྙིང་པོ་

jangchub nyingpo

An alternative term for tathāgatagarbha found in early Nyingma sources. Though it is back-translated as bodhigarbha, this term does not seem to be found in Sanskrit sources. However, in other contexts, the Tibetan byang chub snying po is often used to translate the Sanskrit term bodhimaṇḍa, which is often translated as the "seat of enlightenment."

Tibetan
bodhigarbha

Bodhisattva

Noun

बोधिसत्त्व

བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།
菩薩
jangchub sempa

A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses.

Sanskrit
Bodhisattva

BPPB

Abbreviation

Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica


BPPB

Brahman

Noun

ब्रह्मन्

ཚངས་པ།

tshangpa

Brahman is the universal principle, supreme truth or ultimate reality in the Hindu religion considered to be absolute, eternal and blissful. A metaphysical concept, it is described as the single binding unity behind the diversity of all that exists. In Buddhism, while this metaphysical principle is not presented, one finds frequent mention of the deity named Brahmā, who is the personification of this principle.

Sanskrit
Brahman

BSOAS

Abbreviation

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies


BSOAS

buddhadhātu

Noun

बुद्धधातु

སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཁམས་
佛性
sangye kyi kham

A synonym for tathāgatagarbha widely used throughout the East Asian Buddhist traditions, as found in its translations as the Chinese term fó xìng and Japanese term busshō.

Sanskrit
buddhadhātu

byams chos sde lnga

Text

བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་

jam chöde nga

This refers to a series of five texts that, according to the Tibetan tradition, Asaṅga received directly from Maitreya in the pure realm of Tuṣita.

Tibetan
byams chos sde lnga

bīja

Noun

बीज

ས་བོན་
無漏種


A seed, commonly used figuratively in the sense of something which has the potential to develop or grow, and likewise as the basic cause for this development or growth.

Sanskrit
bīja

CAJ

Abbreviation

Central Asiatic Journal


CAJ

Caturmudrā

Abbreviation

Caturmudrāviniścaya


Caturmudrā

Cittamātra

Noun

चित्तमात्र

སེམས་ཙམ་

sem tsam

Though it is sometimes used synonymously with Yogācāra, it is in fact one of the more prominent philosophical theories associated with this school. It asserts that the objects in the external world with which we interact are actually mentally created representations appearing as those objects. The character of these perceptions is predetermined by our own karmic conditioning that is stored in the ālayavijñāna.

Sanskrit
Cittamātra

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