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Key Terms/pratipakṣa + (An antidote or remedy that contributes or supports the elimination or pacification of a particular ailment or affliction.)
Key Terms/nirmāṇakāya + (An fully enlightened Buddha is said to hav … An fully enlightened Buddha is said to have the power to manifest in many forms in order to help the sentient beings. The emanation body of a buddha, as the third of the three bodies of a buddha, refers to the many forms in which a buddha can manifest and which are accessible to ordinary sentient beings. Buddhist scholars present four types of emanation bodies: emanation as supreme being, emanation as rebirth, emanation as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.as artisan and emanation in diverse forms.)
Key Terms/svasaṃvedana + (An important term for the Yogācāra that re … An important term for the Yogācāra that refers to a consciousness of consciousness itself, or how one knows that they know something. It was a hotly debated topic that was disputed by followers of the Madhyamaka. In Tibet it would later become a common Dzogchen term, though with the entirely different meaning of one's own innate awareness (''rig pa''), a crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.crucial concept in the Dzogchen teachings.)
Key Terms/ARIRIAB + (Annual Report of The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University)
Key Terms/sarvākāravaropetāśūnyatā + (As opposed to a mere voidness, this phrase refers to an emptiness that is endowed with enlightened qualities and attributes.)
Key Terms/AP + (Asian Philosophy)
Key Terms/AS + (Asiatische Studien)
Key Terms/AMS + (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra)
Key Terms/Aṣṭa + (Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā)
Key Terms/BhK I + (Bhāvanākrama I)
Key Terms/BPPB + (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica)
Key Terms/BCA + (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Key Terms/BCAP + (Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā)
Key Terms/Bobh + (Bodhisattvabhūmi)
Key Terms/CŚT + (Bodhisattvayogācāracatuḥśatakaṭīkā)
Key Terms/Brahman + (Brahman is the universal principle, suprem … 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. is the personification of this principle.)
Key Terms/tathāgatagarbha + (Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness).")
Key Terms/BDRC + (Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/)
Key Terms/BHSG + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1)
Key Terms/BHSD + (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2)
Key Terms/BEFEO + (Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient)
Key Terms/BSOAS + (Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies)
Key Terms/Kālacakra + (Can refer to either the ''Kālacakra Tantra'' and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered.)
Key Terms/Caturmudrā + (Caturmudrāviniścaya)
Key Terms/CSS + (Catuḥstavasamāsārtha)

Key Terms/CAJ + (Central Asiatic Journal)

Key Terms/CNRS + (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Key Terms/sems nyid + (Commonly found in Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā literature, this term denotes the true, natural state of mind as it is. Often used in these traditions as a synonym for buddha-nature.)
Key Terms/triyāna + (Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the t … Commonly seen in a Mahāyāna context, the three vehicles are the Śrāvakayāna, Pratyekabuddhayāna, and Bodhisattvayāna, which reference the three different types of Buddhist practitioners. However, these three vehicles can also reference the three types of Buddhist teachings of the Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.yāna (or Pāramitāyāna), and the Vajrayāna.)
Key Terms/BA (Tib) + (Deb ther sngon po)
Key Terms/DhDhV + (Dharmadharmatāvibhāga)
Key Terms/DhDhS + (Dharmadhātustava)
Key Terms/DIR + (Dhāraṇīśvararājasūtra)
Key Terms/DSBC + (Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon, a project of the University of the West http://www.dsbcproject.org/canon-text/content/575/2687)
Key Terms/gotra + (Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's ''gotra'' determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain.)
Key Terms/DohaPañj + (Dohakośapañjikā)
Key Terms/Dzogchen + (Dzogchen is an advanced system of meditation techniques to reveal the innate state of perfection primarily, but not exclusively, espoused by the Nyingma Buddhist tradition and the Tibetan Bön tradition.)
Key Terms/bodhi + (Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it … 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.ng all qualities associated with a buddha.)
Key Terms/ngo bo + (Essence or the most basic, fundamental nature or natural state of being. It is often used as a synonym for ''rang bzhin''.)
Key Terms/EA + (Etudes Asiatiques)
Key Terms/niṣprapañca + (Freedom from conceptual elaborations.)
Key Terms/GV + (Gaṇḍavyūha)
Key Terms/GCBS + (Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies)
Key Terms/GRETL + (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/)
Key Terms/HJAS + (Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies)
Key Terms/HV + (Hevajra-tantra-rāja-nāma)
Key Terms/HL + (Himalayan Linguistics)
Key Terms/HR + (History of Religions)
Key Terms/prabhāsvaratā + (In a general sense, that which clears away … In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. techniques of the completion-stage yogas.)
Key Terms/guṇapāramitā + (In the ''Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra'' it is explained that the dharmakāya of a buddha possesses the four perfect qualities of purity, bliss, permanence, and self.)
Key Terms/pramāṇa + (In the Buddhist literature on pramāṇa, it refers to cognition that correctly apprehends its object without any deception or mistake. Such correct cognition include direct perception and inferential cognition.)