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- 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.)
- Key Terms/IA + (Indian Antiquary)
- Key Terms/IHQ + (Indian Historical Quarterly)
- Key Terms/ISCRL + (Indian Studies in Honor of Charles R. Lanman)
- Key Terms/IAIC + (International Academy of Indian Culture)
- Key Terms/IATS + (International Association for Tibetan Studies)
- Key Terms/IsMEO + (Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente)
- Key Terms/JA + (Journal Asiatique)
- Key Terms/JIP + (Journal of Indian Philosophy)
- Key Terms/JIBS + (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies)
- Key Terms/IBK + (Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies)
- Key Terms/JAAR + (Journal of the American Academy of Religion)
- Key Terms/JAOS + (Journal of the American Oriental Society)
- Key Terms/JASB + (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal)
- Key Terms/JBTS + (Journal of the Buddhist Text Society of India)
- Key Terms/JIABS + (Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies)
- Key Terms/JPTS + (Journal of the Pali Text Society)
- Key Terms/JRAS + (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society)
- Key Terms/JRCAS + (Journal of the Royal Central Asiatic Society (London))
- Key Terms/JTS + (Journal of the Tibet Society)
- Key Terms/JUPHS + (Journal of the U. P. Historical Society)
- Key Terms/JNA + (Jñānaśrīmitranibandhāvalī)
- Key Terms/JñāĀ + (Jñānālokālaṃkārasūtra)
- Key Terms/Kudṛṣṭi + (Kudṛṣṭisaṅghātana)
- Key Terms/niḥsvabhāva + (Lacking inherent existence.)
- Key Terms/lam rim + (Lam rim refers to the stages on the path a … Lam rim refers to the stages on the path and, by extension, more commonly to the genre of teachings which contain practical instructions for training on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Related to the blo sbyong practice, it is particularly known among the Kadampa and Geluk schools. Tsongkhapa's Byang chub lam rim chen mo is the most well known in this genre and the term lam rim is often used specifically to refer to this text.n used specifically to refer to this text.)
- Key Terms/LAS + (Laṅkāvatārasūtra)
- Key Terms/LTWA + (Library of Tibetan Works and Archives)
- Key Terms/avidyā + (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.)
- Key Terms/icchantika + (Literally, "those with great desire," icchantikas could be rendered as hedonists or addicts. However, the term is generally used to refer to those who, due to their insatiable desire, are incapable of enlightenment.)
- Key Terms/advaya + (Literally, "without duality," it refers to that which is indivisible, in that it is not divided into two.)
- Key Terms/āvaraṇa + (Literally, that which obscures or conceals … Literally, that which obscures or conceals. Often listed as a set of two obscurations (''sgrib gnyis''): the afflictive emotional obscurations (Skt. ''kleśāvaraṇa'', Tib. ''nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa'') and the cognitive obscurations (Skt. ''jñeyāvaraṇa'', Tib. ''shes bya'i sgrib pa''). By removing the first, one becomes free of suffering, and by removing the second, one becomes omniscient.moving the second, one becomes omniscient.)
- Key Terms/sugatagarbha + (Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the … Literally, the "essence" or "heart of the Bliss Gone One(s)," a synonym for tathāgatagarbha that is likewise often rendered into English by the term ''buddha-nature''. Though it is often back translated into Sanskrit as ''sugatagarbha'', this term is not found in Sanskrit sources.his term is not found in Sanskrit sources.)
- Key Terms/ātmaka + (Literally, the state of possessing a self. It is usually used to denote something which is endowed with a certain innate, or natural, attribute.)
- Key Terms/vajrapada + (Literally, vajra-footing, or base. In the … Literally, vajra-footing, or base. In the context of the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'', this is the name given to the seven subjects that are addressed in the treatise. These seven are the ''buddha'', ''dharma'', ''saṅgha'', the element (''dhātu''), enlightenment (''bodhi''), enlightened qualities (''guṇa''), and enlightened activities (''karman'')., and enlightened activities (''karman'').)
- Key Terms/MH + (Madhyamakahṛdaya)
- Key Terms/MĀl + (Madhyamakāloka)
- Key Terms/MAv + (Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya)
- Key Terms/MAvT + (Madhyamakāvatāraṭīkā)
- Key Terms/MAV + (Madhyāntavibhāga)
- Key Terms/MAVBh + (Madhyāntavibhāgabhāṣya)
- Key Terms/MAVT + (Madhyāntavibhāgaṭīkā)
- Key Terms/MBhS + (Mahābherīsūtra)
- Key Terms/Mahāmudrā + (Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation … Mahāmudrā refers to an advanced meditation tradition in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna forms of Into-Tibetan Buddhism that is focused on the realization of the empty and luminous nature of the mind. It also refers to the resultant state of buddhahood attained through such meditation practice. In Tibet, this tradition is particularly associated with the Kagyu school, although all other schools also profess this tradition. The term also appears as part of the four seals, alongside ''dharmamūdra'', ''samayamudrā'', and ''karmamudrā''.ra'', ''samayamudrā'', and ''karmamudrā''.)
- Key Terms/Mvy + (Mahāvyutpatti)
- Key Terms/Mahāyāna + (Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to … Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.ptiness and the cultivation of compassion.)
- Key Terms/MMPS + (Mahāyānamahāparinirvāṇasūtra)