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Key Terms/RGVV + (Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā)
Key Terms/nītārtha + (Refers to a teaching that is literally true.)
Key Terms/neyārtha + (Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.)
Key Terms/RO + (Rocznik Orientalistczy)
Key Terms/RCAJ + (Royal Central Asiatic Journal)
Key Terms/SP + (Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra)
Key Terms/SR + (Samādhirājasūtra)
Key Terms/Sangpu Neutok + (Sangpu Neutok is an important monastery in … Sangpu Neutok is an important monastery in central Tibet, just south of Lhasa, that was founded in 1072 by Ngok Lekpai Sherab, a disciple of Atiśa, and developed by his nephew, Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab. Originally a Kadam monastery with two colleges, it evolved into a monastery that includes both Sakya and Geluk traditions. At its peak in the 11th to 14th centuries, it was one of the most highly esteemed centers for monastic education and the study of Buddhist philosophy in all of the Tibetan plateau. Many influential philosophers of the time studied there.al philosophers of the time studied there.)
Key Terms/SER + (Serie Orientale Roma)
Key Terms/SUNY + (State University of New York)
Key Terms/tathatā + (Suchness itself, absolute reality, or thusness, as in the ultimate state of being of phenomena.)
Key Terms/SuvPra + (Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra)
Key Terms/sādhana + (Sādhana refers to a method of practice thr … Sādhana refers to a method of practice through which one can actualise a specific spiritual result, and by extension to the texts and manuals which present such methods. A sādhana in the Vajrayāna Buddhist context generally involves the worship and visualisation of a tantric deity, chanting of mantras, and associated practices. The practice often begins with verses of taking refuge and cultivating altruistic thought, then carrying out meditation on emptiness and the mandala of deity, seven-part worship, chanting of mantras, and finally the dissolution of the deity which was visualised.olution of the deity which was visualised.)
Key Terms/SSaṃgr + (Sākārasaṃgrahasūtra)
Key Terms/SSiddh + (Sākārasiddhiśāstra)
Key Terms/SU + (Sārottamā)
Key Terms/sūtra + (Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon.)
Key Terms/SS + (Sūtrasamuccaya)
Key Terms/SSBh + (Sūtrasamuccayabhāṣyaratnālokālaṃkāra)
Key Terms/Taishō + (Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō, Chinese Tripiṭaka)
Key Terms/tantra + (Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, genera … Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism.topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism.)
Key Terms/TJ + (Tarkajvālā)
Key Terms/TGS + (Tathāgatagarbhasūtra)
Key Terms/TSP + (Tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā)
Key Terms/Uttaratantra + (The ''Ultimate Continuum'', or ''Gyü Lama'', is often used as a short title in the Tibetan tradition for the key source text of buddha-nature teachings called the ''Ratnagotravibhāga'' of Maitreya/Asaṅga, also known as the ''Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra''.)

Key Terms/BA + (The Blue Annals)

Key Terms/BCRD + (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/)
Key Terms/Geluk + (The Geluk tradition traces its origin to Tsongkhapa, who propagated a modified version of the Kadampa lojong and lamrim teachings. It is the dominant tradition of Tibet, having established its control of the government under the figure of the Dalai Lama.)
Key Terms/IGI + (The Imperial Gazetteer of India)
Key Terms/Jonang + (The Jonang tradition was established by Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, a thirteenth-century Sakya monk famous for his Zhentong teachings. The Jonang teachings and monasteries were suppressed in Tibet in the seventeenth century but survived in Amdo.)
Key Terms/Kadam + (The Kadam tradition, which traces its origin to the teachings of Atiśa, was the first of the so-called New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, traditions which arose during or after the Second Propagation of Buddhism (''phyi dar'') in the tenth century.)
Key Terms/Kagyu + (The Kagyu school traces its origin to the … The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.)
Key Terms/Nyingma + (The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.)
Key Terms/Sakya + (The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre.)
Key Terms/TTJ + (The Tibet Journal)
Key Terms/DNZ + (The Treasury of Precious Instructions Cata … The Treasury of Precious Instructions Cataloging Project: Tsadra Foundation's Treasury of Precious Instructions cataloging project includes the full text of all eighteen volumes of the Shechen Publications edition of Jamgon Kongtrul's gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod. http://dnz.tsadra.org/rin po che'i mdzod. http://dnz.tsadra.org/)
Key Terms/bodhicitta + (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.)
Key Terms/śrāvaka + (The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to … The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases. of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.)
Key Terms/Vajrayāna + (The esoteric Buddhist tradition which deve … The esoteric Buddhist tradition which developed as a syncretic system involving deity worship, use of mantras, physical energy, and mystical practices. It is also known as the mantra tradition and the tantric school as a result of being based on texts known as tantras. of being based on texts known as tantras.)
Key Terms/parikalpitasvabhāva + (The first of the three natures, according to the Yogācāra school. It is the imaginary nature which is falsely projected onto an object out of confusion.)
Key Terms/gzhi + (The foundational basis of both saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. It is often used as a synonym for tathāgatagarbha and dharmadhātu.)
Key Terms/dharmadhātu + (The fundamental expanse from which all phenomena emerge.)
Key Terms/prabhāsvaracitta + (The luminous aspect of mind that is often … The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation. wisdom that is experienced in meditation.)
Key Terms/Hīnayāna + (The mainstream teachings and the early sch … The mainstream teachings and the early schools of Buddhism which primarily taught individual liberation through practice-focused renunciation and monasticism, considered lesser than the later movement of the Greater Vehicle (Mahāyāna), which professed enlightenment for all sentient beings and promoted compassion.l sentient beings and promoted compassion.)
Key Terms/rgyu'i rgyud + (The mind's natural mode that abides as suchness, which remains unchanged from the state of an ordinary being up until enlightenment.)
Key Terms/viparyāsa + (The misperception or incorrect view a pers … The misperception or incorrect view a person has of reality, which must be overcome by having correct understanding and right view. The four well known incorrect views are seeing impermanent phenomena as permanent, dissatisfactory nature of things as blissful, impure things as pure, and illusory things as absolute and real. However, in the context of buddha-nature theory or other systems, there are also other forms of misconceptions which contradict with objective reality.s which contradict with objective reality.)
Key Terms/svabhāva + (The nature or essence of a thing, which originates only from itself and is not dependent on any external entities, causes, or conditions.)
Key Terms/Sarma + (The new Buddhist schools which began to ri … The new Buddhist schools which began to rise in the second millennium in Tibet after Buddhism declined in the ninth century as a result of the fall of the Yarlung dynasty. The Sarma schools were mostly based on Buddhist teachings freshly received from India and Nepal in contrast to the revival of the old teachings which already existed in Tibet. teachings which already existed in Tibet.)
Key Terms/amalavijñāna + (The ninth consciousness, the immaculate pure mind.)
Key Terms/anātman + (The nonexistence of the self as a permanent, unchanging entity.)
Key Terms/pratītyasamutpāda + (The notion that all phenomena arise in dependence on causes and conditions.)