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Asiatische Studien +
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. +
Amṛtakaṇikodyotanibandha +
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. +
Aṣṭasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā +
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The Blue Annals +
Deb ther sngon po +
Bodhicaryāvatāra +
Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā +
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/ +
Buddhist Digital Resource Center https://www.tbrc.org/ +
Bulletin d'École Française d'Extrême-Orient +
Bhāvanākrama I +
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 2 +
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary, Vol. 1 +
A plateau of spiritual development. +
Bodhisattvabhūmi +
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. +
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. +
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." +
