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bardo
(Tib.).A term associated with Tibetan Buddhism (see Tibet) which denotes a juncture or phase between two states. Six of these are described; the intermediate states of birth, of dream, of meditation, ...
Bhutan
Bhutan's development objective is to maximize ‘gross national happiness’Bhutan has three main geographical zones. The north falls within the high Himalayas which reach altitudes of 7,300 metres. To ...
Bu-ston
(1290–1364).Tibetan teacher, translator, and historian of Buddhism belonging to the Bkah-brgyud-pa ('ka-ju-pa') sect. By the age of 30 he had studied under all the great teachers of his day ...
chöd
(Tib., gcod). A Tibetan term literally meaning ‘cut off’, it refers to a unique system of meditation introduced into medieval Tibet by the Indian ascetic Phadampa Sangyé, (d. 1117). Its theoretical ...
Chogyam Trungpa
(1940–87).An important though somewhat controversial modern master of the Kagyü andNyingma schools who was especially instrumental in popularizing Tibetan Buddhism in the West. Born in Tibet.he fled ...
Council of Lhasa
A name used somewhat misleadingly by certain Western Scholars to refer to a debate held at Samyé (and not the Tibetan capital, Lhasa) in the year 742 ce on the disputed question of whether ...
Drugpa Künleg
(1455–1570).Tibetan, best-known as one of the ‘holy fools’ of Tibet. He was trained in the Drugpa school of the Kagyüpa, but he adopted the ascetic life of a wanderer ...
Eclectic Movement
(Tib., ris-med).The revolutionary movement that began in eastern Tibet during the late 18th century which, as its Tibetan name suggests, was ‘unbiased’ in its approach to all religious schools and ...
Gampopa
(1079–1153) (Tib., sgam-po-pa).Epithet of the Tibetan teacher Dakpo Lharje Sönam Rinchen (Dvags-po dha-rje bsod-nams rin-chen). The name Gampopa, meaning ‘man of Gampo’, comes from the fact that he ...
Jamgön Kongtrül
(1813–99) (Tib., ‘Jam-mgon kong-sprul).One of the great scholar-monks from eastern Tibet associated with the so-called Eclectic Movement which ushered in a period of religious and intellectual ...
Kagyü Quick reference
A Dictionary of Buddhism
(Tib., bka' brgyud).
One of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism (see Tibet). Its name means ‘oral
Kagyü Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
(bkaʾ.brgyud, ‘oral transmission’).
One of the four principal schools of Tibetan Buddhism, taking its name from the mode
Karma Kagyü
(Tib., Karma bka’-brgyud).One of the main subdivisions of the Kagyü lineage, descended from Düsum Khyenpa (Dus-gsum mkhyen-pa), the student of Gampopa.
mahāmudrā
1 Great Seal; one of the four meditational seals (mudrā) according to yoga-tantra. It refers to the process of imaging the Buddhas in transformational meditation practice by way of their body-images ...
Marpa
(c.1012–c.1098).Tibetan yogi, who journeyed three times to India and returned with the teachings of mahāmudrā and Nāro Chos Drug. He taught Milarepa, and was the key link in the transmission lineage ...
Milarepa
(1040–1123) (Tib., Milaraspa).One of the most revered and loved of Tibetan yogins.whose name literally means ‘cotton clad Mila’. Milarepa initially first studied sorcery to slay many family enemies, ...
Nāro chos drug
Six Doctrines of Nāropa. One of the principal bodies of teaching of the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism, so-called because they passed from Nāropa (1016–1100) to the Kagyü founder, Marpa ...
Nāropa
(1016–1100).Born in Kashmir.Nāropa was one of the chief Indian mahā-siddhas or ‘great adepts’. A disciple of Tilopa, Nāropa was famed during his early years as an outstanding scholar of non-tantric ...
Red Hats
A Chinese term used indiscriminately for the three non-Geluk schools of Tibetan Buddhism.on account of their ceremonial red caps, in contrast to those of the Gelukpas which are yellow. Neither term ...
