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Kagyü
(Tib., bka' brgyud).One of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism (see Tibet). Its name means ‘oral transmission lineage’, and its teachings were brought from India in the 11th century ce by ...
Kālacakra
(Tib., dus.kyi.ʾkhor.lo, ‘Wheel of Time’).Perhaps the most revered tantra in Tibetan Buddhism, which in addition to yogic teachings involves an esoteric world history and eschatology. The ...
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 ...
milam
(Tib., rmi-lam, dream). A dream or illusion, a term often used as a metaphor for the nature of mundane (laukika) experience. The concept of the unreality of the external world also forms the basis ...
Nā-ro-pa/ (1016–1100) Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
(1016–1100).
Pupil of Ti-lo-pa, and teacher of Marpa, through whom his teachings (and Six Doctrines, Nāro
Nāropa (1016–1100) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Buddhism
(1016–1100).
Born in Kashmir, Nāropa was one of the chief Indian mahā-siddhas or ‘great adepts’. A disciple
Naropa University
A Buddhist university in Boulder, Colorado, USA founded by Chogyam Trungpa in 1974. The institution takes its name from Nāropa, the 11th-century abbot of the ancient university of Nālandā in India. ...
ö-sel
(Tib., 'od-gsal; Skt., prabhāsvara).Often translated as ‘radiant light’ or ‘clear light’, this term refers to the intrinsic purity of the mind (prakṛti-prabhāsvara-citta) in contrast to the illusory, ...
phowa
(Tib., ‘pho-ba).The technique popular in Tibetan Buddhism of transferring (‘pho-ba) one's consciousness (vijñāna) at the time of death directly to one of the Pure Lands such as Sukhāvatī. Though now ...
Ratnagiri
A major Buddhist monastic centre located in the Asia Hills near Cuttack in present-day Orissa. The centre dates from the 5th century ce and formed part of a complex of monastic settlements with ...
siddha
A generic term for a practitioner (sādhaka), such as a yogi or a Tantric adept, who has attained the goal of his practice (sādhana), which may include the attainment of supernatural or spiritual ...
Siddha tradition
(Skt.; Tib., grub.thob, ‘person of achievement’).A tradition in Indian Tantric Buddhism which had great influence on the development of Buddhism in Tibet. While siddha generally signifies a yogin ...
Six Yogas of Nāropa
(Tib., nāro chos drug). Common term for six dharmas or doctrines transmitted by the tantric adept Nāropa to the founder of the Kagyü school, Marpa. The Six Yogas have remained an important part of ...
Tilopa
(989–1069).One of the famous Indian mahā-siddhas or great tantric adepts, his name derives from the tradition that he was a manufacturer of sesame-seed oil. Believed to have been the first teacher ...
Vikramaśīla
One of the great Buddhist monastic universities of ancient India.located about 150 miles east of Nālandā near the present-day city of Bhagalpur on the Ganges. Tibetan sources provide most of the ...
yogi
(Skt., ‘one who is joined’).A participant in one of the schools of Yoga. More casually, the word is used of Hindu ascetics in general.
