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A
Abhayadattaśrī, Hagiography of the Eighty-Four Siddhas, 83
abiding, three experiences of, 198–99
Acala, 313
Accomplishing Gnosis (Indrabhūti II), 121, 125, 133–34, 209, 246, 255
Accomplishment of the Connate (Ḍombi Heruka), 11, 12, 153, 223
influence of, xix–xx
lineage, 4, 141–42
on meditation, 144–45, 448n4
sources, 141–42
See also ascetic path; infant path
accumulation field, 28, 34–35, 174, 196–197
Advayavajra, Extensive Commentary, 437n5, 439n22, 450n14
affirmations, six necessary, 118, 446nn177–81
afflictions, 115, 289, 304
and delusions, three times of, 78, 217
and examples of illusion, merging, 79, 219
investigating, 111, 232, 443nn96–100
as path, 177
aggregates, 62, 188, 189, 190, 210, 279, 358, 440n28
aging, 58, 101, 182
agitation, 434n33, 446n178, 450n8
controlling, 198–99
in near placement, 171
removing, 43, 66, 113–14, 203–4
Akaniṣṭha, 197, 406, 439n25
Ākāśagarbha, 288, 358
Ākāśagarbha Sutra, 335
Akṣobhya, 96, 219, 399
Bodhicitta of, 62, 187, 437n6
family of, 445n141
visualizations, 79, 161, 167, 287, 399, 404
yoga of, 239
alcohol, 115, 127, 130, 234, 250. See also liquor
all-basis, 293, 381
Amezhap Ngawang Kunga Sönam, xix
Amazing Storehouse of Jewels, 61, 62
Illuminating the Extensive Doctrine, 434n2, 436n3
Ocean That Gathers Excellent Explanations, 273–74
See also Effortless Accomplishment of the Two Benefits
Amitābha, 79, 167, 219, 287, 336, 399
Amitayus, 96
Amoghasiddhi, 79, 96, 219, 287, 400
Amoghavajra, xvii, 5, 71, 207
amṛta, 99, 101
bindu of, 42
in Caṇḍālī, 51, 263, 264
of gnosis, 48, 395, 397
offering, 371, 392
as poison, 399
relying on, 115, 237
seven reasons for, 395, 464n39
Amṛta of Reality Intimate Instructions (Indrabhūti III), 134–35
analogies and examples
bee collecting pollen, 74
boat, disabled, 110, 230, 442n79
bonfire, 234
container, three faults of, 342
crow flying from ship, 64, 199
dreams, 63, 194
elephant's mind, 66, 202
enemy's child, feeding, 307
forest fire, 221
gold, 26, 158, 198
illusions, 192, 309, 310, 337
lamps, 65, 199
loosening cord, 198
mirages, 307, 316, 325
mirror, 97
moon in water, 74
ox, 64, 199
prisoner, 198
rope as snake, 205
sea turtle and yoke, 317
sesame oil, 108, 225–26, 441n40
star in daytime, 347
sun, 108, 225
twelve of illusion, 77, 79, 216, 219, 220
vulture's tail, 71
water poured into water, 26, 54, 80, 158, 220, 338
waves and water, 194
wish-fulfilling gem, 91, 114, 225, 235
Anaṅga II, 134
Anaṅgavajra, 6, 22, 23, 41, 155, 156. See also Jalendra (a.k.a. Anaṅgavajra); Padmavajra (a.k.a. Saroruha)
Ananta, 394, 397
anger, 111, 217, 232
animals, 317
rebirth as, 329, 344
suffering of, 320, 326–27
annihilation, 310, 335, 457n10
appearances
beneficial, 112, 234, 444n112
deluded]], transforming, 309, 310–11
directly ascertaining, 211
and emptiness, inseparability of, 66, 74, 108, 191, 202, 283, 289
of gnosis, 117, 445n161
as great bliss, 246
as illusory, 190, 278, 306
immaculate aspects, 91
mind and, 63, 79, 282–83
poison of, 292
recalled, 78, 217
apsaras, 116, 239, 445n140
armor, donning/binding, 29, 30, 36, 166, 167, 176
Āryadeva, 4, 61, 188
Āryaśūra, Garland of Incarnations, 341, 347–48
Asaṅga, 345, 348, 439n25
Bodhicitta on, 143
body method, 147–48
preparation, 146–47
result of, 430n39
shared instructions, 14, 142, 149–50
vows of, 13, 143
Aspiration of the Conduct of Samanta[[bhadra, 348
asuras, 67, 327
Aśvaghoṣa, Removing Misery, 318, 319
attachment. See Parting from the Four Attachments cycle
avadhūti. See central nāḍī
Avadhūtipa, 361
Avalokiteśvara, 288, 358
B
bali offerings, 105, 391, 394, 395
for blessings, 71–72
in Mahākāla Sādhana, 403–4, 407–12, 420
neglecting, 130, 251
in post-session yoga, 43
Balton Darma Jungne, 40
bardo, 15, 151, 430n38
Bari Lotsāwa, 313, 457n17
Barzinpa, 6
Beautiful Ornament of the Three Tantras, 387
Bee in the Lotus, 134
instructions of, 85, 86, 87, 88, 97
lineages, 3, 98, 224
Bhāviveka, 439n25
Bhusanapa, 3, 105, 107, 224
bindus, 164–65, 282, 292, 431–32n87
of amṛta, 42
of bliss, 53
of Bodhicitta, 28, 51, 107
body and, 18, 53, 244, 253–54, 431n72
clarity of, 265–66
crooked, 58, 182
descent, 127, 148, 247
dissolution of, 173, 415
drawing up, 11, 148, 248–49, 265–66
of light, 29, 31–32, 34, 170, 173
multicolored, 27, 160
preserving, 129–31, 249–51
retaining, 11, 12, 127, 128, 143, 248
single, 37, 116, 177, 239, 445n157
solar and lunar, 99, 116, 239, 445n142
spreading, 19, 128, 148, 149, 249, 431–32n87
stabilizing and transforming, 253–55
transformation into syllables, 35, 42, 174
and vajra, spinning, 282, 455n33
coiled, 100
four, 27–28, 156, 159–60
of knowledge consorts, 123, 252
blazing and dripping, 51, 264, 285–86
blessings
descent of, 278, 292
equality of, 126, 247, 253
impaired, bindu loss through, 130, 251
ritual for, 71–73
bliss
arising of, 14
attaining, 306
in Caṇḍālī, 51–54
contaminated, 116, 211, 283
and emptiness, inseparability of, 54, 82, 125, 167, 211, 246, 268, 283, 289
experience of, 212, 292
fainting from, 149
nonconceptual, 86
retention and meditation, 127–28, 248
source of, 92
See also great bliss
boat, disabled, 110, 442n79
Bodhicitta, 13, 85–86, 143, 292, 332
accomplishing, 122
aspirational, 193, 197, 212, 315
in Caṇḍālī, 263, 264
cultivating, 196, 315, 334–35, 442n70
descending, 52
engaged, 193, 212, 315
fundamental, 289
irreversible, 314
meditations, 146, 189, 197, 229
nine elements, 239–40
offering, 371
recalling, 309, 310
relative, 193, 197, 335
in removing obstacles, 114, 235–36, 444n128
retention, three methods, 127–28, 248
reversing, 248–49
single stream, 177
spreading, 128, 249
supplication, 313
ultimate, 192, 196, 197
Bodhisattva stages. See twelve stages
body, 15
branch of, 112
as deity, 176
developing, 18, 431n72
features of, 145
free from proliferation, 158
frugality of, 12–13, 143
giving away, 78, 218
as great bliss, 246
increasing tissues, 127
key points for concentration, 198, 229
pain in, 119–20, 204–5, 237–38, 246
purifying, 101, 147, 166, 389
rainbow appearance, 73, 227, 441n52
in removing obstacles, 203–4
as support, 107–8, 225, 440n28, 440n31
times for recognizing, 108, 441nn50–52
and voice, equality of, 126, 253
See also postures
Brahma, 96, 98–99, 134, 162, 193, 310, 346
Brahma aperture, 114, 204, 235, 421
breath, 293
in completion stage, 41, 434n32
exhalation, 14, 109, 150, 261, 442n68
gentle, 266
inhalation, 13–14, 18, 149, 429nn15–16, 429nn19–21, 431n71, 431n87
Buddha Śākyamuni, 97, 98, 295, 336, 346, 439n19
Buddhafields, 132, 159, 175, 219
Buddhahood, 59, 92, 249
aspiration for, 183
deeds of, 193
inconceivability of, 88
as nonduality, 87, 93–94, 95
realizing, 47, 66, 203, 254, 255
seed of, 304
and sentient beings, merger of, 26, 159
Buddhajñānapāda tradition, 223, 274, 428n3 (Introduction)
Buddhalocana, 287, 358, 455n51
Buddhaśrī, Mahāsiddha, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 365
Buddhaśrījñāna, Introduction to the Victor's Path, 333, 334
C
cakras, 100
in Caṇḍālī, 49, 166
four joys and, 131–33, 264–65
six, 49–50, 285–87
sixteen joys and, 254–55
three Maṇḍalas and, 48, 258, 260–61
See also individual cakras
Cakrasaṃvara, 207, 223
emanation of, 46
making liquor and, 394, 397
Saraha and, 436n3
secrecy of, 434n2
systems of, 45
thirty-seven-deity Maṇḍala, 48, 435n8
Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, 47, 257
Caṇḍālī (goddess), 34, 164, 167, 172
Caṇḍālī, meaning of, 268
Lineage supplication, 6–7
meeting of tips of mothers, 262–63, 264
in two stage meditation, 288
visualization, 50–51
See also Completing the Whole Path with Caṇḍālī (Kṛṣṇācārya)
Caṇḍikā, 11, 428n3 (ch. 2)
Candra dynasty, 22, 46, 432n5, 439n21
Candrakīrti, 4, 63, 188
Candratilaka. See Padmavajra (a.k.a. Saroruha)
Caurī, 34, 164, 165, 167, 172
celestial mansion, 26
all appearances as, 158
in completion stage, 173
instant, 175
recollecting, 146, 172, 184
visualizations, 28, 162, 356–57
central nāḍī (avadhūti)
in Caṇḍālī, 49, 51, 261, 263, 264
characteristics of, 431n82
controlling, 15, 150
fourth joy in, 116
of mudras, 123, 125, 149, 252, 447n5
cessation, 16, 110, 178, 195, 231
Chanting the True Names of Mañjuśrī, 291, 455n25
charnel grounds, 103, 134–35, 392, 404
eight, 28, 162, 168, 414–15
recalling, 34, 172
Chime Tenzin Nyima, 297, 343
Chögyal Phakpa. See Lodrö Gyaltsen Palzangpo (Chögyal Phakpa)
Chökyi Gyalpo, 343
Cintā, 22, 23, 432nn6–7
Cittavajrā, 166
clairvoyance, 16, 35, 48
arising of, 117, 152
in dreams, 115, 174, 238
five kinds, 54, 59, 131, 185, 255, 268
clarity, 199
in Caṇḍālī, 52
and emptiness, inseparability of, 54, 63, 66, 125, 144, 202, 246, 268, 282, 289
experience of, 212, 231
identifying/introducing, 65, 199–200
of mind, 195, 292
Clear Mindfulness of the Innate (Vāgīśvarakīrti), 281
lineage, 289
meditation on two stages, 286–89
cocoon, removing, 110, 232–33, 443n87
cognizance, 292
and emptiness, inseparability of, 54, 66, 74, 125, 202, 246, 268, 289
recognizing, 199–200
See also intrinsic cognizance
Collected Verses on the Noble Perfection of Wisdom, 195, 196, 277, 278–79, 454nn10–14
Commentary on Bodhicitta (Nāgārjuna), 190, 192
on Bodhicitta, 189, 193
on emptiness, 191
instructions (see Obtained in Front of a Stupa)
on meditation, 65, 200, 210–11, 448n4
on mind, 194–95
sources, 61, 62, 188
commitment beings, 28, 165, 418, 423
commitment deities
in bardo, 151
blessings of, 122
divine pride of, 126
inviting, 78
meditation on, 198, 205–6
offerings to, 63, 196
recalling, 58, 75, 183
self-visualization, 212
arising of, 193
cultivating, 334
great bliss and, 87
impartial, 338
inconceivable, 85
meditation on, 457n9
nondual, 95, 98
nonreferential, 81, 222, 278
Compendium of the Gnosis Vajra, 69
Completing the Whole Path with Caṇḍālī (Kṛṣṇācārya), 45–46
composition of, 55
concise explanation, 47–48, 258–59
lineage, 55, 257–58
nonduality stage, 54–55, 268–69
sources, 47
title, meaning of, 268
completion stage, 34, 35, 102
beginners, 173
Buddhahood and, 97
in eight ancillary path cycles, xix, 223
empowerment for, 167
exhaustion by, 390
inseparability of samsara and Nirvana in, 158
Kṛṣṇa's six summaries, 47, 257–58
place and time for, 41, 433n26, 434n29
sessions of, 43
three purities in, 31–32
three secret dharma Maṇḍalas of, 27, 160
Completion Stage Instruction Resembling the Tip of a Lamp Flame (Padmavajra), xvii, 21–22, 41–43, 155
complexion, 14, 15, 148, 151, 429nn22–23, 431n87
concentration
poison of, extracting, 31, 169, 170
sixfold preliminaries (limbs), 109, 229–30, 442n73
concepts, 108, 198, 199, 211, 221, 227, 441n47
conceptuality, 76, 88, 93
absence of, 90, 91
as blockage, 118
controlling, 213, 214
dualism in, 452n2
employing on path, 202–3, 451n29
as great ignorance, 215, 452n12
spirits as, 205
suffering of, 157
as “syllables,” 78
Condensed Essence (Kṛṣṇācārya), 47, 258
conduct, 38, 178
bindu loss through, 130, 250
of Bodhisattvas, 335
culmination of, 177
cultivating all, 112, 233–34
of listening to Dharma, 341–43
madman's, 206
and realization, connecting, 66, 116–17, 140, 239–40
in removing obstacles, 113, 235
secret, 15–16, 151–52, 430n39
of strict discipline, 16, 59, 66, 152, 430nn41–42
of total freedom, 59, 185
confession, 28, 414
confidence, 37, 65–66, 115, 201–2, 216, 228, 238
connate joy, 11, 12, 29, 428n6
of cause, 13, 145, 150, 429n11
of connate, 48, 259, 265–66
nonarising reality, 144–45, 448n4
of result, 15–16, 150–53, 429n32
“connate by nature,” 12, 142, 144, 428n7
consciousness
five gnoses and, 95
mistaken, 190
and objects, merging, 54–55
in removing cocoon, 232–33
as samādhi, 14–15, 149, 150
See also eight consciousnesses; six consciousnesses
creation stage, 122
approach to, xx
beginners, 162–68
in Buddhajñānapāda system, 274
culmination of, 29
dispensing with, 36, 176
empowerments for, 166, 244
inseparability of samsara and Nirvana in, 158
nine stages of śamatha and, 21
purification by, 260
reducing components of, 174
sessions of, 33–34
ultimate level, 166
view, 26–27
Creation Stage Adorned with the Nine Profound Methods (Padmavajra), xx, 21, 223
brief explanation, 25, 156
on four types of persons, 27–28, 34–37, 159–60
on nine profound methods, 37–39
sessions, 33–34
seven limbs of three kāyas, 40
view, 26–27, 157–59
visualization, 28–30
creators, 63, 118, 193–94, 306, 337
cremation, 46–47, 434n7
crown cakra (mahāsukhacakra)
burning, 51, 263, 288
in creation stage, 167
deity meditation in, 287
free from syllables, 49, 261
joy in, 52, 131, 266
in removing obstacles, 114, 235
D
ḍākinīs
blessings of, 54, 130–31, 208, 254, 267
flesh-eating, 405
gnosis, 224
offerings to, 12
predictions of, 116, 239, 444nn138–39
reversing obstacles of, 36, 175
Ḍamarupa, 361
death, 309
certainty of, 318–19, 456n7
destroying, 101
dharma at, 319–20
freedom from, 58, 182
signs at, 15, 151, 430n35
suffering of, 305
time, uncertainty of, 307, 319, 320, 347
dedication prayers, 338, 340
in completion stage, 174
forms as reflection of Buddha, 90–91
instant self-visualization, 292, 456n60
manifold forms of, 100
purity of, 168, 170
recollection of, 146, 288
self-visualizations, 286–88, 455n50
Dejö Zangpo, 61, 67, 436n2 (ch. 6)
as gnosis, 309, 310–11
three times of, 77, 78, 216, 217
dependent origination, 39, 122, 178, 190–92, 244, 260, 306, 457n12
Deshek Dupa residence, 424
Bodhicitta and, 249
equality of, 126, 247, 253
objects of, 177, 178, 234, 445n161
as path, 14, 126, 149, 247
destiny of existence, 194, 450n14
Devākaracandra, 5, 71, 207
devas, 320, 323, 327, 344
Devīkoṭa, 46
devotion
conduct of, 341
to lineage, 75
of mudras, 252
in offerings, 378
to Root Guru, 58, 63, 64, 73, 183–84, 196–97, 198, 213, 229, 286
to Sakya Paṇḍita, 364
for secret Mantra practice, 124
Dewe Nyugu, 83
Dharikapa, 434n2
of inconceivability, 90
listening to, 341–43
rarity of, 346–47
Dharma Connection with the Six Gatekeepers, xx, 273
dharmadhātu, 90, 108, 228, 278, 282
Dharmakarṇapa, 3
dharmakāya, 26, 100, 212
inseparability of samsara and Nirvana of, 159, 278
as nondual dhātu and gnosis, 29, 164
seed of, 304
suffering of formations and, 292
support for, 439n25
See also seven limbs of three kāyas
Dharmapāla, 141
Dharmasena, 3, 104, 224
dharmatā, 202
affirming, 118, 446n180
grasping, 306
space-like, 195
dharmodaya, 99, 247, 400, 444n128
blessings and, 126
in removing obstacles, 114, 235–36
visualizations, 162
Dhātviśvarī, 288
diet, 178, 185
bindu loss through, 130, 250
in increasing tissues, 127
in removing obstacles, 114, 234, 235, 444nn122–24
yoga of eating and drinking, 399
Direct Awakening of Mahāvairocana, 332, 458n37
discursiveness, 77, 80, 170–71, 198–99, 201, 216
identity of, 12, 428n2 (ch. 1)
Light of Amṛta, 71, 207
lineages, 4, 134, 141
tradition, xix
with Virūpa, 11–12
See also Accomplishment of the Connate
Ḍombinī (goddess), 34, 164, 167, 168, 172
Drakpa Gyaltsen, xvii, 256, 448nn2–3
Chronicle of the Indian Gurus, 11
Clarification of the Instruction, 231
Clarification of the Stages of the Inconceivable, 139
on cremation, 434n7
homage, 362
lineages, 67, 289, 456n57
Miscellaneous Notes on Individual Sādhanas, 69
on parting from the Four Attachments, 309–11
Possessing Purity, 448n4
as analogy, 309, 310, 337
bindu loss in, 129–30, 250
bliss arising in, 149
clairvoyant, 35, 174, 238
clarity in, 150
delusion in, 77
recognizing, 216, 292
signs in, 14, 15, 115, 151
Drogön Chögyal Phakpa, 314
Drokmi Lotsāwa Śākya Yeshe, xix, 233, 440n23
lineages of, 105, 142, 156, 182, 208, 224, 243, 289
supplications, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 362
teachers of, 69
translations by, 43, 83, 102
transmissions received, xvii, 71
at Vikramaśīla, 273–74, 277, 281, 291
Drukpa Kagyu, 140, 451n29
dullness, course and subtle, 203
Durjayacandra, 4, 142
Dveśavajrā, 165–66
E
Effortless Accomplishment of the Two Benefits (Amezhap), xvii, 11, 12
on Kṛṣṇācārya system, 45
on Obtained in Front of a Stupa, 61
on Padmavajra's system, 21
on Path Cycle of the Mudra authorship, 121
on Stages of the Inconceivable, 83
eggshell, breaking, 110, 231, 442n85
commentaries on, xvii–xviii
empowerments required, xix
Lineage supplication, 3–9
order of, xviii
transmission and sources, xvii, 223, 256
eight consciousnesses, 289, 440n34
eight factors and five faults, 192, 450n8
eight freedoms, 318, 344–45, 457n23
eight relativities, 97
eight worldly dharmas, 80, 115, 221, 238, 304, 344
Eight-Deity Mahākāla Sādhana, xxi
body permission, 416
conclusion, 420–22
entrustment and praises, 407–12
invocations, 406–7
master's conclusion, 422–23
mind permission, 419
permission preliminaries, 412, 413–15
preparation, 401–4
reading transmission/permission, 418, 421
speech permission, 417–19
visualization, 404–6
Ekajāti, 404–6, 415
elements
five, 96
nine, 107, 116, 225, 239–40, 440n30
obstacles of, 66, 204
pacifying, 59, 185
ten, 37, 176–77
empowerments, xix, 18
controversy over, 70, 438n9
creation stage and, 28, 29–30
for making liquor, 394
role of, 196
supreme great bliss, 167
See also individual empowerments
emptiness, 108, 162, 230
conduct and, 212
experiencing, 110, 442n82
four, 253
free from all extremes of proliferation, 338
grasping and attachment to, 190, 310
meditation, 65, 192, 200, 211, 278, 448n4
possessing core of compassion, 279
possessing supreme of all aspects, 212
potential of, 292
sixteen, 96–97
See also under bliss; clarity; cognizance
enhancement, eight kinds, 115
enjoyments, 12, 78, 142, 218
Entryway to Dharma (Sönam Tsemo), 353
eons, light and dark, 345–46, 460n72
equipoise, 74, 145
in creation stage, 162–68
preliminaries, 161–62
profundity of, 39
remaining in, 289
signs in, 34, 80–81
space-like, 192
See also under post-equipoise
error correction, 237–38
Essential Texts, 202, 451n28
Evaṃ Chöden, 353, 401
Evaṃ Tartse Khenchens, 353
exchanging self and other, 335, 457n9
Explanation of the Path with Its Result for Disciples, 121
Explanation of the Unsurpassed Continuum (Asaṅga), 348
eyes, branch of, 112, 443n106
F
faith, 341, 342, 345, 383, 385, 421, 450n8, 457n23
fear
of death, 15, 151, 385
emptiness and, 212
liberation from, 197, 331
as mind's appearance, 190, 216, 218
pacifying, 205
in visualization, 73, 214
See also hope and fear
fearlessness, 123, 252, 330, 360, 374
feet, soles of, 204
five gnoses, 95, 96, 163, 164
five inconceivabilities, 83–84, 108, 118, 225–26, 440nn35–36, 441nn37–46
chronicle of, 103–5
enhancements, 115
realization of, 441n49
sessions, 115, 444nn132–35
signs, 115, 444n136
five limbs of three kāyas, 121, 133–34, 255
five paths, 122, 134, 245. See also individual paths
five poisons, 112, 221, 234, 444n114
forgetfulness, 65, 170, 199, 238
Fortunate Right-Turning White Conch (Kongtrul), xviii, 121
four immeasurables, 28, 161–62, 165, 193
four joys, 131, 147
at empowerment, 177
in fourth empowerment, 116, 239–40, 445n142
signs of, 254–55
stabilizing, 148
three yānas and, 38
four kāyas, 81, 222
accomplishment, 28, 29, 160, 166, 176
approach limb, 28, 29, 160, 165
great accomplishment, 28, 29, 176
near-accomplishment, 28, 29, 160, 165, 176
three purities and, 168
four means of gathering disciples, 335
fourfold assembly, 345
in creation stage, 30, 167–68
path of, 116–17, 239, 286, 289, 444n137
freedom and endowments, 316–18, 344–47
freshness, 198
G
Gampo Tashi, Brief Discussion, 450n12
gaṇacakras (feasts), 260, 390, 397
Ganges River, reversing, 11
Garbharipa, 4, 142
Garland of Vajras Tantra, 209–10
Gaurī, 33, 36, 164, 165–66, 167, 172
Gayadhara, xvii, 6, 43, 55, 156, 182, 258, 361–62
gazing, 170, 203, 233, 278
Ghantapāda system, 45
Ghasmarī, 34, 164, 165, 167, 172
gnosis, 48, 85, 176, 246
appearance of, 117, 445n161
connate, 38, 164, 178, 249
of connate nature, 118, 446n184
gathering, 162, 168, 174
inconceivable, 86, 108, 227, 441n49
liquor and, 391
mingled example and meaning, 212
nonconceptual, 195, 202
nondual, 86–90, 93–94, 97, 98, 111, 112, 232
of self-liberation, 289
of transformation, 26, 159
vajra, 124–25, 292
See also five gnoses
gnosis beings, 28, 160, 165, 167, 418, 423
gnosis of Prajñā empowerment. See wisdom consort empowerment
gnosis vajra, 246, 454n17, 464n39
Gö Khukpa Lhetse, 83
goddess of liquor, 394–96, 397, 464n39
Gönpo Dorje, Comprehensive Summary of One Taste, 140
Gönpowa, 63, 71, 105, 188, 208, 443n105
Gorampa Sönam Senge, 296, 340, 459n56, 461n25
grasping, 80, 112, 220
in Four Attachments, 301, 306, 310, 335–38, 351–52
offering, 78
to self and other, 194
to two identities, 189–90
great bliss, 54, 145, 268
arising of, 92, 99
attaining, 176, 177
compassion and, 87
empowerment of, 167
nonconceptual, 209
nondual, 88, 90, 98
of three kāyas, 55
great compassion, 90, 149, 279, 332
gugul, 73, 439n18
Guhyasamāja Tantra, 61–62, 71, 187–88, 437n6
Guhyasamāja Tantra cycle, 69, 70, 438n9
Guṇḍerī, 98, 104, 224
Gundhiri, 3
gurus
meditations on, 109, 146, 196–97, 198, 205–6, 213, 229, 292, 442n71, 456n60
pleasing, 397
qualifications of, xix
refuge in, 259
supplication verse, 72
gyalgongs, 145, 448n7
Gyalwa Drakphupa, 314
Gyergom Rokpo (Rok), 283, 455n37
H
hatred, 14, 78, 149
health, 41, 43, 433mm23–24
hearing, reflection, meditation, 102, 303, 304, 316, 456n7
heart cakra (dharmacakra), 100
burning, 263
in creation stage, 167
deity meditation in, 287
joy in, 52, 131, 265
in removing obstacles, 114, 235
syllables, 49, 261, 278
Heart Maṇḍala of the Ḍākinī, 71
Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, 340
cold, 321–22, 458n33
hot, 322–23
peripheral, 324–25
rebirth in, 330, 344, 400
suffering of, 78, 218, 320
Heruka, 46, 259, 268, 400, 401, 415, 416, 417–18
Hevajra, 156
empowerments, xix
homage, 355
master visualized as, 414–15
meditation on, changes in, 35, 174
nine-deity Maṇḍala, 21, 26, 30, 161, 165, 172, 414–15
practices related to, 223, 275
Sādhana, 21
self-visualizations, 41–42, 146–47, 161, 184, 213, 404
Hevajra Tantra, 47, 71, 257, 285, 286, 444n138
on connate, 12, 142
creation stage visualization in, 167–68
on great bliss, 158
on poṣadha vows, 279
on samsara and Nirvana, inseparability of, 25, 26, 27, 156, 157
on tantra topics, 277, 454nn6–8
on union, 36
hope and fear, 118, 142, 203–4, 205, 211, 226, 230
hūṃ recitation, 281–82, 455n25
human birth, 320, 327, 341, 456n7. See also freedom and endowments
humors, 145, 204, 235, 451n33
I
identity, two absences of, 189, 190–91
conceptuality as, 215, 452n12
connate, 189, 191
dispelling, 304
illness and, 204
as path, 15, 150
poison of, 109, 228, 442n63
seal of, 217
illness and disease, 204
bindu loss through, 129, 250
from Bodhicitta, 249
curing, 15, 46, 53, 149, 150, 282, 455n29
postures according with, 229
self-liberating, 16, 152
three connate, 13, 14–15, 145, 429–30n32
immortality, 59, 185
impermanence, 191
meditating on, 309, 318–20, 347, 456n7
and permanence, distinction between, 86
Inconceivable lineage, 3–4
Inconceivable Secret Sutra, 341
Increasing the Two Accumulations (Kunga Chöphel)
aspiration prayer, 380–84
blessings, requesting, 376–77
concluding rites, 384–86
condensed visualization, 387–88
Lineage supplication, 357–70
offerings, 371–76
preliminaries, 355–57
sources, 355, 460nn4–7, 461n13, 462nn56–57
Indra, 162
Indrabhūti I, 3, 6, 8, 98, 103, 135, 156, 224, 243
Indrabhūti II, 121, 135. See also Accomplishing Gnosis; Path Cycle of the Mudra
Indrabhūti III, 22–23, 83, 103, 134–35, 243
Indrabhūti short lineage, 8
Inexhaustible Treasury, attribution, 451n26
infant path, 12, 148–49, 429n9, 430n47
Bodhicitta on, 143
consorts on, 14, 17, 19, 431n81
preliminaries, 147
shared instructions, 14, 142, 149–50
vows of, 13, 143
Intimate Instruction of Preventing Obstacles in Samādhi and the Mind (Ratnavajra), 281, 282–83
Intimate Instruction on Cheating Death, The, 69
intrinsic cognizance, 145, 209–10
purity of, 30, 31, 32, 168, 170
term, translation of, 432n11
Īrṣyavajrā, 166
Īśvara, 193
J
Jains, 91, 98
Jālandhara, 46, 47, 55, 57, 181, 257, 258
Jalendra (a.k.a. Anaṅgavajra), 6, 22–23
commentaries of, xvii–xviii, xix, xx, 139–40
epigrams of, 153, 179, 449n10 (ch. 10), 449n11
names of, 256
Word Commentary on the Two-Section King Tantra, 449n3
See also Treasury of Precious Instructions
Jamgön Nesarwa, 343
Jampa Kunga Tashi, 461n33
Jampa Kunga Tenzin, 456n3 (ch. 19)
Jampa Ngawang Lhundrup, 343
Jampa Tsultrim Palzang, 462n46
Jampal Zhönu Dorje Rinchen, 297
Jamyang Khöntön Ngawang Dorje Rinchen, 343
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, xviii, 139, 222
homages, 141, 155, 181, 187, 207, 223, 243, 257
lineages, 156, 182, 188, 208, 224, 244, 256, 258
Jamyang Sherap Gyatso, 461n22
Jayaśrī, 142
Jinpa, Thubten, Mind Training, xx
Jñānaḍākinī, 3, 103
Jñānapāda tradition, 69, 70, 438n9
Jñānaśrīmitra, 273, 274, 281, 282
K
Kālacakra Tantra commentary, 208
Kālayakṣa, 405–6, 415, 416
Kālayakṣī, 405–6, 415, 416
Kāmadhātviśvari, 409–10, 415
Kāṇha, 11, 361
appearances and, 194
illness and, 204
neutral, 331
reflecting on, 320
results of, 329–30, 456n8
unvirtuous, 328–30
virtuous, 330–31
karmanāthas, 406, 407–12, 416, 418
Karṇapa, 105, 107, 224
Kauśika, 111, 231, 443n95, 452n5 (ch. 15). See also Indra
Kāyavajrā, 166
Kharak Gompa, 283, 455n41
Kharchung, 105, 442n61, 443n105
Khecari realm, 103, 382
Khön Könchok Gyalpo, 289, 456n54
Kyungpo Naljor (a.k.a. Lama Shangpa), 275, 289, 456n55
knowledge consorts, 101, 147, 148, 245, 249, 250. See also pure-knowledge consorts
knowledge obscurations, 189, 280
Könchok Gyaltsen, 135, 296, 461n21
Könchok Gyatso, 343
Könchok Lhundrup, 343, 461n29
Könchok Pal, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 295, 461n31
Könchok Yeshe, 67
Koṭalipa, 3, 83, 104, 107, 224. See also Stages of the Inconceivable
Kṛṣṇa Acyuta, 57–58, 181, 182, 436n2 (ch. 5)
Cakrasaṃvara system of, 45
Explanation of Vows, 47, 258
with Kṛṣṇa Acyuta, 57–58, 181–82
life of, 45–46
lineages, 55, 182, 258
six completion stage summaries, 47, 257–58
supplications, 6, 7, 257
title, 453n2 (ch. 17)
See also Completing the Whole Path with Caṇḍālī
Kṣitigarbha, 288, 358
Kubera, 163
Kunga Chödrak, 297
Kunga Chöphel. See Increasing the Two Accumulations
Kunga Drölchok, 8, 273. See also One Hundred and Eight Manuals of Jonang
Kunga Gyaltsen, Sakya Paṇḍita, 299, 340, 387, 448n3
lineages, 67, 314
supplications to, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 295, 357–60, 363–64, 461n10, 462n58
supplications written by, 355
Kunga Lekpa, 338, 340
Kunga Lekrin, 338
Kunga Namgyal, 297
Kunga Nyingpo, Sachen, xvii, 8, 299, 440n26, 448n2
Cakrasaṃvara commentary of, 435n3
Chronicle of Ācārya Saroruha, 22
homage, 362
on Kṛṣṇācārya, 45, 46
lineages, 55, 63, 67, 71, 105, 188, 224, 289, 295
visions of, 299, 301, 313–14
Kunga Wangchuk, 343, 461n23
Kunzang Chöjor, 9
Kūrmapāda, 6, 55, 258
Kuśalanātha, 46
Kyenrap Tenzing Zangpo, 343
L
Ladrang Phende Kunkhyap Ling, 297
Laghusaṃvara Tantra, 61, 435n3, 436n3, 465n54
Lakṣmī, 23, 98, 99, 103, 135, 156, 224, 447n19
lalanā (left nāḍī), 429n27
controlling, 14, 149
in four-cakra visualization, 49, 260, 261
of knowledge consort, 125, 253
as mother of sleep, 50–51, 262–63, 264
Lalitavajra, 3
laziness, 115, 238, 450n8
lethargy, 43, 66, 113–14, 199, 203, 234–35, 434n33, 446n178, 450n8
levitation, 14, 150
Lhabar, 283, 455n40
Lhachok Senge, 461n28
Lhundrup Palden, 462n42
Lhawang Drak, 8
benefits of, 401
blessing, 398
chang, 235, 453n9
divisions of, 392–93
faults of, 390, 400
five families and, 400
necessity of, 390–92
procedures for making, 393–97
Locana, 37, 177
Lodrö Gyaltsen Palzangpo (Chögyal Phakpa), 61n14, 348, 424, 448n3, 462n59
lineage, 314
supplications by, 355
supplications to, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 365
Lodrö Tenpa, 82
Lord Brothers, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. See also Sakya lords
Lord Sakyapa Chenpo. See Kunga Nyingpo, Sachen
Losal Sangak Tenzin, 256
Losel Tenkyong, 9
love, cultivating, 332–33, 457n9
Lozang Thuthop Je, 9
lucidity, 64, 198
Luipa, 45
luminosity, 92, 101, 195, 225, 292
Lungphuwa, 283, 289, 455n42
M
Madhyamaka school, 457n11
Mahākālī, 406, 411, 419, 420
Mahākarunika the Nepali, 434n2
in creation stage, 167
in eight ancillary path cycles, xix
emptiness of, 286, 289
as fourth empowerment, 70, 438n9
introduction to reality without syllables, 73–74
Kongtrul's commentaries on, 139–40
meaning of term, 81, 208–9, 283
nondistraction from, 220
as nondual gnosis, 90
obstacles and, 282
realization, view of, 66, 202, 209–10
in Sakya school, xx, 61, 438n9
of view, meditation, conduct, experience, 81–82, 210–12
without syllables, meaning of, 78, 217, 452n13
without syllables, spontaneous realization of, 219
Mahāmudrā That Removes the Three Sufferings (Nāropa), 275, 281, 291–93
Mahāmudrā without Syllables (Vāgīśvarakīrti), 140, 223
blessing ritual, 71–75, 83, 213
lineage, 5–6, 207–8
on mahāmudrā, meaning of, 208–9
mind, focusing, 75–76, 213–15
mind, placing, 77–81, 216–20
mind, taming, 76–77, 215–16
result, 81, 212, 221–22
signs of accomplishment, 74, 80–81, 220–21
transmission, 69, 71, 82
Vāgīśvarakīrti's instruction and, 275
view/cause, meditation, conduct, experience, 81–82, 209–12
mahāsukhacakra. See crown cakra
Mahāvajradhara. See Vajradhara
Mahāyāna, 229, 352, 357
Maheśvara, 7, 182
Maitreya, 358, 456n5
Maitreyanātha. See Ornament of Mahāyāna Sutras
Mal Lotsāwa Lodrö Drakpa, 45, 420
Māmaki, 239, 287, 445n141, 464n39
Maṇḍala offerings, 196–97, 292, 341, 352, 356
in permissions, 413–14, 423
seven-heap, 377
thirty-seven-heap, 196, 341, 377, 462n56
Maṇḍalacakra, 91, 160
dependent origination of, 39, 178
dissolution, 26
path of, 122, 244
signs and, 35
bhaga, 27, 37, 160, 176, 177
Bodhicitta, 27, 37, 160, 176–77
body, 36–37, 159, 176
Cakrasaṃvara thirteen-deity, 394
Cakrasaṃvara thirty-seven-deity, 48, 435n8
commitment, 36, 176
fire, 49, 50, 261, 262
four elemental, 162, 163, 286–87
gnosis, 29, 36, 165, 176
Hevajra nine-deity, 21, 26, 30, 161, 165, 172, 183, 414–15
vajra, 36, 175
Mandāra, Mount, 395, 464n39
Mangkhar Mugulung. See Drokmi Lotsāwa Śākya Yeshe
Mañjughoṣa Arapacana, 313
Mañjuśrī, 362
emanation of, 69
at sense organ, 358
supplicating, 295, 339
visions of, 299, 301, 313–14
Manu, 98
Māra, 348, 363–64, 381, 385
māras, 205–6
of death, 16, 152, 205
external, 59, 66, 185
four, 33, 146, 162, 172, 184
Mantra to eliminate, 340, 459n59
massage, 58, 182
Mātsaryavajrā, 166
Mayajala, 455n25
meaning lineage, 122
at death, 151
entities and nonentities in, 87, 91
merging Sutra and tantra, 278, 454nn16–17
as nondistraction from view, 191–92, 210–11
objects of, 62, 187–88
without meditator nor object, 90, 111, 286, 443n101
memory, 65, 115, 200, 238
merit, 63, 161, 174, 193, 306, 336, 352. See also two accumulations
Meru, Mount, 58, 182
messenger, relying on, 18
evaluating, 108, 227–28
as father and mother inseparable, 287–88
in five inconceivables, 226
as generator and support, 94
nonduality of, 108
order of, 278
purifying, 116–17, 445nn145–46, 445nn151–55
union of, 95, 97, 116, 445n142
activity from, 194, 450n14
branch of, 112, 443n107
in completion stage, 41, 42, 434n33
conceptual taints of, 86, 439n9
as connate nonarising of entities, 13, 429n13
emptiness of, 62, 188
examining, 194–95
features of, 145
focusing, 75–76, 109–10
free from proliferation, 158
frugality of, 13, 143
giving away, 78, 218
as illusory, 337
placing, 77–81, 110–11
purifying, 166, 389
recalling in heart, 114
in removing obstacles, 203–4
samsara and Nirvana as nature of, 156
settling, key point of, 229
space and, 65, 192, 195, 211
stabilizing, 16
support and supported for, 107–8, 225, 440n28, 440nn30–32
times for recognizing, 108, 441nn50–52
Mind Only school (Cittamātra), 189, 190, 274, 457n11
mind training texts, xx–xxi, 299
mindfulness, 450n8
abiding with, 214
in controlling obstacles, 201, 204, 213, 215, 216
in equipoise and post-equipoise, 202
in recognizing illusion, 219
recognizing original purity, 289
undistracted, 198–99
of view, 191–92
Mohavajrā, 165–66
Mokṣākaragupta, Difficult Points, 450n14, 452n13
Mönbu Bhatas, 405–6, 411
Mönbu Putras, 405–6, 411, 415, 416
mothers, cultivating love toward, 332–33
mudra siddhi, 122, 131, 245, 254
mudras, 445n141
actual and gnosis, instructions on, 121, 125, 245, 248
age and suitability, 123–24, 252
arising of, 55
citriṇī, 17–18, 123, 148, 431n74, 431nn58–61
dharma, 167, 283
divisions of, 210
four, 210, 282–83
gnosis, 208
hariṇī, 123, 252
hastinī, 18, 148, 431nn62–67
karma, 147, 167, 208, 248, 251–53, 283
as mental object, 127
padminī, 17, 123, 148, 149, 177, 239, 252, 430nn48–53
predictions of, 239, 268
relying on, 14, 29, 37, 38, 47, 48, 177, 178, 431n87
samaya, 167, 282, 407
śaṅkhinī, 17, 123, 148, 252, 430nn54–56
twelve, 17–18, 430n46
See also infant path; knowledge consorts; Path Cycle of the Mudra (Indrabhūti II); wisdom consorts
Mugulungpa, 63, 188, 442n61, 443n105
N
nāda, 42
nāḍīs
Buddhahood in, 101
in Caṇḍālī, 49–50
crooked, 58
five concealed, 254
purifying, 239–40
seeking, 18, 431n69, 431n74
training, 147–48
See also central nāḍī; lalanā (left nāḍī); rasanā (right nāḍī)
nāga class of spirits, 13, 15, 145, 150, 162, 394, 397, 410
nāga kings, 394, 395, 397
NāgaBodhi, 439n19
Letter to a Friend, 332
life of, 61–62, 67
lineages, 63, 188
Necklace of Gems, 319, 335, 350, 351
supplications, 4, 187
See also Commentary on Bodhicitta; Obtained in Front of a Stupa
Nāgārjuna Lineage supplication, 4–5
Nairātmyā, 41, 69, 434n35
emanation of, 22
lineage, 141
Sādhana, 71, 207
in Stages of the Inconceivable, 83
supplications, 4, 361
symbol of, 146–47, 184
visualizations, 163, 414–15
Nairātmyayoginī, 166
Naktrö, 4, 142
Nālandā University, 436n3
names, 110, 194, 231, 443n88, 443nn90–91
Namkha Palzang (Ngor mkhan chen 13), 461n32
Namkha Palzang (Ngor mkhan chen 23), 340, 459n57, 462n41
Namkha Rinchen, 462n38
Namkha Sangye, 461n36
Namkha Wangchuk, 297
Nanda, 395
Nāropa
ultimate secret system of, 45, 434n2, 434n7
at Vikramaśīla, 273, 274, 291
See also Mahāmudrā That Removes the Three Sufferings
navel cakra (nirmāṇacakra), 100
Aparagodānīya in, 133
blazing aṃ in, 50–51, 258, 262–64, 285, 288
in correcting errors, 237–38
in creation stage, 167
deity meditation in, 287
joy in, 52, 131, 264–65
syllables, 49, 261
Necklace of Ketaka Gems (Ngawang Lekdrup), xx–xxi
negation, six points, 118, 445n171, 446nn172–76
Nesarwa, 297
Neten Chang Zang, 336, 459n50
Ngawang Kunga Lhundrup (a.k.a. Morchen), 297, 343
Ngawang Lhundrup, 297
Ngawang Nampargyal, 9
Ngorchen Jampeyang Könchok Lhundrup, 353
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo, 338, 389, 401, 461n20, 462n63
gaṇacakra rite of, 397
Letter to Benefit Disciples, 390, 463n6
lineages, 314, 343
on Saroruha, 23
supplications by, 3–8, 139, 295–96
supplications to, 9, 369
nine profound methods, 21, 25
certainty in, 177–78
list of, 37–39
sequence of, 39
nine stages of śamatha, 21, 25
instructions for, 30–33, 168–71
sessions of, 172
nirmāṇacakra. See navel cakra
nirmāṇakāya, 100
in Cakrasaṃvara tantras, 434–35n2
in creation stage, 30, 167
as equality of body and speech, 126
suffering of suffering and, 292
See also seven limbs of three kāyas
Nirvana, 310
accomplishing, 305
as mind, 79
nirmāṇakāyas and, 152–53
and samsara, inseparability, 21, 25, 26–27, 116–17, 157–59, 177, 239, 278, 445n157
Nivāraṇaviṣkambhin, 288, 358
nonarising, 65, 201, 231, 293
inconceivable, 110–11, 232, 442n85
by nature, 158
of three experiences, 212
nonconceptuality, 150, 209
bliss of, 452n13
in Caṇḍālī, 52
and conceptuality, distinguishing, 87
experience of, 212, 231
increasing, 254
recognizing, 54
resting in, 213, 264, 267
nonduality, 48, 91, 95, 98, 226, 306, 457n10
beginningless, 101
of dhātu and gnosis, 117
and duality, relationship of, 89
inconceivable, 87, 102
stage of, 54–55, 268–69
as union, 441n46
nonmeditation, 36, 145, 176, 233, 448n4
nonvirtues, 317, 328–29, 345
Norbu Lingpa, 420
Nyanton, 67
Nyima Chöphel, 9
Nyingpo Tayezhap, 9
Nyö, 283, 455n38
O
objects
conditions of, 112, 444nn110–11
gnosis, recognizing in, 233–34
of knowledge, 125, 133–34, 227–28, 230, 246, 255
mind escaping toward, 215
of proliferation, 201
obstacles, 260
for connate dharmas of cause, 13, 145
self-liberating, 152
in “straightening the crooked,” 59, 185
Obtained in Front of a Stupa (Nāgārjuna), 223
accumulations, 63, 196–97
alternate titles, 187
conduct and realization, connecting, 66, 202–6
influence of, xix–xx
introduction to reality, 64–66, 199–202
Kongtrul's commentary on, 139–40
lineage, 63, 67, 187–88
result, 66, 206
sources, 61, 62
view, 63, 189–96
Oḍḍiyāna, 22, 62, 83, 103, 104, 155, 224, 243
Oḍiviśa, 22, 434n2
offerings, 91, 439n12
to ḍākinīs, 71–73
of enjoyments, 12, 142, 218
to gurus, importance of, 360
inner, 71, 408, 422
mental, 12
for merit accumulation, 63
neglecting, 251
outer, 407, 422
secret, 92
sense offerings, 374–75
torma, 397
water, 355, 371, 460n2
welcoming, 355, 372, 460n3
See also bali offerings; Maṇḍala offerings
One Hundred and Eight Manuals of Jonang (Kunga Drölchok), xvii, xviii, xx, 256, 299
One Hundred and Eight Teaching Manuals of Jonang, 256
one taste, 80, 94, 234, 292, 338
original face, 292, 293
Ornament of Mahāmudrā (Kṛṣṇācārya), 47, 258
Ornament of Mahāmudrā Tantra, 208
Ornament of Mahāyāna Sutras (Maitreyanātha), 21, 32–33, 168, 336
Ornament of Spring (Kṛṣṇācārya), 47, 257–58
orpiment ore, breaking, 110, 443n86, 452n3 (ch. 15). See also spider web, breaking free
P
Padmācārya, 98
Padmanarteśvara, 400
Padmani Commentary (Kālacakrapāda), 208–9
Padmavajra (a.k.a. Saroruha)
life of, 22–23
lineages, 134, 155, 156
Secret Accomplishment, 208
supplications, 3, 6, 155
See also Completion Stage Instruction Resembling the Tip of a Lamp Flame; Creation Stage Adorned with the Nine Profound Methods
Padmavajra II, 104, 155, 224
Padmavajra lineage, 6, 21
pain
antidotes for, 119–20, 204–5, 237–38, 246
at death, 151
vāyus and, 53–54, 267
Pal Sakyapa Ngawang Kunga Lodrö Sangye Tenpe Gyaltsen Palzangpo, 343
Palchen Öpo, 363, 461n9
Palchok Gyaltsan, 462n40
Palden Döndrup, 461n35
Palden Dorje, 8, 461n24
Palden Gyalwa, 67
Palden Lhundrup Teng, 297, 456n4 (ch. 19)
Palden Sakyapa, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Palden Tsultrim Zhap, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 295, 314, 461n18
Pāṇḍaravāsinī, 287
Paramāśva, 3, 98, 103, 107, 224, 228, 442n59
parent sentient beings, 146, 183, 205, 306
Parting from the Four Attachments cycle, xx–xxi, 299
concluding verses, 347–48
on current life, 301, 303–4, 309–10, 316–20, 344–49, 457n20
on grasping, arising of, 301, 306, 310, 335–38, 351–52
importance of, 299
lineage, 295–97, 313–14, 343
Mañjuśrī's verse, 301, 303, 314
on personal benefit, 301, 306, 307, 310, 331–35, 350–51
preliminaries, 314–15, 340–43
purpose of, 307
retreat instructions, 347–48, 349–50, 351–52
on three realms, 301, 305–6, 307, 310, 320–31, 349–50
Path Cycle of the Mudra, The (Indrabhūti II)
belt taken to its place, 128, 248–49
on bindu preservation, 129–31
breath, releasing, 128, 248
commentary, 139, 243
Devadatta used a horse, 122–25, 247, 251–53
on four joys, 131–33
for gates opened with nāga, 125–26, 253
hold desire by pulling bow, 127, 248
lineages, 122, 134–35, 243–44
pace of tortoise, 127–28, 248
progressing in, 253–55
relying on one's own body, 245–51
result, 133–34, 255
summary verse, 122, 245
two explanations of, 121
path of accumulation, 122, 245, 280
beginners, 161–73
completion stage and, 41
culmination of, 27, 54, 159, 160, 173, 268
path of application, 122, 245, 280
arrival at, 35
in completion stage, 41
culmination of, 27, 54, 159, 160, 268
heat level, 174
patience level, 36, 175
peak level, 35, 175
supreme mundane level, 176
path of attaining perfection, 37, 42, 177
path of cultivation, 37, 122, 245, 280
in completion stage, 42
culmination of, 27, 160
entering, 37
four persons on, 176–77
path of seeing, 122, 245, 280
in completion stage, 42
culmination of, 27, 159
entering, 37
four persons on, 176
guardians of, 423–24
offering ritual (see Increasing the Two Accumulations (Kunga Chöphel))
perfection of wisdom, 200, 209
Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines, 46, 200
Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines, 111, 231
Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines commentary, 274
permanence, 110, 230, 310, 335, 442n84, 457n10
pervasiveness, 110, 230, 246, 442n83
Phakpa Rinpoche, 295
Phakpe Lha, 120
Phamtingpa, 434n2
phenomena
arising of, 193–94, 210
emptiness of, 191
in equipoise and post-equipoise, 201–2
as free from proliferation, 307
investigating, 226, 336
lack of identity, 62, 188
mind and, 125, 144–45, 158, 246, 306
selflessness of, recalling, 309, 310
pilgrimage places, 121, 436n12. See also thirty-two lands
Piṇḍapa, 4
pithas, 48, 55, 436n12
Possession of the Root of Virtue Sutra, 320, 458n30
post-equipoise, 39, 43
appearances in, 192–93
and equipoise, differentiated, 220
and equipoise, merging, 36, 65–66, 201–2, 221
instructions, 173
recalling equipoise in, 280
signs in, 34, 80–81
ardhaparyaṅka (deity), 163
for Caṇḍālī, 50, 262
for completion stage, 41, 434nn30–31
for concentration, 347
crouching dwarf, 404
for enhancing focus, 214
for inconceivables, 109, 442n67
for mahāmudrā practice, 64, 197, 212
for mental consort practice, 245–46
for mudras, 124
for “straightening the crooked,” 58–59, 185
Vairocana seven-point, 286, 293
vajra, 336
Prajñākaragupta, xvii, 135, 243
Intimate Instruction of Preventing Obstacles by External Spirits, 281–82
Precious Drop, 135, 447n19
at Vikramaśīla, 273, 274
prāṇa vāyu, 48, 259, 265–66, 293
prāṇāyāma, forceful, 57
PratyekaBuddhas, 177, 308, 310, 330, 332, 351
Precious Oral Intimate Instructions, xix, 223
pretas, 317, 436–37n3
rebirth as, 330, 344
suffering of, 320, 325–26
pride
accomplishing, 304
of commitment deity, 126
of deity, 109, 169, 173, 394, 395, 399, 442n72
in Dharma, 342
of father and mother deities, 247
profound, twofold meaning of, 39
protection cakra, 28, 31
in completion stage, 173
instant, 175
recollecting, 146, 172, 184
visualizations, 162
Pukkasī, 34, 164, 167, 172
punishment, training in manner of, 109, 110, 229–30
pure-knowledge consorts, 123–26
qualities from birth, 123–24, 251–52
qualities from training, 124–26, 253
purity, natural/original, 278, 282, 289
Putra brothers and sister. See Mönbu Putras
R
Rāgavajrā, 166
Rāhula, 61
Rāhulabhadra. See Saraha (a.k.a. Rāhulabhadra)
rasanā (right nāḍī), 429n27
controlling, 150
in four-cakra visualization, 49, 260, 261
of knowledge consort, 125, 253
as mother of fire, 50–51, 262–63, 264
rasāyana. See rejuvenator (bcud len; Skt. rasāyana)
Ratnākaraśānti (a.k.a. Śāntibhadra), 434–35n2
Merging Sutra and Tantra, 274, 277
Padminī, 389, 397, 398–99, 464n39
at Vikramaśīla, 273
Ratnasambhava, 79, 96, 167, 219, 287, 400
Ratnatārā, 287
Ratnavajra, 9, 83, 102, 135, 243, 273, 274. See also Intimate Instruction of Preventing Obstacles in Samādhi and the Mind
rebirth, 304, 307–8, 320, 325
Rechungpa Dorje Drakpa, Root Verses of the Sixfold Cycle of One Taste, 140, 451n29
reflexive cognition, refutation of, 432–33n11
refuge, 75, 259, 292
liturgy, 356
Mahāyāna, 314–15
in Three Jewels, 58, 197, 212, 356
uncommon, 183, 259
rejuvenator (bcud len; Skt. rasāyana), 66, 204, 390, 391, 437n16, 463n5
relative truth, 108, 157, 191, 227–28, 441n53
relaxation, application of, 115, 292
reversal, power over, 176
rewards, training in manner of, 109, 110, 229–30
root of virtue, 161, 196, 279, 338
Rootless Path with Its Result, 430n45
Rudra, 162
rūpakāya, 26, 100, 159, 212, 289, 439n25
S
Hevajra, 21
Nairātmyā, 71, 207
See also Eight-Deity Mahākāla Sādhana
Śaivas, 91, 98
Śakra, 305
Sakya lords, 142, 156, 182, 187, 207, 223, 244, 257, 258, 412, 420, 448n2
Sakya Monastery, 59, 66, 296, 306
Cakrasaṃvara in, 45
Parting from the Four Attachments in, 299
primary translators, 428n1 (Introduction)
seven limbs of union in, importance of, 69
Stages of the Inconceivable in, 83
samādhis, 37, 87, 260
as amṛta, 101
binding, freedom from, 111
of bliss, clarity, nonconceptuality, 264, 265, 429n32
of bliss and emptiness, 211, 233, 248, 249
body, voice, mind in, 108, 441n51
of clarity and emptiness, 59, 185
complexion and, 429n22
faulty and faultless, 230, 442n75
inconceivable, 108, 227, 441n48
of method and wisdom, union of, 227
in ninth placement method, 32–33
obstacles to, preventing, 282–83
“pervaded by great bliss,” 149
“three doors of liberation,” 231
Samanta[[bhadra, 91, 288, 358, 359
śamatha, 441n47, 457n12
faulty, 199, 215
grasping, 80
instructions on, 336
and mahāmudrā meditation, distinctions in, 76
overpowering, 77
predominance of, 54, 216, 267
as remedy to grasping, 335
as sign with effort, 80, 220–21
as support, 192
vipaśyana and, 192, 338
See also nine stages of śamatha
samayas
accepting, 423
damaged, bindu loss through, 130–31, 251
of eating, 390
as foundation, 389–90
freedom from, 36, 176
liquor and, 391, 397
protecting, 421
Samayatārā, 287
sambhogacakra. See throat cakra
sambhogakāya, 28, 100, 126, 164, 222, 292, 439n25, 452n14. See also seven limbs of three kāyas
Saṃpūṭa Tantra, 79, 219–20, 278
Saṃpūṭatilaka Tantra, 47, 257, 268
samsara
gnosis and, 157, 449n3
investigating, 307
as mind, 79
recalling faults of, 305–6, 309–10, 320–28
See also under Nirvana
Saṃvarodaya Tantra, xxi, 268, 389, 390–92, 393, 397–98, 399–400
Sangye Pal, 401
Sangye Rinchen, 297, 461n27
Sangye Senge, 461n30
Sangye Tenzin, 462n44
Śāntibhadra. See Ratnākaraśānti (a.k.a. Śāntibhadra)
Śāntideva
Compendium of Training, 335, 345
Introduction to the Conduct of Awakening, 316, 317, 335, 340
Saraha (a.k.a. Rāhulabhadra), 140, 187, 202
life of, 61–62, 67, 436n3, 437n5
lineages, 63, 188
See also Treasury of Couplets
Sarasvatī, 99
Saroruhavajra, identity of, 23
Sauras, 91, 98, 440n13
Śavarī, 34, 164, 167
Se Kharchung/Sekhar Chung, 63, 71, 188, 208
secrecy, 399–400, 421
secret empowerment, 29, 122, 166, 167, 244, 285, 288
blessing, 28
deity meditation in, 287
fire in, 285
joy in, 133, 254, 265
in retention, 128, 248
stabilizing, 124, 131, 246
Secret Principle (Kṛṣṇācārya), 47, 258
self, 89, 189–91, 194, 203, 204–5
self-empowerment, 29, 122, 166, 244
sending and taking, 205
senmos, 145, 448n6
sense bases/organs, 157
absence of, 62, 188, 210
blessing of, 166
in Pāramitāyāna, 440n28
relaxing, 111
views of, 189, 190
in visualizations, 285, 288, 358, 455n52
sense consciousnesses, 111, 166
sense elements, 29, 62, 164, 188, 189, 190, 210, 440n28
sense objects, 95, 166, 285
abiding as cause, 108, 109, 227
Buddhahood and, 26, 159
compassion toward., 279, 334
inconceivable kinds, 317
love toward, 333
nature of, 26
Setön Kunrik, xvii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 156, 224, 362
seven limbs of three kāyas, xx, 21, 25, 134, 255, 428n3 (Introduction)
from Caṇḍālī, 55, 269
from inconceivables, 117–18, 240
from mahāmudrā, 66, 81, 206, 221–22, 439n25
source, 69
from “straightening the crooked,” 59, 185–86
from two stages, 37, 40, 178–79
seven limbs of union. See seven limbs of three kāyas
Shakya Yeshe, 102
Shangpa Kagyu, 275
Shen Gom Se, 283, 455n37
Sherap Jungne, 461n37
Sherap Zangpo, 462n45
Siddhavajrā, 134
siddhis, 39, 91, 145, 178. See also mudra siddhi
signs, 34
of bardo, 15, 151, 430n38
of bindu retention, 128, 248
in Caṇḍālī, 50, 51, 54, 262, 264, 266
in current life, 151
in empowerments, 29–30
of experience, 238
of faulty śamatha, 199
of heat, 115, 239, 444n136
in mahāmudrā, 74, 80–81, 220–21
of mind's focus, 214
of mudra's suitability, 123–24
of thirteen stages, 132, 133, 254–55
of three experiences, arising, 15, 16, 150–51
of two stages, 43, 173, 434n47
of vipaśyana, 200
Śiva, 57, 58, 92, 96, 98–99
six excellent substances, 124, 246, 447n7, 453n3 (ch. 16)
six flavors, 95, 440n15
six kinds of existence and nonexistence, 226–27
six ornaments, 16, 152, 167, 430n41
six perfections, 196, 279, 335, 342–43
six realms/six classes of being, 26, 36, 158, 218, 221, 317, 345
sixteen joys, 128, 134
in Caṇḍālī, 52–53, 265–66
in reversing Bodhicitta, 248–49
in twelve stages, 131–33, 254–55
skillful means, 332. See also method and wisdom
sleeping, 15, 115, 150
Sönam Gyaltsen, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 295, 364, 365, 461n17
Sönam Palden, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 462n47
Sönam Tsemo (Lopön Rinpoche), xvii, 295, 314, 353, 362, 448nn2–3
song of reality, 73–74
space, 110, 182, 443n92
abiding in, 291
dhātu, 464n39
as example, 230, 231
experiencing, 110, 442n81
meditations, 65, 192, 200, 211, 441n48
nonduality and, 85, 229
realization and, 96
spider web, breaking free, 231, 232, 452n3 (ch. 15)
bindu loss through, 129–30, 250
freedom from, 149, 150
obstacles of, 205–6
protection from, 281–82, 455n25
self-liberating, 152
three kinds, 13, 14–15, 16, 145, 429–30n32, 455n27
See also nāga class of spirits
Śraddhākaravarman, 420, 438n9
śrāvakas, 76, 177
awakening of, 330
deviation into, 351
mudras and, 128, 249
rebirth as, 308
views of, 189, 194
Śrī Gunavat, 67
Śrī Parvata, 61, 67, 436n3
Śrīcandra, 46, 432n5, 435n6
Śrīdevī Kāmadhātviśvari, 134, 405, 410, 415, 416, 417–18, 421
Śrīdhara, 4, 6, 7, 55, 63, 156, 182, 188, 258
Stages of the Inconceivable (Koṭalipa), xvii, 83
conduct, 112, 233–34
conduct connected with result, 116, 239–40
enhancements, 115, 236–37
errors, correcting, 237–38
lineage, 3–4, 224
mind focus, 109–10, 229–30
mind placing, 110–11, 230–33
obstructions, 234–36
path, 94–101, 228
result, 24, 101–2, 117–18
view, 85–94, 107–9, 118, 224–28, 440n28, 442n61, 445n171, 446nn172–76
stages of the path (lam rim), 299
“straightening the crooked,” 57, 139
lineage, 7–8, 60, 182
main practice, 184–85
main practice and result, 58–59
preliminaries, 58, 183–84
result, 185–86
suchness, 118, 168, 170, 226–27, 446n180
suffering
abandoning, 38, 178
of change, 292, 305, 327
compassion and, 334
of formations, 292, 305, 328
of others, 15, 335
as path, 291
of suffering, 292, 305, 321–27
Sukhaśrī. See Indrabhūti I
Sukhāvatī, 102
Sumeru, 286, 375
supplication prayers, 315
for Bodhicitta, 313
eight ancillary path cycles lineage, 3–9
Parting from the Four Attachments lineage, 295–97
suppression, 114–15, 236
Sutra of Never Wavering from Dharmatā, 210
Sutra of the Close Application of Mindfulness of the Sublime Dharma, 320
Sutra of the Extensive Play, 318, 346
Sutra of the Space-like Samādhi, 211
svabhāvakāya, 81, 222, 289, 292
blazing, 50, 262–63
consonants, 42, 49, 99, 163, 261
decapitating, 51, 264
in mahāmudrā without meaning, 78, 217, 452n13
nāḍī, 37, 160, 176, 263
three, 107, 225, 239
vowels, 42, 49, 99, 163, 261
symbolic lineage, 122, 244
T
four divisions of, 177, 228, 442n58
and Sutra, inseparability of, 277
Tārā, 5, 69, 71, 75, 82, 207, 212, 289
Tashi Lhundrup, 462n49
Tashi Lungpa, 283, 289, 455n43
ten endowments, 318, 345, 457n23
ten nonvirtues, 328–29
ten virtues, 330
Tenzin Zangpo, 297
thirteenth stage, 102, 116–17, 133
three authorities, 108, 228, 442nn58–60
nine features, 145
relaxing, 286
as supports, 107–8, 225, 440n28, 440n31
time for recognizing, 108, 227
three frugalities, 431n70
of body, 12–13, 143
of enjoyments, 12, 142
of mind, 13, 143
three fruits, 66, 204, 437n16
three gates of liberation, 110–11. 231
emptiness, 15, 150, 429n31
signlessness, 14, 150, 429n30
without aspiration, 14, 149, 429n28
Three Jewels, 12, 58, 75, 197, 212, 214, 356, 357
three kāyas, 121, 126, 247, 292. See also seven limbs of three kāyas
three poisons, 13, 16, 145, 157, 330, 429n12
three purities, 30, 31–32, 167–68, 170
attachment to, 301, 305–6, 307, 310, 320–31, 349–50
cause of, 157
deviating into, 212
impermanence of, 318
transforming, 26, 277, 454n6, 454n16
three spheres, 352
three vows, 12–13, 122, 124, 134, 143, 244, 253
throat cakra (sambhogacakra), 100
burning, 51, 263
in creation stage, 167
deity meditation in, 287
joy in, 52–53, 131, 266
syllables, 49, 261
traces, 86, 92, 93, 194, 280
in examples, 77, 216, 229–30
long-distance, 110, 230
looking further and further, 112, 443n109
in meaning, 77–79, 217–19
short-distance, 109, 229–30
Trakphukpa Sönam Pal, 295, 365, 461n16
traveling in sky, 59
Trayastriṃśa heaven, 323
Treasury of Couplets (Saraha), 194, 199
on clarity, 65
on liberation, 198
on mind, 64, 66, 195, 211
on realization, 79, 439n22
sources, 61, 62, 187
on syllables, 217
Treasury of Precious Instructions (Kongtrul), 139, 424, 447n1
Trinle Kyi, 275, 293
Tri[[piṭaka, 228, 442n58
Tsangpa Gyare, Tibu's Root Verses of the Sixfold Cycle of One Taste, 451n29
Tsewang Norbu, 9
Tsultrim Lhundrup, 462n50
Tuṣita heaven, 323
twelve bases of instruction, 228
first, 203
signs of, 131–33
twelfth, 116, 239
two accumulations, 28, 35, 36, 142, 175, 229
two benefits, 186, 193, 269, 332
two extremes, 65, 76, 80, 110, 191, 200–201, 214, 230, 442n77, 446nn172–73
conceptuality and, 86
culmination of, 178–79
inseparable, meditation of, 286–89, 455n50
objects of desire in, 445n161
in single session, 178
U
Ucita, 7
ultimate path, 122, 160, 245, 280
ultimate truth, 108, 228
Uma (goddess), 58, 182
union, 212
of bola and kakkola, 122, 245, 446n3
of clarity and emptiness, 144
with ḍākinīs, 175
inconceivable, 108, 226, 228, 441n46
of spring and its ornament (dpyid thig, Skt. vasantatilaka), 264
three perceptions and, 147
Union of All Buddhas Supplementary Tantra, 253, 453n5 (ch. 16)
Union with All Buddhas Tantra, 124, 201
unsurpassed yoga tantra, xviii, 223, 403, 404
upapithas, 55, 436n12
Upendra, 162
uṣṇīṣa, 32, 33, 171, 172, 287
V
Vagendrakīrti, 5
Vāgīśvarakīrti, 69, 82, 207, 438n3
Explanation of Illuminating the Precious Truth, 71, 207, 438n11
lineage, 289
Seven Limbs, xx, 69, 70, 71, 207, 428n3 (Introduction)
at Vikramaśīla, 273, 274
See also Clear Mindfulness of the Innate; Mahāmudrā without Syllables
Vairocana, 96, 219, 399
Bodhicitta of, 62, 188
symbol of, 398
visualizations, 79, 167, 287, 406
Vairocana Sāgara, 416, 417–18
Vaiṣṇavas, 91
authority of, 108, 442n59
empowerment, 29, 166
Vajrabhūtirāja/Vajrabhodhirāja. See Indrabhūti II
Vajraḍāka Tantra, 47, 257, 268
in completion stage, 42
instructions of, 103, 434n2
lineages, 63, 122, 156, 182, 188, 224, 244, 258
result, 12, 430n39
as Root Guru, 146, 198, 357
samayas of, 420
Śiva and, 57, 58, 182
stage of, 99, 240, 386
supplications, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 197, 359, 361
visualizations, 29, 34, 35, 163–68, 174, 183, 287, 387
Vajradhātviśvarī, 287
Vajraghantapāda, 6, 55, 258
vajrakāya, 125, 133, 246, 255, 447n8
Vajramahākāla Pañjaranātha, 404–6, 407, 414–15, 417–18, 419, 420, 421. See also Eight-Deity Mahākāla Sādhana
Vajrapānī, 4, 63, 135, 188, 288, 358, 404, 436n3. See also Guhyapati Vajrapāṇi
Vajrāsana, 406, 416
Vajrasattva, 85, 209, 259–60, 292
Vajrasena, 439n25
Vajravairocanā, 395, 464n40
Vajravārāhī, 46, 49, 260, 394, 397
Vajrayāna, 47, 257
Vajrayoginī, 45, 55, 258, 268, 400
Vakvajrā, 166
Vararuci, 412, 420
Varuṇa, 394, 395, 397
vase empowerment, 122, 167, 244, 285, 288
Vasubandhu, 168
Pedagogical Strategies, 342
Treasury of Abhidharma, 316, 321, 323, 456n7
Vāsuki, 394, 395, 397
vāyus, 150, 249
āyama, 293
in Caṇḍālī, 50, 53, 262–63, 264
conceptual grasping and, 205
controlled by wrathful form, 58, 182, 184–85
crooked, 58
dissolution, 133, 254
downward-voiding, 14, 53, 124, 128, 149–50, 246, 267
in error correction, 237–38
expelling, 101
faults of, removing, 53–54, 267
holding a vase, 265
karma, 132, 204, 205, 441n50
life-sustaining, 53, 266, 267
metabolic, 54, 267
methods of, 18, 431–32n87, 431nn76–81
pervading, 54, 267
purifying, 116, 445nn147–48
uniting upper and lower, 288
upward-moving, 14, 53–54, 267
See also prāṇa vāyu
Vedas, 91
verbal lineage, 122
Vetalī, 34, 164, 165, 167, 172
vidyādharas, 15, 430n35
views
of dharmatā as free from proliferation, 191
inseparability of samsara and Nirvana, 21, 25, 26–27, 157–59
on nonexistence, 190
and path, order of explaining, 442n61
personality, 190
“suchness of Bodhicitta without beginning or end and liberated from the four extremes,” 47, 258
and vāyu training, simultaneous, 247
Vikramaśīla, xx, 61, 69, 70, 207, 273–74
Vilāsyavajra, 6, 22, 98, 103–4, 156, 224, 432n7
Vīṇapāda, 3, 98, 103, 224
vipākakāya, 81, 222, 439n25, 452n14
vipaśyana, 200, 441n47, 457n12
cultivating, instructions on, 337
purpose, 336
as remedy to grasping, 335
śamatha and, 192, 338
as sign without effort, 80, 221
as supported, 192
Vīravajra, xvii, 3, 4, 63, 105, 107, 142, 188, 224
Virūpa, 4, 11–12, 37, 141, 177, 361, 429n27
Viṣṇu, 92, 96, 98–99, 193
visualization techniques
on clarity, 31, 434n41
clear appearance, time in attaining, 261
deity appearances transforming, 35, 174
for enhancing focus, 214–15
with recitation, 169–70
stability, 33
Visukalpa, 62
vital force (phya), 193–94
voice, 145, 229
benefitting others, 15, 430n33
and body, equality of, 126, 253
control of resting vāyu, 15
exhalation, 14, 109, 442n68
inhalations, 13–14, 18, 429nn15–16, 429nn19–21, 431n71, 431n87
as support, 107–8, 225, 440nn28–29, 440nn31–32
times for recognizing, 108, 441nn50–52
W
Whatever Offering Substances, 196, 451n20
White Tārā, 69
wisdom consort empowerment, 29, 122, 244, 394
in creation stage, 166, 167
focusing mind in, 227, 441n48
path, 286, 288
seal of, 176
wisdom consorts, 92, 99–100
Y
Yama, 163
yantras, 59, 185
Yerpa Gomseng, 283, 455n39
Yeshe Gyaltsen, 295, 314, 343, 461n19
conceptual, 84, 86
inconceivable, 88, 97
Yogacāra, 432–33n11
Z
Zhangtön Chöbar, xvii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 156, 224, 362
Zhangtön Könchok Pal, 314, 365, 461n15
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