Indexes
Index of Sources
All-Creating King
45
Armour Against Darkness
18
Compendium of the Suchness of All the Thus-gone Ones
21
Cuckoo of Awareness
1, 17
rDzong ’phrang srog gsum
See Fortress, Chasm and Life-force
Fortress, Chasm and Life-force
26–27, 45, 66
General Commentary on an Authoritative Scripture of Secret Mantra
24–25
Guhyagarbha-tantra
1, 17
Kun byed rgyal po
See All-Creating King
Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation
4–5, 19n20, 26–27, 43–45
Mun pa’i go cha
See Armour Against Darkness
Noble Noose of Methods
21, 23n41
rNying ma bka’ ma
See Orally Transmitted Injunctions of the Nyingma
Orally Transmitted Injunctions of the Nyingma
4, 6, 63–67
sPyi gsang sngags lung gi ’grel pa
See General Commentary on an Authoritative Scripture of Secret Mantra
Rig pa’i khu byug
See Cuckoo of Awareness
bSam gtan mig sgron
See Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation
Sarvatathāgata-tattva-saṃgraha
See Compendium of the Suchness of All the Thus-gone Ones
Thabs kyi zhags pa
See Noble Noose of Methods
Index of Names and Subjects
NB: In the case of the commentaries (i.e. after page 74), page ranges in pairs refer to the facing pages of the Tibetan text and English translation.
absolute basis (gzhi don)
180–181, 188–189
see also
universal ground
absolute meaningfulness (don)
52, 54, 79, 90–91, 96–97, 98–99, 106–107, 112–113, 122–123, 130–131, 132–133, 136–137, 140–141, 152–153, 192–193, 204–205, 212–213
absolute truth (Skt. paramārthasatya)
126–127, 138–139, 208–209, 209n77, 228–229
accomplishment (dngos grub; Skt. siddhi)
80–81, 202–203, 228–229
accumulations (Skt. saṃbhāra)
13, 49, 144–145, 166–167, 200–201
acumen (Skt. prajñā)
22, 32, 80–81, 94–95, 96–97, 124–125, 144–145, 166–167, 174–175, 192–193, 228–229
afflictions (Skt. kleśa)
11–12, 30–31, 33, 48, 102–103, 106–107, 136–137, 168–169, 230–231
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
64
alpha-purity (ka dag)
12–13, 112–113, 192–193, 206–207
see also
purity
antidotes (gnyen po; Skt. pratipakṣa, vipakṣa)
12, 162–163, 186–187, 206–207, 224–225
Anuyoga
202–203
apophatic practice
32, 39, 51
aspirations (smon lam; Skt. praṇidhāna)
32, 182–183, 184–185, 204–205
aspirationless
94–95, 100–101
auditors (Skt. śrāvaka)
18, 76–77, 138–139, 190–191
awakened body (sku)
100–101, 108–109, 126–127, 146–147, 174–175, 206–207, 214–215, 222–223
awakened body, speech and mind (sku gsung thugs)
15, 21, 23–24, 88–89, 94–95, 96–97, 100–101, 112–113, 130–131, 156–157, 162–163, 164–165, 166–167, 176–177, 178–179, 216–217, 218–219
awakened mind (thugs)
23, 36, 80–81, 84–85, 88–89, 90–91, 92–93, 94–95, 98–99, 100–101, 110–111, 128–129, 152–153, 156–157, 158–159, 216–217, 224–225
awakened speech (gsung)
94–95, 100–101, 140–141, 152–153, 154–155, 194–195, 216–217
awareness (rig pa)
43–44, 88–89, 104–105, 108–109, 112–113, 166–167, 172–173, 186–187, 206–207, 208–209, 226–227
intrinsic awareness (rang rig)
11, 13–16, 23, 33–34, 39, 41–42, 49–50, 53–54, 92–93, 94–95, 98–99, 100–101, 106–107, 110–111, 114–115, 146–147, 158–159, 168–169, 170–171, 176–177, 188–189, 190–191, 194–195, 196–197, 198–199, 200–201, 224–225
bliss (bde ba; Skt. sukha)
14–16, 18, 32, 36, 48, 74–75, 76–77, 78–79, 84–85, 86–87, 88–89, 106–107, 110–111, 112–113, 118–119, 150–151, 152–153, 160–161, 230–231
bodhicitta
See enlightened mind
bodhisattvas
29, 76–77, 223n103
body of emanation (Skt. nirmāṇakāya)
212–213
body of enjoyment (Skt. saṃbhogakāya)
174–175
body of form (Skt. rūpakāya)
33, 201n63
body of reality (Skt. dharmakāya)
29, 76–77, 108–109, 126–127, 146–147, 162–163, 175n35, 176–177, 184–185, 196–197, 198–199, 212–213, 218–219, 222–223
Buddhagupta
1
Chan
24, 30, 44n27, 51
chiliocosm
30, 90–91, 108–109, 180–181, 202–203
Christian mystics
50
Cittamātra
190–191
compassion (Skt. karuṇā)
13, 49–50, 84–85, 92–93, 154–155, 166–167, 170–171, 180–181, 182–183, 192–193, 200–201, 210–211, 212–213, 226–227, 228–229
completion phase (rdzogs rim; Skt. niṣpannakrama)
1
concentration (Skt. samādhi)
76–77, 108–109, 134–135, 138–139, 140–141, 156–157, 180–181, 198–199, 202–203, 210–211, 214–215
conduct (spyod pa; Skt. caryā)
48–50, 76–77, 82–83, 106–107, 112–113, 114–115, 122–123, 142–143, 144–145, 158–159, 168–169, 170–171, 180–181, 184–185, 188–189, 192–193, 210–211, 218–219, 220–221, 228–229, 230–231
configuration (Skt. maṇḍala)
17, 21, 33, 110–111, 154–155, 156–157, 160–161, 172–173, 174–175, 178–179, 180–181, 192–193, 194–195, 200–201, 216–217
contemplation (Skt. dhyāna)
38, 43, 138–139, 144–145
cosmos
31–32, 38, 40
see also
chiliocosm; realms, three
cyclic existence (Skt. saṃsāra)
12, 14, 29–32, 78–79, 88–89, 124–125, 164–165, 168–169, 178–179, 184–185, 186–188, 202–203, 208–209
Darma, King
2
defects (skyon; Skt. doṣa)
156–157, 204–205, 220–221, 222–223
deviations (gol sa)
12, 48–49, 86–87, 112–113, 134–135, 138–139, 142–143, 186–187, 190–191, 194–195, 198–199, 218–219
devotion (mos gus)
53, 80–81
see also
faith
dharmadhātu
See open dimension of phenomena
dharmakāya
See body of reality
dharmatā
See reality-as-such
dhyāna
See contemplation
dialogical situation
52–53
disciple, qualities of
55, 57, 82–83, 156–157
disclosive paradigm
36
Dudjom Rinpoche
64
Dunhuang manuscripts
1, 5, 17, 19n14, 20–21, 30n17, 75n3, 123n15
Dzogchen
as term
1
as vehicle
4, 6, 17, 27, 45, 78–79, 150–151, 156–157, 158–159, 160–161, 224–225
history of
1–2
see also
Great Completeness
effort
14, 17, 28, 33, 39, 41, 92–93, 96–97, 106–107, 136–137
effortlessness
14, 30–31, 152–153, 158–159
as term of art vs rubric of analysis
11
eighteen texts of the mind section
3–4
emblematic gesture (Skt. mudrā)
19, 78–79, 126–127, 130–131
embodiment
46–47, 51
emptiness (Skt. śūnyatā)
25, 43, 94–95, 100–101, 104–105, 124–125, 132–133, 138–139
encounter
23, 31, 38, 42, 48, 51–52, 90–91, 94–95, 96–97, 98–99, 104–105, 106–107, 112–113, 140–141, 152–153, 166–167, 168–169, 170–171, 176–177, 192–193, 196–197, 202–203, 212–213
enlightened mind (Skt. bodhicitta)
11, 21, 23, 25, 30, 35, 41–42, 54, 88–89, 90–91, 96–97, 98–99, 100–101, 102–103, 104–105, 106–107, 108–109, 110–111, 124–125, 136–137, 150–151, 156–157, 164–165, 168–169, 172–173, 178–179, 192–193, 194–195, 198–199, 200–201, 202–203, 204–205
equality (Skt. samatā)
35, 78–79, 80–81, 112–113, 118–119, 142–143, 198–199, 220–221, 228–229
union of equality (mnyam sbyor)
158–159, 216–217, 220–221
equanimity (Skt. upekṣā)
166–167
era of fragmentation (sil bu’i dus)
3
evocation (Skt. sādhana)
17, 19–20, 32, 47, 78–79, 80–81
faith (dad pa; Skt. śraddhā)
57, 80–81, 82–83, 156–157
fruition (’bras bu; Skt. phala)
13, 25, 42, 49, 108–109, 110–111, 112–113, 114–115, 118–119, 146–147, 164–165, 168–169, 184–185, 192–193, 196–197, 198–199
Garab Dorje
224–225
Great Completeness (rdzogs chen)
74–75, 82–83, 92–93, 108–109, 158–159, 160–161, 178–179, 200–201
Gyalse Zhenpen Thaye
63
Gyatrul Pema Dongak Tendzin
63
Gyatso, Nyakrong Tsering
64
Gyurme Dorje Terdak Lingpa
63
hierarchies
35, 40
ignorance (ma rig pa; Skt. avidyā)
132–133, 154–155, 192–193, 206–207, 208–209
immanence
See transcendence-immanence
imprints (Skt. vāsanā)
11, 33, 106–107
independent buddhas (Skt. pratyekabuddha)
18, 76–77, 138–139, 190–191
indications (rtags) (also insignia)
23, 100–101, 128–129, 134–135, 206–207, 226–227
ineffability
36, 54–55, 100–101, 124–125, 128–129, 130–131, 136–137, 144–145
integral being (bdag nyid chen po; Skt. mahātman)
14–15, 90–91, 112–113, 122–123, 154–155, 160–161, 166–167, 178–179, 184–185, 188–189, 190–191, 192–193, 212–213, 230–231
integral identity (bdag nyid)
14–15, 35, 90–91, 108–109, 120–121, 130–131, 146–147, 160–161, 166–167, 172–173, 178–179, 196–197, 198–199, 200–201
inwardness
14, 36–38, 120–121, 130–131
Jamyang Gyaltsen, Katok Khenpo
4, 64
jñāna
See wisdom
Karma Delek
64
Kashmiri Śaivism
31, 33
kindness (Skt. maitrī)
182–183, 224–225
Lang Darma
See Darma, King
Lha Lama Yeshe-ö
48
lineage
52n12, 57, 124–125, 136–137, 150–151, 156–157, 228–229
see also
transmission
Lochen Dharmaśrī
63
Longchenpa
26–27, 45
Madhyamaka
24, 76–77, 138–139, 190–191, 228–229
mahāmudrā
80–81, 162–163, 176–177, 228–229
and four seals
20–22, 188–189
Mahāyoga
1, 4, 6, 17, 19, 22, 26–27, 32–33
see also
Mantrayāna
maṇḍala
See configuration
mantra
See spell
Mantrayāna
76–77, 190–191
master (bla ma; Skt. guru)
52–54, 76–77, 80–81, 82–83, 156–157, 220–221
meaning event
42, 52
means (Skt. upāya)
22, 32, 41, 82–83, 92–93, 94–95, 98–99, 114–115, 160–161, 168–169, 170–171, 174–175, 192–193, 210–211
meditation (sgom pa; Skt. bhāvanā)
12, 19–20, 43–45, 78–79, 114–115, 124–125, 130–131, 142–143, 146–147, 186–187
discipline in
44
non-meditation
45, 144–145
meditative equilibrium (Skt. samāpatti)
38
merit (Skt. puṇya)
29, 49, 164–165, 200–201, 230–231
mind (sems)
96–97, 98–99, 104–105, 124–125, 138–139, 140–141, 204–205
mind-as-such (sems nyid)
11, 23–25, 31, 52, 96–97, 98–99, 104–105, 150–151, 192–193, 210–211
vs mind (sems)
41
see also
nature of mind
Mindroling monastery
63
mind section
2n13
mudrā
See emblematic gesture and seal
Munsel, Khenpo
64
nature of mind (sems kyi rang bzhin)
11–12, 14, 23, 38, 41–42, 102–103
see also
mind-as-such
nirvāṇa
See transcendence
non-action (also non-doing)
13, 48, 50, 96–97, 192–193
diligence of non-action (bya ba med pa’i brtson ’grus)
44, 210–211
non-conceptuality (Skt. nirvikalpa)
186–187
non-discursiveness
104–105, 140–141, 178–179, 180–181, 184–185, 186–187, 192–193
non-duality
22, 25, 30, 32–33, 80–81, 92–93, 94–95, 104–105, 116–117, 124–125, 136–137, 160–161, 162–163, 178–179, 184–185, 186–187, 190–191, 212–213, 224–225
Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, timeline
2–3
Nub Yönten Gyatso
26, 66
Nyak Jñānakumāra
2–3, 4, 24–25
Nyen Pelyang
1
obscurations (Skt. āvaraṇa)
86–87, 88–89, 114–115, 132–133, 134–135, 190–191
open dimension of phenomena (chos kyi dbyings; Skt. dharmadhātu)
55, 98–99, 114–115, 120–121, 122–123, 132–133, 166–167, 178–179, 182–183, 184–185, 186–187, 188–189, 196–197, 210–211
open dimension (dbyings)
22, 78–79, 92–93, 106–107, 108–109, 112–113, 138–139, 152–153, 158–159, 160–161, 162–163, 164–165, 172–173, 174–175, 180–181, 190–191, 208–209, 216–217
optimization
42–43
padlock (sgo lcags)
36, 54, 88–89
Padmasambhava
2
Palgyi Yeshe, the Sogdian
24
Palyul monastery
63
path (Skt. mārga)
35, 40, 96–97, 146–147, 156–157, 158–159, 168–169, 182–183
pith instruction (man ngag; Skt. upadeśa)
84–85, 120–121, 154–155
pith instruction section (man ngag sde)
2n13, 13, 38n4
pledge (Skt. samaya)
18–19, 21, 56, 78–79, 82–83, 84–85, 88–89, 116–117, 156–157, 188–189, 200–201, 202–203, 220–221
Podrang Zhiwa-ö
48
prajñā
See acumen
Prajñāpāramitā
30
pure field (zhing khams; Skt. kṣetra)
31–32, 94–95, 106–107
purity
11–12, 104–105, 110–111, 120–121, 132–133, 136–137, 152–153, 158–159, 168–169, 172–173, 182–183, 184–185, 186–187, 188–189, 190–191, 196–197, 200–201, 214–215
see also
alpha-purity
reality-as-such (Skt. dharmatā)
39, 53, 74–75, 80–81, 98–99, 102–103, 110–111, 138–139, 144–145, 146–147, 164–165, 170–171, 172–173, 186–187, 190–191, 196–197, 200–201
realms, three
154–155, 155n9
referential imaging (dmigs pa; Skt. ālambana)
132–133, 134–135, 140–141, 226–227
non-referential
19, 40, 78–79, 112–113, 124–125, 144–145, 146–147, 186–187, 190–191, 192–193, 214–215, 228–229
relative truth (Skt. saṃvṛtisatya)
208–209, 228–229
religious communication
28–29, 36, 55
Rigdzin Gödem
30n24, 45
ritual
19–20, 47
sādhana
See evocation
Salwagyal, Ācārya
3, 148–149
samādhi
See concentration
Samantabhadra
17–18, 29, 45, 74–75, 76–77, 78–79, 84–85, 150–151, 158–159, 162–163, 176–177, 178–179, 180–181, 212–213, 224–225, 228–229
Samantabhadra-Vajrasattva
152–153, 154–155, 174–175, 180–181
Samantabhadrī
17, 82–83, 228–229
samāpatti
See meditative equilibrium
samaya
See pledge
saṃsāra
See cyclic existence
script
51
for unscripted practice
46–47
seal (Skt. mudrā)
80–81, 162–163, 174–175, 178–179
see also
mahāmudrā
searching
23, 41–42, 96–97, 102–103, 112–113, 136–137, 140–141, 184–185, 190–191, 196–197, 204–205
secrecy
55–56, 84–85, 90–91, 114–115, 218–219
selflessness (Skt. nairātmya)
15
seminal nucleus (thig le; Skt. bindu)
52, 90–91, 106–107, 172–173, 180–181, 182–183, 186–187, 196–197, 212–213, 214–215, 230–231
signs (mtshan ma; Skt. nimitta)
94–95, 104–105, 126–127, 154–155, 194–195
signless
94–95, 100–101
sins (sdig pa; Skt. pāpa)
142–143, 230–231
spaciousness (also space or sky)
38–40, 43, 90–91, 124–125, 134–135, 142–143, 144–145, 146–147, 160–161, 172–173
as embodied process
46–47
spell (Skt. mantra)
19, 21, 78–79, 130–131, 156–157
spiral
35
spontaneous presence (lhun grub)
13, 24, 33, 76–77, 82–83, 92–93, 118–119, 138–139, 140–141, 142–143, 160–161, 196–197
Śrīsiṃha
3
subject–object dichotomy
14, 22, 41, 94–95, 172–173, 209n78, 217n92
suchness (de kho na nyid; Skt. tattvatā)
74–75, 76–77, 106–107, 124–125, 150–151
see also
thusness
suffering (Skt. duḥkha)
14, 29, 32, 106–107, 110–111, 118–119, 130–131, 168–169
Sufism
35
syllables
23, 41, 96–97, 98–99, 100–101
symbols
22–23, 29, 33–34
internalization of
46, 52
technique (in meditation)
1–2, 12, 40, 41, 44–47
teleological perspective
12, 33n44
Terdak Lingpa
See Gyurme Dorje Terdak Lingpa
thematic focus (gza’ gtad)
19, 48, 122–123, 156–157, 188–189, 214–215
thusness (de bzhin nyid; Skt. tathatā)
33, 214–215
see also
suchness
time
12, 29, 45, 49, 106–107, 110–111, 126–127, 154–155
transcendence (Skt. nirvāṇa)
29–30, 32, 120–121, 124–125, 138–139, 144–145, 164–165, 186–187, 208–209
transcendence-immanence
6, 28–34, 55, 58
transcending process
28n5, 39–40
transmission
future of
56–57, 84–85, 116–117, 148–149, 154–155
orality of
45–46
see also
lineage
treasure
53, 80–81, 88–89, 90–91, 104–105, 110–111, 112–113
Tupten Pelsang, Tulku
64
union and liberation
114–115, 116–117, 226–227
universal ground (kun gzhi)
18, 74–75, 134–135, 160–161, 186–187, 194–195
see also
absolute basis
universal ground consciousness (Skt. ālayavijñāna)
18, 196–197
Vairocana (Buddha)
18, 74–75
Vairocana (translator)
3–4
Vajradhara
78–79
Vajrasattva
17–18, 74–75, 76–77, 126–127
see also
Samantabhadra-Vajrasattva
vehicle (Skt. yāna)
14, 17–18, 45, 78–79, 82–83, 90–91, 108–109, 126–127, 150–151, 156–157, 158–159, 160–161, 180–181, 190–191, 222–223, 224–225
verticality
38, 40
view (lta ba; Skt. dṛṣṭi)
43, 48, 53, 76–77, 82–83, 104–105, 108–109, 112–113, 122–123, 124–125, 138–139, 142–143, 144–145, 154–155, 166–167, 170–171, 188–189, 202–203, 204–205, 206–207, 218–219, 220–221, 222–223
Vimalamitra
1
virtues (dge ba; Skt. kuśala)
48, 50, 142–143, 220–221
wisdom (ye shes; Skt. jñāna)
12, 23, 31, 33, 36, 43, 45, 48–49, 52, 54, 78–79, 80–81, 88–89, 90–91, 92–93, 94–95, 100–101, 102–103, 108–109, 110–111, 112–113, 114–115, 120–121, 124–125, 128–129, 132–133, 134–135, 144–145, 150–151, 152–153, 154–155, 164–165, 168–169, 172–173, 174–175, 178–179, 180–181, 182–183, 184–185, 188–189, 190–191, 192–193, 196–197, 198–199, 200–201, 206–207, 208–209, 210–211, 214–215, 216–217, 218–219, 224–225, 226–227
wuwei
28
Yamāntaka
26, 227n110
Yang Wangter (name)
3, 84–85, 116–117, 148–149, 230–231
Yudra Nyingpo
4