The Great Chariot
by Longchenpa | 268,580 words
A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...
Glossary
Information about these terms will be found under the listed Tibetan equivalents in the Tibetan glossary, which is in English alphabetical order.
abhisheka: dbang abhidharma: mngon chos Abhirati: mngon par dga ba absolute: don dam
accept and reject: blang 'dor
action: spyod
adding and taking away: 'du bral affirmation and negation: dgag sgrub affirmation: sgrub
Akanishta: 'og min alaya: kun gzhi
alayavijñana: kun gzhi rnam par shes pa all at once: cig char
all-pervading, all-encompassing: phyam gdal all-sufficient: gcig chod
alpha-pure: ka dag amrita: bdud rtsi
analysis: dpyod pa antidotes: gnyen po anu: a nu appearance: snang ba artificial: bcos
Aryan riches, 7,: 'phags pa nor bdun as it is: rang babs, rang sar, rang mal
asura: lha min
ati: a ti: rdzogs pa chen po authentic: yang dag
Avalokiteshvara: spyan ras gzigs avaricious: rngom
Avici Hell: mnyal ba mnar med pa awakened: sangs
awareness: shes pa
ayatanas, 12: skye mched bcu gnyis bardo: bar do
bhagava-t-an: bcom ldan 'das
Bhrama: tshangs pa: Hindu creator god bhramin bram ze
bhuta: byung po bhūmi: sa
bias: ris bindu: thig le
bodhicitta: byang chub sems bodhisattva: byang chub sems dpa'
body speech and mind: honorific: sku, gsung, thugs; non-honorific: lus, ngag, sems buddha activity: phrin las
buddha qualities: yon tan
Buddha qualities: sangs rgyas kyi yon tan
buddhadharmakaya: sangs rgyas chos kyi sku: = dharmakaya. buddhahood: sangs rgyas
caste: rigs
cause and condition: rgyu rkyen
ceaseless: ma 'gags, 'gag med. certain: nges
chakravaritin: a'khor lo bsgyur ba'i rgyal po chandali: tsa nda li
characteristics: mtshan charya yana: see theg pa dgu chörten; mchod rten
cliff: gyang sa
clouds of offerings: mchod sprin co-emergent: lhan cig skyes pa coarse: rags
collection of oral instructions: man ngag sde
compassion: thugs rje complexity: spros pa concept: rtog pa conceptions: dmigs pa confusion: 'khrul pa
Conquerer: rgyal ba.
consciousness 5/6: rnam shes lnga/drug contrived: bcos
coronation vase: spyi blugs created: bcos
crystal: shel gong dakini: mkha' 'gro
dedicating the merit: bsod nams bsngo defilements: dri ma
deity: lha detail: rim pa
developing stage: bskyed rim
dge a'dun: followers of the Buddha's teachings. dharmakaya: chos sku
dharmata: chos nyid
dharmas: chos dharmdhatu: chos dbyings dharmin: chos can
dhatu: dbyings, khams dhatu: khams
khams: realm, element.
dhatus, 18: khams bco brgyad Dhupa: dhu pa: goddess of incense. dhyana: bsam gtan
dhyanas, 4: bsam gtan bzhi
direct liberation: cer grol discontinuity: rgyun chad
discriminating awareness wisdom: so so rtags pa'i ye shes discriminating awareness: so so rang rig; so sor rtag pa
discursive thought: rnam rtog display: bstan, bkod disturbed: rnyog
doer of all: kun byed
dön: gdon
drowsiness and discursiveness wildness: bying rgod eggshell: rgya
ego: bdag
eight consciousnesses: tshogs brgyad
eight examples of illusion: sgyu ma dpe brgyad eight extremes: mtha' brgyad
eight kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal brgyad
eight ordinary siddhis: dngos grub thun mong brgyad eighteen dhatus: khams bco brgyad
element: khams, rigs
eliminate or establish: dgag sgrub
eliminate: log emanation: sprul pa embodiment: 'du ba
empowerment: lung, dbang
emptiness with all the supreme aspects: rnam mchog kun ldan stong nyid empty: stong pa
enlightenment: byang chub ennailment: gzer bu
environment and inhabitants: snod bcud, rten dang brten pa equality: mnyam nyid
equanimity: mnyam nyid essence: ngo bo snying po
establish: sgrub eternal: ye eternalism: rtag lta etherial: sang seng even: phyal ba
examination: brtags pa examine: brtags pa examineation: dpyod pa
exhaustion: zad pa, rdzogs pa exist: yod pa
experience: rang snang experiences: nyams
extremes: mu mtha' fabrication: bcos
false conception: kun btags family: rigs
father tantra: pha rgyud fine and coarse: rags phra
five aspects of sadhana: cho ga rnam pa lnga five buddha activities: phrin las lnga
five buddhas: bcom ldan 'das lnga: five certainties: nges pa lnga
five colors: kha dog lnga
five desirables: a'dod pa lnga five elements: 'byung ba lnga five eyes: spyan lnga
five families: rigs lnga five kayas : sku lnga
five kinds of mind: thugs lnga five kinds of speech: gsung lnga
five paths: lam lnga
five perfections: phun sum tshogs pa lnga five qualities: yon tan lnga
five root kleshas/ poisons: rtsa ba'i nyon mongs lnga
five skandhas: phung po lnga five wisdoms: ye shes lnga
Five buddha families: see five buddhas, five families. fixation and grasping: gzung 'dzin
fixation, fixated object: gzung ba. fixator, fixating subject: 'dzin fixed: nges
flickering emanation etc: 'gyu ba
four extremes: mtha' bzhi
four fearlessnesses: see chapter 6. four great terrors: a'jigs chen bzhi
four individual true apprehensions: meanings, words dharmas, powers.
four kayas : sku bzhi
four kinds of birth: skye ba bzhi
four legs of miracle: cho 'phrul rkang pa bzhi four manners of birth: skye tshul bzhi
four maras: bdud bzhi
four mudras: phyag rgya bzhi
four noble truths: 'phags pa bden bzhi four purities: see ch. 6
four seals: phyag rgya bzhi
four, the, propitiation and so on: bsnyen sgrub bzhi. four times: dus bzhi
four ultimate realizations: rtogs pa bzhi
four yogas of atiof maha of mahamudra: rnal 'byor bzhi four Bhrama viharas: tshangs pa'i gnas bzhi
four elements: khams/ 'byung ba bzhi four immesurables: tshad med bzhi
freedom: grol ba
freedoms and favors, 18: dal 'byor bcu brgyad: Ch. 1. fresh and relaxed: lhang nge lhan ne
from all eternity: ye
fruition: 'bras bu
fundamental luminosity = gting gsal fundamental state: gzhi gnas not = shamatha gandavyūha: stugs po bkod pa
Gandha :Gandha: goddess of perfume. gandharva: dri za
garbha: snying po garuda: khyung
gather: 'du ba. gelong: dge slong genuine: yang dag
Gita: gi ta: goddess of song.
glorification exaggeration and deprecation: sgro 'dogs dangskur 'debs good and evil: bzang ngan
gotra: rigs
grasper & grasped: gzung 'dzin
grasper/grasping subject: 'dzin pa great full ocean: gang chen mtsho great perfection: rdzogs pa chen po
ground: gzhi groundless: gzhi med
guard samaya: dam tshig srung ba
guru: bla ma
heart-essence: snying po higher perceptions: mngon shes higher realms: mtho ris
highest yoga: shin tu rnal 'byor hinayana: theg dman
hungry ghosts: yi dwags ignorance: ma rig pa
Immense ocean: gang chen tsho: AKA rnam snang incidental: glo bur
included: 'du ba, 'dril ba, 'ub chub individual insight: so so rang rig
individuating characteristics: rang mtshan Indra: brgya byin
insight: rig pa
instantly: skad gcig par, cig car
intellect: yid special cases
intellect-consciousness: yid kyi rnam shes intention: dgongs pa
interdependent arising: rten 'brel 'byung ba
intrinsic -: rang-, rang bzhin gyis- Ishvara: "the Lord,"a Hindu creator god. jang: byang
jetsün: rje btsun
jinyépé yé shé: ji snyed pa'i ye shes jitawè yé shé: ji lta ba'i ye shes jñana: ye shes
jñanasattva: ye shes sems dpa'
kagyü: bka' brgyud kalpa: bskal pa kama: desire karma: las
kaya: sku kinnara: mi'am ci
klesha: nyon mongs knowledge: shes pa
kriya: kri ya, bya rgyud let loose: rang kha yan liberation: grol ba
limit: rgya chad
limitless as the sky: mkha' mnyam loka: sems can rigs drug
lokayata: rgyang phan
Longchenpa: klong chen rab 'byams pa
Longdé: klong sde Lord of death: shin rje
lord: mgon pa, bdag po, mnga dbang, rje lower realms: ngan 'gro
luminosity: 'od gsal
luminous appearances of what does not exist: med pa gsal snang. luminous: 'od gsal
madhyamaka: dbu ma
mahamudra: phyag rgya chen po mahasandhi: rdzogs pa chen po mahasattva: sems dpa' chen po mahasukha: bde ba chen mahasukhakaya: bde ba chen po'i sku Mahayana: theg chen
Maheshvara: dbang po chen po
maintain: skyong Maitreya: byams pa
major and minor marks: mtshan dpe
major and minor marks of a buddha: mtshan dang dpe byad mandala: dkyil 'khor
manifest: mngon gsum Manjushri: a'jam dpal
mantra: sngags
mantrayana: sngags kyi theg pa mara: bdud
marks: mtshan
measure: tshad
meditation: bsgom pa, mnyam bshag, bsam gtan memory: dran pa
mental contents: sems las 'byung ba
middle: bar mind: sems, yid
mind: itself-nature of sems nyid mind-only: sems tsam
mindfulness dran pa Mipham: mi pham miracle: cho 'phrul mix: 'dre ba.
mother tantra: ma rgyud Mount Meru: ri rgyal rab mudra: phyag rgya
Muni: thub pa
nada: na da nadi: rtsa
nadis, three: rtsa gsum naga: klu
natural freedom: rang yan natural state: gnas lugs, rnal ma natural state: gnas lugs tshul
natural: rang byung, rang bzhin gyis etc.
nature: rang bzhin, gzhis negation: dgag
neither established nor cleared away: sgrub bsal med net: rgya, dra ba
neutral: lung ma bstan nihilism: chad lta
nine yanas: theg pa dgu nirmanakaya: sprul sku
nirvana: mya ngan las 'das pa, zhi noble ones: 'phags pa
non-dual: gnyis med non-men: mi ma yin
non-obstruction: 'gags med: zang ka non-thought: mi rtog pa
not adding and subtracting (taking away): 'du bral med Nyingma: rnying ma
nyingthig: snying thig
object, kaya: yul sku: the object of enlightened perception is the kayas , having the essence emptiness and the nature of luminosity.
object: yul
obscuration: sgrib offering substance: rdzas
omniscience: kun mkhyen, thams cad mkhyen pa'i ye shes one taste: ro gcig
one's own insight: rang gi rig pa one's own seat: rang mal opposite: ltos
oral instructions: man ngag: ornament: rgyan overturned: ru log
paramita: pha rol tu phyin pa partiality: phyogs
particularizing characteristics: rang mtshan pass the pass: la bzla ba
path of splendor of vivid rainbow colors: khra lam lam path: lam
perceiver, wisdom: yul can ye shes perception: dmigs pa
perfect: rdzogs
perfecting stage: rdzogs rim perfecting yoga: yongs su rnal 'byor phenomena: rnam pa
phenomenal world: snang srid pith: gnad
play: rol
post-meditation: rjes thob
power: rtsal
powers of mind: dbang po prajña: shes rab
Prajñaparamita in Eight Thousand Lines: yum bar ma
prajñaparamita: shes rab pha rol tu phyin pa
prana: rlung prasangika: thal 'gyur pa
pratyekabuddha: rang rgyal
precipice: gyang sa preta: yi dwags
primordial: gdod nas, thog nas primordial: ye
projection: rang snang, kun btags, rang gzugs pure appearance: dag snang
pure bhūmis: dag pa sa purified: dag, sangs, sbyangs
Pushpa: pushpa godddess of flowers. puja: mchod pa, cho ga
qualities: mtshan, mtshon
Ra hu: Demon, planet, or dark area responsible for eclipses.
rakshasas: srin po real: don du, dgnos
realization: rtogs pa, dgongs pa recognize: ngos bzung
reference point: gtad so relative: kun rdzob
renunciation and realization: spangs rtogs. resolve: gtan la 'bebs pa
rich display: 'byor ba'i bkod
rigdzin: rigs 'dzin: awareness holder. royal treasures, 7: rin chen sna bdun rupakaya: gzugs sku
samsara: 'khor ba: srid pa sacred outlook: dag snang sadhana: sgrub thabs, cho ga
Saha: This world called the realm of endurance.
sakyong: sa skyong: earth preotecting (king)
samadhi: ting nge 'dzin, Samantabhadra i: kun tu bzang po mo samapatti: snyoms 'jug
samaya: dam tshig
samayasattva: dam tshig sems dpa' sambhogakaya: longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku
sampannakrama: rdzogs rim Sangha: dge 'dun
Saraha: Sa ra ha
sattva: sems dp'a
sattva-yoga: sem dpa'i rnal 'byor sautrantika: mdo sde pa
sealing: rgyas thebs: phyag rgya
self existing equanimity: lhun grub mnyam pa nyid self-existing: lhun grub, rang gnas
self-insight: rang rig
self-liberation: rang grol
self-luminosity: rang gsal: self-nature: rang ngo
separation of clearing away: dbye bsal
seven fold service: prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting to teach, asking the teacher to remain, dedicating
the merit.
Shakyamuni: sha kya'i thub pa shamatha: gzhi gnas
shang shang: shang shang
Shastra: bstan bcos shentong: gzhan stong Shijé: shi byed
Shiva: drag po, dbang po
shloka: sho lo ka shravaka: nyan thos shūnyata: stong nyid siddhi: dgnos grub sign: rtags: tshad simple: spros bral simplicity: spros bral single dot: nyag gcig
six higher perceptions: see mngon shes six
six perfections/ paramitas: Ch. 8 pha rol tu phyin pa six perfections/ paramitas: pha rol tu phyin pa drug
six realms of beings: rigs drug
six senses: tshogs drug, dbang drug
skandhas: phung po sky: nam mkha'
solid: dgnos
space of the dhatu: dbyings
space: dbyings, go, nam mkha', bar snang Space: Spaciousness klong
spheres of activity: spyod yul spheres of apprehension: spyod yul spontaneous: lhun grub
stage: rim pa
straying: gol sa Subhuti: rab 'byor subject: yul can substance: rdzas subtle: phra ba
subtlest: shin tu phra ba suchness: deji bzhin nyid sugata: bde gshegs pa
sugatagarbha: bde bar gshegs pa'i snying po support and supported: rten dang brten pa Surya: the Hindu sun god.
sutra: mdo
svatantrika: rang rgyud
taking and leaving: btang bshag taming: 'dul ba
tantra: rgyud
tathagata: de bzhin shegs pa ten bhūmis: sa bcu
ten dharmic activities: chos spyod bcu ten directions: phyogs bcu
ten masteries: see Ch 6. See ch. 6 ten natures: rang bzhin bcu
ten virtues: yon tan bcu tenuous: sang seng
the 20 downfalls of bodhicitta: see Ch. 8. the 4 hidden intentions: see Ch 8.
the 5 pranas: rlung lnga
the dhatu: khams: = dharmadhatu
the four abhishekas/ empowerments: dbang bzhi the four jewels: dkon mchog bzhi
the nature: ngo bo
the ten unwholesome actions: yon ten bcu the three kinds of alaya: kun gzhi rnam gsum The four kinds of birth: skye ba bzhi
thing: dgnos po
things as they are: gnas lugs tshul
thirty seven factors of enlightenment: byang chub yan lag gsum bcu so gnyis three gates: sgo gsum
three jewels: dkon mchog gsum
three kinds of suffering: sdug bsngal gsum three mandalas: dkyil 'khor gsum
three natures: rang bzhin gsum
three poisons/kleshas: dug gsum three purities: dag pa gsum
three samadhis: ting nge 'dzin gsum three times: dus gsum
three worlds realms: srid gsum, khams gsum Three levels: sa gsum
tirthika: mu stegs: Hindu, extremist. tonglen: gtong len
total goodness: kun tu bzang po training on the bhūmis: sa sbyang transition or change: pho 'gyur transmission: ngo sprod transparent: zang thal
traversing treading the path: lam bgrod treasury: mdzod
trikaya: sku gsum
true meaning: nges don tummo: gtum mo turbid: rnyog
turning the wheel of dharma: chos kyi 'khor lo 'khor.
twelve ayatanas: skye mched bcu gnyis
twelve divisions of the Buddha's sutra teachings: bstan pa'i dbye ba bcu gnyis twelve links of interdependent origination: see ch. 8 rten a'brel
two accumulations: tshogs gnyis
two acumulations: tshogs gnyis: accumulation of merit and wisdom. two bodhicittas: byang chub sems gnyi
two cessations: 'gogs pa gnyis
two kayas : sku gnyis: dharmakaya and rupakaya, chos sku and gzugs sku.
two sattvas: sems dpa' gnyis two truths: bden gnyis
Two benefits: don gnyis twofold purity: dag pa gnyis
ultimate point: 'gag bsdam unborn: skye ba med uncompounded: 'du ma byas
universal: rab 'byams unmixed: ma 'dres
unobstructed: 'gag med, thogs med
upa/ charya: u pa, spyod rgyud upaya: thabs
upayayoga: = upa utpattikrama: bskyed rim
vaibhashika: bye brag pa vajra holder: rdo rje 'dzin pa vajra master: rdo rje slob dpon vajra: rdo rje
Vajradhara: rdo rje chang vajradhatu: rdo rje dbyings vajrakaya: rdo rje sku Vajrapani: lag na rdo rje Vajrasattva: rdo rje sems dpa' vajrayana: rdo rje theg pa vasana: bag chags
vase of coronation: spyi blugs
vast: yangs
vessel and essence: snod bcud Victorious One: rgyal ba
vidya mantra: rigs snang
vidyadhara: rig 'dzin vinaya: 'dul ba vipashyana: lhag mthong virtues: yon tan
Vishnu: khyab 'jug vision: dgongs pa visualize: bskyed vividness: sal le ba
warrior abhisheka: dpa' bo dbang
We: = one. There are actually no we's in the text. This was a way VCTR dealt with passages without pronouns that require some specific pronoun in English, following Longchenpa’s directions for the use of I and we in practice.
wisdom of appearance: snang ba'i ye shes
wisdom of equality: mnyam nyid ye shes wisdom of manifestation: snang ba'i ye shes wisdom of nature: ji lta ye shes
wisdom: ye shes
wish-fulfilling gem: yid bzhin nor bu without support: rten med
without transition and change: pho 'gyur med.
yana: theg pa
yanas of cause and characteristics: rgyu mtshan theg pa yé shé: ye shes
ye: primordial There is no creation or creator in Buddhism. The nature is beginningless and eternal, much as God is
described. yidam: yi dam
yoga tantra: yo ga: rnal 'byor rgyud
yogachara: sems tsam, rnal 'byor spyod
yuga: age