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 ’...

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 realms: rigs drug

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

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