See also Maha-yoga pledges, vows and pledges of; Anuyoga pledges, vows and pledges of; Atiyoga pledges, vows and pledges of Ancient Tantras.. See Ancient Transla-tion tradiTransla-tion
Trang 1Abhayakara, 414n.15; on distinction
between aspiring and venturing
minds, 168; view on coexistence of
three ethics in an individual,
302-303; view on the two traditions of
awakening mind, 172-173
Abhidana Tantra (Unsurpassable
Chakra-samvara Tantra), 246, 470n.134,
471nn.136,137
Action Tantra, vows and pledges of:
classed by different scholars, 231;
defined, 223; of families, 233-234;
fourteen general, in Secret General
Tantra, 232-233; as “incomplete,”
227-228; restoration of, 234; suitable
practitioners of, 459n.83; thirty, in
Susiddhi, 233
Actions, deliberate, ten monastic rules
on, 115-116
Adhyashayasanchodana (Inspiring
Uni-versal Responsibility Scripture), 76
Advice to the King Scripture, 167, 178
Affinity, awakened, for Universal Way,
165-166, 412n.2, 413n.6
Aggregates, physical: and eighth root
downfall, 261-262; five, and five
buddhas, 499n.271
Akashagarbha (bodhisattva), and
res-toration of awakening mind
com-mitments, 181-182, 423n.2
Akashagarbha Scripture, 176, 181, 241
Akshobhya Buddha, family of: com-mon Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 249-253; exceptional Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 253-256; and initia-tion and aggregates, 453nn.43,44; Yoga Tantra pledges of, 237, 239; Alcohol: lay practitioner’s precept on, 101; novice’s precept on, 103; monk’s precept on, 123; purificatory fast precept on, 99, 100; Wheel of Time tantra’s prohibition on, 247 Alertness, as means to preserve awak-ening mind, 205-206
All-Gathering Awareness, 297
Alms, monastic rules on, 120-121 Altruism: as cause of ultimate awak-ening mind, 206-207; contradictions
to, 190-191 Amitabha Buddha, family of: common Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 249-253; exceptional Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 253-256; and initia-tion and aggregates, 453nn.43,44; Yoga Tantra pledges of, 237, 239
Amoghapasha Scripture, 151
Amoghasiddhi Buddha, family of: com-mon Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 249-253; exceptional Highest Yoga Tantra vows of, 253-256; and
Trang 2initia-tion and aggregates, 453nn.43,44;
Yoga Tantra pledges of, 237, 238, 239
Analysis of Discipline Scripture, 75, 93
Analysts: basic tenets of, 359n.13,
447n.6; and original ordination,
89-90; view on coexistence of three
eth-ics in an individual, 149-150; view
on nature of personal liberation
vows, 14, 85-86
Anandagarbha, works of: Illumination
of Reality, 465n.104; Indestructible
Source, 240
Anathapindika: and transmission of
purificatory fast precepts, 93
Ancient Translation tradition, 447n.2;
nine ways of, 496n.257 See also
An-cient Translation tradition, vows
and pledges of
Ancient Translation tradition, vows
and pledges of, 219; common to
Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga,
279-285; consequences of violating,
295-296; on familiarization and
at-tainment, 284-285; five to accept,
283; five to integrate, 284; five to
practice, 282; five to recognize, 283;
five not to renounce, 282-283;
resto-ration of, 296-297; root pledges of
Buddha’s body, speech, mind, and
awakening mind, 280-282; types of
transgressions of, 295 See also
Maha-yoga pledges, vows and pledges of;
Anuyoga pledges, vows and pledges
of; Atiyoga pledges, vows and
pledges of
Ancient Tantras See Ancient
Transla-tion tradiTransla-tion
Anuttarayoga, vows of See Highest
Yoga Tantra, vows and pledges of
Anuyoga, vows and pledges of:
com-mon, 279-285; nine sets of general,
287-292; of reality and of
compas-sion, 292
Aryadeva, 419n.46 Work: Experientialist
Four Hundred, 54, 419n.46
Aryashura, work of, Garland of Former
Lives of the Buddha, 66, 75
Asanga, 419n.44; and magnificent deeds lineage, 172; words of dedi-cation cited, 74 Works: Compendium
of Disciple, 401n.290, 402nn.292-298; Synthesis of Phenomenology, 69,
352n.115, 353n.116; Proclaimers’ Stages, 334n.19, 371n.79,
404nn.301-306, 409nn.312-314, 411nn.319, 322;
Stages of the Bodhisattva, 43, 165, 172,
184, 186, 191, 196, 202, 412n.2, 413n.10, 440n.170, 442n.174 Asceticism: as antidotes (Tsonapa), 399n.269; extreme, and eighth root downfall, 261-262
Ascetic practices, twelve, for monks, 148
Ashvaghosha, works of: Fifteen Infrac-tions, 487n.203; Fifty Verses on Devo-tion to the Master, 18, 47, 56; Serious Infractions, 487n.203; Seven Second-ary Infractions, 487n.203; Summation
of Tantric Infractions, 487n.203
Aspiration, three noble, 195 See also
Aspiring mind of awakening Aspiring mind of awakening: benefits
of, 211; ceremony for, in magnificent deeds lineage, 183-185; compared to venturing mind, 15-16, 168; conse-quences of loss of, 192; definition of, 167; factors that damage, 195-196; five common precepts for, 193-195; preservation of, 205-206
Ashtasahasrikaprajnaparamita (Transcen-dent Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines),
40 Asvabhava, work of: Commentary on the Scripture Ornament, 415n.24
Atisha, 414n.19, 446n.1; on distinction between aspiring and venturing awakening minds, 168; and mag-nificent deeds lineage, 172 Works:
Stages of the Rite for the Formation of Awakening Mind and its Commit-ments, 426n.95, 427n.96, 428n.97; Commentary on the Lamp for the Path,
363n.31 Atiyoga, vows and pledges of: of a
Trang 3buddha’s body, speech, and mind,
292-294; in common with Anuyoga
and Mahayoga, 279-285;
excep-tional, of “cutting through” and
“di-rect leap,” 294
Attainment, two kinds of, 482n.180;
obstacles to, 261
Awakening: dimensions of, 446n.211;
stages of, 416nn.27,28, 417n.38;
stages of, in Wheel of Time tantra,
476n.163; thirty-seven factors for,
385n.183
Awakening mind: approximate and
subtle, 169, 415n.24; aspects of,
illus-trated by similes, 170-171, 416n.32,
417n.41; causes of, 165-166; factors
in its formation, 166; forty-one
prayers to cultivate (Flower
Orna-ment Scripture), 442n.182; as
funda-mental tantric pledge, 229-230;
meaning in tantra, 259, 448n.16,
480n.170, 482n.177; and personal
liberation vows, 150-151; and stages
of the path, 169; suitable candidate
for training in, 53-54, 183-184 See
also Awakening mind
commit-ments; Aspiring mind of
awaken-ing; Relative awakening mind;
Ul-timate awakening mind; Venturing
mind of awakening
Awakening mind commitments: 15-16,
83-84; in Ancient Translation
tradi-tion, 280; causes for loss of, 192;
cer-emonies for, 171; effects of damage
to, 210; essence of, 167; formed in
initiation, 224; loss of, according to
profound view lineage, 181;
moti-vation for assuming, 167; preceptor
in magnificent deeds lineage,
183-185; restoration of, 181-182, 192; See
also Magnificent deeds lineage of
awakening mind; Profound view
lineage of awakening mind
Awareness(es), pristine: descent of, in
initiation, 226-227; experience of, in
initiation, 221-222; five, and colors,
499n.271; five, and symbols of,
472n.143; and four classes of tantra, 223; and higher initiations, three, 227; as nature of ultimate awaken-ing mind, 171, 209-210; perfection
of, and pledges and vows, 273; transmission of, from master to dis-ciple, 51; and vows of awareness holder, 221-222; and vows of the cre-ation and completion phases, 224-225; and vow of EVAM, 454n.48; of
warmth, 494n.245 Awareness holder, vows of: meaning
of term, 17, 221-222; Pema Karpo’s definition of, 448n.12 See also
Tantric vows and pledges Awareness-woman, eight forms of con-duct related to, 244-245
Begging bowl, monastic rules on, 114-115; turning down, as penalty against laity, 394n.248
Beginners, eight root downfalls for, in awakening mind, 177-178
Beholding the Qualities of the Spiritual Master Tantra, 49
Bhadrakalpikasutra (Fortunate Aeon Scripture), 173
Bhavabhadra, work of, Commentary on the Hevajra Tantra, 447nn.4,6 Bhikshu See monk
Bhikshuni See nun Bhikshupriyasutra (Valuable for Monks Scripture), 155
Biography of Shri Sambhava, 42, 60 Biography of the Lay Practitioner Achala,
42 Black deeds, four, 194-195
Black Yamari Tantras, 264
Blessing, transfer of realization by, 51 Bliss: and awareness-holder vows, 221-222; and clear light, union of, 345n.56; and emptiness, union of, 227-228; immutable, and great com-passion, 474n.156; immutable and mutable, 480n.169; maintaining se-crecy on, 261; relative and ultimate,
in Kalachakra, 474n.156; and ulti-mate truth, 454n.46
Trang 4Bodang Panchen, 456n.66; General
Pre-sentation of the Tantras, 231
Bodhibhadra, 426n.93 Works:
Revela-tion of the Difficult Points of the Twenty
Verses on the Commitments of
Awak-ening Mind (Bodhisattva’s
Commit-ments), 426n.93, 432nn.118,121,
434n.133, 435n.136; Rite for the
Com-mitments of Awakening Mind, 426n.93
Bodhichitta See Awakening mind
Bodhisattva(s): five female, and five
sense objects, 499n.271; five male,
and five sense organs, 499n.271; and
need for spiritual guide (Flower
Ar-ray Scripture), 59; as spiritual guide,
42-43; suitable candidate for
train-ing of, 53-54; teacher of, 46-47
Bodhisattvabhumi (Stages of the
Bodhi-sattva) (Asanga), 43, 165, 172, 184,
186, 191, 192, 196, 202, 412n.2,
413n.10, 440n.170, 442n.174
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Guide to the
Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) (Shantideva),
15, 44, 74, 152, 172, 182, 202
Bodhisattvasamvaravimshaka (Twenty
Verses on the Bodhisattva’s
Commit-ments) (Chandragomin), 172, 186, 199
Bodhisattva Section Scripture, 64
Bodhisattva vow See Awakening mind
commitments
Border region, defined, 90
Brahmana Vyasa Scripture, 92
Buddha: final prescription of, for
ethi-cal discipline, 149; as spiritual
guide, 42-43; specialness of
teach-ings of, 40; teachteach-ings of, and second
root downfall in Highest Yoga
Tantra, 258
Buddha families See Families, buddha,
five or six
Buddhaguhya, works of: Guide to the
Purport of the Tantra, 358n.3; Sequence
of the Path (Sequence of the Path of the
Magical Net), 50
Buddhas, five: and five aggregates,
499n.271; and five bone ornaments,
472n.143; and five colors, 499n.271; and supreme families, 465n.105 See also Akshobya Buddha, family
of; Amitabha Buddha, family of; Amoghasiddhi Buddha, family of; Ratnasambhava Buddha, family of; Vairochana Buddha, family of
Buddhavatamsakasutra (Flower Orna-ment Scripture/Great Bounteousness
of the Buddhas Scripture), 173, 206
Butön, 375n.112; on Action Tantra pledges, 231; on dates for confes-sion, 132; on dates for rainy season retreat, 134 Works: General Presen-tation of the Classes of Tantra, 231
Central region, defined, 90, 365n.43 Centrists: basic tenets of, 359n.13, 447n.6; view on nature of personal liberation vows, 86; view on coex-istence of three ethics in an indi-vidual, 149-150
Chakrasamvara Fundamental Tantra, 270
Chakrasamvara tantras, conduct pre-scribed in, 243-244
Chandragomin, 420n.52; and magnifi-cent deeds lineage, 172 Work:
Twenty Verses on the Commitments of Awakening Mind (Bodhisattva’s Com-mitments), 172, 186, 199
Chandraguhyatilakatantra (Secret Moon Essence Tantra), 295
Chandrakirti, 361n.18 Works: Analysis
of the Five Aggregates, 87, 361n.19; Commentary on the Experientialist Four Hundred, 347n.70
Chanting the Names of Manjushri, 228
Charyatantra vows See Action Tantra,
vows and pledges of Chim Namka Drak, 69, 355n.117 Chittamatrin See Idealists
Chödrak Gyatso, the Seventh Karmapa, 304
Chökyi Wangchuk, the Sixth Shamar, 386n.191
Clear light: and bliss, union of, 345n.56, 449n.17
Trang 5Cluster of Jewels, 27, 100
Cluster of Secret Instructions
(Abhaya-karagupta), 49
Collection of Spontaneous Utterances, 41
Commentary Epitomizing the Questions
of Subahu Tantra (author unknown),
463n.94
Commentary on the Fifty Verses on
Devo-tion to the Master (author unknown),
339n.36, 340n.38, 341n.41
Companions, spiritual See Siblings,
spiritual (vajra)
Compassion: as basis of awakening
mind, 165-166; and immutable bliss,
474n.156; love as seed of, 166-167;
as motive for acts, 199; and
unvir-tuous acts, 438n.162
Compendium of Trainings (Shantideva),
15, 172, 176, 178, 182, 183, 206;
sum-mary of eighty secondary
infrac-tions to awakening mind found in,
179-181
Completion, phase of, 344n.52; and
mandala circle, 504n.322; on side of
appearance, 504n.318; on side of
emptiness, 504n.319; and state of
union, 504n.320; vows of, taken in
initiation, 224-225
Conceptions, eighty natural, 507n.330;
cessation of, 300
Condensed Heruka Tantra, 279
Condensed Transcendent Wisdom
Scrip-ture, 10, 41, 57, 62, 178, 204
Conduct, tantric: Anuyoga pledges on,
287-291; of awareness, in mother
tantras, 505n.326; in Chakrasamvara
tantras, 244-245; complex,
unelabor-ated, and simple, in father tantras,
505n.326; eight pledges of, for
prac-tice with consort, 244-245; in
Guhya-samaja, 243-244; six modes, in Tent
Tantra, 273; in Tent and Unsurpassable
Chakrasamvara, 245-246; using
de-sire, 505n.325; of left, 469n.128
Conduct Tantra, vows and pledges of:
classification by Pema Karpo, 235,
463n.102; defined, 223; fourteen general, 234-235; as “incomplete,” 227-228
Confession: to foster harmony, 385n.186; downfalls in monastic code requir-ing, 115-124; in initiation, 224; occa-sions for, in monastic code, 131-133; offenses in monastic code requiring, 124-125; original, 154; preparation for, 386n 193; sevenfold service for, 450n.22
Consecration: of body, speech, and mind, in initiation, 226-227; of downfalls, 381n.157; of food and medicine, 391n.224; in monastic code, 381n.156; of precious sub-stances, 379n.142; of robes, 390n.221; self-, 496n.256; of vegetation and seeds, 380n.146
Consort See Female
Contemplation: conditions for, 404 n.301; 405n.302; 405n.303; develop-ment of, in Individual Way, 158-160; eleven aspects of path of meditation (Asanga), 411n.322; of ever-present distress, etc (Asanga), 410n.314;
of grossness and peacefulness, 407n.307; of insight, (Asanga), 409n.313; of intense concentration (Asanga), 406n.304; of quiescence, (Asanga), 409n.312; of removing impediments (Asanga), 406n.305; of Yoga and Highest Yoga tantras, 503n.315
Continuation of the Guhyasamaja Tantra,
228 Continuity (tantra), threefold, of yoga, 449n.17 See also Tantra: meaning of
term Courage as basis of awakening mind, 165-166
Creation, phase of, defined, 344n.52; vows of, taken in initiation, 224-225
Dakinisamvara Tantra, 275 Dakinivajrapanjaratantra (Indestructible Tent Tantra) 13, 48, 245, 264, 273