See also Monastic ordi-nation; Monastic training; Monk, vows of... See also Action Tantra, vows and pledges of; Con-duct tantra, vows and pledges of; Highest Yoga tantra, vows and pledg
Trang 1Mahayoga, vows and pledges of: in
common with Anuyoga and
Ati-yoga, 279-285; five root, and ten
sec-ondary, in Vajrasattva’s Magical Net,
285-286; seven qualities of greatness
of, 286-287
Maitreya, 420n.50; and Five Works of
Maitreya, 419n.44; and magnificent
deeds lineage, 172 Works:
Orna-ment of Realization, 16, 167, 170;
Scripture Ornament (Ornament of the
Scriptures of the Universal Way), 43,
57, 67, 68, 77, 166, 169, 209, 211
Mandala: drawing of, 340n.38; entry
into, and divine fortune vows, 224;
entry into, and tantric vows,
224-225; expertise in, 47-49; meaning of
(Abhayakaragupta), 339n.37
Manjughosha (Manjushri), and
pro-found view lineage, 172, 419n.45
Manjushrinamasamgiti (Chanting the
Names of Manjushri), 228
Manjushri’s Fundamental Tantra, 230-231
Manjushri’s Magical Net (Chanting the
Names of Manjushri), 226
Manjushriyashas, on resultant tantra,
449n.17
Mantra: etymology, 17; for restoration
in Action Tantra, 234; for restoration
in Highest Yoga Tantra, 276, 277;
secret, awareness, and recollection,
457n.70
Marpa, 446n.1
Master, tantric: charismatic activity of,
339n.33; expertise of, 48-49, 341n.43,
342n.46, 343n.48; false, 487n.209;
kinds of, 497n.261; initiation of,
225-226; magnificent, 51; qualities of, 18,
47-48, 50; three “treasures” of, in
Ancient Translation tradition, 49-50
See also Master-disciple relationship
Master-disciple relationship: forms of
devotion in, 57-58; importance of
faith in, 63-64; need for initial
exami-nation before forming, 56-57;
ob-stacles in, and antidotes, 62-63; signs
of obstacles, 62-63 Matricheta, work of, Interwoven Praises,
40 Maudgalyayana, 363n.34 Meats, five, in Wheel of Time tantra, 472n.145; tantric pledge on, 250 Medicine See Food and Medicine
Meditation: aspects of, three, 202-203; contradictions to, 189-190; six quali-ties of, 442n.175; and the ten pow-ers of the Buddha, 442n.177 Mikyö Dorjé, the Eighth Karmapa, 375n.113; The Great Commentary on Discipline, 108
Mikyö Gawa, pledges of four initia-tions of Highest Yoga Tantra, 271-272
Mindfulness, as means to preserve awakening mind, 205-206
Ministers, five root downfalls for, 176-177
Monastic ordination: essential elements for, 95-97; original and present-day, 89-90; qualities of aspirant, 52-53; qualities of preceptor, 44-46, 336 nn.25,27
Monastic training: concise code of, 149; confession (purification-renewal), 131-133; dealing with disputes, 145-147; ending of rainy season retreat, 134-136; five major bases of, 130; food and medicine, 139-140; formal procedures, 140-141; four points of Asanga, 156-160; leather use, 139; making and distribution of robes, 136; prescribed robes, 137-139; pun-ishment, 144-145; rainy season re-treat, 134; seventeen bases of, 129-130; sites and living quarters, 147-148; tutorship, 105-106 See also
Monk, vows of Monk: etymology of term, 363n.26; lifestyle of, 148; status of, as tantric master, 50 See also Monastic
ordi-nation; Monastic training; Monk, vows of
Trang 2Monk, vows of: completing factors in
defeat, 108-109; defeating offenses,
107-108; downfalls that require
con-fession alone, 115-124; downfalls
that require forfeiture, 111-115;
de-spair over downfalls, 401n.290; five
classes of, 106-107; eleven points of
discipline, 369n.74; minor
infrac-tions, 125-129; partially defeating
offenses, 109-111; two
undeter-mined offenses, 111 See also
Resto-ration of personal libeResto-ration vows
Motivation: for assuming personal
liberation vows, 84; for ethics of
awakening mind, 167; for
preserva-tion of morality, 358n.4
Murder: distinctions in, 374n.104;
pro-hibitions against, in Wheel of Time,
246; five forms of, in Wheel of Time,
248; rule for monk, 107
Nagabodhi, Jewelled Garland, 347
nn.74,75
Nagarjuna, 419n.44; cited, 77; and
pro-found view lineage, 172; on
resto-ration of commitments, 424n.86
Works: Ceremony for the Formation of
the Awakening Mind, 172; Five Stages,
55; Jewel Garland, 63; Letter to a
Friend, 59, 155
Naropa, 421n.59; view on the two
tra-ditions of awakening mind, 173
Work: Commentary on the Summary
of the [Kalachakra] Initiation:
Compen-dium of Ultimate Reality, 475n.162,
477nn.164,165, 491n.234
Nectars, five, in Wheel of Time tantra,
472n.145; tantric pledge on, 250
New (later) translation tradition, and
tantric vows, 219 See also Action
Tantra, vows and pledges of;
Con-duct tantra, vows and pledges of;
Highest Yoga tantra, vows and
pledges of; Yoga Tantra, vows and
pledges of
Ngari Panchen, and view on ultimate
awakening mind formed in a
cer-emony, 209
Ngedön Tenpa Rabgyé, 20 Ngorchen, 456n.62; on Action Tantra pledges, 231
Novice: etymology, 363n.27; status of,
as tantric master, 50 See also
Nov-ice, vows of Novice, vows of: differences in ceremo-nies for women, 97; minor and re-lated infractions of, 104, 372n.91; or-dination ceremony for, 94-95, 367 nn.60-62; permissible violations of, 104; restoration of, 143; ten viola-tions of, 103; thirty-six, 372n.90; thirty-three, 103-104
Nub Sangyé Yeshé, 501n.288
Nucleus’ Ornament (Indestructible Nu-cleus’ Ornament Tantra), 49, 264, 266,
270 Nun: conditions for ordination of, 97-98; status of, as tantric master, 50; teacher of, 380n.147 See also Nun,
vows of; Postulant nun Nun, vows of: celibacy, 370n.76; classes
of, 129; eight defeats, 382n.186; eight severe precepts of, 364n.36 Nyingma tradition See Ancient
Trans-lation tradition Obstacle(s) to spiritual development: acts contradictory to awakening mind, 197; in false teacher, 61-62; four kinds of, and antidotes to, 349n.94; in master-disciple relation-ship, 61-63
Ordination, personal liberation: candi-dates for, 91-92; conditions for, 92-98; original and present-day, 89-90; 365n.42; in Universal Way, 151 Ornaments, bone, and symbology, 472n.143
Ornament of the Scriptures of the Univer-sal Way See Maitreya: Works
Padmasambhava, 447n.2 Padmavajra, work of, Explanation of the Guide to the Purport of the Tantras,
466n.112
Paramadya Tantra (Glorious Paramadya),
239
Trang 3Paramita, six See Perfections, six
Path(s): of Buddha, and the three
eth-ics, 9-13; five, 384n.182; five, and
awakening mind, 170-171; phases
of, in Individual Way, 156-160;
phases of, in Indestructible Way,
297-300; phases of, in Universal
Way, 211-213; two, and ultimate
awakening mind, 209-210; worldly,
414n.14
Path and Fruition system, 488n.217; and
pledges of four initiations, 268-269;
Patience: aspects of, three, 202;
contra-dictions to, 189; in face of harm
440nn.169,170; in seeking teaching,
441n.171; three kinds of, needed for
teaching, 68-69
Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa See Tsuklak
Trengwa, Pawo
Pema Karpo, 375n.115; on Conduct
Tantra pledges, 235; on Conduct
Tantra initiations, 452n.36;
classifi-cation of Yoga Tantra vows, 241; on
etymology of awareness-holder
vows, 448n.12; on four
founda-tional pledges, 455n.58; on three
categories of Highest Yoga Tantra
pledges, 272; view on two
tradi-tions of awakening mind, 173
Work: Extensive Commentary on the
Three Vows, 32, 108
Pema Wangyal, on situational ethics,
305
Perfections, six: contradictions to, in
magnificent deeds lineage, 187-191;
distinctions in, 200-201; six noble
components of, 203-204; in teaching
and listening, 73-74 See also
Gener-osity; Ethics; Patience; Effort;
Medi-tation; Wisdom
Personal liberation ethics: in Ancient
Translation tradition, 279;
conse-quences of violation, 154-155;
es-sence of the discipline, 154;
etymol-ogy of, 87; merits of preserving,
155-156; overview of, 13-15; as
prereq-uisite to awakening mind commit-ments, 183; in Secret Mantra, 224; vows of lay, novice, and monk as-sumed by one person, 149-150 See also Personal liberation vows in the
Individual Way; Personal liberation vows in the Universal Way Personal liberation vows in the Indi-vidual Way: assertions on nature
of, 85-87; candidates for, 91-92; causes of loss of, 141-142; ceremo-nies for conferral of permanent, 93-98; definition of, 85; in different lev-els of existence, 88; eight classes and four types of, 88-89; of lay prac-titioner, lifelong, 93-94; maintain-ing, 98-99; motivation for assum-ing, 84; monastic training in, 129-148; no-fault offenses in, 142; ob-stacles to receiving, 92; permanent, 100-129; and purificatory fast, 92-93; with stipulations, 91; tempo-rary, 92-93
Personal liberation vows in the Univer-sal Way: and awakening mind, 150-151; candidate for, 152; causes of loss
of vows, 153; ceremonies for, 151; permissible transgressions, 152-153; preceptor of, 152; restoration of fail-ings, 153
Personal liberation vows of proclaim-ers See Personal liberation vows in
the Individual Way
Personal Liberation Scripture, 12, 133
Phases of creation and completion See
Creation, phase of; Completion, phase of
Philosophy, four trends of Buddhist
See Analysts; Idealists; Centrists;
Traditionalists
Pitaputrasamagamanasutra (Reunion of Father and Son Scripture), 40
Pledge: etymology of, in Ancient Trans-lation tradition, 279; of great obser-vance, 273 See also Tantric vows and
pledges
Trang 4Poisons See Emotions, negative
Possessing Pure Ethics Scripture
(Procla-mation of the Doctrine Scripture), 154,
155
Postulant nun: conditions for
ordina-tion of, 97; rules for, 105
Power places: inner and outer, 510
n.331; major and secondary, 470
n.130
Prajnaparamitasanchayagatha
(Con-densed Transcendent Wisdom
Scrip-ture), 10, 41, 57, 62, 178, 204
Prajnendraruchi, work of, Means of
Accomplishment of the Glorious
Blaz-ing Jewel KBlaz-ing of Tantras, 48
Pratimoksha, etymology of, 87, 362n.22.
See also Personal liberation ethics
Pratimokshasutra (Personal Liberation
Scripture), 12, 133
Pratyekabuddha See Sages, solitary
Preceptor, monastic, five types of, and
qualities of, 44-46
Precious Palm Scripture, 63, 64
Principles of Elucidation (Vasubandhu),
68, 70, 73, 76, 351n.112, 356nn.124,125
Proclaimers: eight stages of, 408n.310;
ethics of, 84-150 See also Personal
lib-eration vows in the Individual Way
Proclamation of the Doctrine Scripture
(Possessing Pure Ethics Scripture),
154, 155
Profound view lineage of awakening
mind: candidate for, 173-174; causes
of loss of commitments in, 181;
cer-emony for forming awakening
mind in, 174-175; commitments of,
taken alone, 175; duration and
ex-tent of commitments in, 183; origin
of, 172-173; and restoration of
dam-aged commitments in, 181-182,
423n.82; root downfalls in, 175-179;
secondary infractions in, 179-181;
and training in common with
mag-nificent deeds, 193-206
Promise, and assuming tantric vows,
17, 226-227
Pundarika, works of, Stainless Light Commentary on the Kalachakra (Com-mentary by the Bodhisattva), 51, 259,
346nn.58,62, 480n.167; Ultimate Fa-miliarization, 52
Punyashri, 420n.48; and profound view lineage, 172
Purification See Restoration of
awak-ening mind commitments; Restora-tion of personal liberaRestora-tion vows; Restoration of tantric pledges Purification-renewal ceremony (con-fession): to develop quiescence, 131;
to foster harmony, 131-133; in Uni-versal Way, 399n.274
Purificatory fast: conditions for confer-ral of precepts of, 92-93; eight pre-cepts of, 99-100; observed by non-humans, 91; and place in personal liberation classes of vows, 88-89 Purnavardhana, work of, Commentary
on the Treasury of Phenomenology, 85 Questions of Kashyapa Scripture, 194 Questions of Ratnachuda Scripture, 174 Questions of Sagaramati Scripture, 65,
349n.94
Questions of Subahu Tantra, 102, 231, 232
Quiescence, mental See Contemplation
Radiant black near-attainment, seven conceptions of, 507n.330
Radiant red increase, forty conceptions
of, 507n.330 Radiant white appearance, thirty-three conceptions of, 507n.330
Rainy season retreat: commitments of, 387n.206; lifting restrictions of, 134-136; origin of, 387n.200; times and conditions for, 134
Rajavavadakasutra (Advice to the King Scripture), 167, 178
Rangjung Dorjé, the Third Karmapa: classification of Highest Yoga Tantra pledges by, 272-273; on conse-quences of preserving pledges, 306;
on exceptional vows, in Highest Yoga tantra, 256 Work: Ocean of
Trang 5Pledges, 256, 266, 272
Ratnakarashanti, work of, Jewel Lamp
Commentary on Yamantaka, the Black
Enemy, 234
Ratnasambhava Buddha, family of:
common Highest Yoga Tantra vows
of, 249-253; exceptional Highest
Yoga Tantra vows of, 253-256; and
initiations and aggregates, 453
n.43,44; and Yoga Tantra pledges,
237, 239
Ratnolkanamadharanisutra (Precious
Palm Scripture), 63, 64
Realities, three, in Path and Fruition,
268, 488n.218
Reality, nature of, and subtle
awaken-ing mind, 169
Red Yamari tantras, 264
Refuge: as fundamental tantric pledge,
229-230; as prerequisite for personal
liberation vows, 92
Relative awakening mind: aspiring
mind of, 167-169; factors in
forma-tion of (Asanga), 413n.10; focus of,
171; and ninth root downfall in
Highest Yoga Tantra, 262; symbol of,
in initiation, 444n.189; venturing
mind of, 167-169
Restoration of awakening mind
com-mitments: and Akashagarbha
(bodhi-sattva), 182, 423n.82; in magnificent
deeds lineage, 192; in profound
view lineage, 181-182; six remedies
used in, 425n.88
Restoration of personal liberation
vows: for monks, 142-145; four
re-medial forces for, 400n.278;
Guna-prabha on, 393n.238; Sonam Drakpa
on, 395n.251; Tsonapa on, 374n.102
See also Purificatory fast; Confession
Restoration of tantric pledges: in
Ac-tion Tantra, 234; five means of, in
Ancient Translation tradition,
296-297; in Conduct Tantra, 234-235;
deadline for, in Highest Yoga
Tantra, 277; of higher pledges, 278;
in Highest Yoga Tantra, 275-277 Results, four, 385n.184; and purifica-tion-renewal, 131
Retreat See Rainy season retreat Reunion of Father and Son Scripture, 40
Rinchen Zangpo, 446n.1; view on co-existence of three ethics in an indi-vidual, 304
Ritual, initiatory, and assuming tantric vows, 17, 225
Ritual of Confession, 12
Riwo Gedenpa, 512n.340; view on co-existence of three ethics in an indi-vidual, 305
Robes, monastic: kathina ceremony for,
136; making and storing, 388n.208; materials for, 390n.214; thirteen pre-scribed, 137-139
Rongzom Pandita, 500n.281; view on coexistence of three ethics in an in-dividual, 304 Work: Precious Jewel Commentary (Commentary on the Tantra of the Secret Nucleus), 286
Root downfalls in awakening mind ethics: for average practitioners, 178; distinctions in emotional in-volvement, 187; for inferior practi-tioners, 178; in magnificent deeds tradition, 186-187; for superior prac-titioners, 176-178
Root downfalls in Highest Yoga Tantra: completing factors in, 257; fourteen, 256-264; no-fault transgressions, 275; susceptibility to, 227
Sacred Primordial Buddha’s Tantra See Wheel of Time Condensed Tantra Saddharmpundarikasutra (White Lotus of the True Doctrine Scripture), 65 Saddharmasmrityupasthana (Great Mind-fulness Scripture), 62
Sagaramegha, 414n.18; on distinction between aspiring and venturing minds, 168
Sages, solitary, 334n.12 Sakya school, Path and Fruition system
of, 488n.217