Tantric Techniques (103 page)

Mañjushr
ī
Root Tantra
, 223 mantra

etymology of, 291

knowledge-, 100, 137, 155, 156, 171

Mantra Great Vehicle, 208, 268, 271, 272,

281, 284, 315

mantra letters, 53, 54, 91, 92, 93, 109, 135,

136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 148, 150,

151, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 312

Mantra Vehicle, 60, 205, 212, 214, 215,

216, 219, 221, 225, 234, 241, 242, 243,

245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254,

258, 260, 261, 268, 269, 271, 272, 276,

281, 289, 292, 321, 326, 329, 330, 332,

333, 334, 356, 364, 365, 368, 369, 370,

372, 373

mantra, etymology of, 364 M
ā
t
ṛ
ceta and Dign
ā
ga

Interwoven Praise
, 360

means of achievement, 86, 165, 225, 368

420
Tantric Techniques

Means of Achievement of Sit
ā
tapatr
ā
par
ā
jit
ā
, 306

Means of Achievement of the Retention of the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
, 306

meditation

analytical, 18, 32, 34, 58, 112, 122, 124,

126, 153, 154

object of, 32, 118, 119, 120, 154, 361

stabilizing, 32, 58, 112, 122, 126, 153,

158, 201

meditation on emptiness, 44, 48, 158, 283,

344, 357

Mantra model of, 45 meditation on selflessness

S
ū
tra model of, 8, 13, 42, 61 meditation, style of

concentration, 111

meditative stabilization, 111

meditative equipoise, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,

38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 50, 51, 61, 63, 65, 114,

129, 139, 161, 187, 190, 191, 194, 219,

250, 251, 270, 285, 317

space-like, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 48, 50,

51, 61, 62, 63, 187

meditative stabilization, 46, 59, 83, 90,

106, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116,

117, 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128,

129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 138, 141,

142, 145, 151, 153, 154, 156, 160, 166,

167, 191, 199, 200, 201, 209, 210, 211,

213, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222,

232, 234, 252, 253, 275, 276, 294, 331,

349, 351, 352, 353, 357

of exalted body, 46, 83, 108, 110, 111,

116, 117, 128, 132, 134, 138, 166,

167

of exalted mind, 59, 145, 153, 154, 166,

201

of exalted speech, 46, 84, 110, 116,

117, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 142,

145, 153, 166, 191

mental consciousness, 38, 130, 148, 201,

292, 337

mental continuum, 15, 16, 17, 20, 103,

112, 128, 134, 152, 181, 218, 265

mental stabilization, 244, 248, 250

mercury, 52, 188

mere absence, 34, 39, 43, 50, 316

mere elimination, 39

mere negative, 34, 40

merit, 87, 93, 105, 107, 152, 179, 186, 197,

198, 202, 208, 211, 217, 218, 221, 234,

250, 252, 272, 287, 301, 332, 377

method and wisdom, 59, 209, 266, 276,

278, 290, 294, 339, 340, 365, 369, 370

Method Vehicle, 221, 364, 365

Middle Way Consequence School, 23, 49,

101, 266, 272, 273

Middle Way School, 14, 15, 63, 215, 219,

240, 264, 327

Middle Way view, 15, 16, 31 milk in water, 19

mindfulness, 32, 33, 34, 82, 113, 114, 119,

120, 122, 124, 128, 129, 133, 152, 210,

218, 275, 301, 331

as antidote to forgetfulness, 125 Mind-Only School, 14, 240, 264, 273, 274

Mi-pam-gya-tso, 286, 287, 297
Miraculous Secret Essence
, 249 mirror, 17, 99, 210, 331

mode of subsistence, 47, 49, 187, 274

models, 8, 60, 104

macro, 61

S
ū
tra and Mantra, 61

moon, 31, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 87, 91, 92, 93,

109, 110, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142,

146, 149, 150, 151, 166, 168, 187, 188,

190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, 200,

224, 226, 228, 270, 312, 337, 345, 363

double, 158

moon disc, 52, 53, 87, 91, 92, 93, 109, 110,

135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 146, 149, 150,

151, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 200,

312

Mount Meru, 74, 94, 174

N
ā
gabodhi, 231 N
ā
g
ā
rjuna

Five Stages
, 230

Praise of the Nonconceptual
, 273

Precious Garland
, 105, 273, 300

Treatise on the Middle
, 13, 25, 28, 42, 51,

267, 269, 273, 367

naturally abiding lineage, 51 Ngawang Lekden, 98, 105 Ngawang-pel-den

Presentation of the Grounds and Paths of the Four Great Secret Tantra Sets: Illumination of the Texts of Tantra
, 160, 161, 271, 289, 339, 341, 344

nine mental abidings, 118, 123, 125, 131

nominal imputation, 16

nominally imputed, 16

nonaffirming negative, 33, 39, 50

nonanalysis, 154

Index
421

nonapplication, 34, 118, 119, 121 nonduality

of the profound and the manifest, 158, 374, 379

nonelaborative deeds, 220

non-finding, 30, 31, 35, 43

Nyingma, 9, 95, 205, 243, 284, 286, 296,

297, 310, 321

object of attainment, 356, 360, 370, 379 object of intention, 360

object of negation, 14, 36, 42

object of observation, 113, 120, 121, 124,

125, 130, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147,

149, 150, 151, 201, 206, 215, 228, 229,

240, 243, 248

oblation, 96, 97, 99, 175, 176, 177, 189, 196

obstructions, 56, 155, 161, 162, 163, 209,

219, 260, 267, 268, 338, 339

afflictive, 161, 163

to omniscience, 162, 163, 267, 339

obstructors, 88, 89, 90, 98, 99, 126, 168,

169, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 195, 196,

234, 301

expelling, 90, 172

Ocean of Means of Achievement
, 306, 314 offerings, 46, 53, 54, 56, 86, 88, 89, 90, 93,

99, 109, 110, 136, 152, 166, 170, 172,

177, 188, 191, 195, 196, 202, 210, 218,

219, 224, 229, 230, 250, 258, 321, 325,

331, 352, 353

one entity and different conceptually isolatable factors, 22

One Hundred and Fifty Means of Achievement
, 306

One Hundred Thousand Stanza Equality with Space
, 216

One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Stanza K
ṛṣ
h
ṇ
ayam
ā
ri
, 216

One-Gone-Thus, 57, 84, 92, 97, 101, 179,

180, 197, 211, 216, 218, 220, 221, 222,

224, 226, 227, 235, 236, 249, 270, 347

One-Gone-to-Bliss, 93

one-pointedness, 58, 116, 122, 152, 153

orgasm, 287, 288, 337, 338

Ornament of the Vajra Essence Tantra
, 383 ox, 30, 270, 363

pacification, 86, 107, 130, 186, 200, 202,

282, 305, 314, 360

Padmakar-po

Presentation of the General Tantra Sets, Captivating the Wise
, 292, 324

Padmasambhava

Means of Achievement of Mah
ā
k
ā
ru
ṇ
ika
, 306

panacea, 68, 69, 75, 160

Pa
ṇ
-chen Lama, Fourth, Lo-sang-pel-den-ten-pay-nyi-ma, 34, 35, 39

Pa
ṇ
-chen Sö-nam-drak-pa

Presentation of the General Tantra Sets Captivating the Minds of the

Fortunate
, 85, 298, 346

paradigm, 8, 46, 60, 61, 62, 295, 299, 323

paranoiac, 56

path structure, 273, 278, 340 perfection

of giving, 281, 282, 370, 371

Perfection and Mantra vehicles, 9, 60,

211, 222, 240, 279, 290, 315, 367, 372

Perfection of Wisdom S
ū
tras, 273 Perfection Vehicle, 60, 128, 205, 208, 215,

216, 217, 221, 222, 242, 243, 245, 268,

269, 270, 272, 279, 281, 285, 292, 300,

315, 332, 333, 334, 339, 343, 362, 364,

366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373,

374, 375, 376, 377, 378

perfections

six, 107, 127, 186, 209, 252, 276, 300,

362, 365, 367, 370

Performance Tantra, 10, 45, 50, 92, 165,

222, 223, 225, 264, 270, 278, 279, 280,

287, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,

313, 314, 316, 317, 321, 326, 327, 329,

330, 336, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345,

346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,

354, 355, 356, 357, 379, 380, 381, 383,

384, 385

phenomenon designated, 20, 21, 22, 23,

24

pledge-being, 111, 309, 326, 327 pliancy

mental, 117, 130, 131, 154, 155, 200,

201

physical, 34, 130, 131, 151, 200, 201

pointoutable, 18, 26, 27, 30

pr
āṇā
y
ā
ma
, 113, 114, 115, 137

pride, 49, 50, 53, 56, 58, 81, 103, 110, 115,

139, 189, 190, 194, 300, 303, 309, 314,

315, 317, 325, 373

afflicted, 59, 66

divine, 58, 59, 66, 109, 190, 381

in being ordinary, 115

prior approximation, 84, 86, 87, 108, 116,

165, 202

pristine wisdom, 152, 181, 206, 209, 215,

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216, 218, 219, 226, 237, 239, 246, 250,

253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 286, 294

projection, 67, 71, 75, 78, 88, 90, 97, 258

proliferations, 47, 49, 187, 213, 249, 250

Pure Land, 96

pure mind and body, 58, 59, 66, 81, 134,

159, 292

Questions of Sub
ā
hu Tantra
, 84, 85, 130,

136, 137, 304, 366

Rabten, Geshe, 24

rational consciousness, 38

Ratn
ā
karash
ā
nti, 206, 225, 241, 243, 248,

306, 314, 366

Commentary on (D
ī
pa
ṅ
karabhadra’s) “Four Hundred and Fifty”
, 277, 374

Commentary on the “All Secret Tantra”
, 224

Handful of Flowers, Explanation of the Guhyasam
ā
ja Tantra
, 276, 365

Means of Achievement of the Five Guards
, 306

Presentation of the Three Vehicles
, 240, 376

Ratnarak
ṣ
hita, 278, 279, 280, 284, 287

Commentary on the Difficult Points of the Sa
ṃ
varodaya Tantra
, 279, 372

rays of light, 53, 56, 57, 109, 188, 259

reasoning, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, 39,

41, 42, 153, 215, 246, 263, 267, 274, 285,

286, 290, 292, 324, 380

fivefold, 21

Middle Way, 48

sevenfold, 153

reasonings, limitless, 267 repetition

four-branched, 46, 311

four-branched, mind, 46, 91, 291

four-branched, other-base, 46, 91, 93,