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What Is Tantra?
Sanskrit word “tantra” means “something stretched out” – stretched out in two senses of the word
in Buddhist Tantra
Interview with the Nechung Oracle
Sanskrit, Dharma protectors are called “Dharmapala,” protectors of the Dharma, it means they are beings
in Interviews
LPA57: Mental Labeling and Convenional Truth
Sanskrit, which is what it is translating). You can’t establish the existence. It’s not that
Part in A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra – Part 10: The Two Truths and Mental Labeling
Advice before Starting on the Buddhist Path
Sanskrit word that literally means “a preventive measure.” It is something that we do in order
in How to Study Buddhism
Foreword to the Four Abridged Kalachakra Sadhanas
diacritical marks have been omitted from Sanskrit names, seed syllables, mantras and terms.  July 1985
in Advanced Sadhanas
Applying Emptiness When Stuck in Traffic
Sanskrit, is sometimes translated as “simultaneously arising.” It means that these things are part of the package
in Emptiness (Voidness)
Buddha in Theravada, Mahayana and Tantra: The Same?
Sanskrit word for death, represents obstacles, hindrances and temptations, etc. From this we can see that
in Shakyamuni Buddha
The Four Buddhist Councils
Sanskrit term “sarvasti” means all-existing. They assert that the matter (particles) in the universe
in Buddhism in India
What Is Reincarnation?
Sanskrit and Tibetan terms that it’s supposed to translate. In the original languages, “mind
in Karma & Rebirth
Mindfulness: The Mental Factors Involved
Sanskrit, however, that was translated into Tibetan as bag-yod is apramāda, which means “not-pramāda
in Concentration
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