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...erent types of kalpas corresponding to different lengths of time such as [[great kalpa]]s, [[intermediary kalpa]]s, [[small kalpa]]s, [[incalculable kalpa]] ...

...n Buddhism which followed the later translations made from the time of the great translator [[Rinchen Zangpo]] (958-1055) onwards, i.e. [[Kagyü]], [[Sakya] ...

...t [[great kalpa]]. Despite its name, it corresponds to a precise length of time: in the [[Abhidharma counting system]], ’incalculable’ (Skt. ''asaṃkh In the Pali tradition the [[four intermediary kalpas]] that make a great kalpa are also called incalculable kalpas. ...

...gu'')— the finest translators during the time of [[Trisong Detsen]]. The [[Great Tibetan Dictionary]] lists them as follows: ...

...'; Tib. བསྐལ་ཆེན་, ''kalchen'', [[Wyl.]] ''bskal chen'') is the period of time during which a universe passes through the four periods of These four periods can be referred to as intermediary kalpas. Generally, a [[great kalpa]] is composed of eighty [[intermediary kalpa]]s, twenty for each of t ...

...he lower slopes (fourth level) of [[Mount Meru]] in the Heaven of the Four Great Kings and guard the four cardinal directions. Each of them are leaders of a ...he previous Buddha—[[Kashyapa]]—the Four Guardian Kings were reborn in the time of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] and received teachings from him. Each uphold and t ...

...ron.:'' mahakalpa}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} a great cycle of time | N. of Śiva {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Conte ...

..., and they can call them back into the expanse of primordial wisdom at any time, in other words calling them to other buddha realms. In longevity practices ...

#the perfect time (Tib. དུས་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་) ...reat Vehicle]] in various [[buddha field]]s, in the eternal present beyond time, to a vast retinue of [[bodhisattva]]s residing on the tenth [[bhumi|ground ...

The '''eight thoughts of a great being''' (Tib. སྐྱེས་བུ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྣ #One day, I shall be able to lead all destitute beings to great affluence! ...

...in such a number, so far | so long, in that time | meanwhile, in the mean time (the correlative | being often connected with a | 'so long a fool shines as ...

...anas. It also became an epithet of the Buddha, who was referred to as 'the Great Shramana' (Skt. ''Mahāśramaṇa''). ...

...Tibet, and became King Trisong Detsen; the second prayed to be reborn as a great monk to establish the ordained sangha in Tibet, and became Shantarakshita; Later on he was send once again, this time to invite [[Padmasambhava]], whom they met in Nepal. ...

...ho went to Tibet in the eighth century and was himself an emanation of the great master [[Hungkara]], one of the eight [[Eight vidyadharas of India]]. ...group retreats. In addition to teaching, he spends a large portion of his time in meditative retreat, thus continuing the activity of his father Kangyur R ...

...tan, which means ‘mirror’), usually depicting a [[buddha]], [[mandala]] or great practitioner, which has been sewn into a textile mounting. Thangkas are int ...s, Bimbisara and Udrayana. They used to send each other gifts from time to time and etiquette demanded that they always sent something more precious in ret ...

...mountainside, and calling out. He said that in the future there would be a great monastery there, and that it would have two [[Mahakala]] protectors. He per ...n and gave further teachings. Still, he continued to pray, and finally the great [[Virupa]] himself appeared on the mountain, and proclaimed, "This land bel ...

So just as a traveller sets out on the road when it is time,<br/> But will go to dwell in the stronghold of the great bliss of deathlessness.<br/> ...

...tle [[clear light]]. This is the pristine awareness one experiences at the time of death, but not during the ordinary waking state. It is from this awarene *His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], ''Dzogchen – The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection'', published by Snow Lion, 2000. ISBN 1-55939-156-1. ...

...ion, from which the Chinese was translated, is lost to the vicissitudes of time. .../www.khenposodargye.org/teachings/khenpos-classical-teachings/the-sutra-of-great-liberation/</ref> ...

...che Incarnation Line|Khamtrul Rinpoche]], Tenpé Nyima (1849-1907), and the great master [[Tokden Shakya Shri]]. He excelled in the yogas of the Nyingma trad ...

...]] ''bsam yas'') — the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, built during the time of [[King Trisong Detsen]]. The name means ‘inconceivable’. ...that there was a demon in a nearby river making trouble. However, when the great Guru [[Padmasambhava]] arrived from northern India, he was able to subdue t ...

...ant Abode of Peace and Prosperity). It grew to great prominence during the time of the [[Fifth Dalai Lama]] Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–82), when it mov ...

From ''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]'', page 28: :Guru Rinpoche would master a teaching the first time he encountered it, and experienced visions of deities without needing to pr ...

...ere the Buddha explains how [[bodhisattva]]s should engender the spirit of great [[compassion]] while not being attached to the body or to enjoyments, and h ...

...ala Sönam Chödrup]], [[Khenpo Shenga]] and many other great masters of his time. One of his principal disciples was his nephew [[Mewa Khenpo Tupten Özer]] ...ned the most sublime [[siddhi]] through the path of [[Dzogpachenpo|natural great perfection]] and faded into space in a mass of light. ...

...Dzogchen Monastery]], and studied with many of the greatest masters of his time, including [[Mipham Rinpoche]], [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]], [[Orgyen ...

To free yourself from the great river of [[suffering]].<br/> Now is not the time for sleep, you fool!<ref>As quoted by [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]] in ' ...

...Aeon'''? The ''White Lotus of Great Compassion Sutra'' relates that at the time the world was destroyed by water, one thousand golden lotuses rose in the o ...time. Buddhas do not appear while life span increases, because during that time, beings naturally abandon [[negative actions]] and, since wealth increases, ...

...before he was born. He killed his father, King [[Bimbisara]], but then had great remorse. The Buddha then taught him, which is recorded in the ''Sutra Dispe ...

...hen' (Tib. རྡོ་གྲུབ་ཆེན་, [[Wyl.]] ''rdo grub chen'') literally means 'The Great Siddha ([[mahasiddha]]) from Do valley (a region of Eastern Tibet, part of *Son of King Krikri, at the time of Buddha [[Kashyapa]] ...

...g po''; Chi. 地藏, pin. ''Dìzàng''; 'Essence of Earth') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]] who is especially revered in China and Japan. Having vowed n ...ough her great compassion for her mother and devotion to the Buddha of her time, through prayer, making offerings and dedicating the merit to her mother, s ...

...to refer to the period following the death of a great master, during which time they are absorbed in luminosity. As [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] describes it in ''[ ...p a soft and compassionate glow, and there is still a warmth at the heart. Great care is taken that the master’s body is not touched, and silence is maint ...

He was guided in his studies by the great teachers of his time such as [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and ...e to extend to all directions the teachings and virtuous work of their two great lamas,[[Dudjom Lingpa]] and [[Tulku Trimé Özer]]. ...

...tened potential was awakened and he entered the path of the [[Dharma]]. In time, he joined a party of traders and pilgrims returning to Eastern Tibet, and ...]]s and [[tantra]]s, but especially on the [[thirteen great texts|thirteen great classical scriptures]]. Through this training, he joined the ranks of the l ...

...declined considerably and thus these three great masters performed many ''great accomplishment practices'' or [[drupchen]]s of the practice. However, the t ...

...(Tib. བདེ་ཆེན་རྣམ་གྲོལ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bde chen rnam grol''), ‘The Display of Great Exaltation’, aka '''Rigdzin Düpa Dechen Namrol''', is a [[Guru Rinpoche] ...Rigdzin Düpa’, and at that time renamed it Dechen Namrol, ‘The Display of Great Exaltation’. ...

..., and they can call them back into the expanse of primordial wisdom at any time, in other words calling them to other [[buddha realm]]s. In longevity pract ...

...Eighth Choegon Rinpoche, [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] and many other great masters. After this, Rinpoche entered into a seven-year retreat, during whi ...npoche was imprisoned for fifteen years. Although Adeu Rinpoche suffered a great deal, the period in prison gave him an opportunity to meet many accomplishe ...

...for disciples of the highest capacity and were not taught widely until the time of [[Geshe Chekawa]]. ...n of [[selflessness]], while the skilful means focus on the development of great compassion, through the meditative practices of [[equalizing ourselves and ...

...ounded by the Sixteen Arhats and an assembly of [[bodhisattva]]s generates great [[merit]] and quickly develops insight into the teachings of the Buddha. ...two attendants, [[Hva Shang]] and [[Upasaka Dharmatala]] and by the [[Four Great Kings]]. ...

...[[Chö]] and [[Dzogchen]] to a gathering of one hundred disciples. At that time, at night on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appeared say :At that time on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was ...

'''Seventeen Nalanda Masters''' — seventeen great Indian [[pandita]]s who were associated with [[Nalanda monastery]]. :At this time, when the whole world has witnessed tremendous advancement in the fields of ...

...Kunga Wangchuk accompanied his uncle as his attendant. This was the first time Kunga Wangchuk met Jaymang Khyentse Chökyi Lodro. He went on to receive ma ...s was so great that he had to study for most of the night and hardly found time to sleep. ...

...[[faith]]. He then listened to the [[Dharma]], studied and practiced with great devotion and attained the level of [[arhat]]. The Buddha said that amongst ...

...Gyalchen Rinpoche of Jhang Dhong-Nyur Monastery in Northern Tibet. At that time, Dudjom Rinpoche also added the promised second name of Phuntsok. ...sar, India. Lama Yeshi Phuntsok was given the name Dogomchen Tulku at that time, and was sent to the Young Lama's Home School in Dalhousie, India, where ma ...

...sawa]]. Khye'u Chung Lotsawa reincarnated as [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]], the great revitaliser of the [[Katok Monastery]] lineage, and then later as the medit ...aha]], [[Padampa Sangye]] and others. He kept the practice secret for some time before teaching it. ...

...Zang'', [[Wyl.]] ''spyan mi bzang''; Eng. 'Ugly Eyes') — one of the [[Four Great Kings]]. Guardian King of the '''West''' and leader of the [[naga]]s. ...took refuge. The two nagas and two garudas all prayed to be reborn in the time of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in order to support him. ...

...ours drive east of [[Sarnath]]. It is one of the [[eight holy places|eight great Buddhist holy places]], and is where the [[Buddha]] descended from the god Some time after his [[enlightenment]] the Buddha went to the god realms to teach his ...

...making them accessible to everyone. Towards the end of his life he placed great emphasis on the practice of [[loving kindness]]. ...lamas, including Kyabje [[Trulshik Rinpoche]] who was in Lerab Ling at the time. A guided loving kindness meditation was performed at his funeral. ...

...odian of Rigdzin [[Longsal Nyingpo]]. He was resting in samadhi for a long time, and so lamas in the region advised to keep news of his passing secret; now ...oche that anyone who connected to him would be led to the pure land at the time of death. ...