A
Abbot [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 86
Abhidharma [Joyful path of good fortune] 9
Abhidharma [Ocean of Nectar] 10
Abhidharma Pitaka [Meaningful to behold] 8
Abhidharmas [Ocean of Nectar] 50, 51, 52, 269
ablution [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 16-7
absorption (see also form realm absorptions; formless realm absorptions) [Ocean of Nectar] 369-70
absorption – actual [Ocean of Nectar] 369
absorption – of close preparation [Ocean of Nectar] 369
absorption of cessation – definition [Ocean of Nectar] 142-3
absorption of cessation [Mahamudra Tantra] 59, g
absorption of cessation [Ocean of Nectar] 49, 144-5, 385, 388
absorption of cessation [Tantric grounds and paths] 110
absorption without discrimination [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 158, g
absorption without discrimination [Ocean of Nectar] 142
absorption without discrimination [Understanding the Mind] 114-5
accepting defeat [Universal Compassion] 3-4
accepting defeat and offering the victory [8 steps:] 13, 15-6, 133-40
accepting defeat and offering the victory [Transform Your Life] 201-8
accumulation of merit (see collection of merit) [Meaningful to behold]
accumulation of wisdom (see collection of wisdom) [Meaningful to behold]
Achala [Great Treasury of Merit] 92, 94, 103, 104
action (see also actions and effects; karma; non-virtuousactions; virtuous actions) [Mahamudra Tantra] 4-7, 102
action Deities [Essence of Vajrayana] 181, 182, 191
action mantra [Guide to Dakini land] 60
action mudra – external method [Clear Light of Bliss] 218, 226
action mudra – qualifications [Tantric grounds and paths] 70, 73
action mudra – relying upon [Essence of Vajrayana] 58, 208
action mudra [Clear Light of Bliss] 98, 105-6, 136-8, 210, 219-220, 232, 234, 235
action mudra [Essence of Vajrayana] 98, 202, 203, 207, 210, 212
action mudra [Guide to Dakini land] 88, 143, 227
action mudra [Joyful path of good fortune] 8, g
action mudra [Mahamudra Tantra] 70, g
action mudra [Tantric grounds and paths] 66, 73, 74, 118, 170, 171, 172
Action Tantra – concentrations [Tantric grounds and paths] 36
Action Tantra – paths [Tantric grounds and paths] 42-3
Action Tantra – root Tantras [Tantric grounds and paths] 23
Action Tantra [Clear Light of Bliss] 4
Action Tantra [Tantric grounds and paths] 23, 77
actions (see also karma; non-virtuous action) [Heart of Wisdom] 111
actions (see karma) [Understanding the Mind]
actions – compositional [Heart of Wisdom] 132, 136
actions – contaminated [Heart of Wisdom] 142
actions – non-virtuous [Tantric grounds and paths] 9, 67, 200, 203
actions – virtuous [Tantric grounds and paths] 9, 69, 200, 203
actions [Tantric grounds and paths] 201
actions and effects (see also action; karma) [Mahamudra Tantra] 5-7, 9, 117, 154
actions and effects (see also cause and effect; karma; non-virtuous actions) [How to Solve Our Human Problems] ix, 4, 54
actions and effects (see also karma) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 162
actions and effects (see also karma) [Ocean of Nectar] 218-9, 248, 303, 315, 423, 440
actions and effects (see also karma; non-virtuous actions; ripened effect; virtuous actions) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 5, 44, 129, 147-8
actions and effects (see also karma; non-virtuous actions; virtuous actions) [Transform Your Life]47-58, 196-8, 334-5
actions and effects (see karma) [Universal Compassion]
actions and effects – analogy for [Ocean of Nectar] 223-5
actions and effects – contaminated [8 steps:] 10, 83, 179, 203
actions and effects – definite [Ocean of Nectar] 224
actions and effects – impure/contaminated [Transform Your Life]48, 56-8, 146, 240, 268
actions and effects – pure/uncontaminated [Transform Your Life]48, 51
actions and effects – subtle relationship [Ocean of Nectar] 224-5
actions and effects – types [Transform Your Life]52, 55-8
actions and effects [8 steps:] 129-31 (see also karma; non-virtuous actions; virtuous actions)
actions and their effects (see also karma) [Meaningful to behold] 26, 61, 68, 112, 120, 179, 183, 213, 311, 319-20
actions and their effects – factors for completion [Meaningful to behold] 149-52
actions of immediate retribution [Heart Jewel] 77-8
actor analogy [Tantric grounds and paths] 137-8
actual generation stage meditation – and tranquil abiding [Essence of Vajrayana] 148-50
actual generation stage meditation [Essence of Vajrayana] 142-53
Adorned with Peace and Flowers [Heart of Wisdom] 13
adorning the crown [Essence of Vajrayana] 117
adverse conditions (see also obstacle(s)) [Great Treasury of Merit] 230-2
adverse conditions (see transforming adverse conditions) [8 steps]
adverse conditions [Universal Compassion] 57, 63
Advice (Atisha) [Joyful path of good fortune] 189
Advice (Gungtang Rinpoche) [Joyful path of good fortune] 285
Advice from Atisha’s Heart [8 steps:] 60, 258-62
Advice from Atisha’s Heart [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 126, 129-133
Advice from Atisha’s Heart [Transform Your Life]121, 369, 371
affectionate love [8 steps:] 121
affectionate love [Introduction to Buddhism] 70-3
affectionate love [Joyful path of good fortune] 409-14, 415
affectionate love [Transform Your Life]88, 187
affectionate love [Universal Compassion] 13, 14, 37
affirmative phenomenon [Ocean of Nectar] 172
affirming negative [Heart of Wisdom] 49-50
ageing [8 steps:] 153
ageing [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 182
ageing [Heart of Wisdom] 136, 137
ageing [Introduction to Buddhism] 57-8
ageing [Joyful path of good fortune] 157, 291-4, 356
ageing [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 51, 59, 63, 127
ageing [Mahamudra Tantra] 12, 65
ageing [Transform Your Life]36, 64-7, 87
aggregate of compositional factors [Heart of Wisdom] 35, 94
aggregate of compositional factors [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 364, 382
aggregate of consciousness (see also consciousness) [Heart of Wisdom] 36, 94
aggregate of consciousness [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 315, 364, 382
aggregate of discrimination [Heart of Wisdom] 35, 94
aggregate of discrimination [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 364, 382
aggregate of feeling (see also feeling) [Heart of Wisdom] 34-5, 94
aggregate of feeling [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 364, 382
aggregate of form (see also form) [Heart of Wisdom] 34, 36, 37
aggregate of form [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 313, 315, 324, 364, 382
aggregate(s) – contaminated [Guide to Dakini land] 66, 59, 158, g
aggregate(s) – of Vajrayogini [Guide to Dakini land] 126
aggregate(s) [Clear Light of Bliss] 81-7, 180-2, g
aggregate(s) [Guide to Dakini land] g
aggregates (see also five aggregates) [Understanding the Mind] g
aggregates (see contaminated aggregates) [Essence of Vajrayana]
aggregates – appropriated [Joyful path of good fortune] 308-9, 328, 476
aggregates – basis of imputation [Ocean of Nectar] 24, 298, 311, 315-6
aggregates – collection [Ocean of Nectar] 293, 309-11, 313-5
aggregates – contaminated [Great Treasury of Merit] g
aggregates – contaminated [Heart Jewel] 61, g
aggregates – contaminated [Joyful path of good fortune] 272, 308-9, 329-30
aggregates – contaminated [Mahamudra Tantra] 26, 27-8, g
aggregates – contaminated [Ocean of Nectar] 129, 131, 262, 303, 304, 364, 365
aggregates – contaminated [Understanding the Mind] 196, g
aggregates – contaminated [Universal Compassion] g
aggregates – inherently existent [Understanding the Mind] 215
aggregates – of Buddha [Ocean of Nectar] 129, 365
aggregates – pure [Understanding the Mind] 196
aggregates – self [Ocean of Nectar] 300, 302-4, 305, 308-17, 318-20
aggregates – shape [Ocean of Nectar] 312-3
aggregates – uncontaminated [Ocean of Nectar] 364-5
aggregates [Great Treasury of Merit] 211, 213, g
aggregates [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 162, 169, g
aggregates [Heart Jewel] 90
aggregates [Joyful path of good fortune] 323, 353, g
aggregates [Mahamudra Tantra] 26, 27-8, g
aggregates [Meaningful to behold] 289-90, 314, 321, g
aggregates [Ocean of Nectar] 57, 269, 293, 381, g
aggregates [Universal Compassion] 54, g
aggression [Understanding the Mind] 222-3
AH, letter [Great Treasury of Merit] 71
Ahrgamvajra Goddessess [Guide to Dakini land] 86
Ajatashatru, King [Heart Jewel] 77
Ajatashatru, King [Joyful path of good fortune] 74, 128, 206, 391
Akanishta [Clear Light of Bliss] 229, 231-3, g
Akanishta [Guide to Dakini land] 200, g
Akanishta [Mahamudra Tantra] 69, g
Akanishta [Ocean of Nectar] 408, 415, g
Akanishta [Tantric grounds and paths] 45, 117, 197
Akashagarbha (see also eight Great Sons) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 22
Akashagarbha (see Eight Great Sons) [Meaningful to behold]
Akashagarbha Sutra [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 64
Akashagharba [Great Treasury of Merit] 92, 93
Akashagharba Sutra [Bodhisattva Vow] 4, 35
Akashagharba, Bodhisattva [Bodhisattva Vow] 35
Akshobya – manifestations of [Tantric grounds and paths] 143
Akshobya [Guide to Dakini land] 62, 94, 144, 145, g
Akshobya [Joyful path of good fortune] 65
Akshobya [Mahamudra Tantra] 201, 222, 224
Akshobya [Tantric grounds and paths] 44, 57-9, 151, g
Akshobya, Buddha – four family commitments [Great Treasury of Merit] 160
Akshobya, Buddha [Great Treasury of Merit] 71, 92, 93, 109, 187, g
Akshobya, Buddha [Heart Jewel] 51, g
alertness – defining characteristic [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 64
alertness – faults of lacking [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 51
alertness – guarding [Meaningful to behold] 131-65
alertness [8 steps:] 98, 223, g
alertness [Bodhisattva Vow] 69, 85
alertness [Clear Light of Bliss] 162, 167, 1 69
alertness [Guide to Dakini land] 35, g
alertness [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 47-64, 98, 140
alertness [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 29, g
alertness [Introduction to Buddhism] 80-1, g
alertness [Joyful path of good fortune] 372, 374, 494, 496-8, 508, 510, g
alertness [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 90, 121, 134
alertness [Mahamudra Tantra] 109, 112, g
alertness [Meaningful to behold] 131-65, 207, 219-20, 253-4
alertness [Transform Your Life]161, 317, g
alertness [Understanding the Mind] 166, 183, 234
alertness [Universal Compassion] 100, g
All Good One [Joyful path of good fortune] g
all-accompanying mental factors (see also individual ones) [Understanding the Mind] 104, 107-21
Altan Khan [Heart Jewel] 86
Amai Jangchub [Joyful path of good fortune] 101
Ambhidana Tantra [Tantric grounds and paths] 120
Amitabha – manifestations of [Tantric grounds and paths] 142
Amitabha – visualization [8 steps:] 27, 36
Amitabha [8 steps:] 13, 17, 42, 125
Amitabha [Essence of Vajrayana] 38
Amitabha [Guide to Dakini land] 32, 62, 94, 144, g
Amitabha [Joyful path of good fortune] 65
Amitabha [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 14, 23, 26, 27
Amitabha [Mahamudra Tantra] 202, 223, 224
Amitabha [Meaningful to behold] 213-4, g
Amitabha [Tantric grounds and paths] 44, 61, 152, g
Amitabha Buddha [Heart Jewel] 51, g
Amitabha, Buddha – three family commitments [Great Treasury of Merit] 161
Amitabha, Buddha [Great Treasury of Merit] 5, 71, 91, g 109, 187
Amitabha, Buddha [Understanding the Mind] 141
Amitabha, Buddha [Universal Compassion] 80
Amitayus [8 steps:] 27, g
Amitayus [Essence of Vajrayana] 10
Amitayus [Joyful path of good fortune] 56, 337, g
Amitayus [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 42
Amitayus [Ocean of Nectar] 148, g
Amitayus [Tantric grounds and paths] 44, g
Amitayus, Buddha [Great Treasury of Merit] 104
Amoghasiddhi – manifestations of [Tantric grounds and paths] 143
Amoghasiddhi [Guide to Dakini land] 62, 142, g
Amoghasiddhi [Joyful path of good fortune] 66
Amoghasiddhi [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 26, 27
Amoghasiddhi [Mahamudra Tantra] 202, 223, 224
Amoghasiddhi [Tantric grounds and paths] 63, 152, g
Amoghasiddhi, Buddha – two family commitments [Great Treasury of Merit] 161
Amoghasiddhi, Buddha [Great Treasury of Merit] 91, 93, g
Amritakundalini [Great Treasury of Merit] 92, 94
analogies – actor [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 161
analogies – actor [Mahamudra Tantra] 170
analogies – battle [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 39-42, 72
analogies – bee and pollen [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 116
analogies – boat [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 58, 97
analogies – bodhichitta – cotton [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 109
analogies – bodhichitta [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 7, 31-2
analogies – clouds [Mahamudra Tantra] 149-50
analogies – computer [Mahamudra Tantra] 102
analogies – doctor, medicine, and nurses [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] vii, 23, 28, 43, 61, 64, 99, 156
analogies – dry grass [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 80
analogies – eagle [Mahamudra Tantra] 162
analogies – elephant [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 47, 53, 107
analogies – elixir [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 7
analogies – father and son [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 160, 171
analogies – fire of aeon [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 8
analogies – fish [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 97
analogies – foot and hand [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 129
analogies – gold coin [Mahamudra Tantra] 152
analogies – honey on a razor’s edge [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 107
analogies – horse and cart [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 126
analogies – jar with oil [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 108
analogies – king’s minister [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 90-1
analogies – leaky pot [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 51
analogies – leather [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 49
analogies – lightning [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 6
analogies – limbs of body [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 132
analogies – lion and foxes [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 106
analogies – lotus [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 102
analogies – magician’s illusion [Mahamudra Tantra] 21-2, 120, 129, 137, 170
analogies – newly-wed [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 140
analogies – ocean of samsara [Mahamudra Tantra] 7
analogies – picture [Mahamudra Tantra] 31, 39
analogies – plantain tree [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 7, 163
analogies – poisonous tree of selfgrasping [Mahamudra Tantra] 119
analogies – sandcastle [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 84
analogies – self-cognizers [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 151-2
analogies – sky [Mahamudra Tantra] 164, 168-9
analogies – snake and crows [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 104
analogies – snake in lap [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 108
analogies – stick [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 76
analogies – stork, cat, and thief [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 58
analogies – train journey [Mahamudra Tantra] 100
analogies – turtle [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 38
analogies – wild goose [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 131
analogies – wish-granting tree [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 154
analogies – wood [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 52, 55
analogies – wound [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 50
analogy for ultimate truth [Ocean of Nectar] 207
analogy of balance [Ocean of Nectar] 192-3
analogy of cart [Ocean of Nectar] 311-3, 328-38, 340, 341-2, 343
analogy of dream woman [Ocean of Nectar] 223
analogy of garuda [Ocean of Nectar] 48
analogy of harvest [Ocean of Nectar] 22-3
analogy of king [Ocean of Nectar] 40, 48, 399
analogy of magician’s horse [Ocean of Nectar] 161-6
analogy of magician’s illusory woman [Ocean of Nectar] 53, 54
analogy of potter [Ocean of Nectar] 412
analogy of sick person [How to Solve Our Human Problems] ix-x
analogy of snake [Ocean of Nectar] 168-9
analogy of soldier [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 45
analogy of tree [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 10, 15
analogy of well [Ocean of Nectar] 27-8
analysis [Joyful path of good fortune] 321-2, g
analysis [Meaningful to behold] g
analysis [Understanding the Mind] 239
analysis [Universal Compassion] 112-3, g
analytical meditation [Essence of Vajrayana] 89, 143, 144
analytical meditation [Tantric grounds and paths] 39, 96, 97, g
Ananda [Heart of Wisdom] 12, 174
Ananda [Joyful path of good fortune] 36, 135
Ananda [Meaningful to behold] 73
anger – abandoning [8 steps:] 61-2, 68, 93-4, 214, 217
anger – and jealousy [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 73-4
anger – cause of [8 steps:] 59, 84, 86
anger – cause of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 4, 31-7, 71
anger – cause of [Joyful path of good fortune] 327-8, 372, 362
anger – cause of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 101
anger – cause of [Transform Your Life]120, 147, 148, 317-23
anger – causes of [Understanding the Mind] 181, 182
anger – conceived object [Understanding the Mind] 87
anger – dangers of [Bodhisattva Vow] 90, 93
anger – dependence on causes [Meaningful to behold] 176-7
anger – development of [Introduction to Buddhism] 85
anger – faults [Meaningful to behold] 166-70
anger – faults [Understanding the Mind] 148, 193-4
anger – faults of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 5, 21-9, 41, 58-9
anger – faults of [Introduction to Buddhism] 52-3, 84-5
anger – faults of [Ocean of Nectar] 93-7, 98-9
anger – faults of [Transform Your Life]6, 51, 196, 310-7, 337-2
anger – intellectually-formed [Understanding the Mind] 83
anger – lacks inherent existence [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 50-1, 54
anger – location [Understanding the Mind] 18
anger – necessity to abandon [Meaningful to behold] 179
anger – no independent cause [Meaningful to behold] 177-9
anger – object of [8 steps:] 21-2, 93, 116, 188, 211
anger – object of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 23, 54, 65
anger – object of [Transform Your Life]181, 256-7, 277, 311, 335, 343-4
anger – opponent to [Heart of Wisdom] 115
anger – opponent to [Joyful path of good fortune] 329, 333, 376, 398
anger – root of [8 steps:] 5
anger – root of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 105, 132
anger – abandoning [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 49, 55, 70-91
anger – abandoning [Mahamudra Tantra] 121, 170
anger – abandoning [Transform Your Life]10, 89, 118, 128, 242, 281
anger – against delusions [Transform Your Life]158
anger – dependent on causes [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 72-4
anger – faults [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] of 69-70
anger – faults [Joyful path of good fortune] 315, 411, 460-1
anger – object of [Mahamudra Tantra] 139, 165
anger – opposing [Universal Compassion] 43-4, 91, 93, 101, 109, 113-4
anger [8 steps:] 69, 96, 129, 131, 133, g
anger [Bodhisattva Vow] 19, 34, 73, 105
anger [Clear Light of Bliss] 174, 179
anger [Essence of Vajrayana] 135
anger [Great Treasury of Merit] 129, 142-3, 155, 171, 237, 246
anger [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] vii, 40, 142, g
anger [Heart of Wisdom] 82, 107, 116, 178
anger [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 9, 16, 19, 70-1, 94
anger [Introduction to Buddhism] 13, 73, 108, 114
anger [Joyful path of good fortune] 311, 312-3, 314-5, 329, 460-3
anger [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 29, 119, 124-7, 137
anger [Mahamudra Tantra] g
anger [Meaningful to behold] 40, 56, 62, 79, 122-4, 136, 166-72, 180-98, 331, 360
anger [Ocean of Nectar] 21, 91, 290, g
anger [Tantric grounds and paths] 15, 64, 169, g
anger [Transform Your Life]129, 156, 198, 232, 309-64
anger [Understanding the Mind] 85, 112, 177, 192-5, 223, 228
anger [Universal Compassion] 50, 102
angry old woman story [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 26
angry old woman story [Transform Your Life]314
Angulimala [Joyful path of good fortune] 74, 206
animal [Essence of Vajrayana] xi, xii, xiii, 30, 140
animal [Guide to Dakini land] 82
animal [Heart of Wisdom] 153, 178-9
animal [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 97, 106, 137-8, 148
animal [Ocean of Nectar] 82, 83
animal [Understanding the Mind] 15, 142
animal realms [Great Treasury of Merit] 210
animal rebirth – basis of imputation [Mahamudra Tantra] 27
animal rebirth – cause of [Mahamudra Tantra] 4-5
animal rebirth [Mahamudra Tantra] 6, 124
animal rebirth [Transform Your Life]29, 54, 57-8, 85-6, 244
animals – kindness of [Transform Your Life]106-7, 173
animals – suffering of [8 steps:] 112-3, 115, 150
animals – suffering of [Transform Your Life]74, 177, 179, 218
animals – sufferings of [Joyful path of good fortune] 186-8, 225, 284, 308, 415
animals [8 steps:] 46, 88, 109, 131, 155-6, 219
animals [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 60, 98, 188
animals [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 7, 8, 12, 15
animals [Introduction to Buddhism] 24, 26, 31, 33, 41, 45
animals [Joyful path of good fortune] 123, 124, 178, 257
animals [Meaningful to behold] 12, 19, 362
animals [Transform Your Life]vii, 100, 198, 224
animals [Universal Compassion] ix, 17, 34, 80
ant [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 109
antidote(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 237-8
antirational prayer, force of [8 steps:] 225
Anuttarayoga Tantra (see Highest Yoga Tantra) [Meaningful to behold]
Aparajita [Great Treasury of Merit] 92, 94
apparition [Meaningful to behold] 179
appearance (see also appearance of true existence) [Ocean of Nectar]
appearance (see also appearance of true existence; dream, appearances) [8 steps:] 199
appearance (see also entering, abiding and dissolving the inner winds, signs of; inherent existence, appearance of; mere appearance; true existence, appearance of) [Mahamudra Tantra] 151
appearance (see also inherent existence, appearance of) [Heart of Wisdom] 154
appearance (see also inherent existence, appearance of; mere appearance) [Transform Your Life]265
appearance (see eight signs, the; ordinary appearance(s)) [Clear Light of Bliss]
appearance – according to Chittamatrins [Ocean of Nectar] 243-4
appearance – and emptiness [8 steps:] 196, 206, 212
appearance – clear [Joyful path of good fortune] 545, g
appearance – dream [Mahamudra Tantra] 126-7, 151, 157-8, 171
appearance – dream [Transform Your Life]8-9, 247-8, 265, 270-1, 281
appearance – dualistic [8 steps:] 209, g
appearance – dualistic [Heart of Wisdom] 104-5, 117, 123, 146
appearance – dualistic [Joyful path of good fortune] 274, 537, 538
appearance – dualistic [Mahamudra Tantra] 46, 64, 163, 195, g
appearance – dualistic [Transform Your Life]275
appearance – false [Heart of Wisdom] 61, 65, 78, 124
appearance – karmic [Mahamudra Tantra] 127, 150-1
appearance – karmic [Transform Your Life]247, 265
appearance – mere [8 steps:] 118, 179-80, 187-8, 200, 204-5, 215
appearance – mere [Heart of Wisdom] 43-8, 56, 65-8, 73
appearance – mistaken [8 steps:] 7, 211, 216
appearance – mistaken [Mahamudra Tantra] 12-3, 118, 160, 165
appearance – mistaken [Ocean of Nectar] 163, 431
appearance – mistaken [Transform Your Life]98, 240, 241, 273, 277
appearance – of conventional truth [Heart of Wisdom] 78, 81, 124
appearance – ordinary [Heart of Wisdom] 13, 14, 146
appearance – ordinary [Joyful path of good fortune] 20, 441, 469, 545, g
appearance [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 148
appearance [Joyful path of good fortune] 469-71
appearance of true existence – of conventional truths [Ocean of Nectar] 199, 200
appearance of true existence [8 steps:] 179, 181, 182-3, 206-7, 209, 213-4
appearance of true existence [Ocean of Nectar] 33, 162, 163, 165, 205, 431
appearance of true existence of self [8 steps:] 82, 83
appearances [Essence of Vajrayana] 159, 160, 180
appearances [Guide to Dakini land] 184
appearances [Tantric grounds and paths] 107, 141
appearances [Understanding the Mind] 3
appearing object [Understanding the Mind] 30, 79
application – unnecessary [Joyful path of good fortune] 494, 498
application [Joyful path of good fortune] 498
application [Meaningful to behold] 253-5
apprehended object [Understanding the Mind] 30, 79
Approaching (see sixth ground) [Ocean of Nectar]
appropriate methods (see mindfulness, specific) [Clear Light of Bliss]
Arhat (see Foe Destroyer(s)) [Great Treasury of Merit]
Arhat (see Foe Destroyer) [Heart of Wisdom]
Arhat (see Foe Destroyer) [Joyful path of good fortune]
Arhat (see Foe Destroyer) [Meaningful to behold]
Arhat [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 157-8, g
armour [Guide to Dakini land] 144-6
armour Deities [Essence of Vajrayana] 113-4, 163-4, 166, 181
armour mantras [Essence of Vajrayana] 113-4, 163-4, 167
arrogance (see also pride) [8 steps:] 6
arrow analogy [Heart of Wisdom] 38
artist analogy [Essence of Vajrayana] 77-8, 187
Arya (see also Superior being) [Guide to Dakini land] 227
Arya (see Superior being) [Great Treasury of Merit]
Arya (see Superior being) [Heart of Wisdom]
Arya (see Superior being) [Joyful path of good fortune]
Arya (see Superior being) [Meaningful to behold]
Arya [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] g
Aryadeva [Clear Light of Bliss] 109, 118, 124, 146, 199, 210
Aryadeva [Great Treasury of Merit] 108
Aryadeva [Joyful path of good fortune] 138, 270, 533
Aryadeva [Meaningful to behold] 292
Aryasura [Joyful path of good fortune] 26
Asanga – and Maitreya [Joyful path of good fortune] 110, 387-8, 475
Asanga – lineage of [Joyful path of good fortune] 5, 394
Asanga – visualization of [Joyful path of good fortune] 55
Asanga [8 steps:] 78, 117, 119, g
Asanga [Bodhisattva Vow] 29
Asanga [Clear Light of Bliss] 158
Asanga [Essence of Vajrayana] 45
Asanga [Great Treasury of Merit] 53, 84, 97, 183
Asanga [Joyful path of good fortune] 113, 457, 483, g
Asanga [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 65, 66, 137, 141-2
Asanga [Meaningful to behold] 22, 34
Asanga [Transform Your Life]138, 182, 184, g
Asanga [Understanding the Mind] 159, 198, 199, g
ascetic [Universal Compassion] 85
asceticism [Tantric grounds and paths] 65
asceticism [Understanding the Mind] 38, 220
ascetics [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 71, 182
Ashoka [Heart Jewel] 29
Ashoka [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 20
Ashoka [Meaningful to behold] 47
Ashoka, King [Joyful path of good fortune] 81
Ashvaghosa [Joyful path of good fortune] 138
Ashvagosha [Great Treasury of Merit] 165, 180
aspects of Deities [Tantric grounds and paths] 109, 136, 142-4
aspiration – four types [Understanding the Mind] 123
aspiration – power of [Joyful path of good fortune] 473
aspiration – power of [Meaningful to behold] 210-4
aspiration – twofold division [Understanding the Mind] 124
aspiration – wrong [Universal Compassion] 110
aspiration [Clear Light of Bliss] 158
aspiration [Great Treasury of Merit] 209, 233, 263
aspiration [Joyful path of good fortune] 141 -2, 494-5
aspiration [Meaningful to behold] 157, 253
aspiration [Understanding the Mind] 122-5, 131, 140, 142, 161
aspiration [Universal Compassion] 89-90, g
aspiration, power of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 101-3
aspiring bodhichitta (see also bodhichitta) [Understanding the Mind] g
aspiring bodhichitta – eight precepts [Joyful path of good fortune] 443-4
aspiring bodhichitta [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 8, 35, g
aspiring bodhichitta [Joyful path of good fortune] 65, 421, 423-4
assembly of Deities (see also Deities) [Essence of Vajrayana] 101, 102
Atisha – lineages of [Joyful path of good fortune] ix, 424
Atisha – qualities of [Joyful path of good fortune] 5-16
Atisha – stories from life [Joyful path of good fortune] 6-16, 47-8, 101, 104-5, 226
Atisha [8 steps:] 11, 21, 27, 101, 136, 160, g
Atisha [Clear Light of Bliss] 70, 192-3
Atisha [Essence of Vajrayana] 9, 38, 65, 115
Atisha [Great Treasury of Merit] 16, 41, 101, 103, 167, 199, 231, g
Atisha [Guide to Dakini land] 19, 20, 101, g
Atisha [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 215
Atisha [Heart Jewel] 20, 90, g
Atisha [Heart of Wisdom] 113, g
Atisha [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 126, 129, 155, g
Atisha [Joyful path of good fortune] 113, 243, 478
Atisha [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 52
Atisha [Mahamudra Tantra] 91, 270, g
Atisha [Meaningful to behold] 17-8, 22, 59-60, 157, 159, 185, 266, 292, g
Atisha [Ocean of Nectar] 55, 78, 113, g
Atisha [Tantric grounds and paths] 61, 67, g
Atisha [Transform Your Life]79-80, 163, 204-5, 232, g
Atisha [Universal Compassion] 1, 3, 91
Atisha’s assistant [8 steps:] 67, 68
Atisha’s assistant [Transform Your Life]127, 128, 344
atomic particles [Meaningful to behold] 329, 340
atomic substances [Ocean of Nectar] 333
atoms [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 166
attachment – abandoning [8 steps:] 68, 94, 154, 214, 217
attachment – abandoning [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 54, 55, 113-9, 118, 142
attachment – abandoning [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 47, 82, 99-100
attachment – abandoning [Mahamudra Tantra] 19, 121, 170
attachment – abandoning [Transform Your Life]86-7, 128, 157, 222, 242, 281
attachment – and compassion [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 137
attachment – and compassion [Understanding the Mind] 170
attachment – and love [8 steps:] 63, 87, 116, 124
attachment – and love [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 72-3
attachment – and love [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 101
attachment – and love [Transform Your Life]88, 118, 150, 180-1, 190-1, 350
attachment – cause of [8 steps:] 84, 202
attachment – cause of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 10
attachment – cause of [Joyful path of good fortune] 319-20, 327-8, 362
attachment – cause of [Mahamudra Tantra] 118
attachment – cause of [Ocean of Nectar] 25
attachment – cause of [Transform Your Life]147, 268
attachment – cause of samsara [Ocean of Nectar] 439
attachment – extreme of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 158, g
attachment – faults [Understanding the Mind] 146, 191-2
attachment – faults of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 114, 119-27
attachment – generating [Joyful path of good fortune] 118, 331, 332, 510
attachment – intellectually-formed [Understanding the Mind] 83
attachment – location [Understanding the Mind] 18
attachment – mistaken discrimination [Understanding the Mind] 112
attachment – neutral [Understanding the Mind] 117
attachment – object of [8 steps:] 21-2, 188, 200, 211
attachment – object of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 72
attachment – object of [Mahamudra Tantra] 121, 139, 151-2, 165
attachment – object of [Transform Your Life]7, 242, 256-7, 266, 277, 349
attachment – object of [Understanding the Mind] 87, 146, 230
attachment – objects of [Great Treasury of Merit] 132
attachment – obstacle to spiritual practice [Joyful path of good fortune] 147, 207, 277, 466, 487, 491-2
attachment – opponent to [Joyful path of good fortune] 329, 376, 398
attachment – opponent to [Universal Compassion] 43, 44, 85, 92
attachment – opponents to [Meaningful to behold] 227-30
attachment – Path of [Great Treasury of Merit] 132
attachment – path of [Guide to Dakini land] 8, 36-7, 46
attachment – path of [Tantric grounds and paths] 73
attachment – root cause [Understanding the Mind] 216
attachment – root of [8 steps:] 5
attachment – root of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 105, 123, 132
attachment – to body [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 56-8, 77, 118, 119-26, 133, 141-3
attachment – to body [Heart of Wisdom] 51, 56-7
attachment – to causes of suffering [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 76
attachment – to debate [Ocean of Nectar] 290
attachment – to fame etc [Transform Your Life]148, 354-5
attachment – to fame, possessions, etc, [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 78, 121
attachment – to forms [Ocean of Nectar] 271, 272
attachment – to friends [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 55, 81, 114-6
attachment – to friends [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 71-3, 121
attachment – to friends [Introduction to Buddhism] 35, 59
attachment – to friends [Transform Your Life]69, 110, 148, 174, 180-1, 300, 349
attachment – to illusory woman [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 153
attachment – to others’ bodies [Meaningful to behold] 236-40
attachment – to possessions [Introduction to Buddhism] 35, 77
attachment – to possessions etc [Transform Your Life]69, 300-1
attachment – to reputation [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 113
attachment – to sexual partner [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 119-26
attachment – to sleep [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 95
attachment – to solitary peace [Understanding the Mind] 147
attachment – to the body [Meaningful to behold] 153-5
attachment – to views [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 4
attachment – to worldly life [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 113
attachment – to worldly life [Meaningful to behold] 226
attachment – to worldly pleasures [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 24, 95, 116, 126
attachment – transformed [Tantric grounds and paths] 15, 111
attachment – transforming [Essence of Vajrayana] 70, 98
attachment – transforming [Great Treasury of Merit] 106, 237-8
attachment – transforming [Guide to Dakini land] 37, 101-2
attachment – transforming [Mahamudra Tantra] 19-20, 61
attachment – transforming into the path [Clear Light of Bliss] 4-5
attachment [8 steps:] 4-5, 51-2, 82, 110, 113, 218, g
attachment [Bodhisattva Vow] 14, 18, 19, 102
attachment [Clear Light of Bliss] 89, 90, 92
attachment [Essence of Vajrayana] 78, 127, g
attachment [Great Treasury of Merit] 130, 142-3, 155
attachment [Guide to Dakini land] 21, g
attachment [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] vii, g
attachment [Heart of Wisdom] 82, 94, 107
attachment [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 4-5, 9, 94, g
attachment [Introduction to Buddhism] 13, 31, 108, g
attachment [Joyful path of good fortune] 178, 207, 235, 282, 311 , 312-3, 354
attachment [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 88, 111, 122-3, 132, 139
attachment [Mahamudra Tantra] 123, 154, g
attachment [Meaningful to behold] 62, 68, 79, 121-2, 124, 137, 188, 191-2, 207, 217-8, 326, 352
attachment [Ocean of Nectar] 20, 53, 70, 290, g
attachment [Tantric grounds and paths] 10, 11, 20, 79-80, g
attachment [Transform Your Life]7, 144, 177, 232, 243, g
attachment [Understanding the Mind] 65, 146-8, 177, 189-92, 226, 228, 231
attachment [Universal Compassion] 50, 52, 78-9 102-3
Attachment Vehicle [Tantric grounds and paths] 11
attainment [Heart of Wisdom] 144, 154-5
attainment(s) – common and supreme [Great Treasury of Merit] 177, g
attainment(s) – supramundane [Great Treasury of Merit] 118
attainment(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 156, g
attainments – common [Heart Jewel] 95
attainments – of a Tantric Deity [Heart Jewel] 53-5
attainments – receiving [Heart Jewel] 31
attainments – sign of [Heart Jewel] 55
attainments – supreme [Heart Jewel] 95
attainments [Guide to Dakini land] 6-7, 166-7
attainments [Heart Jewel] g
attainments, common – controlling [Tantric grounds and paths] 35, 41-2, 164, 195, 197
attainments, common – eight great [Tantric grounds and paths] 41-2, 195
attainments, common – increasing [Tantric grounds and paths] 35, 41, 164, 195
attainments, common – pacifying [Tantric grounds and paths] 35, 41, 164, 195
attainments, common – wrathful [Tantric grounds and paths] 35, 41, 164, 195, 197
attainments, five [Mahamudra Tantra] 181, g
attainments, uncommon [Tantric grounds and paths] 41, 42
attention (see also inappropriate attention) [Understanding the Mind] 107, 108, 120-1
attention [8 steps:] 189
attention [Heart of Wisdom] 35
attention [Mahamudra Tantra] 141, g
attention [Transform Your Life]257, g
attentions, the four [Joyful path of good fortune] 511
Auspicious Places (see Twenty-four Holy Places) [Great Treasury of Merit]
Autocommentary [Ocean of Nectar] 33, 60, 155, 272
Avadhutipa [Joyful path of good fortune] 7, 8, 229
Avalokiteshvara (see also eight Great Sons) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 17, 22, 132, 188, g
Avalokiteshvara (see also Eight Great Sons) [Meaningful to behold] 44, 47, 49, 265, g
Avalokiteshvara (see also under powa) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 14-5, 23-5
Avalokiteshvara – answers by [Heart of Wisdom] 20, 23, 169
Avalokiteshvara – mantra [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 103, g
Avalokiteshvara – mantra [Introduction to Buddhism] 22
Avalokiteshvara – mantra [Tantric grounds and paths] 28
Avalokiteshvara – self-generation [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 73
Avalokiteshvara – self-generation [Tantric grounds and paths] 34
Avalokiteshvara – Thousand-Armed [Great Treasury of Merit] 103
Avalokiteshvara [8 steps:] 27, 149-50, 158, 210, g
Avalokiteshvara [Bodhisattva Vow] 47, g
Avalokiteshvara [Essence of Vajrayana] 10, 15, 65, 135
Avalokiteshvara [Great Treasury of Merit] 5, 26, 92, 93, 104, 177
Avalokiteshvara [Guide to Dakini land] 101
Avalokiteshvara [Heart of Wisdom] 18, 174
Avalokiteshvara [How to Solve Our Human Problems] g
Avalokiteshvara [Introduction to Buddhism] g
Avalokiteshvara [Joyful path of good fortune] 192, 415, g
Avalokiteshvara [Mahamudra Tantra] 164, g
Avalokiteshvara [Ocean of Nectar] 5-6, 148, g
Avalokiteshvara [Tantric grounds and paths] 27-34, 44, g
Avalokiteshvara [Transform Your Life]27, 226, 276
Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva [Universal Compassion] 70
Avalokiteshvara, Buddha – manifestation of compassion [Heart Jewel] 51
Avalokiteshvara, Buddha [Heart Jewel] 15, 23, 31, 66
Avalokiteshvara, Buddha [Universal Compassion] g
Awakened One [8 steps:] 7
Awakened One [Heart of Wisdom] 48
Awakened One [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 4-5
Awakened One [Mahamudra Tantra] 13
awareness (see mind) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life]
awareness (see mistaken awareness; unmistaken awareness) [Ocean of Nectar]
awareness – eye [Clear Light of Bliss] 147-8
awareness – mental [Clear Light of Bliss] 141, 149
awareness – sense [Clear Light of Bliss] 124, 141, 149
awareness – tactile [Clear Light of Bliss] 146, 147
awareness [Clear Light of Bliss] 28