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Dag Powa [Joyful path of good fortune] 87
Dagpo Ngawang Dragpa [Joyful path of good fortune] 16
daily activities [Heart of Wisdom] 71, 72-3
daily activities [Universal Compassion] 16, 26, 56, 97-9
daily life (see also meditation break) [8 steps:] 130-1, 133, 163-4, 226
daily life [Mahamudra Tantra] 169-70
daily life [Transform Your Life]235-6
Dakas [Heart Jewel] 26
Dakas and Dakinis (see also Heroes and Heroines; Twenty-four Holy Places) [Great Treasury of Merit] 192-3, g
Dakas and Dakinis, mundane [Essence of Vajrayana] 91, 177
Dakini [Essence of Vajrayana] 40, 106, 164
Dakini [Meaningful to behold] 364
Dakini Land (see also Pure Land, of Heruka) [Essence of Vajrayana] g
Dakini Land – attaining [Guide to Dakini land] 6-7, 30, 150, 160, 166, 191
Dakini Land – inner (see also meaning clear light) [Guide to Dakini land] 25, 125, 166, 213-29
Dakini Land – inner [Clear Light of Bliss] g
Dakini Land – Inner [Great Treasury of Merit] g
Dakini Land – outer [Guide to Dakini land] 22-5, 125, 166, 205-11
Dakini Land [Clear Light of Bliss] 223, g
Dakini Land [Great Treasury of Merit] g
Dakini Land [Guide to Dakini land] 97
Dakini Land [Mahamudra Tantra] 96, g
Dakini Land [Understanding the Mind] 141, g
Dakini Yoga [Guide to Dakini land] 58
Dakini(s) [Clear Light of Bliss] g
Dakinis [8 steps:] g
Dakinis [Essence of Vajrayana] g
Dakinis [Heart Jewel] 26, 79
Dakinis [Joyful path of good fortune] 8, g
Dakinis and Dakas (see also Heroes and Heroines) [Guide to Dakini land] 34, 164-5, 188
Dakinis and Dakas – blessings of [Guide to Dakini land] 27, 166, 195
Dakinis and Dakas – outer, inners and secret [Guide to Dakini land] 164, 171-2
Dakinis and Dakas – wrathful [Guide to Dakini land] 185
Dakinis/Dakas [Mahamudra Tantra] 179
Dalai Lama – 1st, Je Gendundrub [Heart Jewel] 6, 11, 86
Dalai Lama – 2nd, Je Gendun Gyatso [Heart Jewel] 86
Dalai Lama – 3rd, Sönam Gyatso [Heart Jewel] 5, 86
Dalai Lama – 5th [Heart Jewel] 86
Dalai Lama – fifth [Great Treasury of Merit] 38
Dalai Lama – first [Great Treasury of Merit] 14
Dalai Lama – seventh [Joyful path of good fortune] 148, 158, 278, 302
Dalai Lama [Heart Jewel] 86
Dalai Lama [Joyful path of good fortune] 16
Dalai Lama, seventh [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 52
damaru [Essence of Vajrayana] 99, 130-1, g
damaru [Guide to Dakini land] 68, 70-1
damaru [Tantric grounds and paths] 70, g
danger [How to Solve Our Human Problems] viii, 12
danger [Mahamudra Tantra] 11, 13
Darikapa [Essence of Vajrayana] 13
Darikapa [Guide to Dakini land] 12-3
daughter of a childless person [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 152
Daughter of the lineage [Heart of Wisdom] 26
death (see also clear light mind, of death; bringing death into the path; signs of dissolution, of death) [Guide to Dakini land] 51, 215, 218
death (see also clear light, of death; bringings, the three) [Clear Light of Bliss] 32, 77, 79, 80, 94, 126-8, 137, 231, 236
death (see also death process) [Mahamudra Tantra] 7, 12, 67, 184
death (see also death process; signs of dissolution) [Tantric grounds and paths] 105, 107, 116, 181
death (see also Lord of Death) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 23, 56, 116, 182
death (see also under powa; helping the dying; helping those who have died) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 1-7, 62-3, 67
death – actual moment [Tantric grounds and paths] 148
death – benefits of remembering [Joyful path of good fortune] 151-4, 474
death – body etc no use [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 58-62
death – causes of [Joyful path of good fortune] 338-9
death – causes of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 39-41
death – causes of [Transform Your Life]41
death – certainty of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 2, 49-55
death – clear light [Tantric grounds and paths] 86, 107, 166, 172, 182
death – clear light of [Joyful path of good fortune] 173, 342, 343
death – close signs of [Joyful path of good fortune] 298, 341-2, 343, 346
death – close signs of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 45-6, 47, 64, 69
death – conditions of [Joyful path of good fortune] 339
death – conditions of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 42, 55-8
death – controlled [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 11-2, 37
death – dangers of forgetting [Joyful path of good fortune] 144-51
death – dissolutions [Clear Light of Bliss] 80-94
death – distant signs of [Joyful path of good fortune] 337-8
death – distant signs of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 42-3, 46
death – external signs of [Clear Light of Bliss] 85-7, 94
death – fear of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 2, 3-4, 54, 63
death – how to purify [Clear Light of Bliss] 13, 126-31
death – imagining time of death [Joyful path of good fortune] 169-71
death – meditation [Great Treasury of Merit] 202-3
death – meditation [Introduction to Buddhism] 42-3
death – meditation on [Transform Your Life]33-43
death – minds of [Joyful path of good fortune] 340-2
death – minds of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 43-6
death – nine ways of reasoning [Joyful path of good fortune] 154-69
death – ordinary [Clear Light of Bliss] 127
death – ordinary [Tantric grounds and paths] 81, 168, 173
death – process [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 6, 45-6, 62-3
death – process [Transform Your Life]18, 24
death – process [Understanding the Mind] 17-8, 70
death – realization of [Transform Your Life]34
death – small [Clear Light of Bliss] 94
death – sufferings of [Introduction to Buddhism] 58-9
death – sufferings of [Transform Your Life]69-70, 71, 87, 176
death – time of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 1-2, 3-4, 5, 11, 43-7, 62-3
death – time of [Transform Your Life]52, 57
death – transforming into the path [Great Treasury of Merit] 66, 259, 260, 262-3
death – uncertainty of time [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 7, 55-8
death – uncontrolled [Great Treasury of Merit] 103
death – uncontrolled [Ocean of Nectar] 129
death – untimely [Joyful path of good fortune] 163-4
death – untimely [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 57
death – untimely [Transform Your Life]42
death – way we die [Joyful path of good fortune] 336-42
death – clear light of (see clear light of death) [Mahamudra Tantra]
death – purifying [Mahamudra Tantra] 25, 65
death – time [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] of 20-1, 39, 78, 96-7, 118
death [8 steps:] 6, 20, 111, 144, 153
death [Bodhisattva Vow] 1, 97
death [Great Treasury of Merit] 88-9, 150, 207, 233
death [Heart of Wisdom] 136, 137, 184-5
death [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 69, 100-1
death [Introduction to Buddhism] 19, 24, 41-3, 44-5, 77
death [Joyful path of good fortune] 56, 144-71, 192, 194, 296-9, 356
death [Meaningful to behold] 26, 28, 61-3, 67-9, 71, 75, 99, 113-4, 117-9, 187, 204-5, 221, 233-5, 357
death [Ocean of Nectar] 68, 219, 429
death [Transform Your Life]23, 71, 214, 346-7
death [Understanding the Mind] 16, 85-6
death [Universal Compassion] 11, 31, 65, 77-81, 85
death process – external signs [Tantric grounds and paths] 135
death process – four empties [Tantric grounds and paths] 167
death process – internal signs [Tantric grounds and paths] 81, 83-4, 91 , 116, 135, 168
death process – dissolutions [Mahamudra Tantra] 35-7, 49, 66
death process [Mahamudra Tantra] 38, 51, 109
death process [Tantric grounds and paths] 85, 148-9, 172
death, intermediate state, and rebirth (see also bringings, three) [Guide to Dakini land] 6-7, 111, 115, 180
death, intermediate state, and rebirth (see also death; intermediate state; rebirth) [Essence of Vajrayana] 22, 79-80, 146
death, intermediate state, and rebirth – transforming [Guide to Dakini land] 20, 24, 29-30
death, intermediate state, and rebirth [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 100-1
death, intermediate state, and rebirth [Introduction to Buddhism] 19-20
death, intermediate state, and rebirth [Understanding the Mind] 235-6
death, intermediate state, rebirth (see also death; intermediate state; rebirth) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 6-7, 138
death, ordinary (see also bringing death into the path) [Essence of Vajrayana] 21-2, 47, 79, 82-3
deathless [Tantric grounds and paths] 115, 116, 123, 168, 172
deathless body [Mahamudra Tantra] 15, 38, 65, 67, 74
deaths intermediate state, and rebirth [Transform Your Life]24-5, 52
debates [Ocean of Nectar] 59-60, 139-40
deceptive cognizer [Understanding the Mind] 95-6
deceptive truth (see also conventional truth) [8 steps:] 181, 185-6, 203-5
deceptive truth [Mahamudra Tantra] 136-7, 155-8
deceptive truth [Transform Your Life]253-4, 269-70
declaration of non-virtue [Meaningful to behold] 60-78
declaration of truth [8 steps:] 149
declaration of truth [Transform Your Life]217
decrease [Heart of Wisdom] 115-6
dedication – prayer [Great Treasury of Merit] 275-6, 278
dedication [8 steps:] 39, 40, 156, 224, 225, 229
dedication [Bodhisattva Vow] 69-74, 108
dedication [Clear Light of Bliss] 240-1
dedication [Essence of Vajrayana] 64
dedication [Great Treasury of Merit] 115, 171-2
dedication [Guide to Dakini land] 89, 90
dedication [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 28, 63, 103, 185-94, g
dedication [Heart Jewel] 28-9
dedication [Heart of Wisdom] 166
dedication [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 23, 89, g
dedication [Introduction to Buddhism] 79
dedication [Joyful path of good fortune] 80-1, 234
dedication [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 19-20, 27-8, 29, 37, 79-80, 81-3, 91, 153-60
dedication [Mahamudra Tantra] 91, 174
dedication [Meaningful to behold] 86-9, 359-66
dedication [Transform Your Life]51, 224, 311
dedication [Universal Compassion] 16, 36, 64, 68, 100, 118
dedication prayers [Essence of Vajrayana] 49, 181, 191-3
Deer Park [Heart of Wisdom] 14
defilement – separation from [Heart of Wisdom] 115
defilement [Heart of Wisdom] 113-5
definite emergence (see renunciation) [Heart of Wisdom]
definite goodness [Meaningful to behold] 82
definite goodness [Ocean of Nectar] 85
definitive Heruka – imagined [Essence of Vajrayana] 160, 169
definitive Heruka – kyab dag [Essence of Vajrayana] 62, 133
definitive Heruka – manifestation of [Essence of Vajrayana] 43, 48, 182
definitive Heruka – of the path [Essence of Vajrayana] 160
definitive Heruka – resultant/actual [Essence of Vajrayana] 160, 169
definitive Heruka [Essence of Vajrayana] 3, 4, 136, 153, 160, 169
degenerate times [8 steps:] 19-22, 129
degenerate times [Bodhisattva Vow] 98
degenerate times [Essence of Vajrayana] 7, 37, 156, 182
degenerate times [Great Treasury of Merit] g
degenerate times [Heart Jewel] 27, g
degenerate times [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 88, g
degenerate times [Introduction to Buddhism] 91, g
degenerate times [Joyful path of good fortune] 80, 419, 469, 477, g
degenerate times [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 29, 142, g
degenerate times [Transform Your Life]195, 364, g
Deities (see also action Deities; armour Deities; assembly of Deities; empowering Deities) [Essence of Vajrayana] 7, 47, 102, g
Deities – five [Essence of Vajrayana] 6
Deities – of five wheels (see also Deities of each wheel) [Essence of Vajrayana] 111, 161
Deities – sixty-two [Essence of Vajrayana] 5, 6, 44, 105, 111
Deities – thirty-seven [Essence of Vajrayana] 5
Deities of the body wheel – main responsibility [Essence of Vajrayana] 165
Deities of the body wheel [Essence of Vajrayana] 43, 44, 94, 109
Deities of the commitment wheel – main responsibility [Essence of Vajrayana] 165
Deities of the commitment wheel [Essence of Vajrayana] 44, 48, 95, 111
Deities of the great bliss wheel [Essence of Vajrayana] 20, 44, 48, 107
Deities of the heart wheel – main responsibility [Essence of Vajrayana] 165
Deities of the heart wheel [Essence of Vajrayana] 41, 44, 94, 108
Deities of the speech wheel – main responsibility [Essence of Vajrayana] 165
Deities of the speech wheel [Essence of Vajrayana] 42, 44, 94, 108-9
Deities, six – Deity of emptiness [Tantric grounds and paths] 27-8, 31
Deities, six – Deity of form [Tantric grounds and paths] 29-30, 31
Deities, six – Deity of letters [Tantric grounds and paths] 29, 31
Deities, six – Deity of signs [Tantric grounds and paths] 30-1, 31
Deities, six – Deity of sound [Tantric grounds and paths] 28-9, 31
Deities, six – Deity of the mudra [Tantric grounds and paths] 30, 31
Deities, six [Tantric grounds and paths] 26-31, 36, 39, 41
Deity (see also Deities, six) [Tantric grounds and paths] 34, 102
Deity (see also mandala Deities; Yidam) [Heart Jewel] g
Deity (see also Tantric Deity(ies)) [Great Treasury of Merit] 106, g
Deity – body of [Great Treasury of Merit] 89, 170-1, 273-4
Deity – generating ourself as [Great Treasury of Merit] 58, 63
Deity – of long life [Great Treasury of Merit] 263
Deity – personal [Tantric grounds and paths] 25, 59, 79, 181
Deity – worldly [Heart Jewel] 71-2
Deity – action [Mahamudra Tantra] 185
Deity – four types [Tantric grounds and paths] 25-6
Deity [8 steps:] 104, g
Deity [Joyful path of good fortune] 20, 59, 114, 369, 392, 545, 546, g
Deity [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] g
Deity [Mahamudra Tantra] 15, 31, 63, g
Deity [Meaningful to behold] 1, 98, 102, g
Deity [Transform Your Life]166, g
Deity [Understanding the Mind] 66, 155, g
Deity [Universal Compassion] 99, g
Deity body (see also divine body; gross Deity body) [Essence of Vajrayana] g
Deity body – actual [Tantric grounds and paths] 77, 92
Deity body – mentally generated [Tantric grounds and paths] 77, 78, 92, 93
Deity body [Guide to Dakini land] 110, 117, g
Deity body [Tantric grounds and paths] g
Deity mind [Essence of Vajrayana] 74
Deity Yoga [Great Treasury of Merit] 106
Deity yoga [Heart Jewel] 50
Deity(ies) – in embrace [Clear Light of Bliss] 134
Deity(ies) – personal [Clear Light of Bliss] 105, 113, 122, 132, 137, 218
Deity(ies) – visualizing ourself as [Clear Light of Bliss] 44
Deity(ies) [Clear Light of Bliss] 39, 129, g
delight [Clear Light of Bliss] 91
deluded doubt [Meaningful to behold] 123-4
deluded doubt [Ocean of Nectar] 40, 41-2, 43, g
deluded forgetfulness [Understanding the Mind] 232-3
deluded mentality [Ocean of Nectar] 219, 249
deluded mentality [Understanding the Mind] 103-4
deluded pride – faults [Understanding the Mind] 197
deluded pride [Tantric grounds and paths] 94, 96, g
deluded pride [Understanding the Mind] 141, 185, 195-8
deluded view (see also individual ones) [Understanding the Mind] 204
deluded view [Joyful path of good fortune] 322-7
deluded view [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 132
deluded view [Meaningful to behold] 121, 124
deluded views [Ocean of Nectar] 288, 339, g
delusion (see also root delusions; secondary delusions) [Understanding the Mind] 79, 106, 114, 165, 177-88, 234
delusion – abandoning [Meaningful to behold] 120-30, 305
delusion – cause of suffering [Understanding the Mind] 106, 149
delusion – causes of [Understanding the Mind] 37-8, 114, 165, 176, 180-6, 205
delusion – definition [Understanding the Mind] 177
delusion – faults of [Meaningful to behold] 120-7
delusion – function [Understanding the Mind] 178-81
delusion – impermanent [Understanding the Mind] 157
delusion – imprints of [Meaningful to behold] 57, 84, 86
delusion – imprints of [Understanding the Mind] 181, 187, 188
delusion – innate [Introduction to Buddhism] 115, g
delusion – innate [Meaningful to behold] 57, 313, g
delusion – innate [Understanding the Mind] 38, 83, 187, 221
delusion – intellectually-formed [Introduction to Buddhism] 113, g
delusion – intellectually-formed [Meaningful to behold] 57, 313, 316, g
delusion – intellectually-formed [Understanding the Mind] 38, 83, 187-8
delusion – mistaken discrimination [Understanding the Mind] 112-3
delusion – objects of [Understanding the Mind] 71-2, 90, 115, 165-6, 180, 181, 182-3
delusion – of three realms [Understanding the Mind] 186-8
delusion – opponents to [Understanding the Mind] 180
delusion – seed of [Understanding the Mind] 181-2
delusion – six root [Meaningful to behold] 121-4
delusion [Introduction to Buddhism] 13-4, 31-2, 36, 46, 51, 95, 108, g
delusion [Meaningful to behold] 10, 40, 56, 60-1, 65, 75, 79, 81, 109, 137, 143, 175-6, 179, 181-2, 184, 188, 190, 212-6, 220
delusion(s) – and impure winds [Guide to Dakini land] 218
delusion(s) – innate [Great Treasury of Merit] g
delusion(s) – intellectually-formed [Great Treasury of Merit] g
delusion(s) – objects of [Guide to Dakini land] 102
delusion(s) – symbols of [Guide to Dakini land] 65-6, 125, 168
delusion(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 142-3, 155, 209-11, 237-8, g
delusion(s) [Guide to Dakini land] 35, 45, 125, 144, 172, 216, g
delusion-obstructions (see also obstructions, to liberation) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 158
delusion-obstructions (see also two obstructions) [Universal Compassion] g
delusion-obstructions (see obstructions to liberation and omniscience) [Great Treasury of Merit]
delusion-obstructions (see obstructions to liberation) [Essence of Vajrayana]
delusion-obstructions (see obstructions, to liberation) [Meaningful to behold]
delusion-obstructions (see obstructions, to liberation) [Tantric grounds and paths]
delusion-obstructions (see obstructions, to liberation) [Understanding the Mind]
delusion-obstructions – abandoning [Ocean of Nectar] 49, 430
delusion-obstructions – types [Ocean of Nectar] 430
delusion-obstructions [Heart of Wisdom] 114-5, 122
delusion-obstructions [Joyful path of good fortune] 70, 204, 390, 548
delusion-obstructions [Ocean of Nectar] 146
delusions (see also ignorance) [Heart Jewel] 15, 28, 53, 67
delusions (see also individual ones) [8 steps:] 4-8, 20-2, 73
delusions (see also individual ones) [Mahamudra Tantra] 21, 105, g
delusions (see also individual ones) [Transform Your Life]7-8, 16, 132-3, 184, 299
delusions (see also innate delusions; intellectually-formed delusions) [Ocean of Nectar] 26, 56, 114, 129, 132, 291, g
delusions – abandoning [8 steps:] 6, 81-2, 92, 94-9, 119
delusions – abandoning [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 40-2, 72, 104, 106, 157
delusions – abandoning [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 9-10, 15, 45-6, 121
delusions – abandoning [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 27, 115, 119, 121-2
delusions – abandoning [Mahamudra Tantra] 58, 65, 163, 170
delusions – abandoning [Transform Your Life]11, 79, 143-4, 155, 301, 329
delusions – beginningless [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 46
delusions – beginningless [Mahamudra Tantra] 123
delusions – beginningless [Transform Your Life]243, 329
delusions – cause of [Heart of Wisdom] 54, 78, 129
delusions – cause of [Ocean of Nectar] 361
delusions – causes of [Joyful path of good fortune] 117, 291, 326, 328-34
delusions – controlling [Mahamudra Tantra] 119
delusions – dangers of [Joyful path of good fortune] 334-5
delusions – definition [Joyful path of good fortune] 311
delusions – disease of the [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 23
delusions – enemy [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 39-42, 107
delusions – etymology [Ocean of Nectar] 100
delusions – etymology [Ocean of Nectar] 101
delusions – examining nature of [Universal Compassion] 44
delusions – faults of [8 steps:] 69-73, 96, 114, 217-8
delusions – faults of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 39-40
delusions – faults of [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 58
delusions – faults of [Mahamudra Tantra] 14, 123
delusions – faults of [Transform Your Life]33, 129-33, 159, 178, 243, 336-7
delusions – fishermen [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 84
delusions – five [Essence of Vajrayana] 120, 126
delusions – gross [Ocean of Nectar] 52, 135
delusions – how actions are created in dependence upon [Joyful path of good fortune] 335-6
delusions – illusion-like [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 42
delusions – imprints of [Joyful path of good fortune] 70, 200, 201, 275
delusions – impurity of [Universal Compassion] 8
delusions – innate [Heart of Wisdom] 109, 120-1, 145
delusions – innate [Joyful path of good fortune] 200, 201, 275, 539-40
delusions – innate [Mahamudra Tantra] 65, g
delusions – innate [Tantric grounds and paths] 43, 115, 190, g
delusions – innate and intellectually-formed [Clear Light of Bliss] 221, g
delusions – intellectually-formed [Heart of Wisdom] 106, 120, 143
delusions – intellectually-formed [Joyful path of good fortune] 201, 275, 539
delusions – intellectually-formed [Mahamudra Tantra] 65, g
delusions – intellectually-formed [Tantric grounds and paths] 43, 115, 190, g
delusions – levels [Ocean of Nectar] 100, 130
delusions – levels [Ocean of Nectar] 100-1, 143
delusions – manifest [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 157-8
delusions – mounted wind [Mahamudra Tantra] 35
delusions – not intrinsic [8 steps:] 1, 63, 71-2
delusions – not intrinsic [Transform Your Life]9, 122-3, 130
delusions – object of [8 steps:] 188
delusions – object of [Joyful path of good fortune] 328, 330-1
delusions – object of [Mahamudra Tantra] 139
delusions – object of [Transform Your Life]256-7
delusions – of the desire realm [Ocean of Nectar] 13-4, 15, 102, 103, 105-6, 370
delusions – of the form realm [Ocean of Nectar] 14, 15, 102, 107, 108-9, 370
delusions – of the formless realm [Ocean of Nectar] 14, 15, 102, 109-10, 370
delusions – opponents [Universal Compassion] 43-5
delusions – opponents to [8 steps:] 6, 64-5, 94, 218, 226
delusions – opponents to [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 56
delusions – opponents to [Joyful path of good fortune] 329, 333, 501-2
delusions – opponents to [Mahamudra Tantra] 123
delusions – overcoming [Essence of Vajrayana] 70, 113, 159, 163
delusions – overcoming [Heart of Wisdom] 72, 77-8, 101, 112
delusions – purifying [Universal Compassion] 91-2
delusions – recognizing [8 steps:] 58-65, 81-2, 93-4
delusions – recognizing [Transform Your Life]119, 144, 156
delusions – root [Heart of Wisdom] 183
delusions – root of [8 steps:] 5-6, 84-5, 179, 181, 202
delusions – root of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 105, 132, 133-4
delusions – root of [Mahamudra Tantra] 118, 129, 154
delusions – root of [Transform Your Life]56, 147, 240, 248, 268
delusions – secondary [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 54
delusions – seed of [Joyful path of good fortune] 328, 330
delusions – seeds of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 90
delusions – six root (see also individual ones) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 122-35
delusions – six root [Joyful path of good fortune] 311-27
delusions – stages of development [Joyful path of good fortune] 327-8
delusions – subtle [Ocean of Nectar] 135
delusions – thieves [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 51
delusions – transforming [Clear Light of Bliss] 4
delusions – weapons [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 107
delusions [Bodhisattva Vow] 5, 35, 49, 93, 102, 107, g
delusions [Clear Light of Bliss] 174, g
delusions [Essence of Vajrayana] 79, 134, 136, g
delusions [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] vii, 113, 181, g
delusions [Heart of Wisdom] 35, 129, 142, 183-4
delusions [How to Solve Our Human Problems] x, 4-5, 9-10, 36, 94, 95-6, 119, g
delusions [Joyful path of good fortune] 76, 169, 273, 308, 310-36, 374, 500
delusions [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 94, 120, 122-35
delusions [Ocean of Nectar] 13-4, 15, 102, 103, 105-6, 370
delusions [Ocean of Nectar] 14, 15, 102, 107, 108-9, 370
delusions [Tantric grounds and paths] 14, 15, g
delusions [Universal Compassion] 45, 69, 80, 93, 95, 102-4, g
demi-god [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 32, 39, g
demi-gods [Heart of Wisdom] 174, 186
demi-gods [Introduction to Buddhism] 24, 94
demi-gods [Joyful path of good fortune] 303, 308, 335
demi-gods [Transform Your Life]53, 218
demi-gods [Universal Compassion] 35
demon (see also Devaputra demons; maras, four) [Bodhisattva Vow] g
demon (see also four mayas; mara) [Essence of Vajrayana] g
demon (see also mamas, four) [Heart Jewel] g
demon (see also mara) [8 steps:] 96, 124, g
demon (see also maras, the four) [Great Treasury of Merit] g
demon – of self-cherishing [Great Treasury of Merit] 220-1
demon [Guide to Dakini land] 153, g
demon [Introduction to Buddhism] 7, g
demon [Joyful path of good fortune] 53, g
demon [Meaningful to behold] g
demon [Ocean of Nectar] 128-30
demon [Universal Compassion] 95
demonic forces [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 181
denial [Understanding the Mind] 227
dependence [Meaningful to behold] 336, 348
dependent arising [8 steps:] 5
dependent arising [Joyful path of good fortune] 348-9
dependent arising [Meaningful to behold] 177
dependent relationship (see also dependent-related phenomenon) [Ocean of Nectar] 16, 283, 287-9, 348
dependent relationship – levels [Ocean of Nectar] 215, 287
dependent relationship [Heart of Wisdom] 84-93, 98-101, 110
dependent relationship [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 49, 51-2, 71, 137, g
dependent relationship [Mahamudra Tantra] 152
dependent relationship [Meaningful to behold] 348-9
dependent relationship [Transform Your Life]266-7, 331, 348
Dependent Relationship Sutra [Ocean of Nectar] 219, 283
dependent-related links, twelve [Essence of Vajrayana] 4, 97, g
dependent-related phenomena [Great Treasury of Merit] 256-7
dependent-related phenomenon (see also dependent relationship) [Ocean of Nectar] 239, 365-6, g
dependent-related phenomenon (see also dependent relationship; twelve dependent-related links) [Heart of Wisdom] g
dependent-related phenomenon (see also twelve dependent-related links) [Joyful path of good fortune] 348-9, 350, 520
dependent-related phenomenon [8 steps:] 201
depression [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 4
desire (see also attachment) [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 3-5, 32-3
desire (see also attachment) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 98
desire [Joyful path of good fortune] 138-9, 300-2, 313
desire [Ocean of Nectar] 423-4
desire [Tantric grounds and paths] 201
desire [Understanding the Mind] 139, 144, 189
desire realm (see also gods) [Joyful path of good fortune] 207, 313, 315, 335, 336, g
desire realm – concentrations [Joyful path of good fortune] 375
desire realm – two levels [Understanding the Mind] 132
desire realm [Bodhisattva Vow] 102
desire realm [Clear Light of Bliss] 68, 174, 229, 233, g
desire realm [Great Treasury of Merit] g
desire realm [Guide to Dakini land] 152, 184, g
desire realm [Heart Jewel] 21, g
desire realm [Heart of Wisdom] 17, 174, g
desire realm [Introduction to Buddhism] 94, g
desire realm [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 74, 139, g
desire realm [Mahamudra Tantra] 6, g
desire realm [Ocean of Nectar] 100, 101, 144, g
desire realm [Tantric grounds and paths] 19, 198, g
desire realm [Transform Your Life]53, g
desire realm [Understanding the Mind] 108, 186, 190-1, 192, 199
desire realm gods [Ocean of Nectar] 100
desires (see also attachment) [8 steps:] 3, 82, 86
desires [Transform Your Life]71-4, 84, 144, 149, 177, 318
desires, failing to satisfy [Introduction to Buddhism] 60-2
desirous attachment (see attachment) [Understanding the Mind]
destruction, force of [8 steps:] 224-5
deva realm (see god realm) [Meaningful to behold]
Devadatta [Heart of Wisdom] 114
Devadatta [Joyful path of good fortune] 111, 139, 205, 207, 229
Devaputra [Joyful path of good fortune] 53
Devaputra [Ocean of Nectar] 130
Devaputra demons [Bodhisattva Vow] 51
Devaputra Mara (see also demon) [Meaningful to behold] 355
Devaputra mara (see also mara) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 151
Devaputra mara [Heart of Wisdom] 185-6
Devaputra Mara [Introduction to Buddhism] 7
Devaputra maras [Great Treasury of Merit] 53
devotion [8 steps:] 26, 36
Dharma (see also Buddha’s teachings) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 5, 29, 94-5, 114, 116, 130
Dharma (see also Buddha’s teachings; Dharma Jewel) [8 steps:] 8, 161, 176
Dharma (see also Buddhadharma) [Joyful path of good fortune] 79, 467, g
Dharma (see also Buddhadharma; Dharma practice; Wheel of Dharma) [How to Solve Our Human Problems] x, 3, 5, 9, 82, 155-7
Dharma (see also Buddhadharma; Dharma practice; Wheel of Dharma) [Introduction to Buddhism] 9-10, 44, 45-6, g
Dharma (see also Buddhadharma; Je Tsongkhapa, teachings) [Heart Jewel] 15, 71, 84
Dharma (see also Buddha’s teachings) [Mahamudra Tantra] 78, 270
Dharma (see also Dharma Jewel; teachings) [Transform Your Life]233, 331, 355, 358, g
Dharma (see also teachings) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 79, 87, 156, 215, g
Dharma (see also Three Jewels) [Universal Compassion] 68, 69, 104, g
Dharma – abandoning [8 steps:] 168
Dharma – activities, the ten [Joyful path of good fortune] 456
Dharma – benefits [Universal Compassion] 61, 114
Dharma – books [Heart Jewel] 36, 50
Dharma – definition [Meaningful to behold] 117
Dharma – essence [8 steps:] 110, 160
Dharma – giving [Bodhisattva Vow] 82
Dharma – giving [Joyful path of good fortune] 454
Dharma – giving [Tantric grounds and paths] 60
Dharma – holders of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 157
Dharma – how to listen to [Joyful path of good fortune] 25-33
Dharma – how to teach [Joyful path of good fortune] 33-8
Dharma – joy of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 97, 107
Dharma – meaning of [Introduction to Buddhism] 9
Dharma – medicine [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 23, 61, 64, 156
Dharma – medicine [Mahamudra Tantra] 14, 123
Dharma – mirror [Mahamudra Tantra] 14
Dharma – misusing [Universal Compassion] 94-5
Dharma – practice (see spiritual practice) [Mahamudra Tantra]
Dharma – practice [Joyful path of good fortune] 340
Dharma – pure [Clear Light of Bliss] 154
Dharma – pure [Joyful path of good fortune] 148
Dharma – rarity of practising [Meaningful to behold] 355
Dharma – realizations [Introduction to Buddhism] 65, 73, 92
Dharma – realizations [Understanding the Mind] 127
Dharma – refuge in [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 19, 22
Dharma – root of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 102
Dharma – root of [Universal Compassion] 27
Dharma – teachings [Heart Jewel] 35
Dharma – vast and profound [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 61
Dharma [Bodhisattva Vow] 15, 21, 22-3, 29, 97, 98, 99
Dharma [Clear Light of Bliss] g
Dharma [Great Treasury of Merit] 18, 55, 87, 146, 166, 208, 209, 248, 276, g
Dharma [Guide to Dakini land] g
Dharma [Heart of Wisdom] g
Dharma [Meaningful to behold] 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 26, 40, 41, 54, 59, 62, 65, 69, 70, 81, 101, 104, 113-5, 118, 123, 148, 192, 193, 360
Dharma [Ocean of Nectar] g
Dharma [Tantric grounds and paths] 55, g
Dharma [Understanding the Mind] 86, 160, 236, g
Dharma activities [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 60, 104
Dharma book [8 steps:] 29-30, 50, 130, 138
Dharma book [Transform Your Life]82-3, 197
Dharma Centre [Great Treasury of Merit] 167, 265-6
Dharma continuum [Understanding the Mind] 153
Dharma Jewel (see also Three Jewels) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 18
Dharma Jewel (see Three Jewels) [Guide to Dakini land]
Dharma Jewel – general explanation [Joyful path of good fortune] 200-2
Dharma Jewel – good qualities of [Joyful path of good fortune] 205, 209-11
Dharma Jewel – of small being [Joyful path of good fortune] 216, 228-9
Dharma Jewel – representation of [Joyful path of good fortune] 57
Dharma Jewel [8 steps:] 34, 110, 171
Dharma Jewel [Essence of Vajrayana] 22, 23, 32, 34, 173
Dharma Jewel [Great Treasury of Merit] 55, 105, 184
Dharma Jewel [Joyful path of good fortune] 31, 141, 193-5, 218-9, 220, 225, 275
Dharma Jewel [Meaningful to behold] 58
Dharma Jewel [Ocean of Nectar] 136-7, 310
Dharma Jewel [Transform Your Life]80, 174
Dharma practice (see spiritual practice) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully]
Dharma practice – basis for [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 37, 57
Dharma practice – benefits [Understanding the Mind] 160-1
Dharma practice – essence of [Introduction to Buddhism] 14, 35
Dharma practice [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] vii, 38, 101, 103, 104, 108
Dharma practice [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 14, 16, 49, 81, 95
Dharma practice [Introduction to Buddhism] 9-10, 43, 57-8, 59, 90, 93
Dharma practice [Understanding the Mind] 74, 93, 95, 124-5, 153, 156-7, 158-9
Dharma practitioners [Understanding the Mind] 155, 156, 157
Dharma Protector (see also Dorje Shugdän) [Heart Jewel] 71-95
Dharma Protector (see Dharmapala) [How to Solve Our Human Problems]
Dharma Protector – functions [Heart Jewel] 71-3
Dharma Protector [8 steps:] g
Dharma Protector [Essence of Vajrayana] 48, g
Dharma Protector [Joyful path of good fortune] 56, 59, 334, 388-9, g
Dharma Protector [Mahamudra Tantra] 227, 230, g
Dharma Protector(s) [Clear Light of Bliss] g
Dharma Protector(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 105, 193, 231-2, g
Dharma Protectors [Guide to Dakini land] 49, 199-200, 202, g
Dharma Protectors [Universal Compassion] 69-70, g
Dharma realization(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 7-8, 106, 176, 209, 277
Dharma rules [Great Treasury of Merit] 247
Dharma Wheel (see also Wheel of Dharma) [Essence of Vajrayana] g
Dharmabhadra [Guide to Dakini land] 84, 196
Dharmabhadra [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 38
Dharmadhatu [Essence of Vajrayana] 87, g
Dharmadhatuvajra [Great Treasury of Merit] 73, 93
Dharmadhatuvajra Goddesses [Guide to Dakini land] 71, 87, 88
Dharmakaya (see also Truth Body) [Essence of Vajrayana] 49, 80, 160, 161, g
Dharmakaya (see also Truth Body) [Mahamudra Tantra] 80
Dharmakaya (see also Truth Body) [Meaningful to behold] g
Dharmakaya (see Truth Body) [Guide to Dakini land]
Dharmakaya (see Truth Body) [Heart of Wisdom]
Dharmakaya (see Truth Body) [Joyful path of good fortune]
Dharmakaya (see Truth Body) [Ocean of Nectar]
Dharmakaya – definition [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 27
Dharmakaya [Heart Jewel] 21, g
Dharmakaya [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 26, 47, 92
Dharmakaya [Transform Your Life]240
Dharmakirti [Great Treasury of Merit] 34, 236
Dharmakirti [Heart Jewel] 35, g
Dharmakirti [Joyful path of good fortune] 260, 318, 329
Dharmakirti [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 66
Dharmakirti [Mahamudra Tantra] 102, g
Dharmakirti [Ocean of Nectar] 135, g
Dharmakirti [Tantric grounds and paths] 79, g
Dharmakirti [Understanding the Mind] 57, 90, 93, 99, 176, 198, g
Dharmapala (see Dharma Protectors) [Guide to Dakini land]
Dharmapala [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 102, 103, g
Dharmapala [Introduction to Buddhism] 20, 22, g
Dharmaraja [Joyful path of good fortune] 56
Dharmarakshita [8 steps:] 21, 129, 134
Dharmarakshita [Joyful path of good fortune] 8, 230
Dharmarakshita [Transform Your Life]196, 202
Dharmashribhadra [Meaningful to behold] 369
Dharmavajra [Clear Light of Bliss] 226, 231
Dharmavajra [Heart Jewel] 89
Dharmavajra [Mahamudra Tantra] 72, 74
Dharmavajra [Tantric grounds and paths] 121, 179
Dharmavajra, Mahasiddha [Great Treasury of Merit] 35-8, 81, 87, 118
Dharmodgata [Great Treasury of Merit] 9-11, 142
Dharmodgata [Heart of Wisdom] 189-93
Dharmodgata [Joyful path of good fortune] 99
Dharmodgata [Meaningful to behold] 91-3
dhatura [Ocean of Nectar] 202
DHI [Understanding the Mind] 78
DHI, letter [Heart Jewel] 5, 37, 43, 44, 65, 66
Dhipamkara Shrijnana [8 steps:] 136
Dhipamkara Shrijnana [Joyful path of good fortune] 8-9
Dhupevajra Goddesses [Guide to Dakini land] 86
Dhuruka war [Ocean of Nectar] 6
Diamond Cutter Sutra [Great Treasury of Merit] 122, 191
Diamond Cutter Sutra [Ocean of Nectar] 55, 152
diamond, sun, and medicinal tree [Universal Compassion] 5-6
diamond, sun, medicinal tree [8 steps:] 22
Difficult to Overcome (see fifth ground) [Ocean of Nectar]
Dignaga [Ocean of Nectar] 444, g
Dignaga [Understanding the Mind] 93-4, g
Dingkiwa [Essence of Vajrayana] 13
direct perceiver (see also mental direct perceiver; sense direct perceiver; yogic direct perceiver; non-ascertaining perceiver) [Understanding the Mind] 41-51
direct perceiver (see also non-conceptual direct perceiver) [Heart of Wisdom] 27, 28, g
direct perceiver – definition [Understanding the Mind] 41
direct perceiver – non-conceptual [Ocean of Nectar] 163, 199
direct perceiver – of Buddha [Ocean of Nectar] 379
direct perceiver – self-cognizing [Understanding the Mind] 51
direct perceiver – sense [Ocean of Nectar] 202
direct perceiver [8 steps:] 206, g
direct perceiver [Mahamudra Tantra] 159, g
direct perceiver [Meaningful to behold] 286, 293-4, 335, 337, g
direct perceiver [Ocean of Nectar] g
direct perceiver [Transform Your Life]272, g
direct realization of emptiness – meaning clear light (see also meaning clear light) [Mahamudra Tantra] 57, 58, 64
direct realization of emptiness – non-mistaken awareness [Mahamudra Tantra] 147, 160
direct realization of emptiness [Mahamudra Tantra] 105, 123-4, 142, 149, 195
directional guardian(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 95-6
directional guardians [Essence of Vajrayana] 89, 91, 92, 177
directional parts [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 166
disciples [Bodhisattva Vow] 19, 25, 49, 71
discouragement [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 98-100
discouragement [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 111, 115
discouragement [Meaningful to behold] 203, 207-10
discrimination – clear [Understanding the Mind] 113
discrimination – contaminated [Understanding the Mind] 109
discrimination – mistaken [Understanding the Mind] 112-3
discrimination – non-mistaken [Understanding the Mind] 112-3
discrimination – six types [Understanding the Mind] 112
discrimination – unclear [Understanding the Mind] 70, 113
discrimination [8 steps:] 81, 189, g
discrimination [Heart of Wisdom] 35, 94
discrimination [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 45
discrimination [Mahamudra Tantra] 141, g
discrimination [Meaningful to behold] 291
discrimination [Transform Your Life]143, 257, g
discrimination [Understanding the Mind] 107, 110-5
Discrimination of the Mliddle and the Extremes [Joyful path of good fortune] 490, 494
Discrimination of the Two Truths [Ocean of Nectar] 160
disintegration, extreme of [Mahamudra Tantra] 151-2
disintegration, extreme of [Transform Your Life]266
dislike [Joyful path of good fortune] 412-3
dispelling [8 steps:] 34, 86
dissatisfaction [Transform Your Life]71-2, 73, 100
dissolution [Essence of Vajrayana] 180-1
dissolution of inner winds – into indestructible drop [Essence of Vajrayana] 49, 111, 190
dissolution of inner winds [Essence of Vajrayana] 51, 58, 61, 81, 92, 127, 167, 208
dissolutions [Clear Light of Bliss] 80-94
distraction [Clear Light of Bliss] 165, 166
distraction [Essence of Vajrayana] 61, 173
distraction [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 118, 120, 122
distraction [Understanding the Mind] 72, 127, 167, 184-5, 230
distraction(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 247-8, 251
distractions – dispelling [Transform Your Life]90, 149, 226, 302-3
distractions – overcoming [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 52-4
distractions [8 steps:] 21
distractions [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 49, 113, g
distractions [Heart of Wisdom] 129-30
distractions [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 14, 80, 122-4
distractions [Joyful path of good fortune] 331, 371-2, 477, 483, 485, 488-9, 499, 507
distractions [Meaningful to behold] 193, 224-7, 248
distractions [Tantric grounds and paths] 34, 36, 105
distractions [Transform Your Life]53, 356-7
distractions [Universal Compassion] 85-6
distractions, controlling [Mahamudra Tantra] 109, 112, 205
disturbing thoughts – how to abandon [Meaningful to behold] 235-42
disturbing thoughts [Meaningful to behold] 225-6, 247-8
divine body (see also yoga of divine body) [Tantric grounds and paths] 75, 79, 93, 175, g
divine body – actual [Essence of Vajrayana] 103, 202, 211
divine body – gross [Tantric grounds and paths] 85, 87
divine body – imagined [Essence of Vajrayana] 74
divine body [Essence of Vajrayana] g
divine body [Mahamudra Tantra] 58
divine eye [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 15
divine pride – and emptiness [Essence of Vajrayana] 152-3
divine pride – basis [Guide to Dakini land] 159
divine pride – basis [Tantric grounds and paths] 96
divine pride – basis of imputation [Essence of Vajrayana] 139, 141
divine pride – benefits [Essence of Vajrayana] 146
divine pride – object of meditation [Essence of Vajrayana] 145
divine pride – of being the Emanation Body [Essence of Vajrayana] 84, 87, 199, 201
divine pride – of being the Enjoyment Body [Essence of Vajrayana] 83, 84, 199, 201
divine pride – of being the Truth Body [Essence of Vajrayana] 81, 82, 180, 199, 201, 205
divine pride – of Heruka [Great Treasury of Merit] 66-7
divine pride – of the Truth Body [Tantric grounds and paths] 84, 85, 86, 92, 244-5
divine pride – overcome ordinary conceptions [Tantric grounds and paths] 14, 59, 95
divine pride – overcoming ordinary conception [Guide to Dakini land] 24, 139, 156, 191
divine pride – training in [Essence of Vajrayana] 99, 144-7, 182
divine pride – valid cognizer [Essence of Vajrayana] 145
divine pride [Clear Light of Bliss] 13, 38, 112, 122, g
divine pride [Essence of Vajrayana] 102, 115, 147, 167
divine pride [Great Treasury of Merit] 259, g
divine pride [Guide to Dakini land] 34-5, 55, 116, 117, 119, 156-9
divine pride [Heart Jewel] 60, 62-3, g
divine pride [Joyful path of good fortune] 61, 545, g
divine pride [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 74, g
divine pride [Mahamudra Tantra] 21, 25-9
divine pride [Tantric grounds and paths] 34, 74, 94-7, 101, 197
divisive speech [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 55
divisive speech [Introduction to Buddhism] 27, 28
divisive speech [Joyful path of good fortune] 242, 249, 250
Diwevajra Goddesses [Guide to Dakini land] 86
doctor [Mahamudra Tantra] 78, 123
dog – stories [8 steps:] 78, 117, 138, 142
dog [8 steps:] 66, 109
dog [Transform Your Life]85-6, 137, 173
dog stories [Transform Your Life]138, 182, 212
dominant condition – uncommon [Understanding the Mind] 33, 34, 35, 43, 105
dominant condition [Understanding the Mind] 35, 37, 40
door of liberation [Heart of Wisdom] 60-1
door to liberation [Transform Your Life]34, 55
doors of perfect liberation [Ocean of Nectar] 373-4
doors of the sense powers [Guide to Dakini land] 131
doors, nine [Tantric grounds and paths] 33
doors, the ten [Clear Light of Bliss] 18-9, 30
Dorje Pagmo [Essence of Vajrayana] 136
Dorje Pagmo [Guide to Dakini land] 151
Dorje Sangpo [Heart Jewel] 13
Dorje Senge [8 steps:] 11
Dorje Shugdän – different aspects [Heart Jewel] 75
Dorje Shugdän – five lineages [Heart Jewel] 90, 91-2
Dorje Shugdän – mandala Deities [Heart Jewel] 89, 90, 91
Dorje Shugdän – nature and function [Heart Jewel] 89-94
Dorje Shugdän – previous incarnations [Heart Jewel] 75-87
Dorje Shugdän – relying upon [Heart Jewel] 73, 92-4, 95-7
Dorje Shugdän – sadhana [Heart Jewel] 56, 90, 95, 97
Dorje Shugdän – symbolism of his form [Heart Jewel] 91
Dorje Shugdän – synthesis of Three Jewels [Heart Jewel] 94
Dorje Shugdän [Essence of Vajrayana] 19, g
Dorje Shugdän [Great Treasury of Merit] 31, g
Dorje Shugdän [Guide to Dakini land] 200, g
Dorje Shugdän [Heart Jewel] 72-3
Dorje Shugdän [Mahamudra Tantra] 230, g
doubt – balanced [Understanding the Mind] 74, 89, 202
doubt – deceptive [Understanding the Mind] 95, 96, 100
doubt – definition [Understanding the Mind] 73
doubt – deluded [Heart of Wisdom] 107, g
doubt – deluded [Understanding the Mind] 73, 74, 75-6, 202-4
doubt – neutral [Understanding the Mind] 75
doubt – non-deluded [Understanding the Mind] 73-4, 203
doubt – non-virtuous [Understanding the Mind] 75
doubt – tending away from the truth [Understanding the Mind] 74, 202
doubt – tending towards the truth [Understanding the Mind] 74, 89, 202
doubt – virtuous [Understanding the Mind] 75
doubt – wrong awareness [Understanding the Mind] 74
doubt [Clear Light of Bliss] 92
doubt [Guide to Dakini land] 17, 135
doubt [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 181
doubt [Heart of Wisdom] 56, g
doubt [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 129-31
doubt [Meaningful to behold] 123-4, g
doubt [Transform Your Life]82
doubt [Understanding the Mind] 69, 73-8, 89, 134, 162, 202
doubt, deluded [Joyful path of good fortune] 320-2, 332
downfalls – Bodhisattva [Bodhisattva Vow] 5, 13-34, 55, 86, 87
downfalls – Bodhisattva [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 36, 37
downfalls – fourteen root [Great Treasury of Merit] 161
downfalls – method for purifying [Bodhisattva Vow] 35-75
downfalls – Pratimoksha [Bodhisattva Vow] 5, 55
downfalls – Tantric [Bodhisattva Vow] 5, 55
downfalls [Bodhisattva Vow] 3, 4, 5, 10-11, 103, 105
downfalls [Great Treasury of Merit] 241, 245-6
downfalls [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 51, 105
downward-voiding wind [Guide to Dakini land] 65, 66
Dragpa Gyaltsän [Great Treasury of Merit] 186
dream – analogy [8 steps:] 7, 88, 118, 214
dream – analogy [Transform Your Life]25, 151, 183
dream – appearances [8 steps:] 179-80, 199, 204-5, 214
dream – appearances [Transform Your Life]8, 247-8, 265, 270-1, 281
dream – awarenesses [Understanding the Mind] 29, 30
dream – body [Great Treasury of Merit] 89, 188
dream – body [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 64
dream – mind [8 steps:] 180, 214
dream – mind [Great Treasury of Merit] 153
dream – mind [Transform Your Life]8, 247-8, 281
dream – objects [Understanding the Mind] 30
dream – significance of [Transform Your Life]25-8
dream – world [8 steps:] 180, 215
dream – appearances [Mahamudra Tantra] 126-7, 151, 157-8, 171
dream – body [Essence of Vajrayana] 84
dream – elephant [Mahamudra Tantra] 127
dream – mind [Mahamudra Tantra] 127, 171
dream – world [Mahamudra Tantra] 127, 173
dream [Essence of Vajrayana] 61, 152, 199
dream [Great Treasury of Merit] 168, 255
dream [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 20, 78, 168, 177, 179
dream [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 5-6, 140
dream [Mahamudra Tantra] 170-1, 173
dream [Meaningful to behold] 292
dream [Tantric grounds and paths] 107, 141, 142
dream [Transform Your Life]24-5, 247-8, 282
dream [Understanding the Mind] 19-20, 86, 235-6
dream [Universal Compassion] 49-50, 52
dream analogies [Understanding the Mind] 3, 5
dream body [Guide to Dakini land] 110, 116, 117
dream body [Joyful path of good fortune] 343
dream body [Tantric grounds and paths] 86, 176, 179, 180-1
dream eye consciousness [Ocean of Nectar] 246
dream mind (see also dream eye consciousness) [Ocean of Nectar] 232-3, 244-6
dream object [Ocean of Nectar] 233, 246
dream sense power [Ocean of Nectar] 233, 246
dream world [Heart of Wisdom] 47
dream(s) – body [Clear Light of Bliss] 114, 122, 125-6
dream(s) – practices [Clear Light of Bliss] 32
dream(s) – their cause [Clear Light of Bliss] 125
dream(s) [Clear Light of Bliss] 119, 122-6, 129
dream-like phenomena [Great Treasury of Merit] 168
dreaming [Heart of Wisdom] 45-8
dreaming [Mahamudra Tantra] 112, 114, 127, 144, 151
dreams (see also dream mind; dream object; dream sense power) [Ocean of Nectar] 122
dreams – mistaken awareness [Ocean of Nectar] 203
dreams – no external objects [Ocean of Nectar] 231-3, 243-4
dreams [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 99-104
dreams [Introduction to Buddhism] 19, 20-1, 24, 109
dreams [Joyful path of good fortune] 177, 178-9, 528
Drepung Monastery [Great Treasury of Merit] 39
Drepung Monastery [Heart Jewel] 85, 86, 93
Dri Rinpoche [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 83
Drikhung [Great Treasury of Merit] 13
Drogön Tsangpa Gyaräpa [Joyful path of good fortune] 102
Drombi Heruka [Heart Jewel] 80
Dromtönpa [Bodhisattva Vow] 27
Dromtönpa [Clear Light of Bliss] 193
Dromtönpa [Essence of Vajrayana] 37, 38
Dromtönpa [Guide to Dakini land] 82
Dromtönpa [Heart Jewel] 20
Dromtönpa [Joyful path of good fortune] 14, 101, 369, 424
Dromtönpa [Ocean of Nectar] 113
Dromtönpa [Universal Compassion] 1, 3
drop(s) (see also indestructible drop; white drop) [Clear Light of Bliss] 19, 29-30, 32, 35, 42, 61-2, 64-5, 71, 92-4 133, 232
drop(s) – black [Clear Light of Bliss] 119
drop(s) – indestructible [Great Treasury of Merit] 170, 188, 273
drop(s) – melting [Clear Light of Bliss] 61
drop(s) – red [Clear Light of Bliss] 29, 35, 53, 93
drop(s) – red [Great Treasury of Merit] 108
drop(s) – reversing the flow [Clear Light of Bliss] 103, 105
drop(s) – very subtle [Clear Light of Bliss] 29
drop(s) – white [Great Treasury of Merit] 108, 134
drop(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 134-5, 147, 152, g
drop, indestructible (see indestructible drop) [Guide to Dakini land]
drops (see also bodhichittas; indestructible drop) [Essence of Vajrayana] 60, 187, 189, 190, g
drops (see also channels, drops, and winds; indestructible drop) [Guide to Dakini land] g
drops (see also indestructible drop) [Mahamudra Tantra] 31
drops (see also indestructible drop) [Tantric grounds and paths] 65, 74, 124, 126
drops – blessing [Essence of Vajrayana] 6, 101, 111
drops – controlling [Essence of Vajrayana] 203, 205, 206, 208
drops – in twenty-four channels [Essence of Vajrayana] 41, 108, 111, 158
drops – purifying [Essence of Vajrayana] 72, 159
drops – red and white [Guide to Dakini land] 118, 149, 180, 217, 221, 222
drops – yoga of drops (see also inner fire) [Guide to Dakini land] 142, 219
drops – flowing [Mahamudra Tantra] 33, 34, 63-4
drops – flowing [Tantric grounds and paths] 112, 135
drops – red and white [Mahamudra Tantra] 33-4, 63
drops [Joyful path of good fortune] 132, g
Drubchen Chö Dorje [Guide to Dakini land] 15
Drugpa Kunleg [Great Treasury of Merit] 222-3, 246
Drugpa Kunleg [Joyful path of good fortune] 202
Drugpa Kunleg [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 88
Drukku Shewo [Joyful path of good fortune] 419
Drukpa Kunlek [Meaningful to behold] 201
Drungpa Taphugpa [Great Treasury of Merit] 223
dualistic appearance [8 steps:] 209, g
dualistic appearance [Clear Light of Bliss] 25, 103, 112, 196, 221, g
dualistic appearance [Great Treasury of Merit] g
dualistic appearance [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 147, g
dualistic appearance [Heart Jewel] 15, g
dualistic appearance [Heart of Wisdom] 104-5, 117, 123, 146
dualistic appearance [Introduction to Buddhism] 113, g
dualistic appearance [Joyful path of good fortune] 274, 537, 538
dualistic appearance [Mahamudra Tantra] 46, 64, 163, 195, g
dualistic appearance [Meaningful to behold] 285, 286
dualistic appearance [Ocean of Nectar] 36, 102, 165, 234, 356, g
dualistic appearance [Tantric grounds and paths] 4-5, 53, 111, 183-5
dualistic appearances – subtle [Essence of Vajrayana] 4, 61, 103, 134, 213
dualistic appearances [Essence of Vajrayana] 81, 83, g
dualistic conceptions [Clear Light of Bliss] 70, 150
dualistic mind [Ocean of Nectar] 81
Duldzin Dragpa Gyaltsän [Heart Jewel] 75, 83-5
dullness [Clear Light of Bliss] 124
dullness [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 143
dullness [Joyful path of good fortune] 499
dullness [Understanding the Mind] 18, 229, 235
DZA HUM BAM HO [Essence of Vajrayana] 49, 116
Dzalandarapa [Essence of Vajrayana] 16
dzöladhara [Essence of Vajrayana] 188, 192, 208-11
Dö jo [Essence of Vajrayana] 6

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