Buddha, three “bodies” of, ※. See also dharmakaya; nirmanakaya; and sainbhogakaya
Buddha Families, Five, ※
“Buddha activity”, ※ ※. See also karma
Buddha nature, ※ ※ ※. See also intelligence, basic and tathagata-garbha
Buddhism, approach to spirituality of, ※ ※; distinctions between Vehicles of, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; Madhyamika school of, ※; Yogachara school of, ※ ※. See also Hinayana; Mahayana; Tantra; and Vajrayana
categories, grasping nature of, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also concepts; conceptualization; ego, bureaucracy of; evaluation; form; and preconceptions
chakravartin, ※
chela, ※
citta-matra school. See Buddhism, yogachara school
clarity, of awakened state, ※; as generosity, ※; of prajna, ※; as shunyata, ※. See also precision
communication, allowing space for, ※ ※ ※ ※; compassion as, ※ ※ ※; generosity as, ※ ※; grasping nature of, ※; pain of, ※ ※; surrender as, ※
communication with energy of life, ※ ※ ※ ※; with spiritual friend, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also openness and surrender
communism, ※
compassion, ※ ※ ※; Bodhisattva of, ※; clarity of, ※; fearlessness of, ※ ※ ※ ※; ruthlessness of, ※ ※; warmth of, ※ ※ ※; directed by prajna, ※. See also generosity
Concept. See Skandhas, Five
concepts, self-protective nature of, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; transcendence of, ※ ※ ※; in Madhyamika school, ※
conceptualization, absence of, ※ ※; avoiding, ※; cutting through, ※ ※ ※ ※; self-protective nature of, ※ ※ ※; of experience, ※; in Hinayana thought, ※. See also categories; evaluation; form; and preconceptions
confusion, cutting through, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; reality of, ※ ※; as sense of self, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also ego
consciousness, states of. See ego; enlightenment; Paramitas, Six; Realms, Six; self-consciousness; and Skandhas, Five
Damema, ※
dana, ※. See also Paramitas, Six
death, ※ ※ ※ ※; awareness of, ※
defense mechanisms. See ego, self-preservative quality of and security