meditation, compassionate aspect of, ※ ※ ※; difficulty of, ※ ※; discovering awakened state by, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; ego’s imitation of, ※; experiencing ego by, ※ ※; insignificance of, ※; misconceptions of, ※ ※; short-circuiting ego by, ※ ※; stages in practice of, ※. See also dhyana; disciplines, spiritual; Paramitas, Six; samadhi; and techniques, spiritual
meditations, types of: concentration, ※ ※ ※; mahavipashyana, ※ ※; shamatha, ※; vipashyana, ※ ※; Tantric, ※; upon impermanence, ※
“meeting of two minds”, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also abhisheka
“middle way”, ※ ※ ※. See also Buddhism, Madhyamika school of
Mind, Lord of, ※ ※. See also Materialism, Three Lords of
“mind only” school. See Buddhism, Yogachara school and “one-mind” theory
mind, ordinary, ※. See also thamal-gyi-shepa and wisdom, ordinary
mind and matter, interrelation of, ※ ※
motivation, in the awakened state, ※. See also ambition
mukti, ※
mystery, belief in, ※ ※ ※; philosophical belief in, ※
Nalanda University, ※
nationalism, ※
neurosis, development of, ※ ※; working with, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also ego
Ngonagpa of Langru, ※
nirmanakaya, ※. See also Buddha, three “bodies” of
nirvana, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also enlightenment and samadhi,
non-duality, ※ ※. See also duality and shunyata
non-striving, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also: “letting be”; struggle; surrender; and Truths, Four Noble
“one-mind” theory, ※ ※. See also Buddhism, Yogachara school
“open way”, ※ ※; compassion of, ※. See also Bodhisattva Path; Mahayana; and openness
openness, loss of, ※ ※; necessity of spiritual friend for, ※; pain of, ※; use of disappointment to achieve, ※ ※ ※ ※
openness and Bodhisattva Path, ※ ※; and Gautama Buddha, ※ ※ ※; and shunyata, ※; as surrender to spiritual friend, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also communication; “open way”; initiation; shunyata; space; and surrender
openness, transcendental. See dhyana and Paramitas, Six
ordinariness, as expression of basic sanity, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also non-striving and wisdom, ordinary
ösel, ※. See also luminosity
Padma. See Buddha Families, Five
pain, ※ ※ ※ ※; origin of, ※ ※: of unmasking, ※ ※ ※ ※; as expression of guru, ※ ※. See also “hard way” and suffering
paramita, definition of, ※