ultimate bodhicitta
don dam jang chub sem (Tib); don dam byang chub sems (Wyl)
The nondual transcendental realization of emptiness within a bodhisattva’s mental continuum. See also conventional bodhicitta.
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Glossary terms for "U"
ultimate truth
paramartha satya (Skt); don dam den pa (Tib); don dam bden pa (Wyl)
Or absolute truth; one of the two truths, the other being conventional truth. It is the understanding of the ultimate nature of reality, that things are empty of true existence.
umdze (Tib)
dbu mdzad (Wyl)
The chant master in a Tibetan monastery.
union of clear light and illusory body
zung jug (Tib); zung 'jug (Wyl)
The final stage of completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra, where the practitioner is able to unite the clear light mind called the meaning clear light (which is a direct realization of emptiness) with the pure illusory body, the experience of the winds entering the indestructible drop at the central channel.
upasaka (Skt)
genyen (Tib); dge bsnyen (Wyl)
A male lay follower of Buddhism.
upasika (Skt)
genyenma (Tib); dge bsnyen ma (Wyl)
A female lay follower of Buddhism.
upper realms
The three higher realms in samsara of human, asura and sura.
ushnisha (Skt)
urgyän (Tib); dbu rgyan (Wyl)
The crown protrusion of a buddha. Not to be confused with the place known in Tibetan as Orgyen (Wyl: o rgyan).
