KKBN: Glossary of Buddhist Terms

Glossary of Buddhist Terms

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Empowerment [Tib.Wang] Ritual initiation into a particular practice of meditation, conferred by a Lama who is part of a lineage, and thus himself a recipient and practitioner of such transmissions. Authorization to engage in the meditative practice is not complete without the formal instruction and textual transmission.

Emptiness The absence in beings and objects of independent existence and enduring self-nature; the essential quality of mind, corresponding to the Link-Ref Dharmakaya aspect of Enlightenment. Emptiness is the central theme of Prajnaparamita texts and Madhyamaka philosophy.

Enlightenment Complete enlightenment is a state of realization in which the most subtle traces of ignorance about the nature of reality are eliminated; sometimes called "the embodiment of the "Three Link-Ref Kayas". There are degrees or stages of enlightenment (see Bhumi).

E	Explanation
Empowerment	[Tib.Wang] Ritual initiation into a particular practice of meditation, conferred by a Lama who is part of a lineage, and thus himself a recipient and practitioner of such transmissions. Authorization to engage in the meditative practice is not complete without the formal instruction and textual transmission.
Emptiness	The absence in beings and objects of independent existence and enduring self-nature; the essential quality of mind, corresponding to the Dharmakaya aspect of Enlightenment. Emptiness is the central theme of Prajnaparamita texts and Madhyamaka philosophy.
Enlightenment	Complete enlightenment is a state of realization in which the most subtle traces of ignorance about the nature of reality are eliminated; sometimes called "the embodiment of the "Three Kayas". There are degrees or stages of enlightenment (see Bhumi).