Glossary

arising-subsiding awareness character (luminous) cognitive power/potency creative power display equality evenness fundamental nature fundamental stratum hallucinatory perceptions luminosity natural meditative absorption nature nonexistence open and unimpeded open(ness) and free(dom) ornament primordial openness and freedom primordial/primal wisdom self-experience of awareness single nature spontaneous presence, spontaneously present subjective mental experience shar grol rig pa rang bzhin thugs rje rtsal rol ba mnyam nyid phyal ba gnas lugs rang mal ’ khrul snang ’od gsal rang bzhin bsam gtan ngo bo med pa zang thal grol ba rgyan ye grol ye shes rang snang gcig pu lhun grub rang snang

to essentialize key points to gain clear conviction to reveal key points to subside to subsume key points ultimate reality, dharmatā ’gag bsdam pa la bzla ba gnad bkrol ba grol ba chings su bcings pa chos nyid