Clear light: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems1) Clear Light refers to one of the 鈥�Five Stages鈥� (in Tibetan: rim lnga) which represent the completion-stage phases described by the Guhyasam膩ja Tantric tradition.鈥擜ccordingly, [regarding the expanse class of Dzokchen]: This teaching places great importance on the clear light, so it is a bit like the new schools鈥� teaching of the Five Stages [e.g., clear light]; its meaning is very different, however. In the teaching of the Five Stages, through the technique by which the Five Winds are bound, you apprehend in its entirety the empty visualized object of meditation, and then, through its subsequent dissolution, you clarify it in the clear light; therefore, there is deliberate activity involved.
2) Clear light (in Tibetan: 'od gsal; Sanskrit: 辫谤补产丑腻蝉惫补谤补) 鈥� On the completion stage of highestyoga tantra, the luminous, blissful realization of emptiness that is a prelude to the attainment of a buddha's 诲丑补谤尘补办腻测补 at the moment of enlightenment . In the Guhyasam膩ja tradition, it is the fourth of the five stages of the completion stage . The term also may refer to the natural clarity of the mind in its subtlest state, which may be manifest at death and on various other occasions
: Shangpa Kagyu: The Five CyclesClear Light (or Sheer Clarity) refers to one of the 鈥�Six Roots鈥�, also known as the Six Yogas of Niguma [or the Six Doctrines of Niguma] (rtsa ba ni gu chos drug). They are the first section of the 鈥淔ive Golden Teachings鈥� [or 鈥淔ive Golden Dharmas鈥�, 鈥淔ive Precious Dharma of Shangpa鈥�, 鈥淔ive Jewels of Niguma鈥漖 (Tibetan: gser chos lnga). These five golden doctrines of the Shangpa are likened to a tree. These are all associated with the principal teachings of the Shangpa Kagyu. The Six Roots are [e.g., clear light].
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+31): Six dharmas, Kunila, 'od gsal, Prabhasvara, Five stages, Prabhasvarata, Chonyid, ni gu ma'i chos drug, Nine-fold cycle, Innate gnosis, Six yogas, rim lnga, Sahajajnana, Isolated speech, lhan skyes ye shes, bka' babs bzhi, Isolated mind, Dai, Expanse class, lung lnga.
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Tibet (Myth, Religion and History) (by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya)
9. The Highest Yoga Tantra < [Chapter 7 - Buddhism in Tibet]
10. Conclusion < [Chapter 7 - Buddhism in Tibet]
8. The Three Yanas < [Chapter 7 - Buddhism in Tibet]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
1.2. Union of Sunyata and Bodhicitta < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
2.1. Preliminary Stage of the Path < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
3.3. The State of Union of a Non-Trainee < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
Conquest of Self in 鈥淐lear Light of Day鈥� < [April 鈥� June and July 鈥� September, 1996]
The Urge of Self-Consciousness i < [July 鈥� September, 2003]
The British Legacy in India < [July 鈥� September 1991]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja鈥檚 Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
S奴tra 3.25 < [Third Chapter (Vibhuti Pada)]
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 1891: World Seeks to feed; Tapasvins do not Beg for a Living < [Tantra Seven (elam tantiram) (verses 1704-2121)]
Verse 328: Truth Eludes Drunkards < [Tantra One (mutal tantiram) (verses 113-336)]
Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 251 - Of King Olaf's Body < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]
Part 151 - Thorod's Story < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]