[Lit. highest mother, highest principle]: Meditation teacher in  Tibetan Buddhism. The term points at the compassion of such a person, which is as strong as the love of mother to her only child. In  Diamondway Buddhism the Lama is the key for profound teachings.

Three Lights Meditation

A way to integrate Buddhas teachings into daily life. This was already done by direct disciples of Buddha.

State of Joy

State of Truth.

[Skt.Vipasyana ] A Meditation that develops insight into the nature of mind. It is sometimes described as analytical meditation. It is one of the two types of meditation found in all Buddhist traditions, the other being tranquillity meditation (Tib. Shi nay)

[Skt. Tara ]

White Liberatice [Tib. Dölkar]: Female Buddha in joy-state for long life and will power. She has seven wisdom eyes.

Green Liberatice [Tib. Dölma]: Female Buddha of compassion in joy-state. The Green Liberatrice protects against dangers, fears and pain. She helps to fulfill whishes.

Yellow Liberatice [Tib. Norgyuma, sanskr. Vasudhara or Basundhara]: Female Buddha in joy-state for richness in material and spiritual respect.

Liberatice of Realization [tib. Dölma Naljorma]: A green form of Liberatice with eight arms.

[Skt. Abhimukti] When realizing the  emptiness of the self liberation from the cycle of existence is attained. Liberation from all kind of suffering is attained. However, this state is not the complete  enlightenment. There is no realization of “how things are” the emptiness of all phenomena. In  Theravada this denotes Arhathood, in  Mahayana it denotes the first  Bodhisattva stage .

Part of the buddhist  theory of cognition. Methods and processes for the investigation of inner and outer phenomena by reasoning cognition.

[1308 - 1363] Longtschen became known as the great scholar of the Nyingma lineage. Like the third Karmapa, he carried the title "Kunkhyen" - All-Knowing. As a child he studied the Dharma in great depth, and at 19 entered the famous Shedra Sangpu and acquired great scholarly wisdom there. Longtschen chose to practise in the solitude of the mountains, having become disgusted by the unpleasant behavior of certain scholars. There he met Kumaraja who was traveling with his students under the most difficult of circumstances from valley to valley. He accompanied them for 2 years and received during that time all of Kumaraja's transmissions. After several years in retreat, he attracted more and more students, even though he had spend nearly all of his life in mountain caves. He created 250 Dharma-works. (Phowa Lineage)

[Tib. Tseringma] Main consort of Milarepa.

State of Joy.

[1918 - 2003] Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1918. As a small boy he became a monk in Phunaka Dzong, the biggest Bhutanese monastery. When he was 13 years old he left Bhutan and went to study and practice under the spiritual guidance of his uncle, Drukpa Rinpoche Lama Sherab Dorje, in Nepal. Later Rinpoche returned to Bhutan and completed his studies. Afterwards he traveled again to Nepal. He had many teachers from the Kagyu Lineage, Nyingma, Sakya and Gelug lineages. In 1944 Rinpoche met H.H. the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje in Bum Tang in Bhutan and H.H. became one of his most important masters. Rinpoche received most of the teachings and transmissions of the Karma Kagyu Lineage from him.

In 1987 he visited for the first time Europe at the invitation of his first Occidental students and close friends Lama Ole Nydahl and his wife Hannah from Denmark. Since that time he travels extensively throughout West and East Europe, North and South America and also Australia giving teachings and countless initiations in the Buddhist Karma Kagyu Centers founded by Lama Ole Nydahl. Rinpoche also visits different Buddhist Centers in China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, India and Hong Kong. The immense power of his compassion is felt by people of every background and brings benefit to all beings. Section Teachers .

Name of New Years Day in the Tibetan Calendar

[Tib. Chenrezig, Skr. Avalokiteshvara, Lit. The one whose eyes look at everyone] The embodiment of the love and compassion of all Buddhas.

A ritual reading of texts of the Diamond Way. The mere hearing of the syllables transmits the authorization for the practice; see also Empowerment.