Lama Zopa Rinpoche

115. Shravakayana, Pratyekabuddhayana and Paramitayana. The first two are regarded as
Hinayana; the latter, one of the two Mahayana vehicles, the other being the Vajrayana. The
three yanas can also refer to the two Hinayana ones and the Mahayana in general.
116. Traditional offerings to the Three Rare Sublime Ones, they are: water for drinking (Skt:
argham), water for cleaning the feet ( padyam), flowers ( pushpe), incense (dhupe), light (aloke),
perfume ( gandhe), food (naivedya) and music (shabda).
117. “Bodhicitta” here refers to the bodhicitta drops or subtle substances that permeate the
body. The white drop, which originated from the father, is said to reside in the crown chakra
and the red drop, which originated from the mother, is said to reside in the navel chakra.
This is according to Guhyasamaja tantra; other tantras may describe them slightly differently.
118. The Ninth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa. See jetsundhampa.com.
119. Since this is not an academic work, in the interests of simplicity we have decided not to
use diacritical marks and to use pronounceable Tibetan phonetics rather than transliteration.
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