Acharya means master
Buddha means "Wise one"
Butya means "Awakened one"
Chakra means "Wheel"
Dharana means concentration
Dhyana means concentrated contemplation
Enlightenment (a latin word) means "condition of lighting an area" implying clear insight. This latin word is usually used when translating the sanskrit word Bodhi (wisdom) or the Tibetan word Yang-chub (Purification-realization).
Guhuyasamaja means "Secret Vows", the name of a Tantra which teaches about the secret assembly of five Buddha families.
Karma means "Consequences"
Kriya means "Action"
LamDre means "Path and its Fruit"
LamRim means "Stages of the Path"
Meditation (a latin word) means "Controlling the mind". Shakyamuni Buddha never used the word "Meditation".
Moksha means Liberation
Pratityasamutpada means "dependent Arising".
Rahula means "Obstruction"
Satyadvaya means "the Two Truths".
Shamata means "Tranquil abiding", the first meditational technique
Sugatagarbha means "the nature of those who have achieved Bliss"
Tantra means continuum, stream, or thread. It refers to Buddha's techniques of practice.
Tataghata means "(One who) Thus has stopped"
tathagatagarbha means "the nature of those who have achieved liberation (stopped)" (Liberated)
Vipashyana means Analytical meditation, the second technique
Yoga means Union
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