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Dvagpo (Dwag po), 81 ’dzin pa (fixation), 40, 68 dzogchen. See Great Completion earth goddesses, 213 See also shidak Echung village (E chung gi grong), 77, 79 ego-fixation (bdag ’dzin), 31, 110, 112, 117, 120, 121–122, 126, 127, 306 n. 17 compassion and, 44 and dedicating the body, 179 freedom from, 68, 134, 135, 219, 229 karmic bad spirits and, 141 See also four devils [of ego-fixation] Ei Gangwa (E’i gang ba), 59, 69, 295 n. 21 eight branch prayers, 81, 153 eight great adepts (grub chen brgyad), 306 n. 10 Eight Great Chariots (shing rta chen po brgyad), 22 Eight Great N›ga Kings (klu chen brgyad), 176, 314 n. 49, 320–321 n. 2 eight limb segments (nying lag), 161, 312 n. 26 eight objects of the resolve for enlightenment, 140–142, 147 See also guests elements, 128, 138, 186–188, 189 Elixir Vase banquet (bdud rtsi bum ’gyed ma), 166, 312 n. 30 Elucidation That Overwhelms the Two Extremes, The, 135 emanation cakra, 189 empowerment (dbang), 59, 69–72, 81–84, 294 n. 18, 297 n. 44 the four empowerments, 69, 70, 73, 86 into nature of reality, 71 three cycles of, 301 n. 16 the three hundred empowerments, 90 emptiness (stong pa nyid, Skt. ⁄Ònyat›)
as antidote to apparitions, 252 and appearance, 219 and awareness, 110–111 compassion and, 118, 149–150 of form, 118 of the four immeasurables, 148, 149–150, 151 of genuine refuge, 147 of great conceptlessness, 51, 156 as the Great Mother, 87–88 inherent, 41, 220 of natural nonexistence, 155 and the perfection of wisdom, 25–27, 29 of phenomena, 114 resting in, 230 rootless, 119 and tantric sexual practices, 307 n. 23 at the time of death, 186 energy channels. See channels energy currents (rlung, Skt. pr›˚a), 114, 164, 187–188, 192, 307 n. 22 awareness in, 191 characteristics and types, 196–201 disease of, 248, 324 n. 41 entering the central channel, 200–201 reversal of, 315 n. 4 energy exercises (rlung rtsol), 84, 200, 201 energy-mind (rlung sems), 114 enjoyment body (Skt. saªbhogak›ya). See under bodies of buddha enjoyment cakra, 189 enlightened principle, 23, 24, 28 equanimity, immeasurable, 150–151 Essential Drop Mirror, 99 ethics, 253, 256, 261 Evans-Wentz, W. Y., 52 evidence of severance (chod tshad), 18, 217, 218, 219–221, 229 evidence of success (tshar tshad), 18, 217, 218, 229, 234 common, 221–225