nada [Clear Light of Bliss] 13, 62, 64
nada [Essence of Vajrayana] 84, 197, 200, g
nada [Mahamudra Tantra] 43, g
naga [8 steps:] 149-50, g
naga [Essence of Vajrayana] 11, 89, 92, g
naga [Guide to Dakini land] 94, g
naga [Heart of Wisdom] g
naga [Joyful path of good fortune] 418, g
naga king [Heart of Wisdom] 171
naga(s) [Great Treasury of Merit] 90, g
Nagarjuna - biography [Ocean of Nectar] 147-51
Nagarjuna - his works [Essence of Vajrayana] 10, 11, 12
Nagarjuna - lineages of [Joyful path of good fortune] 5, 547
Nagarjuna - system of [Ocean of Nectar] 259
Nagarjuna - texts of [Joyful path of good fortune] 18, 75, 134
Nagarjuna - view of [Clear Light of Bliss] 152, 190-3
Nagarjuna - view of [Joyful path of good fortune] 516-7
Nagarjuna - visualization [Essence of Vajrayana] 45
Nagarjuna - visualization of [Joyful path of good fortune] 55
Nagarjuna - works of [Ocean of Nectar] 1-3, 149, 150
Nagarjuna [8 steps:] 102, 197, 203, g
Nagarjuna [Clear Light of Bliss] 7, 109, 152, 196, 197, 198, 201, 205, 226 g
Nagarjuna [Essence of Vajrayana] 9-12
Nagarjuna [Great Treasury of Merit] 16, 53, 112, 118, 183, 216, 257, 261, g
Nagarjuna [Guide to Dakini land] 82, 103, 155, g
Nagarjuna [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 64, g
Nagarjuna [Introduction to Buddhism] 8
Nagarjuna [Joyful path of good fortune] 113, 163, 208, 239, 440, g
Nagarjuna [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 56, 58, 97
Nagarjuna [Mahamudra Tantra] 69, 155, g
Nagarjuna [Meaningful to behold] 292, 345, 348, g
Nagarjuna [Ocean of Nectar] 172, 173, 443
Nagarjuna [Tantric grounds and paths] 55, 78, 106, 117, 179, g
Nagarjuna [Transform Your Life]41, 42, 43, 85, 164, 269, g
Nagarjuna [Understanding the Mind] 38, 220, g
Nagarjuna [Universal Compassion] g
nagas [Ocean of Nectar] 85, 149, g
Nagtso [Joyful path of good fortune] 13
Nairatma [Great Treasury of Merit] 104
Naiyayika [Meaningful to behold] 319, 338-9
Nalanda [Joyful path of good fortune] 3
Nalanda [Meaningful to behold] 2
Nalanda [Ocean of Nectar] 3, 6, 148, g
Nalanda Monastery [Bodhisattva Vow] 47, g
Nalanda Monastery [Essence of Vajrayana] 10
Nalanda Monastery [Heart Jewel] 78, g
Nalanda, university of [Clear Light of Bliss] 118
Namasanghita [Great Treasury of Merit] 85
name - mere [Understanding the Mind] 11, 208, 214-5
name [Understanding the Mind] 11-2, 57
name and form [Heart of Wisdom] 132-3
naming (see also mere name) [Heart of Wisdom] 89, 90
Namkha Drime [Heart Jewel] 20
NAMO [Heart of Wisdom] 195, g
Nanda [Joyful path of good fortune] 459
Naro Bön Chung [Joyful path of good fortune] 111
Narokhachö lineage [Guide to Dakini land] 3, 48, 163
Naropa - Six Yogas of [Great Treasury of Merit] 274
Naropa [Clear Light of Bliss] 7, g
Naropa [Great Treasury of Merit] 51, 53, 80, 84, 95, 105-6, 175, g
Naropa [Guide to Dakini land] 3, 4, 82, 84, 103
Naropa [Joyful path of good fortune] 68, 111, 113, 115, g
Naropa [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 11
Naropa [Mahamudra Tantra] 177, g
Naropa [Meaningful to behold] 52, g
Narthang Monastery [Heart Jewel] 11
natural abode [Essence of Vajrayana] 49, 115
natural cessation of conceptual thoughts (see mindfulness, specific) [Clear Light of Bliss]
natural state of nirvana [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 169, 171
nature (see also conventional nature; ultimate nature; nature of mind) same [Ocean of Nectar] 178-82
Nature Body [Guide to Dakini land] 46, 85
Nature Body [Heart of Wisdom] 152
Nature Body [Joyful path of good fortune] 199, 549
Nature Body [Meaningful to behold] 86
nature definitive Heruka of the path [Essence of Vajrayana] 160
nature Heruka body mandala of the path [Essence of Vajrayana] 103
nature of mind [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 150-4
nature of mind [Ocean of Nectar] 228, 229, 244
nature/entity -	different [Heart of Wisdom] 76, 77
nature/entity -	same [Heart of Wisdom] 75-82, 93
nature/entity [Heart of Wisdom] 109
nectar (see also yoga of experiencing nectar) [Guide to Dakini land] 39
nectar pill [Guide to Dakini land] 37-9, 59, 67
nectars [Great Treasury of Merit] 71-2, 147
negated object (see object, ofnegation) [Transform Your Life]
negated object - according to Madhyamika-Prasangikas [Ocean of Nectar] 166-73
negated object - according to Madhyamika-Svatantrikas [Ocean of Nectar] 159-66
negated object - external objects [Ocean of Nectar] 244
negated object - inherently existent I [Ocean of Nectar] 292-3, 317
negated object [8 steps:] 213, 220, g
negated object [Heart of Wisdom] 42, 49, 50, 51-2
negated object [Joyful path of good fortune] 351-2, 518-23, 529-30
negated object [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 109, 110
negated object [Mahamudra Tantra] 169, g
negated object [Ocean of Nectar] 158-9, 166, 170-3, g
negatire actions (see karma, negative) [Guide to Dakini land]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [8 steps:]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Bodhisattva Vow]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Heart Jewel]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Introduction to Buddhism]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Meaningful to behold]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Understanding the Mind]
negative actions (see non-virtuous actions) [Universal Compassion]
negative actions - effects of [Great Treasury of Merit] 163-4, 206, 220, 226
negative actions - purifying [Great Treasury of Merit] 165
negative actions - towards Spiritual Guide [Great Treasury of Merit] 178, 202
negative actions [Great Treasury of Merit] 8, 107, 162-3, 165, 221, 266
negative karma (see negative actions) [Great Treasury of Merit]
negative karma (see non-virtuous actions) [Bodhisattva Vow]
negative phenomenon - affirming [Ocean of Nectar] 173
negative phenomenon - non-affirming [Joyful path of good fortune] 200, 518
negative phenomenon - non-affirming [Ocean of Nectar] 173, 220, 366
negative phenomenon [Heart of Wisdom] 49, g
negative phenomenon [Joyful path of good fortune] 200, g
negative phenomenon [Ocean of Nectar] 172-3
negativities, purifying [Clear Light of Bliss] 12, 69-70
Neusurpa, Geshe [Joyful path of good fortune] 14
neutral actions [Transform Your Life]49, 56
Never Returner (see Superior being, Hearer) [Ocean of Nectar]
Never Returner [Meaningful to behold] 74, g
New Kadam lineages [Joyful path of good fortune] 14
New Kadampa Tradition (see also Kadampa Tradition) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 216
New Kadampa Tradition (see Kadampa Tradition) [Guide to Dakini land]
New Kadampa Tradition [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 156, g
New Kadampa Tradition [Joyful path of good fortune] g
New Kadampa Tradition [Mahamudra Tantra] 231, 271
New Kadampa Tradition [Ocean of Nectar] g
New Kadampa Tradition [Tantric grounds and paths] 12, g
New Meditation Handbook, The [Mahamudra Tantra] 5, 12
Newidevajra Goddesses [Guide to Dakini land] 86
Ngamring Jampaling Monastery [Great Treasury of Merit] 23
Ngamring Jampaling Monastery [Heart Jewel] 11
Ngatrul Dragpa Gyaltsän [Heart Jewel] 86-7
Ngawang Chogden [Joyful path of good fortune] 15
Ngawang Dragpa [Guide to Dakini land] 5
Ngawang Dragpa [Joyful path of good fortune] 25
Ngo Sangma [Joyful path of good fortune] 233
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo [Clear Light of Bliss] 192
Ngulchu Dharmabhadra [Great Treasury of Merit] 91
NI, letter [Great Treasury of Merit] 263
nightmare [Introduction to Buddhism] 24
nightmare [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 5
nihilists [Joyful path of good fortune] 172
Niladanda [Great Treasury of Merit] 92, 94
nine exhalations, practice of [Clear Light of Bliss] 40-2
nine Great Mothers [Heart Jewel] 92
nine mental abidings - close placement [Mahamudra Tantra] 109
nine mental abidings - continual placement [Mahamudra Tantra] 108
nine mental abidings - placing the mind [Mahamudra Tantra] 108
nine mental abidings - replacement [Mahamudra Tantra] 108-9
nine mental abidings [Bodhisattva Vow] 101, g
nine mental abidings [Guide to Dakini land] 160, g
nine mental abidings [Introduction to Buddhism] 93, g
nine mental abidings [Mahamudra Tantra] 107-8
nine mental abidings [Meaningful to behold] 249-51
nine mental abidings [Ocean of Nectar] 103, g
nine mental abidings [Tantric grounds and paths] 97, g
nine mental abidings [Universal Compassion] 55, g
nine mental arisings [Clear Light of Bliss] 57, 163-4, 173-4
nine mental arisings [Great Treasury of Merit] 3
nine mixings, the - mixing with the Emanation	Body [Clear Light of Bliss] 114-5, 123-6, 132-3
nine mixings, the - mixing with the Enjoyment Body [Clear Light of Bliss] 112-4, 121-3, 129-31, 204
nine mixings, the - mixing with the Truth Body [Clear Light of Bliss] 110-2, 115-21, 128-9
nine mixings, the [Clear Light of Bliss] 109-33
nine moods [Essence of Vajrayana] 96, 134
ninth ground - divisions [Ocean of Nectar] 396
ninth ground - etymology [Ocean of Nectar] 396
ninth ground [Heart of Wisdom] 123
ninth ground [Ocean of Nectar] 395-7
ninth-ground Bodhisattva [Ocean of Nectar] 321, 398, 405
Nirmanakaya (see Emanation Body) [Guide to Dakini land]
nirvana (see also liberation) [Bodhisattva Vow] g
nirvana (see also liberation) [Essence of Vajrayana] xi, 180
nirvana (see also liberation) [Guide to Dakini land] 183
nirvana (see also liberation) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 27, 29
nirvana (see also liberation) [Heart of Wisdom] 156
nirvana (see also liberation) [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 15-6
nirvana (see also liberation) [Joyful path of good fortune] 310
nirvana (see also liberation) [Mahamudra Tantra] 14, 61-3
nirvana (see also liberation) [Meaningful to behold] 4, 47, 310, 335, 352, 365, g
nirvana (see also liberation) [Ocean of Nectar] 214, 302, 358, 383
nirvana (see also liberation) [Tantric grounds and paths] 112
nirvana (see also liberation) [Transform Your Life]7, 10, 11, 49, 75, 165
nirvana (see liberation) [Great Treasury of Merit]
nirvana (see liberation) [Introduction to Buddhism]
nirvana (see liberation) [Living meaningfully dying joyfully]
nirvana (see liberation) [Understanding the Mind]
nirvana (see liberation) [Universal Compassion]
nirvana - created by mind [Mahamudra Tantra] 103
nirvana - happiness of [Ocean of Nectar] 66
nirvana - Hinayana [Ocean of Nectar] 358, 434
nirvana - lacks true existence [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 150, 179
nirvana - Mahayana [Ocean of Nectar] 358, 434
nirvana - natural [Meaningful to behold] 297, 332, 335, 352
nirvana - natural [Ocean of Nectar] 358
nirvana - non-abiding [Ocean of Nectar] 434
nirvana - non-abiding [Tantric grounds and paths] 39
nirvana - ultimate [Ocean of Nectar] 357
nirvana - with remainder [Ocean of Nectar] 434
nirvana - without remainder [Ocean of Nectar] 303, 434
nirvana [8 steps:] 6, 103
nirvana [Clear Light of Bliss] 6, 175
nominal truth (see also conventional truth) [Understanding the Mind] 238
nominal truth [Ocean of Nectar] 213, 260, 385
nominally distinct [Heart of Wisdom] 83-5, 98
non-affirming negative [Clear Light of Bliss] 152, 177, g
non-affirming negative [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 147, g
non-affirming negative [Heart of Wisdom] 49, 50, g
non-affirming negative phenomenon [8 steps:] 213
non-affirming negative phenomenon [Mahamudra Tantra] 169
non-affirming negative phenomenon [Transform Your Life]280
non-alertness [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 54, g
non-alertness [Understanding the Mind] 233-4
non-application [Clear Light of Bliss] 162
non-application [Joyful path of good fortune] 493, 498
non-application [Meaningful to behold] 252, 255
non-ascertaining perceiver - deceptive [Understanding the Mind] 95
non-ascertaining perceiver - definition [Understanding the Mind] 68
non-ascertaining perceiver - ear awareness [Understanding the Mind] 68-9, 71
non-ascertaining perceiver - eye awareness [Understanding the Mind] 69
non-ascertaining perceiver - five types [Understanding the Mind] 69-71
non-ascertaining perceiver - mental direct perceiver [Understanding the Mind] 68, 69
non-ascertaining perceiver - sense direct perceiver [Understanding the Mind] 43, 44, 68-9, 100, 125
non-ascertaining perceiver [Understanding the Mind] 75, 90, 120, 125
non-associated compounded phenomena [Understanding the Mind] 17
non-associated compounded phenomenon [8 steps:] 200
non-associated compounded phenomenon [Heart of Wisdom] 35-6
non-attachment [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 99-101
non-attachment [Transform Your Life]86-7
non-attachment [Understanding the Mind] 146-8
non-attachment [Universal Compassion] 43-4
non-attainment [Heart of Wisdom] 144
non-Buddhist [Understanding the Mind] 188, 207, 209-10
non-conceptual direct perceiver (see also valid cognizer, direct) [Heart of Wisdom] 61, 75, 117
non-conceptual mental awareness [Understanding the Mind] 29, 30, 37
non-conceptual mind (see also individual types) [Understanding the Mind] 23, 28-31, 37
non-conceptual mind (see also non-conceptual direct perceiver) [Heart of Wisdom] 76, g
non-conceptual mind - correct [Understanding the Mind] 30
non-conceptual mind - definition [Understanding the Mind] 28
non-conceptual mind - mental awareness [Understanding the Mind] 29, 30, 37
non-conceptual mind - non-valid [Understanding the Mind] 99
non-conceptual mind - wrong [Understanding the Mind] 30, 79
non-conceptual wrong awareness - mental [Understanding the Mind] 81, 82
non-conceptual wrong awareness - sense [Understanding the Mind] 30, 81, 82
non-conceptual wrong awareness [Understanding the Mind] 79, 87
non-conscientiousness [Bodhisattva Vow] 5, 18
non-conscientiousness [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 21, 141, g
non-conscientiousness [Understanding the Mind] 227, 234
non-deluded pride [Understanding the Mind] 195-6
non-discrimination gods [Understanding the Mind] 114
non-discrimination, equipoise of [Meaningful to behold] 310
non-duality [Clear Light of Bliss] 116
non-duality [Ocean of Nectar] 228
non-existent [8 steps:] 148, 204
non-existent [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 178, g
non-existent [Heart of Wisdom] 62-3
non-existent [Ocean of Nectar] 195, 283
non-existents, production of [Meaningful to behold] 349-51
non-fabricated bodhichitta (see bodhichitta, spontaneous) [Heart of Wisdom]
non-faith [Tantric grounds and paths] 64
non-faith [Understanding the Mind] 137-9, 145, 230-1
non-grasping [Clear Light of Bliss] 91
non-harmfulness (see also compassion) [Understanding the Mind] 169-72
non-harmfulness [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 137-45
non-hatred - three types [Understanding the Mind] 150-1
non-hatred [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 101-5
non-hatred [Transform Your Life]88-9
non-hatred [Understanding the Mind] 148-51
non-hatred [Universal Compassion] 43-4
non-ignorance [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 105-10
non-ignorance [Understanding the Mind] 151-3
non-ignorance [Universal Compassion] 43-4
non-shame [Clear Light of Bliss] 91
non-thing [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 178-9
non-thing [Ocean of Nectar] 163, 164, 382
non-things, production of [Meaningful to behold] 350-1
non-valid cognizer - definition [Understanding the Mind] 99
non-valid cognizer - two types [Understanding the Mind] 99-100
non-valid cognizer [Understanding the Mind] 65, 99-100
non-valid mind [Heart of Wisdom] 28, 63
non-virtue (see also non-virtuous actions) [Meaningful to behold] 4, 15-6, 19, 20, 116, 267, 327, 355
non-virtue - abandoning [Meaningful to behold] 111-5
non-virtue - declaring [Meaningful to behold] 60-78
non-virtue - definition [Understanding the Mind] 175
non-virtue - heaviness of [Meaningful to behold] 66
non-virtue - purifying [Meaningful to behold] 21, 43-78
non-virtue [Clear Light of Bliss] 89
non-virtue [Understanding the Mind] 37, 175-6
non-virtuous action - definition [Essence of Vajrayana] 33
non-virtuous action - four effects [Essence of Vajrayana] 30-1, 33
non-virtuous action [Essence of Vajrayana] 21, 29-30, g
non-virtuous action [Heart of Wisdom] 78, 82, 102
non-virtuous actions (see also evil) [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 6, 79, 180, 216
non-virtuous actions (see also negative actions) [Great Treasury of Merit] g
non-virtuous actions (see also non-virtue) [Meaningful to behold] 5, 125, 143, 213-4
non-virtuous actions (see also purification) [Joyful path of good fortune] 237-51, 357, 416, 455-6, 528
non-virtuous actions (see also ten non-virtuous actions) [Ocean of Nectar] 94, 97, 310, 421
non-virtuous actions - abandoning [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 24, 49
non-virtuous actions - avoiding [Understanding the Mind] 143, 150, 166
non-virtuous actions - cause of [8 steps:] 6, 47, 53, 84-5, 88, 95
non-virtuous actions - cause of [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 4, 95, 129
non-virtuous actions - cause of [Transform Your Life]48, 98, 102, 112, 147, 151
non-virtuous actions - cause of suffering [Understanding the Mind] 151
non-virtuous actions - causes of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 73
non-virtuous actions - causes of [Understanding the Mind] 79, 97, 112, 134, 229, 233
non-virtuous actions - definition [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 152
non-virtuous actions - effects [8 steps:] 53-5, 60, 113, 125, 129-30, 133-4
non-virtuous actions - effects [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 39, 44-5, 147-50, 152
non-virtuous actions - effects of [Joyful path of good fortune] 109, 180, 216, 248-51, 302, 335,. 340, 427
non-virtuous actions - effects of [Transform Your Life]48, 49, 112, 120-1, 196-7, 201
non-virtuous actions - factors in the beneficial power of [Joyful path of good fortune] 246-7
non-virtuous actions - lack inherent existence [Ocean of Nectar] 224
non-virtuous actions - purifying [Universal Compassion] 36, 65-8
non-virtuous actions - refraining from [Bodhisattva Vow] 67-9, 83-6
non-virtuous actions - results of [Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life] 37, 76, 81, 101, 102, 103, 173
non-virtuous actions - results of [Universal Compassion] 59-60, 64, 66-7, 107
non-virtuous actions - ten [Transform Your Life]56
non-virtuous actions - the ten [Bodhisattva Vow] 1 , 55, 85
non-virtuous actions - the ten [Introduction to Buddhism] 25-9, 80
non-virtuous actions - the ten [Joyful path of good fortune] 237-45, 455
non-virtuous actions - the ten [Meaningful to behold] 83, 149-52
non-virtuous actions - the ten [Understanding the Mind] 117
non-virtuous actions - three kinds of effect [Introduction to Buddhism] 26-9
non-virtuous actions - three types [Understanding the Mind] 117
non-virtuous actions [8 steps:] 25, 72
non-virtuous actions [Bodhisattva Vow] 23, 35, 45, 49, 55, 63-5, 86, 93
non-virtuous actions [Heart Jewel] 27, g
non-virtuous actions [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 10, 41, 156
non-virtuous actions [Introduction to Buddhism] 23, 25, 45, 46, 52, 71
non-virtuous actions [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 3, 5, 18, 97, 117
non-virtuous actions [Mahamudra Tantra] 87-9, 105, 119
non-virtuous actions [Transform Your Life]56, 79, 83-4, 131, 324
non-virtuous actions [Understanding the Mind] 175, 200, 221, 227, 231
non-virtuous actions [Universal Compassion] 17, 80, 106
non-virtuous minds - abandoning [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 1
non-virtuous minds - at death [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 44-5
non-virtuous minds [Living meaningfully dying joyfully] 133
non-virtuous minds [Understanding the Mind] 6, 104, 106, 175-6
non-virtuous object [How to Solve Our Human Problems] 119
non-virtuous object [Introduction to Buddhism] 36
Norsang, Bodhisattva [Universal Compassion] 45
nothingness [Mahamudra Tantra] 117, 146, 171
nothingness [Transform Your Life]240, 282
nun [Mahamudra Tantra] 103
nuns [Meaningful to behold] 138, 365
Nyempa Sangden [Joyful path of good fortune] 231
Nyingma [Joyful path of good fortune] 21
Nyingma [Universal Compassion] 3
Nyingma tradition [Clear Light of Bliss] 191-2
Nyungnä [8 steps:] 149
Nyungnä Lama [Great Treasury of Merit] 21
Nyungnä Lama [Heart Jewel] 8