Aro Dictionary
- Vajrayana
- Vajrayana is the Buddhist yana (approach) based on the experience of the non-duality of form and emptiness. It consists of Dzogchen together with Tantrayana. Compare Sutrayana, the approach of finding emptiness.
- vehicle
- The literal translation of yana. An approach within Buddhism, comprising a coherent system of theory and practice that takes you from a base via a path to a result.
- vipashyana
- The Sanskrit term for lhatong.
- vipassana
- The Pali term for lhatong. Pali is a language related to Sanskrit in which many sutras were written. The Sanskrit equivalent is vipashyana.