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  • The well-known convention of “the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma” derives from the The Sutra Unraveling What Is Intended (dGongs-pa nges-par ‘grel-ba’i mdo, Skt. Samdhinirmocana Sutra).

    The Twelve Scriptural Categories L.T. Doboom Tulku 2007

  • As it happens, the word "grel (ph)" in German, which is mighty close to our word "girl" means "flashy," as in sharp.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2004 2004

  • "I'm sorry, but they aren't very bright, and they think any'thing they don't recognize is going to eat them," the grel-handler kept saying, over and over, stumbling a little over the unfamiliar syllables of the Iron Peoples 'tongue.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • In the oldest chronicles, the Iron People had even been referred to as the "grel-riders."

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • He had taken the form of something rather grel-like, with a broad, flat back to carry a great many packs, and four strong, limber legs ending in claws.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Nomads, though not by nature, they descended from a long line of cattle -, goat -, and grel-breeders whose religion and lives centered around their forges.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Dam-chos dgong-pa gcig-pa'i 'grel-chen (A Grand Commentary to [Drigungpa's] Single Intention of the Sacred Dharma).

    Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� Bibliography 2000

  • A Treasury of Commentaries on the Five Stages [of the Guhyasamaja Complete Stage] (Rim-lnga 'grel-mdzod).

    The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Bibliography 1997

  • Buton (Bu-ston Rin-chen grub). dBang-gi le'u'i 'grel-bshad dri-ma med-pa'i' od mchan-bcas (An Explanation of the "Empowerment" Chapter of Stainless Light, Together with a Line-by-Line Correlation [with the Root Text]).

    Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� Bibliography 1997

  • 'Jig-rten khams-kyi le'u'i' grel-bshad dri-ma med-pa'i 'od mchan-bcas (An Explanation of the "World Sphere" Chapter of Stainless Light, Together with a Line-by-Line Correlation [with the Root Text]).

    Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� Bibliography 1997

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