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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + ("Copper" (zangs ma), "blue bird" (bya sngon), "long divide" (bsha' rings), and "faulty" (mkhren bu).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ("Crossing over." The second stage of Dzogchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ("Cutting through," the first stage of Dzogchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Cutting through." One of the two main aspects of dzogchen practice, the other being thogal. See also Cutting through.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Cyclic existence," "vicious circle," or " … "Cyclic existence," "vicious circle," or "round" of birth and death and rebirth within the six realms of existence, characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance. The state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance, dualistic perception, karma, and disturbing emotions. Ordinary reality, an endless cycle of frustration and suffering generated as the result of karma.uffering generated as the result of karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Cyclic existence," Vicious circle," or "round" of births and deaths. The state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma, and disturbing emotions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ("Daily cycle" refers to the 21,600 cycles of breathing that are said to transpire each day. [TD 1275])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + ("Direct Crossing." One of the two main aspects of Dzogchen practice, the other being Trekchö.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + ("Disciple." The word is derived from the v … "Disciple." The word is derived from the verb "to study" and also "to hear," and the Tibetan translation is "one who listens and hears." This general term was used in contrast with those who attained enlightenment without a teacher, the pratyekabuddha, with whom the śrāvaka exemplifies the Hīnayāna. In early Buddhism the path of the śrāvaka was the direct path to liberation, while a bodhisattva, committed to becoming a buddha and not just free of samsara, had to accumulate merit for many eonsara, had to accumulate merit for many eons)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + ("Discipline." Collection of instructions and precepts of the discipline taught by Buddha Śākyamuni. The vinaya is one of the Three Baskets of the ''Kangyur''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Discipline." One of the three parts of th … "Discipline." One of the three parts of the Tripitaka. The Buddha's teachings showing ethics, the discipline and moral conduct that is the foundation for all Dharma practice, both for lay and ordained people. See also Tripitaka. Vishuddha (yang dag) The heruka of the vajra family or the tantric teachings connected to that wrathful deity. One of the Eight Sadhana Teachings of the Nyingma School. Vishuddha Heruka (yang dag he ru ka) See Vishuddha. Vishuddha Mind (yang dag thugs) See Vishuddha.uddha Mind (yang dag thugs) See Vishuddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Divine Savioress." An important female bodhisattva of compassion, the one who takes beings across the ocean of samsara. There are twenty-one forms of Tara, the most popular being the white and green Taras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + ("Documents of opening the hall"; formal, o … "Documents of opening the hall"; formal, official documents used as resumes by former abbots to indicate their seniority based on the dates of their having become abbots. The kaidasha is recited at an abbot's installation ceremony. See also jujichō. 199n. 127tion ceremony. See also jujichō. 199n. 127)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + ("Dragon heavenly being," a nature spirit w … "Dragon heavenly being," a nature spirit who helps control weather to avoid natural disasters. Traditionally, all monks in training keep a scroll dedicated to the guardians Ryūten and Dōji, a protector spirit of grounds and buildings, and honor it in their personal services. The scroll is opened, hung, and given offerings the first three days of the new year. 146, 190n. 61 three days of the new year. 146, 190n. 61)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Emanation body," "form of magical apparition." The third of the three kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that can be perceived by ordinary beings. See also Three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Emanation body," the third of the three kayas. The aspect of enlightenment that tames and can be perceived by ordinary beings. See also Three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + ("Emanation body." The third of the three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + ("Enjoyment"; (longs spyod pa); "enjoyment" … "Enjoyment"; (longs spyod pa); "enjoyment" (longs spyod pa); "bestower" (ster ba); "secret" (gsang ba); "solar movement" (nyi 'gro); "clarity" (gsal ba); "fortune" (skal pa); "meditation" (sgom pa); "ashen face" (thal ba'i gdong); "bestowed-food consumer" (bza' ster za ba); "hunger" (bkres pa); "rasāyana" (bcud len pa); "taste honored" (ros bkur ba); "taste destroyer" (ro ' jig pa); "taste" (ro); and "crane" (khrung khrung)."taste" (ro); and "crane" (khrung khrung).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Enlightenment," "awakening," "state of realization." See also Enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + ("Entrust or hold up bowls" at nose height with the thumb and first two fingers of both hands. Takuhatsu also refers to the customary monks' begging rounds, in which the bowls are also held in this way to receive donations. 103n. 18, 105n. 36)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Equalizing Buddhahood." A Mahayoga scripture. Three tantras of this name are found in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. MA. Sometimes counted as the tantra of enlightened body, from among the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ("Exertion," one of the six ''paramitas''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + ("Foe Destroyer." One who has vanquished th … "Foe Destroyer." One who has vanquished the enemies of afflictive emotion and realized the nonexistence of the personal self, and who is thus forever free from the sufferings of samsara. Arhatship is the goal of the teachings of the Root Vehicle, the Shravakayana or Hinayana. Etymologically, the Sanskrit term can also be interpreted as "worthy one."m can also be interpreted as "worthy one.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Foe destroyer," someone who has conquered the four maras and attained nirvana, the fourth and final result of the Hinayana path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Form body," a collective term for both sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ("Generosity," one of the six perfections)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + ("Go up in the hall," i.e., to attend a formal lecture of the abbot, in which no text is used, although possibly starting off from a koan or phrase from a sutra. The term is also used for the abbot going to give the lecture. 190n. 60)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + ("Great Gesture" or "Great Seal." An advanced practice closely aligned with the Peerless (''anuttara'') Yoga Tantras; aimed at direct revelation of the natural reality of the apparent world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Greater vehicle." When using the terms "g … "Greater vehicle." When using the terms "greater and lesser vehicles," Mahayana and Hinayana, Mahayana includes the tantric vehicles, while Hinayana is comprised of the teachings for shravakas and pratyekabuddhas. The connotation of "greater" or "lesser" refers to the scope of aspiration, the methods applied, and the depth of insight.methods applied, and the depth of insight.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Guardian of Peace." The Indian pandita an … "Guardian of Peace." The Indian pandita and abbot of Vikramashila and of Samye, who ordained the first Tibetan monks. He was an incarnation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani and is also known as Khenpo or Master Bodhisattva or Bhikshu Bodhisattva Shantarakshita. He is the founder of a philosophical school combining Madhyamaka and Yogachara. This tradition was reestablished and clarified by Mipham Rinpoche in his commentary on the Madhyamakalamkara.n his commentary on the Madhyamakalamkara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + ("Head bowl," the largest eating bowl of the hatsu-u. It has rounded edges. Currently referred to in the West as the "buddha bowl." 103n. 19)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Hearer" or "listener," the practitioners of the first turning of the wheel of the dharma on the four noble truths.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Hearer" or "listener." Hinayana practitio … "Hearer" or "listener." Hinayana practitioner of the first turning of the wheel of the dharma concerning the four noble truths, who realizes the suffering inherent in samsara and focuses on understanding that there is no independent self. By conquering disturbing emotions, he liberates himself, attaining first the stage of stream enterer at the path of seeing, followed by the stage of once returner, who will be reborn only one more time, and the stage of nonreturner, who will no longer be reborn into samsara. The final goal is to become an arhat. These four stages are also known as the four results of spiritual practice. Shri Singha The chief disciple and successor of Manjushrimitra in the lineage of the Dzogchen teachings. He was born in the Chinese city of Shokyam in Khotan and studied at first with the Chinese masters Hatibhala and Bhelakirti. In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings, Guru Tashi Tobgyal adds that Shri Singha received a prophecy from Avalokiteshvara while traveling to Serling, telling him to go to the Sosaling charnel ground in order to be sure of the ultimate attainment. After many years, Shri Singha met Manjushrimitra in the charnel ground of Sosaling and remained with him for twenty-five years. Having transmitted all the oral instructions, the great master Manjushrimitra dissolved his bodily form into a mass of light. When Shri Singha cried out in despair and uttered songs of deep yearning, Manjushrimitra appeared again and bestowed upon him a tiny casket of precious substance. The casket contained his master's final words, a vital instruction named Gomnyam Drugpa, the Six Experiences of Meditation. Having received this transmission, Shri Singha reached ultimate confidence. In Bodhgaya, he found the manuscripts of the tantras previously hidden by Manjushrimitra, which he took to China where he classified the Instruction Section into four parts: the outer, inner, secret, and the innermost unexcelled sections. Among Shri Singha's disciples were four outstanding masters: Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava, and the Tibetan translator Vairochana.va, and the Tibetan translator Vairochana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + ("Homage to mahamudra," the great seal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("I pay homage to the precious master!")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + ("Incalculable" is the name for the highest enumerated number in ancient India. It is the sixtieth in the series and is equivalent to 10<sup>50</sup>.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + ("Individual Liberation ," the seven sets of precepts for ordained and lay people according to the vmaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + ("Indivisible" (mi phyed ma, abhedyā); "sub … "Indivisible" (mi phyed ma, abhedyā); "subtle form" (phra gzugs ma, sūkṣhmarūpā); "charming" (rtse ba ma, divyā), "joy" (dga' ba), or "clear" (gsal ba); "left" (g.yon pa ma, vāmā); "dwarf" (thung ngu ma, vāminī); "turtle born" (rus sbal skyes ma, kūrmajā); "meditation" (sgom pa mo, bhāvakī); "empowering" (dbang ma, sekā); "defects" (skyon ma, doṣhā), or "night-possessing" (mtshan mo can); "engaging" (' jug ma, viṣhṭā), or "great excrement" (bshang chen ma); "mother" (ma mo, mātarī); "shavarī" (mtshan mo); "cooling" (bsil sbyin ma/bsil ster ma, shītadā); and "hot" (tsha ba ma, ūṣhmā), or "heat" (drod ma), are the fourteen channels originating from the lalanā. "Descending" (gzhol ma, pravaṇā), or "night" (mtshan ma); "delight" (rangs ma, hṛiṣhā), or "black" (nag mo, kṛiṣhṇavarṇā); "well formed" (shin tu gzugs can ma, surūpiṇī); "common" (spyi ma, sāmānyā), or "shared" (thun mong); "cause granting" (rgyu sbyin ma, hetudāyikā); "yoga-free" (sbyor bral ma, viyogā); "beautiful" (sdu gu ma, premaṇī), or "joy-creating" (dga' byed ma); "siddhā" (grub ma); "boiling" ('tshad ma, pāvakī); "excellent mind" (yid bzang ma, sumanā) are the ten channels originating from the rasanā. ten channels originating from the rasanā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Jewel," "precious.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + ("Ka" refers to the oral instructions of the guru. It carries a sense of enlightened vision, and therefore often has the connotation of command. ''See also'' Afterword: The Lineage and Its Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ("Khenpo's reincarnation" here in this book refers to Karmey Khentrul, the tulku of Karmey Khenpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + ("Knowledge-holder," holder [dhara] or bearer of knowledge [vidya]-mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Knowledge-holder." Holder (Skt. dhara) or … "Knowledge-holder." Holder (Skt. dhara) or bearer of knowledge (Skt. vidya) mantra. A realized master on one of the four stages on the tantric path of Mahayoga, the tantric equivalent of the eleven levels. Another definition is the bearer of the profound method, the knowledge that is the wisdom of deity, mantra, and great bliss. wisdom of deity, mantra, and great bliss.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Learning" means receiving oral teachings … "Learning" means receiving oral teachings and studying scriptures, in order to clear away ignorance and wrong views. "Reflection" is to eradicate uncertainty and misunderstanding through carefully thinking over the subject. "Meditation" means to gain direct insight through applying the teachings in ones personal experience.the teachings in ones personal experience.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ("Little," "immediate," or "direct" vehicle. ''See'' three yanas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + ("Lord of Secrets" is a common alternative name for the deity and bodhisattva Vajrapānī (see glossary entry), who is said to have been the compiler of the tantras)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + ("Lotus-born." Same as Guru Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Lotus-born." Same as Guru Rinpoche. The Sanskrit names Padmakara and Padmasambhava are used interchangeably in Tibetan literature, and sometimes the Tibetan translation, Pema Jungney, is used. See also Guru Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Lotus." (1) Same as Padmasambhava. (2) The lotus family, from among the five buddha families.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Mantra" is synonymous with Secret Mantra or Vajrayana, while "philosophy" refers to the causal philosophical vehicles: Hinayana and Mahayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ("Means of accomplishment." Tantric liturgy … "Means of accomplishment." Tantric liturgy and procedure for practice, usually emphasizing the development stage. The typical sadhana structure involves a preliminary part, which includes the taking of refuge and arousing bodhichitta; a main part, which involves the visualization of a buddha and the recitation of mantra; and a concluding part, which includes the dedication of merit to all sentient beings.edication of merit to all sentient beings.)