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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + ('Attainment' in the sense of 'Perfection' when referring to the highest religious striving; in the sense of 'Success' when referring to meaner objectives (see Index, rites).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Blissful', n. of Amitābha's Pure Land.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + ('Bond' or 'Union', translated by Tibetan s … 'Bond' or 'Union', translated by Tibetan sdom-pa, which has the same meaning. It may be used in the sense of religious observation (I. vi. 24 and II. iii. 29), but more commonly in that of mystic union. Thus the Innate is described as the 'single union of all forms' (I. x. 41) and Vajrasattva, supreme buddha-being, as the 'single union of all elements' (II. x. 1). Samvara has a special technical use in the sense of the union within theyogin's body, the 'internal maṇḍala' (see I. i. 21 ff. and II. iv. 48 ff.). Here it can refer to the union of macrocosm and microcosm as well as to the union of the two coefficients (represented by the two outer veins) in the central vein of the body, which is also the centre and union of all phenomenal forms. This unity is conceived of as a consuming by cosmic fire and this consuming is the consummation of the yogin's practice, his reintegration with the Innate, the supreme buddha-being. One may note in this respect the Tibetan translation of Saṃvara (= Śaṃvara, a form of Heruka) as 'Supreme Bliss' (bde- mchog).f Heruka) as 'Supreme Bliss' (bde- mchog).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Comprising five things/categories’,an important chapter of the PrŚ dealing with the five categories of dharma-s: rūpa, citta, caitasika, citta-viprayukta' saṃskāra and asaṃskṛta.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Contemplation-factors,. There are five:(1) vitarka,(2) vicāra, (3 ) prīti, (4) sukha, (5) cittaikāgratā. The first dhyāna has all 5; second,(3)-(5); third, (4) and (5); fourth, only (5).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Copper dust’;the size of seven aṇu-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Cow-dust1,the size of seven eḍaka-rajas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Derived from the mahā-bhūta-s’ = bhautika-rūpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Diamond-like concentration’,so called because, like a diamond that can cut through all things, it is the last stage in the abandonment of defilements; whatever defilements that have remained are all abandoned in this samādhi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Direct Perception supported by an indriya'. Same as indriya-pratyakṣa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Divine Power', wife of Śakra or Indra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Doubly liberated'. An arhat is so called when he overcomes both the kleśāvarana and vimoksāvarana. Besides being prajñā-vimukta, he is also freed from all the hindrances to meditative attainments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Enjoyment Body', the Body endowed with the thirty-two Marks and eighty minor Signs that a Buddha displays to ''Ārya''-Bodhisattvas in a Pure Land, teaching the Mahāyāna until the end of ''saṃsāra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Factors of Stream-entry’. There are 4: dr … 'Factors of Stream-entry’. There are 4: drawing near to the True Men, listening to the True Dharma, proper contemplation and the practice of the Dharma and what accords with the Dharma. They are called its factors, being conducive to its attainment.ed its factors, being conducive to its attainment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Fruit of (pre)dominance': this is the fruit of the kāraṇa-hetu. The fruits of collective karma-s also come under this category.—►Karma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Gateway of liberation'. There are three: śūnyatā, animitta, apraṇihita.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Great Being', standard epithet of Bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Great Brahmā', Brahmā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('He who holds a ''vajra'' in his hand', n. of a Bodhisattva and Tantric deity, a ''yakṣa'' prince.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('He who looks down from on high', n. of a Bodhisattva, often called Avalokiteśvara (''spyan ras gzigs dbang phyugs'') 'Lord Avalokita', Āryâvalokiteśvara 'Noble Lord A.', etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Hearer, Disciple (of a Buddha)': a Hīnayāna ''Arhant'' who attains ''Nirvāṇa'' under the guidance of a teacher; or someone practising to become such an ''Arhant'', a Hīnayānist.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Higher meditation')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Higher mental training'; it has the same signification as adhisamādhi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Higher understanding/wisdom')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Highest Yoga Tantra', highest of the four levels of Tantra.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Highter ethics'.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Hindrance to meditative attainment’. Some masters hold that this constitutes the vimokṣa-āvaraṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + ('Holder of the Vajra'. Vajradhṛk … 'Holder of the Vajra'. Vajradhṛk is the name by which the master addresses the pupil during the rite (see Index). Vajradhara is used in the Hevajra-tantra (II. iv. 31; vi. 3) referring to masters, who belong to the tradition. It is already established in the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha as the title of supreme buddhahood and is in general use by the Buddhist tantric yogins (84 siddhas). Our commentators refer to the Supreme Buddha both as Vajrasattva and Vajradhara. Akṣobhya, the Buddha 'Imperturbable', as head of the vajra-family, is also Vajrasattva in essence and so may be considered Supreme Buddha by his family, to which those of the tradition of Hevajra belong. which those of the tradition of Hevajra belong.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Imperturbable', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Vajra Family)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Intermediate dhyāna\ between two müla-dhyāna-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Invisible'; non-empirical.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Lord of the World', a title of the Bodhisattva Lord Avalokita.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Lord', 'Blessed One'; fem. ''Bhagavatī'': a title of Buddhas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Lord', Hindu non-sectarian term for 'God', but sometimes treated as synonymous with Śiva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + ('Means', one of the two supreme coefficien … 'Means', one of the two supreme coefficients of final enlightenment, of which Wisdom (prajñā, q.v.) is the other. For references to this pair, Wisdom and Means, see the Index. The Means par excellence is Hevajra/ Heruka, with whom the yogin must identify himself (see pp. 32-33, śl. I. x. 30, II. iv. 78). In the rite of union the feminine partner is prajñā and the yogin himself is upāya (I. x. 7). the yogin himself is upāya (I. x. 7). )
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Measureless Light', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Lotus Family and of the Sukhāvatī Pure Land. Usually red in colour)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Middle Way System', highest philosophical system of Indian Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Of the nature of being unshakable'. The highest type of arhat who is absolutely not susceptible to retrogression.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Perfection. A bodhisattva fufills the six perfections before attaining enlightenment. The six are: dāna, śīla, vīrya, kṣānti, samādhi and prajñā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Precious One', Tib, title for someone identified as the rebirth of an earlier distinguished Dharma practitioner. Also called Tülku (''sprul sku''), lit. ''Nirmāṇa-kāya'' but in most cases simply a courtesy title.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + ('Precious One'; commonly refers to a reincarnate lama.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Reception world'; i.e., the physical world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Roarer, Howler': Vedic god of tempests, who later became known by the euphemistic title of Śiva, 'benevolent, auspicious'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' channels, energies, and essences.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' development stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' devoted training and definitive perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' enlightened activity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' meditative absorption.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' skillful means.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + ('See' stable pride.)