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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + ('See'' dharmachakra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + ('Sharp faculty’;in contrast to a mṛdvindriya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + ('Spell' in the special sense of the formul … 'Spell' in the special sense of the formula (mantra), which is the verbal expression of a divinity. Like 'speech' (vāk) it is considered as the feminine aspect and thus becomes one of the names for the feminine partner (see Buddhist Himalaya, pp. 288, 289). It is used in the Hevajra- tantra exclusively in the sense of 'feminine partner', i.e. as a synonym for prajñā.ne partner', i.e. as a synonym for prajñā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('Unfailing Accomplishment', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Action Family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ('Wheel of Time.' A tantra and a Vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni himself, showing the interrelationship between the phenomenal world, the physical body and the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('a kind of evil spirit, often associated with ''vetālas' '')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('basket' of the scriptures (see ''Piṭaka'') concerned with monastic discipline, the rules for the behaviour of monks and nuns and the conduct of their communal business.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('basket', collection of the Buddhist scriptures. There are three — Vinaya, Sůtra and Abhidharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ('center and surrounding;' usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A maṇḍala is often a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('circle, disk,' esp. the 'circle' composed of a deity and her or his emanations, attendants and environment; also the disk of an entire universe visualized as an offering, and the round plate or tray that serves as physical support for this practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('community, congregation'. The Saṅgha in w … 'community, congregation'. The Saṅgha in which one takes Refuge is the Community of Saints, or ''Ārya'' Beings — those of the Hīnayāna, the ''Śrāvaka'' and ''Pratyekabuddha Āryas''; those of the Mahāyāna, the ''Ārya'' Bodhisattvas and Buddhas; and those of the Vajrayāna, the Heroes, ''Ḍākinīs'', etc. This is Ultimate Saṅgha; Relative Saṅgha is the community of ordained monks and nuns, which should be honoured as representing the actual Saṅgha Refuge just as Buddha-images and sacred texts should be revered as representing the actual Buddha and Dharma.representing the actual Buddha and Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('counter-''ālīḍha'"`UNIQ--nowiki-0002FE24-QINU`"''' posture — sitting or standing with the right leg bent more sharply than the left.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ('cyclic existence,' 'Vicious circle' or 'r … 'cyclic existence,' 'Vicious circle' or 'round' of birth and death and rebirth within the six realms; characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance; the state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma and disturbing emotions. It also means 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/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + ('diamond scepter'; the active symbol of the means for at- taining wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('even cross-legged posture', according to Geshe Kayang 'the ordinary crosslegged posture'; perhaps the same as ''sattva-paryaṇka''.)