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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''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('free of elaboration', i.e. devoid of conventional objects, which are mere mental projections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('glorious, holy', a respectful title.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('great perfected one', realized Tantric practitioner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('great serpent', a class of demons)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ('greater vehicle';' connotation of 'greate … 'greater vehicle';' connotation of 'greater' or 'lesser' refers to scope of aspiration, methods applied and depth of insight. Central to Mahayana practice is the bodhisattva vow to liberate all sentient beings through compassion and insight into emptiness.ugh compassion and insight into emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('guarding; to be guarded against': an evil being or demon. Some say there are also benevolent ''rākṣasas'', of a semi-divine nature like the ''yakṣas''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('half-cross-legged' position)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('knowledge-bearer, mantra-bearer', a kind of supernatural being, possessed of magical power; usually depicted flying in the air in beautiful human form, sometimes with the lower half of the body bird-like. Fem. ''vidyā-dharī''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('knowledge-woman, mantra-woman', a yogin's consort in Tantric sexual practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('one who goes in the air', deity, ''ḍākinī''; also conceivably Kha-sarpaṇa, a form of Avalokiteśvara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('one who has fared well', i.e. a Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('pan-realism', a prominent and influential Hīnayānist school named after their assertion that a ''dharma'' exists during all time, wandering from the future to the present when it seems to arise and transferred into the past when it perishes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('praise', n. of a Skt verse metre)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('seer', inspired Vedic sage, Brahmanical ascetic with magical powers.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Friendly', n. of a Bodhisattva now residing in Tuṣita, who is to appear on Earth as the next Universal Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Goddess' is of course Tārā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Joyous', n. of the Pure Land of the thousand Buddhas of this eon, inhabited only by Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Sage of the Śākyas', n. of the historical Buddha.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Sun-like', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Tathāgata Family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the Sweet-voiced', a form of Mañjuśrī.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('the fragrant root of the plant Andropogon muricatus (MW).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('this life's f.' will mean everything maki … 'this life's f.' will mean everything making up one's present personality, formed by a coming-together of causes and conditions. However, the same word is also used for volitions, the karmic motivations created in this life that contribute to shaping future lives.e that contribute to shaping future lives.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('thus gone' or 'thus come', a Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + ('wrathful king', a title of fierce deities)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (( 1 ) An ultimate factor of existence, defined as "that which sustains<br> its specific characteristics" ,(svalakṣanṇa-dhāraṇād dharmaḥ).<br> (2) Mental objects. (3) Doctrine, (there are many other meanings of this word).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ((''Nyingtig Yabzhi'') One of the most famous collections of Dzogchen scriptures, in which Longchenpa combined the streams of teachings from Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra together with his own mind treasures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ((''gau''), amulet box to carry around ones next or place on the shrine; may contain relics from a past master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ((''sur''), smoke produced by burning flour mixed with pure food and sacred substances; can nourish bardo spirits and hungry ghosts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + ((''yeshe''), intrinsic quality of knowing and its ways of functioning as the five wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ((1) "Center and surrounding." Usually a de … (1) "Center and surrounding." Usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A mandala is a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence. (2) A mandala offering is an offering visualized as the entire universe, as well as the arrangement of offerings in tantric ritual.rrangement of offerings in tantric ritual.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ((1) A discourse by or inspired by the Budd … (1) A discourse by or inspired by the Buddha. (2) A scripture of the sutra pitaka contained within the Tripitaka. (3) All exoteric teachings of Buddhism belonging to Hinayana and Mahayana—the causal teachings that regard the path as the cause of enlightenment, as opposed to the esoteric, tantric teachings. See also Tripitaka.ic, tantric teachings. See also Tripitaka.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + ((1) A genre of text attributed to the Buddha, or another enlightened being, that gives extraordinary teachings in mythological settings; (2) the Vajrayāna, a direct path to become a buddha that contrasts with the path of sutra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + ((1) A king ruling over a world system; (2) an emperor)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + ((1) A mirror, (2) bezoars, (3) curd / yogurt, (4) kusha (Panicum dactylon) grass, (5) wood apple fruit, (6) rightcoiling white conch, (7) vermilion powder, and (8) white mustard seed.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + ((1) A scripture containing the teachings of the Buddha; (2) the Sutra-pitaka (mdo sd), the one of the Three Pitakas that deals with meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + ((1) A scripture containing the teachings of the Buddha; (2) the Sutra-pitaka (mdo sd), the one of the Three Pitakas that deals with meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + ((1) A scripture containing the teachings of the Buddha; (2) the Sutrapitaka (mdo sde), the one of the Three Pitakas that deals with meditation)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + ((1) A spiritual teacher, explained as the contraction of bla na med pa (lit. “nothing superior”); (2) often used loosely for Buddhist monks or yogis in general)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + ((1) An incantation or long mantra. (2.) A bodhisattva’s power of retention, often paired with eloquence, enabling them to teach the Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + ((1) An umbrella, (2) golden fish, (3) a wish-fulfilling vase, (4) a lotus flower, (5) a right-coiling white conch, (6) a knot of prosperity, (7) a victory banner, and (8) a Dharma Wheel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + ((1) Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, one of the … (1) Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, one of the eight Close Sons of the Buddha, renowned for his offerings emanated through the power of his concentration; (2) the primordial Buddha who has never fallen into delusion, the symbol of awareness, the ever-present pure and luminous nature of the mind.sent pure and luminous nature of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + ((1) Buddha (sangs rgyas); (2) Dharma (chos); and (3) Sangha (dge 'dun).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + ((1) Buddha Amitayus. (2) A Mahayana sutra.)