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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) generosity, 2) discipline, 3) patience, 4) diligence, 5) meditative absorption, 6) knowledge, 7) skillful means, 8) strength, 9) aspiration, and 10) wisdom. [TD 1698])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (1) terme général désignant un être malfaisant du monde des prêtas ou esprits faméliques; 2) espèce de démon mangeur de chair et buveur de sang.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (1. The magical weapon of the Vedic god Ind … 1. The magical weapon of the Vedic god Indra, made of metal and very hard and sharp. 2. A thunderbolt. 3. A Tantric implement symbolizing Method (Compassion), held in the right hand (male side), cf. Bell. Also a part of various other Tantric implements, e.g. v. hook, a hook with v.-shaped knobs on. 4. As a description of anything that is supposed to be impenetrably hard (v. wall, v. tent) or indestructible (Vajrayāna and just about everything involved in it) — adamantine.t everything involved in it) — adamantine.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (1. Vœux de libération individuelle du Petit Véhicule, 2. préceptes des bodhisattvas du Grand Véhicule et 3. samayas des vidyadharas des Mantras Secrets.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (1. dharmas are elementary constituent even … 1. dharmas are elementary constituent events into which the world is broken down, what we see as the Person or Self being no more than a collection of dharmas, without ultimate reality. In the higher schools of Buddhist philosophy it is shown that ''dharmas'' themselves have no ultimate existence: their Suchness, or true nature, is to be Empty (or pure) of true existence. 2. The Dharma that is one of the Three Jewels of Refuge (Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha) is the realizations and abandonments in the mind of a Buddha. 3. 'The Dharma' frequently means the Doctrine of the Buddha, Truth, what is right.trine of the Buddha, Truth, what is right.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (1. see Calm and Insight. 2. Path of I. ('' … 1. see Calm and Insight. 2. Path of I. (''darśana-mārga, mthong lam''): the realization of direct insight into Ultimate Reality, whereby one becomes an ''Ārya''. 3. What is abandoned by I. (''darśana-heya, mthong spang''): many defilements, with the mental and non-mental factors associated with them, are eliminated by this realization. them, are eliminated by this realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.A text. 2. ‘tie’,one of the terms referring to a form of kleśa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.Group, Division. 2. A Buddhist sect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.Knowledge, understanding. (The opposite is avidyā) 2. A science or study; e.g. hetu-vidyā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.Mind. 2. The mental faculty which is the immediately past citta in a mental series.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.Name. 2. Word, one of the disjoined conditionings (citta-viprayukta- saṃskāra).3. The mental part of the psycho-physical complex(nāma-rūpa))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1.‘Measure/criterion’;authority. 2. A vali … 1.‘Measure/criterion’;authority. 2. A valid means of knowledge; three are often mentioned in the Abhidharma:1.pratyaksa, 2. anumāna, 3. āptāgama; the Abhidharmikas usually invokes a two-fold argument for the validity of a doctrine: one is āptāgama, the other is yukti.> doctrine: one is āptāgama, the other is yukti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (1012-1097, est le père de la lignée Kagyu. … 1012-1097, est le père de la lignée Kagyu. Né à Lhodrak, dans le Tibet méridional, il étudia d’abord avec Drogmi Lotsawa, puis se rendit à trois reprises en Inde pour rencontrer son maître principal, le mahasiddha pandit Naropa, et ses autres maîtres, Maitripa, Kukkuripa et Jñanagarbha. Le disciple principal de Marpa fut Milarépa, encore appelé Shépai Dorjé (tib. ''bzhad pa'i rdo rje'', 1040-1123), probablement l’exemple le plus fameux du disciple, du pratiquant et du maître parfaits.iple, du pratiquant et du maître parfaits.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (1213–1258. Student of Götsangpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (1229/30–1309. Student of the second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi, and Götsangpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (1242-1290. One of the lineage holders of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' and ''Nyamgyü''traditions. He wrote the main practice manual of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'', entitled ''Chaktri'' (''Phyag khrid'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (1308-1364, Systematizer of the Great Perfection who was Mipam s most important Tibetan influence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (1429-1489, Important scholar of the Sakya school who notably critiqued Tsongkhapas formulation of the Middle Way.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (1449–1524. Student of the seventh Karmapa, Chödrak Gyatso.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (1456– 1539. Student of the seventh Karmapa, Chödrak Gyatso, and teacher of the eighth, Mikyö Dorje.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (14th cent. Tertön mostly known for revealing the text now famous as ''The Tibetan Book of the Dead'' or more correctly ''The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (1729-1791. L’un des maîtres les plus impor … 1729-1791. L’un des maîtres les plus importants de la lignée nyingma, reconnu comme une manifestation de Vimalamitra, du roi Thrisong Détsen, de Gyalsé Lhardjé et de Ngari Panchen Péma Wangyal. Il eut à plusieurs reprises des visions de Gourou Padmasambhava, de Yéshé Tsogyal et de l’omniscient Longchen Rabjam (Longchenpa). Grâce aux béné dictions de ce dernier, il atteignit la parfaite réalisation des enseignements du ''Longchen nyingthig'', le trésor dharmique qu’il révéla et qui reste, aujourd’hui encore, l’un des traités les plus importants et les plus pratiqués de l’école nyingma. Les trésors de l’esprit de Jigmé Ling pa occupent neuf volumes. Les «Quatre Intrépides» (Jigmé Thrinlé Euser, Jigmé Gyalwai Nyougou, Jigmé Kundreul et Jigmé Gocha) font partie de ses disciples les plus connus.t partie de ses disciples les plus connus.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (1771-1851), grand maître de Rékong, dans l … 1771-1851), grand maître de Rékong, dans l’Amdo, célèbre pour son immense compassion. Partout où il allait, au Tibet comme au Népal, il rachetait des animaux domestiques pour les libérer et persuadait les habitants de ne plus chasser ni de tuer. Lui-même fit vœu devant la célèbre statue de Jowo Rinpoché, à Lhassa, de ne plus manger de viande, ce qui était rare chez les Tibétains. En retraite dans les solitudes sauvages, Shabkar protégeait les petits oiseaux contre les rapaces, empêchait les insectes de s’entredé vorer et accomplissait toutes sortes d’actes inspirés par la compassion. Enfin, à maintes reprises, il apaisa les conflits sanglants qui opposaient les tribus de l’Amdo. Patrul Rinpoché suivit son exemple dans le Golok oriental, où il sauva d’innombrables vies humaines et animales. d’innombrables vies humaines et animales.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (1808-1887, ou Patrul Orgyen Jigmé Tcheukyi … 1808-1887, ou Patrul Orgyen Jigmé Tcheukyi Wang po, ''dpal sprul o rgyan 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po'' (tib.). Maître hautement accompli de la tradition nyingma, originaire du Tibet oriental. Réputé pour son approche non sectaire, sa compassion et la simplicité hors du commun de son mode de vie, il est considéré comme la réincarnation de Shantideva et la manifestation de la parole de Jigmé Ling pa. Il passa l’essentiel de sa vie - excepté quelques années où il vécut à Shri Singha, le collège du monastère de Dzogchen dans le Kham - dans des grottes, des forêts et des ermitages reculés, se rendant au hasard d’un endroit à l’autre. Il voyageait la plupart du temps anonymement, vêtu en nomade laie. Dans sa jeunesse, il apprit par cœur la plupart des œuvres fondamentales comme les ''Sept Trésors'' de Longchenpa. Il pouvait ainsi enseigner durant des mois, comme il le fit au collège de Shri Singha, les sujets les plus complexes sans recourir au moindre livre. Il ne possédait à sa mort qu’un exemplaire du ''Bodhicaryavatara'' et son bol d’aumône. Il fut notamment le disciple de Jigmé Gyalwai Nyougou, de Gyalsé Shenphen Thayé et de Dzogchen Mingyour Namkhai Dorjé. Il eut comme disciples principaux Lama Mipham, Nyoshul Lhoungthok, Ônpo Tenga, et bien d’autres encore. On dit que le commentaire composé par Minyak Kunzang Seunam pour les ''Trente-Sept Stances sur la pratique des bodhisattvas'' reproduit l’enseignement oral de Patrul Rinpoché.it l’enseignement oral de Patrul Rinpoché.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities repres … 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities representing the basic qualities of buddha nature, the transformation of samsaric traits on the path, and the perfect virtues of complete enlightenment. The practice connected to their maṇḍala is very popular in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions.pular in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions.)

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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A "Solitary Buddha," one who, without rely … A "Solitary Buddha," one who, without relying on a teacher, attains the cessation of suffering by meditating on the twelve links of dependent arising. Pratyekabuddhas realize the emptiness of the person and go halfway to realizing the emptiness of phenomena. In other words, they realize the emptiness of perceived phenomena—but not that of the subject, the perceiving mind. that of the subject, the perceiving mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A "body" of a buddha that manifests his or … A "body" of a buddha that manifests his or her enlightened qualities. Earlier Buddhist texts speak only of two kāyas, a form body (rüpakāya) and a formless dharmakāya, or "truth body." Later, the form body was divided into two to produce the well-known classification the three kāyas of a buddha: sambhogakāya, nirmānakāya, and dharmakāya. One also finds additional divisions to produce lists of four or five kāyasons to produce lists of four or five kāyas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "god" within saṃsāra, who experiences great joy, extra sensory perception, and paranormal abilities, but who suffers greatly when faced with death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "great adept," who has accomplished mundane and supermundane abilities and realizations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A "hearer" or "listener," one who follows the practices of the Foundational Vehicle to move through four stages of realization and arrive at the stage of an arhat, the highest level in this tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "holder of knowledge who has ascertained … A "holder of knowledge who has ascertained the nature of pristine awareness. Nyingma tantras describe four levels of vidyādhara. In ascending order of realization, they are the matured vidyādhara, corresponding to the vision of the direct perception of ultimate reality and the first āryabodhisattva ground, known as Very Joyful; the vidyādhara with mastery over life, corresponding to the vision of progress in meditative experience and the fifth āryabodhisattva ground, Difficult to Cultivate; the mahāmudrā vidyā dhara, corresponding to the vision of reaching consummate awareness and the eighth āryabodhisattva ground, Immovable; and the spontaneously actualized vidyādhara, corresponding to the vision of extinction into ultimate reality and the tenth āryabodhisattva ground, Cloud of Dharma. See VE 350-51.va ground, Cloud of Dharma. See VE 350-51.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "primordial consciousness being, whom one invites and with whom one merges inseparably in the practice of the stage of generation. See VE 149.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "samaya demon" which has taken on such rebirth due to tranhgressing the samayas of secret mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A "solitary Buddha," one who, without rely … A "solitary Buddha," one who, without relying on a teacher, attains the cessation of suffering by meditating on the twelve links of dependent arising. Pratyekabuddhas realize the no-self of the person and go halfway to realizing the no-self of phenomena. In other words, they realize the no-self of perceived phenomena but not that of the perceiving mind.omena but not that of the perceiving mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A "sphere" of experience involving a sense … A "sphere" of experience involving a sense power, its object, and the consciousness arising from their conjunction. Although a dhatu in this sense may be considered as a composite of these three elements, in fact each of these elements is referred to as a dhatu in its own right. Thus, the six senses, six objects, and six corresponding consciousnesses may be referred to as the eighteen dhatus, as expounded in the Abhidharma.en dhatus, as expounded in the Abhidharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A "vinaya-holder" is a keeper of the monastic discipline. Here, the epithet is used in reference to Jampel Gyatso in particular.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A "wheel" of channels through which vital … A "wheel" of channels through which vital energies course. The fivefold classification of the cakras includes the cakra of great bliss at the crown of the head, the cakra of enjoyment at the throat, the dharmacakra at the heart, the cakra of emanation at the navel, and the cakra ofs ustaining bliss at the genital region. See VEz8o.ng bliss at the genital region. See VEz8o.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A "worthy one," who has attained nirvana, … A "worthy one," who has attained nirvana, or liberation from all the afflictions. The Tibetan translation, which technically should have been rendered os pa, instead reads it as a combination of ari, "enemy," and han, "kill," producing a literal meaning of "enemy destroyer" Arihan was the term used in the Jain tradition that was founded just before Buddhism. Though earlier traditions used the title arhant for the Buddha and his enlightened disciples, in the Mahayana tradition it came to mean those who were enlightened only through the non-Mahayana traditions. The Lotus Sutra, which coined the term Mahayana, declared that arhants would be awakened from their nirvanic bliss by the Buddha after a period of time in order to continue on the Mahayana path of freeing all beingson the Mahayana path of freeing all beings)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (A '''Great Completeness''' term referring to the whole of everything in all its diversity, as experienced by '''innate awareness''')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A ''bodhisattva'' who has, through tantric … A ''bodhisattva'' who has, through tantric practice, gained both worldly and transmundane ''. The great adepts of medieval India, whose lifestories are both colorful and inspirational, were instrumental in transmitting the tantras and are at the source of many Tibetan practice lineages. source of many Tibetan practice lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A Bodhisattva on one of the ten Bodhisattva levels)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A Brahmic script derivative. It is either the Tibetan name for Ranjana/Rañjanā (the writing system for the Nepali language), or for a derivative of that script. See Kongtrul 2012, 779n453 and 248–50.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A Buddha who appeared in remote antiquity. During his lifetime the ascetic Sumedha (who was reborn many kalpas later as Shakyamuni Buddha) resolved to attain enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A Buddha who is victorious over the four demons.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A Buddha who is victorious over the four demons.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A Buddhist lay practitioner who has taken some or all of the precepts of the upasaka vow.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A Buddhist monk of the intermediate rank, who has taken the thirty-six vows.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A Buddhist practitioner who has chosen to unconventional path of practicing.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A Buddhist relic-mount, a dagoba.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A Buddhist sage who, with Asanga, helped to revive the Mahayana; noted for his elucidation of the Madhyamaka philosophy of emptiness.)