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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1 .Chief. 2. Same as pahāṇa, in the sense of 'exertion', 'effort',as in samyakpradhāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1 .Endurance, tolerance, patience. 2. Rece … 1 .Endurance, tolerance, patience. 2. Receptivity, which is a from of prajñā. Two major meanings: (i) The cognitive ability to fully accept a truth/doctrine in advance, even before one has actually acquired the jñāna proper of that truth/doctrine. It is the moment immediately preceding that jñāna. (ii) The third spiritual attainment in the prayoga stage known as the four nirvedha-bhāgīya-s.ent in the prayoga stage known as the four nirvedha-bhāgīya-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1 .Faith, freedom from doubt. 2. Clarity, translucence, sensitivity (said of the sense faculties).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1 .‘Facing vinaya’,'pertaining to vinaya’; 2. 'excellent/profound vinaya. This term, as found in the sūtra-s, parallels the term abhidharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (1 .‘Operating in accompaniment with,. 2. ‘Subsequent propeller’ (as opposed to initial propeller).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) "Great seal" is the term given to the u … 1) "Great seal" is the term given to the ultimate fruition, the supreme spiritual accomplishment; 2} this can also refer to one of the four seals taught in the Yoga Tantra. In this context, the practice of the great seal relates to the enlightened form. As such, it eliminates the temporary confusion of the all-ground consciousness and actualizes its nature, mirrorlike wisdom. [TD 1732]s its nature, mirrorlike wisdom. [TD 1732])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) A blood-drinker; 2} Cakrasaṃvara; 3} a general term for wrathful deities. [TD 3069])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) A yoginī who has attained the unique spiritual accomplishments; 2) a female divinity who has taken birth in a pure realm or other similar location. [TD 298])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) Dharmakāya (form of reality), sambhogak … 1) Dharmakāya (form of reality), sambhogakāya (form of perfect enjoyment), nirmāṇakāya (emanated form), svābhāvikakāya (essence form), and the unchanging vajrakāya - these five kāyas comprise the state of buddhahood. In the Nyingma School, the svābhāvikakāya may be replaced with the abhisambodhikāya (the form of complete enlightenment). Alternately, in the Nyingma tradition, this may also refer to the enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities that form the basis for the twenty-five fruitional qualities. [TD 120]twenty-five fruitional qualities. [TD 120])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) Great Vajradhara; 2) Vajrapāṇi; 3) a master of the Secret Mantra; 4) Indra. [TD 1440])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) In terms of the energetic body, the cak … 1) In terms of the energetic body, the cakras are circular conglomerations of energetic channels that are supported by the central channel [TD 2209]; 2) as a symbolic implement used in development stage practice, the cakra is a circular instrument that symbolizes cutting through the afflictions. [KR 51]s cutting through the afflictions. [KR 51])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) One of the forms of buddhahood, which a … 1) One of the forms of buddhahood, which arises from the empowering condition of the sambhogakāya; an embodied form that comes into existence and appears to both pure and impure disciples, working for the benefit of these beings in accordance with their attitudes. 2) A name applied to the reincarnations of great lamas. [TD 1689] Explaining further, Padmasambhava said, "Nirmanakaya is compassion born out of wisdom, magically displayed and manifest in all ways." [DE 190] Also, one of the five kāyas.ys." [DE 190] Also, one of the five kāyas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) That which is unchanging and indestruct … 1) That which is unchanging and indestructible; 2) an ancient Indian symbol that, of skillful means and knowledge, is used to symbolize knowledge; 3) one of the twenty-seven coincidences in Tibetan astrology; 4) an abbreviation of the Tibetan word for diamond. [TD 1438] In Vajrayāna practice, this symbolic implement is associated with a number of important principles. Generally speaking, it is linked with the male principle, compassion, skillful means, and the great bliss of unchanging reality. [YT 671]reat bliss of unchanging reality. [YT 671])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) That which is virtuous and good in ever … 1) That which is virtuous and good in every way, completely perfect; 2) the basic space of phenomena, dharmakāya; 3) a general term for buddhahood; 4) a particular tathāgata; 5) a particular bodhisattva; and 6) the sambhogakāya of the Bön tradition. [TD 18]sambhogakāya of the Bön tradition. [TD 18])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) The character or nature of something; 2) the empty nature. [TD 836])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) a triangular shape visualized in development stage practice; 2) a symbol of the feminine principle. [TD 8401])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (1) bodhisattva homme ou femme; 2) façon do … 1) bodhisattva homme ou femme; 2) façon dont le bouddha ou un maître spirituel (lors d’initiations) s’adresse à ses disciples hommes et femmes, reconnaissant ainsi que chacun d’eux possède la nature de bouddha, autrement dit, appartient à la famille des bouddhas.dit, appartient à la famille des bouddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (1) generosity, 2) discipline, 3) patience, 4) diligence, 5) meditative absorption, and 6) knowledge. [TD 1698])
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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (=Locanā)
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.)