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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A bowing cloth, sewn ritually along with the okesa. It is spread out on the ground to protect the okesa when monks bow. 53n. 22, 139)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (A branch of Dzogchen Monastery. In Dzachukha region of Derge County. Monastic seat of the successive Gemang rinpoches.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A branch of science/study developed in Buddhism, corresponding roughly to (but with a broader scope than) what we understand as logic.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A branch of the Great Vehicle that uses th … A branch of the Great Vehicle that uses the special techniques of the tantras to pursue the path of enlightenment for all beings more rapidly. Because these practices are based on the realization of the diamond like nature of the mind, this vehicle is also known as the Diamond Vehicle.icle is also known as the Diamond Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A branch of the Great Vehicle that uses the special techniques of the tantras to traverse the path of enlightenment more rapidly for all beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A branch of the Great Vehicle that uses the special techniques of the tantrasto pursue the path of enlightenment for all beings more rapidly. Synonymous with Vajrayana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A brick ornamented with flourishes. A gold patra possibly weighs several kilos.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A bright scarlet powdery substance consisting of red lead, or vermilion. The powder is used, especially in tantric initiations involving the female ''yidam'' Vajrayoginī, to mark the "three doors" [of body, speech, and mind] of the disciple.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A buddha considered the head of all the buddha families, regarded as a dharmakāya buddha in the new schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A buddha considered the head of all the buddha families, regarded as a dharmakāya buddha in the new schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A buddha has the following ten strengths:( … A buddha has the following ten strengths:(1) the knowledge of what is appropriate and inappropriate, (2) the knowledge of the results of karma, (3) the knowledge of the variety of aspirations, (4) the knowledge of various natures, (5) the knowledge of various capabilities, (6) the knowledge of all paths, (7) the knowledge of the different kinds of meditation, (8) the knowledge of previous lives, (9) the knowledge of deaths and rebirths, (10) the knowledge of the cessation of impurity.he knowledge of the cessation of impurity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A buddha of the vajra family, Vajrasattva is white and is associated with purity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A buddha, an awakened being.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (A buddha. Literally, "one gone to bliss.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (A buddha. This term can also be used as an epithet for a great Buddhist master. The Conqueror is Śākyamuni Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (A buddha. This term can also be used as an epithet for a great Buddhist master. The Omniscient One is Śākyamuni Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A buddhas fearlessness regarding: knowledge of all things, knowledge of the cessation of all affliction, the declaration that path obstructions do not recur, and the fact that the path of renunciation has been realized.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A buddhas natural and gnostic dharmakāyas and the enjoyment and emanation bodies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (A cakravartin, also called a universal monarch, is a king who propagates the dharma and starts a new era.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A categorization of samsaric exis-tence: (i) the world of desire, consisting of the six realms, from the hells up to the first six spheres of the god realm, (2) the divine realm of form, and (3) the divine realm of nonform.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (A categorization of the developments on th … A categorization of the developments on the paths of the generation and completion stages: Approach (''bsnyen''), close accomplishment (''dyer grub''), accomplishment (''shrub pa''), great accomplishment (''shrub chen''). Each set of four occurs on both stages.). Each set of four occurs on both stages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A cave in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, where Padmasambhava attained accomplishment of Mahamudra through the practice of Vishuddha and Kilaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A celebrated fourth-century master of the Theravada, contemporary of Asanga and Vasubandhu. He was the author of the ''Visuddhimagga'', a text greatly revered in Theravada Buddhism as the classic presentation of their tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A celestial being endowed with tremendous power and wealth.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A celestial realm.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A center of learning in Gandhara, dating from around the fifth century bce.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A central Asian race, probably the Uighurs, a nomadic people of Turkoman stock.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A central buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, and the head of the buddha family in the five-family system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A central buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, and the head of the buddha family in the five-family system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A central concept of all schools of Buddhi … A central concept of all schools of Buddhism, the teaching that all things arise on the basis of causes and conditions. The twelve links of interdependent origination, also known as the twelve ''nidānas'' (Skt.), are a particular pedagogical tool for seeing the forces of karma in action in creating future rebirth.arma in action in creating future rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A central concept of all schools of Buddhi … A central concept of all schools of Buddhism, the teaching that all things arise on the basis of causes and conditions. The twelve links of interdependent origination, also known as the twelve ''nidānas'' (Skt.), are a particular pedagogical tool for seeing the forces of karma in action in creating future rebirth.arma in action in creating future rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A central notion of the Mahayana teachings … A central notion of the Mahayana teachings of the second turning of the Dharma wheel. They are a means of approach to ultimate reality through an understanding of three qualities implicit in all phenomena. The three doors are: (1) all phenomena are empty; (2) they are beyond all attributes; and (3) they are beyond all aspiration or expectation. are beyond all aspiration or expectation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A central principle of the Vajrayana. It i … A central principle of the Vajrayana. It is the view of the Mahayoga expounded in the tantra ''sgyu 'phrul dra ba'' (Fantasmagorical Net). All appearances, in their purity, are the mandala of the kayas and wisdoms. This comprises the superior relative truth. Being pure, they are all equal, wisdom and emptiness united. This is superior absolute truth. The "pure" status of the appearing mode and the "equal" status of the absolute mode of being are present indivisibly in every phenomenon. This is referred to as the great Dharmakaya.is is referred to as the great Dharmakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A ceremony in which a master reads through … A ceremony in which a master reads through a sādhana or liturgy, usually quite rapidly, thereby empowering the disciples to practice it. It is a type of permission-blessing. A lung may also be given on a text to be studied. ''See also'' abhiṣeka, permission-blessing, tri.also'' abhiṣeka, permission-blessing, tri.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A ceremony in which a student is ritually … A ceremony in which a student is ritually entered into a maṇḍala of a particular tantric deity by his vajra master. He is thus empowered to practice the sādhana of that deity. In anuttarayogayāna there are four principal abhiṣekas: (1) vase abhiṣeka (kālaśābhiṣeka) which includes the abhiṣekas of the five buddha families: water (vajra), crown (ratna), vajra (padma), bell (karma), and name (buddha); (2) secret abhiṣeka (guhyābhiṣeka); (3) prajñājñāna-abhiṣeka; and (4) fourth abhiṣeka (caturthābhiṣeka). An abhiṣeka is usually accompanied by a reading transmission (T: lung) and a trio The lung authorizes the student to read and practice the text. The tri is the master's oral instructions on how to practice. ''See also'' reading transmission, tri.ractice. ''See also'' reading transmission, tri.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A certain Chinese meditation teacher, Hashang Mahayana, whose viewpoint was refuted by Kamalashila in a public debate during the early spread of the teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A certain type of knowledge acquired by beings by virtue of being born in a particular gati. E.g., hell beings possess by birth the paracitta-jñana. For humans, this knowlege has to be acquired through cultivation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A certain type of malevolent spirit.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A certain type of mantra belonging to wrathful deities. They are used to dispel demonic forces that obstruct the continuation of the Buddhadharma or the welfare of sentient beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A circle of eight mantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A city in India on the Ganges, a main place of pilgrimage for Hindus. At nearby Sarnath, the Buddha Shakyamuni turned the first wheel of the Dharma with his teachings on the Four Noble Truths.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A class of beings who, as a result of accu … A class of beings who, as a result of accumulating positive actions in previous lives, experience immense happiness and comfort, and are therefore considered by non-Buddhists as the ideal state to which they should aspire. Those in the worlds of form and formlessness experience an extended form of the meditation they practiced (without the aim of achieving liberation from samsara) in their previous life. Gods like Indra in the world of desire, as a result of their merit, have a certain power to affect the lives of other beings and are therefore worshipped, for example, by Hindus.refore worshipped, for example, by Hindus.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A class of beings who, as a result of accu … A class of beings who, as a result of accumulating positive actions in previous lives, experience immense happiness and comfort, and are therefore considered by non-Buddhists as the ideal state to which they should aspire. Those in the worlds of form and formlessness experience an extended form of the meditation they practiced (without the aim of achieving liberation from samsara) in their previous life. Gods like Indra in the world of desire, as a result of their merit, have a certain power to affect the lives of other beings and are therefore worshipped, for example, by Hindus.refore worshipped, for example, by Hindus.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A class of beings who, as a result of accu … A class of beings who, as a result of accumulating positive actions in previous lives, experience immense happiness and comfort, and are therefore considered by non-Buddhists as the ideal state to which they should aspire. Those in the worlds of form and formlessness experience an extended form of the meditation they practiced (without the aim of achieving liberation from samsara) in their previous life. Gods like Indra in the world of desire have, as a result of their merit, a certain power to affect the lives of other beings, and they are therefore worshipped, for example, by Hindus. The same Tibetan and Sanskrit term is also used to refer to enlightened beings, in which case it is more usually translated as “deity.” it is more usually translated as “deity.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A class of beings whose jealous nature spoils their enjoyment of their fortunate rebirth in the higher realms and involves them in constant conflict with the gods in the god realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A class of beings, both male and female, often mentioned as recipients of the residual offerings in a feast ceremony. They also appear in the retinue of Buddhist deities acting as offering servants and dancers.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A class of beings, superior to the human s … A class of beings, superior to the human state, enjoying immense longevity, but not immortal. It is worth bearing in mind that in Sanskrit and Tibetan, deva and lha are technical terms commonly used to refer to the yidams and other deities in a mandala, the Buddha, the Guru, and any great figure such as a king. As Radhakrishnan points out, the term deva is associated with the act of giving, and there is no doubt a connection with this term and the words for giving in many Indo-European languages. The creator is termed deva because he "gives the universe," sun and moon are so called because they give light, the king because he gives protection, and the Buddha and the Guru because they give the Doctrine. The fact that gods or deities are often referred to in Tibetan Buddhism does not therefore imply that it is a species of polytheism. imply that it is a species of polytheism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A class of dangerous flesh-devouring demons.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A class of dangerous, flesh-devouring nonhuman beings figuring in the Hindu and Buddhist worldview.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A class of dangerous, flesh-devouring nonhuman beings figuring in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.)