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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A deity of the Hindu pantheon, belonging, in the Buddhist system, to the world of form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A deity representing enlightenment, in a male or female, peaceful or wrathful form, that corresponds to the practitioner's individual nature. The yidam is the source of accomplishments)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A deity who is the wrathful form of Manjushri. ''Yamantaka'' means "destroyer of Yama," the embodiment of death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A demon associated with eclipses, and with one of the nine planets in Indo-Tibetan cosmology. Also regarded as a dharma protector.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A demon associated with eclipses, and with one of the nine planets in Indo-Tibetan cosmology. Also regarded as a dharma protector.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A demon who works in stealth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A demonic force or being that emerges from the aggregates of grasping at the "I and consists of the conceptual mental factors that reify appearances, arising as an apparition of ignorance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A demonic force that manifests as grasping involving hopes and fears.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A dense forest.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A descriptive ritual and meditation text. Also the meditation practice it outlines.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A desirable retribution, generated from a kuśala karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A direct crossing over practice in which one visualizes Hūm syllables emerging from and withdrawing back into one's heart, as a means to gain mastery over one's vital energies and mind. See VE 413-15.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A direct crossing over practice in which one forcefully, meditatively permeates one's external environment and inner body with Hūm syllables, finally dissolving them all into emptiness. See VE 411-13.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni. He attained arhatship and committed to writing a part of the Abhidharma teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A disciple of Nagarjuna, famed for his devotion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A disciple of Vairotsana. He was one hundr … A disciple of Vairotsana. He was one hundred years old when he met Vairotsana. After receiving the instructions from Vairotsana, he attained instant realization and became one of the lineage masters. It is said that all his disciples attained rainbow body.t all his disciples attained rainbow body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A disciple of Vasubandhu and master and exponent of both the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings. He is celebrated as the great authority on the Vinaya and composed the famous ''Vinaya-sutra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A disciple of Vasubandhu; one of the great … A disciple of Vasubandhu; one of the great figures in the Buddhist logical tradition and a formidable defender of Buddhist doctrines against Hindu opponents. Together with Dharmakirti, who appeared a generation later, he effected a far-reaching reform in Buddhist logic along epistemological lines.uddhist logic along epistemological lines.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A disciple of Vasubandhu; one of the great … A disciple of Vasubandhu; one of the great figures in the Buddhist logical tradition and a formidable defender of Buddhist doctrines against Hindu opponents. Together with Dharmakirti, who appeared a generation later, he effected a far-reaching reform in Buddhist logic along epistemological lines.uddhist logic along epistemological lines.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A disciple of Yudra Nyingpo and one of the lineage masters of Vairotsana's teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A disciple of Yudra Nyingpo who became one of the lineage holders.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A disciple of Śākyamuni, whose request is the occasion for the Buddha's uttering of the ''Samādhirāja-sūtra''. Gampopa is said to have been an incarnation of him.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A discourse given by the Buddha that elaborates some point of Buddhist doctrine. A sacred scripture of the Buddhists.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A discourse of the Buddha, contained in th … A discourse of the Buddha, contained in the canonical collection of either a ''Hinayana'' or ''Mahayana'' school. There is significant disagreement between Hinayana and Mahayana schools over which sutras were actually taught by the Buddha, with the former having a narrower, and the latter a more expansive, understanding of “what the Buddha taught.”understanding of “what the Buddha taught.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A discourse or teaching by the Buddha. Also refers to all the causal teachings that regard the path as the cause of enlightenment.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A discourse preached by Buddha)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A distinct entity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A distinctive psychophysical state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A distinctive transformation of the serial continuity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A district between eastern Tibet and China.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (A diverse group of meditative techniques c … A diverse group of meditative techniques considered especially esoteric and effective, often working with physical posture and the body's energy currents or involving the experience of oneself as a particular enlightened being. The writings associated with these practices are also known as tantras.these practices are also known as tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A divine being who, according to certain Hindu schools, is said to be the creator of the world and its inhabitants)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A divine being; god.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A doctrine emphasized in mahāyāna, which s … A doctrine emphasized in mahāyāna, which stresses that all conceptual frameworks, including the dharma system of the hlnayanists, are empty of any "reality." As a realization, it grows out of the awakening of prajñā. First, at the hīnayāna stage, one's personal existence is seen through. Subsequently, the experience to which one clings is also dissolved through awareness. This is the realization of egolessness of self and a portion of egolessness of dharmas. At the mahāyāna level, through prajñā and compassion, the practice of the pāramitās, the practitioner cuts through the remaining subtle watcher. In vajrayāna, śūnyatā is equivalent to the feminine principle-unborn, unceasing, like space.e principle-unborn, unceasing, like space.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A doctrine that denies the possibility of authentic knowledge, meaning, values, or morality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A dome-shaped monument housing relics of the Buddha or an accomplished master. The shape of the stupa embodies an elaborate symbolism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A drink of sugar cane or grain from Nepal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A fabulous jewel found in the realms of the gods or nagas that fulfills all one's wishes)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A fabulous jewel found in the realms of the gods or nagas which fulfills all wishes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A fabulous jewel that fulfills all wishes that is found in the realms of the gods or nagas. The Buddha, one's master, and the nature of mind are often referred to as wish-fulfilling gems.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (A fabulous mythological gem that was reput … A fabulous mythological gem that was reputed to produce for its owner any benefit desired. In Buddhism, the wish-fulfilling gem came to symbolize the buddha-nature itself, which, once realized, brings through its wisdom, compassion, and power any and every fulfillment desired by the practitioner.y fulfillment desired by the practitioner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A factor that upsets or disturbs the mind and body and produces fatigue. [TD 971])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A false and nonexistent quality that we project onto persons and phenomena; existence independent of causes and conditions, parts, or the mind labeling a phenomenon.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A false belief, particularly a view that will lead one to courses of action that bring more suffering)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A false belief, particularly a view that will lead one to courses of action that bring more suffering. It includes views that deny the law of karma and the view of the transitory composite.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (A famous Bönpo master who was a rival of Milarepa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A famous Indian master of the first centur … A famous Indian master of the first century A.D., and founder of the Madhyamaka school. There is also a tantric master of the same name who was a teacher of Tilopa. Traditional sources claim that these two are one and the same. His name comes from the legend that he retrieved the ''Prajñāpāramitā'' literature from the nāgas.rajñāpāramitā'' literature from the nāgas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A famous sūtra of the Buddha where he elucidates the practice of mindfulness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (A famous work by Śāntideva whose title literally means "the introduction to the life of a bodhisattva." A long poem in ten chapters which explains the bodhisattva path, the different aspects of bodhicitta, and the six pāramitās.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A fault due to the transgression of a rule (monastic or otherwise).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A feast assembly performed by Vajrayana practitioners to accumulate merit and purify the sacred commitments.)