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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A follower of a nonBuddhist materialist philosophy current in ancient India See note 55)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A follower of the Basic Vehicle who attains liberation (the cessation of suffering) without the help of a spiritual teacher.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A follower of the Basic Vehicle who attains liberation (the cessation of suffering) without the help of a spiritual teacher.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A follower of the Basic Vehicle who attains liberation (the cessation of suffering) without the help of a spiritual teacher)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is perfect enlightenment for all beings. One who has taken the vow of bodhicitta and practices the six transcendent perfections.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is enlightenment for all beings)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is enlightenment for all beings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A follower of the Great Vehicle whose aim is enlightenment for all beings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A follower of the Hinayana noted for his living in isolation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A follower of the Lesser Vehicle whose goal is to attain liberation for themselves as an arhat. The listeners are so called because they listen to the Buddha’s teaching and then teach it to others.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A follower of the Madhyamaka)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A follower of the Madhyamaka philosophical school founded by Nagarjuna See note 34)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A follower of the sarvāstitva doctrine.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A follower of the school of Madhyamaka.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A foretaste or illustration of the absolute wisdom. Example wisdom is not totally devoid of conceptual mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A form embodiment of an enlightened being, including nirmāṇakāyas and saṃbhogakāyas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A form of a Buddha used as a support in meditation in the Mantrayana. Such deities may be masculine or feminine, peaceful or wrathful, and are regarded as being inseparable from the mind of the meditator.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (A form of being somewhat similar to a fairy or nymph. Some exist within cyclic existence, others are free from it.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A form of divination using mirrors or other reflective surfaces (including water or the sky) into which prepubescent children may see prognostic images. See Strickmann 2002, 210–18.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A form of prayer comprising seven parts: prostration, offering, confession, rejoicing, requesting the teachers to turn the wheel of Dharma, requesting them not to pass into nirvana, and dedication of merit)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (A form of sacred architecture representing the pure presence of the Buddha and embodying essential principles of the body, speech, mind, qualities, and actions of enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A form of yoga practiced in the vajrayāna, which involves working with the illusory body of nāḍī, prāṇa, and bindu by means of controlling mind, breath, and body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A fourth buddha body uniting the other three; see ''kusum''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A fourth century Buddhist teacher, one of the founders of the Yogācāra school of Buddhism.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (A fully and completely enlightened being. … A fully and completely enlightened being. All the historical Buddhist traditions — Theravada (Hinayana), Mahayana, and Vajrayana — enumerate many such beings, both preceding and following the buddha of this world age, Shakyamuni Buddha. Mahayana Buddhism counts the buddhas as limitless in number, appearing throughout endless time and space. In the Mahayana and Vajrayana, many celestial buddhas are known and become the objects of meditation and worship.ome the objects of meditation and worship.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A fully enlightened buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (A fully enlightened compassionate being who, through the "superior" motivation and practices of the mahayana path, goes beyond personal liberation to benefit all sentient beings. (See also Three yanas))
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A fully ordained Buddhist monk, who has taken the 253 vows of full ordination.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A fully ordained Buddhist monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A fully ordained Buddhist monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A fully ordained female member of the Sańgha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A fully ordained male member of the Saṅgha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A fully ordained monk, who vows to abide by 253 rules of behavior. ''See also'' getsul.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A fully ordained monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A fully ordained monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A fully ordained monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A fully ordained monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A fully ordained nun.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A fully ordained nun.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A fully-ordained Buddhist monk. In the Mūl … A fully-ordained Buddhist monk. In the Mūlasarvāstivāda tradition followed in Tibetan monasticism, a bhikṣu observes 2.53 vows, as opposed to the 227 of the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and the 2.50 of the Dharmaguptaka tradition predominant in east Asia.uptaka tradition predominant in east Asia.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A fully-ordained monk, one who has vowed t … A fully-ordained monk, one who has vowed to observe the 253 monastic precepts of the Vinaya. Today there is usually a waiting period between receiving novitiate ordination and full monastic ordination; but according to all the accounts, Gampopa received both novice and bhikshu ordination simultaneously.ice and bhikshu ordination simultaneously.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A fundamental consciousness that serves as the repository of karma (actions) and latent potentials that manifest as embodied experience of a lifeworld.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A fundamental element of Buddhist teaching … A fundamental element of Buddhist teaching according to which phenomena are understood not as discretely existent entities, but as the coincidence of interdependent conditions. The classic formulation of this doctrine is found in the teaching on the twelve links of dependent arising, which, together with the four noble truths, constitutes the teachings of the first turning of the wheel of Dharma. This fundamental exposition, given by the Buddha at Sarnath shortly after his enlightenment, expresses the doctrines of the Hinayana. The doctrine of interdependence is, however, pervasive and is formulated variously according to different levels of teaching. Most importantly, it was interpreted by Nagarjuna as the essential meaning of shunyata, or emptiness, the ultimate nature of phenomena.ptiness, the ultimate nature of phenomena.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A fundamental term in Buddhist ''tantra'', … A fundamental term in Buddhist ''tantra'', indicating the indestructibility of the state of ''enlightenment''. In Hindu mythology, the vajra is the thunderbolt wielded by Indra; in a Buddhist context, it sometimes is translated as diamond” or “adamantine.” It also refers to a scepter-like ritual object utilized by tantric practioners.al object utilized by tantric practioners.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A gathering of tantric practitioners for a sacred ritual feast, called "tsog kyi khor lo" or "tsog" in Tibetan.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A gem that grants the fulfillment of all one could desire; thus the Buddha, one's personal master, and the nature of mind are often referred to as a wish-fulfilling gem.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A general epithet for a Buddha)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A general epithet for a Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A general epithet for a Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A general term for a sphere or dimension i … A general term for a sphere or dimension in which a Buddha dwells. Buddhafields are categorized according to the three kayas, which are perceptible only to beings with corresponding realization. There are, in addition, pure lands or fields, emanated by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of very high attainment, to which beings of appropriate karma and merit have access and where they are able to progress unhindered on the path. These pure lands are similar to the nirmanakaya buddhafields and are categorized according to their location, whether in the sky (''mkha' spyod''), on the earth's surface (''sa spyod''), or even in subterranean regions ('' 'og spyod''). The Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain of Guru Padmasambhava, the mountain of Potala of Avalokiteshvara, the hidden land of Shambhala, and so on are regarded as pure lands of this kind.n are regarded as pure lands of this kind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A general term for any god or deity, but i … A general term for any god or deity, but is particularly associated with the gods in Indian mythology who possessed the amrita, or nectar of immortality, that the asuras kept trying to steal, without success. By extension it refers to any being who has been reborn in a samsaric paradisewho has been reborn in a samsaric paradise)