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- 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)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A general term for any type of female deity)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A general term for any work by a Buddhist author, in contrast to the sutras and tantras attributed to the Buddha himself)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A general term for the traditions of Indian philosophy that assert the existence of the self, or atman-that is, the orthodox schools of Hinduism. It is opposed by the ''nairatmyavada'' (in other words, Buddhadharma), which denies the atman.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A general term for the traditions of Indian philosophy that assert the existence of the self, or atman-that is, the orthodox schools of Hinduism. It is opposed by the ''nairatmyavada'' (in other words, Buddhadharma), which denies the atman.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A general term referring to the six samsaric realms; the first of the three worlds of existence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A general term referring to the six samsaric realms: hells, world of hungry ghosts, animals, humans, asuras, and the first six levels of the divine abodes of the gods.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A general term referring to the six samsaric realms. ''See also'' Desire realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A genus of nine species of toxic, hallucinogenic flowering plants, whose ingestion results in a complete inability to differentiate reality from fantasy .)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A gesture of reverence, in which the forehead, the two hands, and the two knees touch the ground)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A god realm where the beings are free from … A god realm where the beings are free from the desires of the Desire Realm, but still have attachment to subtler forms and sensations. There is neither taste nor smell in the Form Realm. The beings reborn here have cultivated various meditative absorptions; they are huge and live extremely long lives.ey are huge and live extremely long lives.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A grade of vowel strength; or a group of constituents enumerated by the Sāṃkhya school. See glossary of enumerations: three guṇas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A gradual approach to the attainment of '' … A gradual approach to the attainment of ''enlightenment'' (especially prominent among the Geluk) in which one develops progressively stronger motivation and understanding, moving from a narrowly focused desire for self-improvement to an altruistic aspiration to ''enlightenment'' for the sake of all beings, and from the acceptance of common Buddhist truths to the cultivation of the ''Mahayana'' perfections and, ultimately, the path of the ''secret-mantra vehicle''.the path of the ''secret-mantra vehicle''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A great ''siddha'', an advanced practitioner who has attained the supreme accomplishment, which is enlightenment. A famous work by the I2th-c. Indian scholar Abhayadatta recounts the lives of eighty-four ''mahasiddhas'' of ancient India.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A great Bodhisattva, one of the eight Close Sons. He personifies the power and the Mind of all the Buddhas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (A great Buddhist scholar (paṇḍita).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A great Indian master of philosophy. He was named "Naga Master" because he taught the beings in the naga world and returned with the extensive version of Prajnaparamita left in their safekeeping.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A great Indian master who expounded the teachings of the Middle Way and composed numerous philosophical and medical treatises)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (A great Kadam master of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A great Tibetan master and the chief disciple of Marpa. See'' The Life of Milarepa'' (Shambhala Publications, 1977).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A great Tibetan master and translator, dis … A great Tibetan master and translator, disciple of Drogmi, Naropa, Maitripa, and other great siddhas. He brought many tantrasfrom India to Tibet and translated them. These teachings were passed down through Milarepa and his other disciples, and are the basis of the teachings of the Kagyu lineageasis of the teachings of the Kagyu lineage)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A great Tibetan master in the Oral Lineage of the Nyingma School.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A great bodhisattva of a past aeon.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A great bodhisattva, one of the eight close sons. He personifies the power and mind of all buddhas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A great female Indian master and a teacher of Khyungpo Naljor.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A great kalpa is the time period correspon … A great kalpa is the time period corresponding to a cycle of formation, duration, destruction, and vacuity of a universe (each of these four phases comprising twenty intermediate kalpas). There is also a so-called measureless kalpa (''grangs med bskal pa''), which, despite its name, does not refer to an infinite lapse of time but to a specific period defined in the Abhidharma as consisting of 10 kalpas. The present (great) kalpa is usually referred to as the Good or Fortunate Kalpa on account of the fact that a thousand universal Buddhas will appear in the course of it. The Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth in the series.ha Shakyamuni is the fourth in the series.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A great lineage master in the Drukpa Kagyu school.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A great master of the Drukpa Kagyü School.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A great master of the Nyingma Lineage. ''C … A great master of the Nyingma Lineage. ''Chetsun'' means "Noble-Tongued," someone who never lied, slandered, or gossiped. At the verge of passing away in the rainbow body of five-colored light, at Oyuk Lung in Central Tibet, he imparted his last instructions, the epitome of the Dzogchen teachings, to the dakini Palgyi Lodrö. Many centuries later, the great nonsectarian master Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo had a visionary experience recalling his former incarnation as Chetsun Senge Wangchuk and was given the teachings back by the dakini. He wrote them down as the ''Chetsun Nyingthig'', the Heart Essence of Chetsun, a cycle of teachings that is one of the most important Dzogchen tantras to be practiced in the coming generations.to be practiced in the coming generations.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A great pandita or great scholar or teacher.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A great scholar.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (A great scholar.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A great second-century master of the Mahayana and founder of the Madhyamika system of thought closely associated with the Prajnaparamita-sutras.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A great translator (958—1051) and inaugurator of the second phase of translation of Sanskrit texts into Tibetan, so-called the New Translation period.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A great translator and one of the principal disciples of Guru Padmasambhava from whom he received the transmission of the ''Matarah mandala''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (A group of meditation practices, with and … A group of meditation practices, with and without a specific object of mindfulness, that bring the mind into a state of quiescence. The breath is most usually taken as the primary object of meditation in the practice of ''shamatha''. ''Shamatha'' is practiced in all the Buddhist meditation traditions and is commonly considered the preliminary to ''vipashyana'', or insight. ''See also'' vipashyana.na'', or insight. ''See also'' vipashyana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A group of powerful spirits indigenous to … A group of powerful spirits indigenous to Tibet. They were converted by Padmasambhava and commanded to serve Buddhism. Today, they are still called upon along with Nyenchen Tanglha and Machen Pomra during Vajrayana rituals in order to guard the doctrine of the Buddha, elevate the status of the Precious Ones, expand the community of the Sangha, increase the life and splendor of the practitioners, raise the banner of fame, blow the conch of renown, and increase our following and prosperity.and increase our following and prosperity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (A group of words or syllables associated with specific meditational deities, the recitation of which forms an essential part of tantric meditation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A hanging scroll painting.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A hanging wooden block that is struck with a wooden mallet, one of the instruments to signal events in the monastery. It is roughly (with some variation) two feet by one-and-a-half feet by four inches. 77n. 12)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A heavenly abode or pure realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A hell realm where black lines are drawn on the victims' bodies and they are then cut along these lines. The Vajra Hells are the worst of the hot hell realms.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A heruka of the Vajra Family, repre-senting the mind aspect; one the main yidams of the Mahayoga tantra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A heruka of the father order of anuttara t … A heruka of the father order of anuttara tantra. Belonging to the vajra family, he exemplifies the penetrating quality of transmuted anger. Blue, sitting in the vajārasanā , he has six arms and four faces. With two arms he clasps his prajñā (consort) with his vajra and ghaṇṭā; the other four hands hold the mudrās of the other four buddha families: a dharmacakra, a flaming jewel, a lotus, and a crossed vajra.aming jewel, a lotus, and a crossed vajra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A heruka of the mother order of anuttara tantra, belonging to the padma family; he is a particularly important yidam in the Kagyü lineage.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A high level of accomplishment. Same as the vidyadhara level of mahamudra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A high level of realization; perceiving the empty nature of all things.)