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- 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.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A high teacher in the Tibetan tradition.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A highly concentrated state of mind in whi … A highly concentrated state of mind in which one is focused effortlessly on a particular object of meditation. Like ''concentration'', meditative equipoise presupposes ''tranquil abiding'' and has a range of possible objects that are its focal point, including ''emptiness'' itself.cal point, including ''emptiness'' itself.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A highly learned and realized being, he is one of the late Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's sons and holder of the Dudjom Tersar lineage. He lives in the United States and has published some of the most amazing books on Dharma written in English.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (A highly meritorious devotional practice, consisting in walking clockwise, concentratedly and with awareness, around a sacred object, such as a temple, stupa, holy mountain, or the house — and even the person — of a spiritual master.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A highly realized being who reveals Dharma teachings concealed in the physical world or in the nature of mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A hinayana follower of the Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A historical giant and Herculean warrior.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A hot, red cone visualized at the navel cakra in candālī meditation. See CM 408, VE183-90.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A human existence endowed with the eight freedoms and ten riches.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A key principle of mahāyāna Buddhism, desc … A key principle of mahāyāna Buddhism, describing the motivatīon and action of a bodhisattva, i.e., the practice of the pāramitās. Compassion is said to arise' from experiencing the suffering of sentient beings, including ourselves; insight into the four noble truths; seeing the suffering inherent in bewilderment about cause and effect; clinging to solid and permanent existence; and spontaneously, from śūnyatā.xistence; and spontaneously, from śūnyatā.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A key term in Thögal practice, Connected to the Innermost Unexcelled Cycle of the Great Perfection.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A key term in Vajrayana philosophy, signif … A key term in Vajrayana philosophy, signifying a departure from the Mahayana's over-emphasis on emptiness, which can lead to nihilism. According to Mipham Rinpoche, "luminosity" means "free from the darkness of unknowing and endowed with the ability to cognize." and endowed with the ability to cognize.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A key term in vajrayāna referring to the simultaneous arising of sarṃsāra and nirvāṇa, naturally giving birth to wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A key term in vajrayāna referring to the n … A key term in vajrayāna referring to the naked simplicity of things as they are, raw and rugged. Here there is nothing to abandon and nothing to cultivate. It is synonomous with the fourth moment (S: vilakṣaṇa; T: mtsan-nyid-dang-bral-ba) which cuts through the web of past, present, and future.ough the web of past, present, and future.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A kind of bird, in Indian and Tibetan my-thology, traditionally of great size, the chicks of which are said to emerge from the shell already equipped with feathers and able to fly immediately. It is a symbol of Primordial Wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A kind of bird, in both Indian and Tibetan tradition. A creature of great size, it hatches already fledged and is able to fly at once. It is therefore used as a symbol of primordial wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A kind of bird, in both the Indian and Tibetan traditions. A creature of great size, immediately upon hatching it is able to fly. A symbol of primordial wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A kind of clairvoyance. There are six kind … A kind of clairvoyance. There are six kinds of preternatural knowledge. The first five (knowledge of the past lives, etc.) can occur even in the experience of ordinary beings. The sixth one, the knowledge of the total elimination of obscurations, is the exclusive preserve of a Buddha.ns, is the exclusive preserve of a Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A kind of local deity often associated with charnel grounds.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A kind of meditation meant to achieve inner calm, through cultivating a mind that is stable, clear, and quiet.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A kind of spirit who causes mischief and brings harm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A kind of spirit who causes mischief and brings harm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A kind of spiritual power whereby one can read many texts at once out loud.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A kind of spiritual power whereby one can read many texts at once out loud.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A king of Oddiyana who was a direct disciple of Prahevajra and Manjushrimitra. He was the father of Princess Parani and Prince Rajahasti, and the teacher of Rajahasti.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A knowledge that is a pratyakṣa.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A lacquered paper place mat that the eating bowls are set on to protect the cloth from water. Between meals it is folded up and sits on the bowls inside the wrapping cloth. 103n. 21)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A lake in western Tibet, near Mt. Kailāsa, sacred to Cakrasaṃvara.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A land in which the Dharma is taught and p … A land in which the Dharma is taught and practiced, as opposed to the peripheral or barbarous lands, so called because the Buddha's teachings are unknown there. From this standpoint, a country devoid of Dharma will still be termed barbarous, even though it may possess a high level of civilization and technology.high level of civilization and technology.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A later subdivision of the form body of a … A later subdivision of the form body of a buddha, which in earlier Buddhism meant solely the physical presence of the Buddha in this world. As Mahayana and later tantric literature were derived primarily from visions, these immaterial manifestations became an additional subdivision of the form body. As these beings were free of any of the failings of a human body, such as the sickness, aging, and death that afflicted the buddhas form body, they were known as "bodies of complete enjoyment" [of the qualities of buddhahood]. This was then an essential category for establishing the canonical nature of these later teachings canonical nature of these later teachings)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A lay Buddhist who has taken one or more of the five lay precepts. upward moving energy-wind One of the five pranas, controlling speech and respiration.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A layman who has taken refuge in the Three Jewels and keeps one or more of the basic precepts.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A layman who has taken refuge in the Three Jewels and keeps one or more of the basic precepts.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A leading disciple of a master. Literally meaning" divine feet," this also is used for the supernatural power to go anywhere or transform oneself at will. 185n. 29)