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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 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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A learned master or scholar.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A learned master, scholar, or professor of Buddhist philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A learned master, scholar, or professor of Buddhist philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A learned or skilled person; a scholar; teacher, or philosopher, usually of Indian origin.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A learned or skilled person; a scholar; teacher, or philosopher, usually of Indian origin.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A level of meditation where one is so absorbed in meditative concentration that one needs no food.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A level of spiritual attainment after which it is impossi-ble to fall again into the sufferings of samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A life of suffering perpetuated by ignorance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A limited perspective based within ignorance that is maintained by ordinary beings in the world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A long piece of material, traditionally cotton or linen and off-white or gray colored, about fifteen inches by four yards. It is used while washing in order to tie up the long sleeves of a monk's sitting robe and also dry the face and hands. 78n. 20)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A long white scarf, usually of silk, that is offered to deities and to individuals as a gesture of respect and devotion or simply as a welcoming greeting.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A long, deep-toned, telescoping horn that is played during ritual ceremonies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A magical and powerful creature frequently figur-ing in the Buddhist and Hindu worldview. Nagas are associated with ser-pents and are said to inhabit the watery element or regions below the surface of the earth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A magical tree that has its roots in the asura, or demi-god, realm but bears its fruit in the divine sphere of the Thirty-three.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A magical tree which has its roots in the asura realm but bears its fruit in the divine sphere of the Thirty-three.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A mahākalī who has been a traditional prot … A mahākalī who has been a traditional protector of the Practice Lineage since the time of Nāropa and Marpa. She is dark blue, wearing the skull crown and bone ornaments. She wields in her four arms a mirror of judgment, a skull cup, a hooked knife, and a phurba. She rides on a donkey with a white blaze. She rides on a donkey with a white blaze.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A mahākalī, consort of Pernakchen (T: ber-nag-can), the central mahākāla of the Karma Kagyü.)