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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A mahāyāna school, founded by Nāgārjuna, w … A mahāyāna school, founded by Nāgārjuna, which emphasized the doctrine of śūnyatā. Vajrayāna has many of its philosophical roots in Madhyamaka. Some of the principal texts of this tradition are the ''Mūlamādhyamikakārikā'' and ''Vigrahavyāvartanī'' by Nāgārjuna, the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' by Śāntideva, and the ''Prasannapadā'' and ''Madhyamakāvatāra'' by Candrakīrti.' and ''Madhyamakāvatāra'' by Candrakīrti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A main monastic see. The chief monastery of an order.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A major "protective deity" (''mgon po''), … A major "protective deity" (''mgon po''), Mahākāla is black in color and wrathful in form. He is thought of as the wrathful aspect of compassion and appears in numerous iconographic forms. While he is mentioned in all of the accounts herein, he was especially important to Gyelwa Ensapa.was especially important to Gyelwa Ensapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (A major '''Mahayana''' school of philosoph … A major '''Mahayana''' school of philosophy that expresses a principle to which virtually all Buddhist schools claim to adhere, namely, a path of moderation between philosophical extremes, especially the beliefs that persons are permanent or do not exist at all, or between behaviors such as severe asceticism and lavish luxury.ch as severe asceticism and lavish luxury.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A major holder of the Longchen Nyingtik te … A major holder of the Longchen Nyingtik teachings and exponent of Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva), famed for his simple lifestyle and as the author of The Words of My Perfect Teacher. He is often considered to be the emanation of Jigme Lingpa's speech be the emanation of Jigme Lingpa's speech)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A male lay Buddhist.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A male novice member of the Saṅgha who has not yet received the Higher<br> Ordination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A male practitioner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A male yoga practitioner. In Tibet, the te … A male yoga practitioner. In Tibet, the term yogi is often used to contrast a lay practitioner from an ordained monk. Also, since yogi can sometimes mean someone who is practicing the higher yogas, which ultimately involve taking on a sexual consort, the term yogi was often used to designate married lamas and practitioners, in contrast to celibate monks. In its general sense, however, a yogi is anyone who practices yoga, so a monk can also be called a yogi.yoga, so a monk can also be called a yogi.)