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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A malevolent ''demonic being that'' steals one s collections of merit and knowledge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A malevolent demon that arises from negative thoughts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A man who is adept in the practice of yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A mandala drawn on a mirror or polished silver surface covered with sindura, a powder made of red lead, vermillion or cinnabar. In some traditions the red powder would be made of dried menstrual blood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A manifestation of supreme enlightenment in the form of sound: syllables which, in the sadhanas of the Secret Mantrayana, protect the mind of the practitioner from ordinary perceptions and invoke the wisdom deities)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A mantra command that means: "King of the nagas, be summoned by the iron hook!")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A mantra that has been blessed by a Buddha or Bodhisattva and has the power to help beings. Several of the sutras contain dharanis, often quite long)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A master belonging to the Lower school of Svatantrika Madhyamika and commentator on the ''Bodhisattva Grounds'' by Asanga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A master in the Dzogchen lineage and root … A master in the Dzogchen lineage and root guru of Guru Rinpoche. Shri Singha attained complete realization of the Dzogchen teachings and, along with Guru Rinpoche, was one of the only two masters to fully attain the "empowerment of the display of awareness," through which they could transform the phenomenal world in any way they desired. phenomenal world in any way they desired.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A master in the Dzogchen lineage and the c … A master in the Dzogchen lineage and the crown ornament of five hundred panditas, who attained the indestructible form of the rainbow body. He received the transmission of Dzogchen from Shri Singha and Jnanasutra. Vimalamitra is regarded as one of the three main forefathers for establishing the Dzogchen teachings in Tibet, especially the Instruction Section, which he chiefly transmitted to five people: King Trisong Deutsen, Prince Muney Tsenpo, Tingdzin Sangpo of Nyang, Kawa Paltsek, and Chokro Lui Gyaltsen. Having translated these extremely profound instructions, he concealed the texts at Samye Chimphu for the sake of future generations. On his departure to the Five-Peaked Mountain in China, Vimalamitra made the promise to return once every century in order to clarify and propagate the teachings of the secret, innermost essence, Sangwa Nyingtig. The oral lineage of his teachings on the Instruction Section was continued by Tingdzin Sangpo of Nyang, who also concealed one set of the scriptures. One hundred and fifty-five years after Vimalamitra departed from Tibet, an emanation of him named Dangma Lhűngyal took out the hidden texts. They are now included in the collection known as Vima Nyingtig the "Heart Essence of Vimalamitra." In his role as lineage holder of Nectar Quality from among the Eight Sadhana Teachings, he is counted among the eight vidyadharas of India, the receiver of the Eightfold Volume of Nectar Quality. According to this lineage, he was born in Elephant Grove, an area in the western part of India. He was learned in both the common and extraordinary topics of knowledge and received teachings on the tantras from Buddhaguhya and many other illustrious masters. Having practiced, he reached the accomplishment of the vidyadhara level of mahamudra and wrote numerous treatises, mainly on the teachings connected to the Magical Net.he teachings connected to the Magical Net.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A master of Maha Yoga and a teacher of both Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A master of Mahayoga and teacher of both Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra. He composed the celebrated ''Gradual Path of the Magical Net''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A master of Nalanda University and the ordaining abbot of Shantarakshita. He was an exponent of the "upper school" of Svatantrika Madhyamaka and the author of the celebrated ''Two Truths of the Middle Way''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A master of high attainment in the Vajrayana. The Eight Great Vidyadharas were tantric siddhas from India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A master of the Chittamatra tradition and … A master of the Chittamatra tradition and disciple of Dignaga, whom he followed as the abbot of Nalanda. He was a brilliant scholar and logician and was one of the teachers of Dharmakirti. He composed commentaries on the works ofVasubandhu and also on Aryadeva's ''Four Hundred'', which have been preserved in Chinese translation.ave been preserved in Chinese translation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A master of the Chittamatra tradition and … A master of the Chittamatra tradition and disciple of Dignaga, whom he followed as the abbot of Nalanda. He was a brilliant scholar and logician and was one of the teachers of Dharmakirti. He composed commentaries on the works ofVasubandhu and also on Aryadeva's ''Four Hundred'', which have been preserved in Chinese translation.ave been preserved in Chinese translation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A master of the Drukpa Kagyü School.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (A master of the Shangpa lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (A master of the Shangpa lineage. See Shangpa-Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A master of the lower school of the Svatantrika Madhyamika.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A master or preceptor, usually monastic.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A master who lived in the nineteenth century and was a teacher of Shukseb Jetsun and a student of the first Dodupchen Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A material meritorious action.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A matrix of meditative practices designed to purify the mind, accumulate merit, and bring enlightenment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A matter that is proximate to ugh (agglomerated matter); <br>i.e., the space element.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A meal-offering verse; chanted after the homages to the ten names of buddha. 104n. 29)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A measurement described in the Abhidharma literature as being eight "shouting distances" (rgyang grags), each of which are five hundred "bow fathoms" (gzhu 'dom). It is said to correspond to approximately 4.5 miles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A meditation state characterized by attachment, especially to bliss, clarity, and non thought, and lacking insight into the emptiness of a self-entity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A meditational deity, one of a number of Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A meditative practice designed to bring fo … A meditative practice designed to bring forth realization of emptiness, with a side effect of generating intense heat arising from the navel cakra. Great, empty awareness, devoid of activity, the fire of primordial consciousness, the union of bliss and emptiness, which blazes as a display of the power of the five facets of primordial consciousness. See VE183-90.of primordial consciousness. See VE183-90.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A meditative practice established in Tibet … A meditative practice established in Tibet and Bhutan by Padampa Sangyé's main disciple, Machik Lapdrön (1055-1149), in which one imaginatively offers up one's entire being as a means to realizing the empty nature of all phenomena, severing all clinging to the appearances of the three realms, and realizing that all gods and demons are none other than one's own appearances. See GD116-27, VE 153-60. own appearances. See GD116-27, VE 153-60.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A meditative stabilization that involves undistracted, deep concentration when one's attention is exceptionally clear and focused one-pointedly. Many different kinds of samadhis are described in the sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A meditator takes birth as a rūdra, a type … A meditator takes birth as a rūdra, a type of demon, by firmly and clearly visualizing himself or herself as a wrathful deity— while having no realization of emptiness and no motivation of compasion. It can also mean the conceptual grasping by which one reifies the distinctions of outer, inner, and secret phenomena.ons of outer, inner, and secret phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A member of Nalanda university and the cel … A member of Nalanda university and the celebrated author of the Bodhicharyavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva). He upheld the view of the Prasangika Madhyamika in the tradition of Chandrakirti. Shantideva was also the author of the ''Shiksasamuccaya'', a compendium of citations on discipline, which forms a valuable collection of texts that have otherwise been lost.on of texts that have otherwise been lost.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A member of a class of nonhuman beings said to be nourished on smells. They are renowned for their beauty and generally associated with music.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A member of the Vedic caste of merchants.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A member of the Vedic royal caste.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A member of the priestly caste in Indian society)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A member of the priestly caste in Indian society.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A member of the priestly caste in Indian society.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A member of the priestly caste in Indian society.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A member of the priestly caste of ancient … A member of the priestly caste of ancient India; this term often indicates hermits and spiritual practitioners. It should be noted that the Buddha rejected the caste system and proclaimed on several occasions that the true Brahmin is not someone so designated through an accident of birth, but one who has thoroughly overcome defilement and attained freedom. ''See also'' Four castes.ttained freedom. ''See also'' Four castes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A member of the priestly class in the Vedic caste system of India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A mental function of every sentient being that serves as the basis for the emergence of all discursive thoughts, and which transforms thoughts into the objects of all appearances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A mental process that arises in conjunction with consciousness, by means ofwhich one engages in various ways with the objects of apprehension.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A metaphor for the qualities of a buddha. The term ornament refers to those excellent qualities, and the term wheel refers to the all-encompassing, inexhaustible nature of the outer, inner, and secret qualities.)