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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A practice which sustains the living body with the essences of medicinal plants, minerals, and elemental energy in order to purify the body, heighten concentration, and avoid the diversions of seeking ordinary material food.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A practitioner of vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (A practitioner on the path to Buddhahood, training in the practice of compassion and the six pāramitās (q.v.), who has vowed to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. The Tibetan translation of this term means "hero of the enlightened mind.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A practitioner taking the gradual approach to enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A practitioner who has renounced worldly l … A practitioner who has renounced worldly life and taken the pledge to observe the 253 precepts of a fully ordained monk in order to attain liberation from samsara. Bhikshu Purna (dge slong purna) The previous life of the Tibetan translator Vairochana. Black Powerful One (stobs ldan nag po) The chief figure in the mandala of Maledictory Fierce Mantra from among the Eight Sadhana Teachings.ra from among the Eight Sadhana Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A prayer wheel, often carried by older Tib … A prayer wheel, often carried by older Tibetans in the right hand, consisting of a handle serving as an axis for a spinning metal container filled with mantras. The metal is often embossed with Chenreziks mantra, ''Om mani padme hung'', and practitioners recite this mantra while turning the wheel, hence the name. The term can also refer to the larger drums filled with mantras, which can be lined up in walls, stood in a large room by themselves, or set in a stream to be turned by water or on a roof to be spun by the wind.water or on a roof to be spun by the wind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A predecessor of Shantarakshita as an exponent of the upper school of the Svatantrika, but not considered its founder.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A prefix meaning self, auto, intrinsic, natural.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A primordial Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A princess who was one of the Indian lineage masters of the Dzogchen teachings. She was a disciple of the scholar Maharaja and the teacher of Atsantra Aloke.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A process of physical and mental dissolution that all sentient beings go through at various times, as when falling asleep and even in the moment of a sneeze. Here these stages refer chiefly to the process of dying.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (A proponent of a non-Buddhist tradition. The term is mostly used to denote followers of Indian religious and philosophical schools that promote any form of extreme view, such as the beliefs in permanence and annihilation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A proponent of extreme philosophical views such as nihilism and eternalism. This term is often used to imply non-Buddhist religious traditions in India)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A proponent of extreme philosophical views such as nihilism and eternalism. This term is often used to imply non-Buddhist religious traditions in India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A proponent of extreme philosophical views such as nihilism and eternalism. This term is often used to imply non-Buddhist religious traditions in India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (A proponent of the Cittamātra view. Even though this term is not attested in Indian literature, we use it as a convenient convention instead of the lengthy ‘proponent of the Cittamātra view.’)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (A proponent of the Madhyamaka view.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A proponent of the Madhyamaka view.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (A proposition advanced by one’s own side in debate. Unlike Prāsaṅgika debaters, Svātantrikas put forward a proposition of their own to establish non-inherent existence ofphenomena at the ultimate level.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A protection amulet worn around the neck. Yantras contain mantras and sometimes pictures of deities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A protective barrier, formed of a vajra mesh, that is erected in all directions prior to practicing a maṇḍala, making offerings, giving an empowerment, and so forth. [TD 2983])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A protector of the Dharma teachings bound under oath by Padmasambhava. She was formerly a Bőnpo warrior spirit (dgra lha).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A protector of the teachings. These normal … A protector of the teachings. These normally nonhuman entities arc sometimes emanations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and sometimes local spirits, gods, or demons who have been subjugated by a great spiritual master and bound under oath. The harness-ing of their energy in the service of the Doctrine is considered to have played a decisive role in the preservation of the teachings from its begin-nings in Tibet until the present time. In the form of oracles, such as that of Nechung, for example, the dharmapalas continue to exert a direct influ-ence on Tibetan life.exert a direct influ-ence on Tibetan life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A protectress of the Bŏnpo doctrine. She was subjugated by Padmasambhava and given the name Great Glacier Lady of Invincible Turquoise Mist.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A protuberance that raises infinitely into space from the top of a buddha's head. It can be seen only by a bodhisattva who has attained the first bhumi.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A province in eastern Tibet.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A psychophysical component that circulates … A psychophysical component that circulates in the subtle channels of the body and acts as the support of the mind. In ordinary beings the wind energy is impure. It is called karmic energy (''las kyi rlung'') because it is contaminated by karma. When purified, however, it becomes wisdom energy (''ye shes kyi rlung'').mes wisdom energy (''ye shes kyi rlung'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A pupil of the Madhyamaka philosopher Nāgā … A pupil of the Madhyamaka philosopher Nāgārjuna (second century C.E.), he is the author of such Madhyamaka texts a sFourHundred Verses. A later Vajrayāna master of this name who is the author of texts quoted within this volume has been conflated with this earlier Āryadevabeen conflated with this earlier Āryadeva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A pure land or world manifested by a buddh … A pure land or world manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva through the spontaneous qualities of their realization, in which beings can progress toward enlightenment without falling back in to the lower realms of cyclic existence. Also, any place whatsoever, when it is perceived as a pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom. pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A pure land where buddhas and bodhisattvas abide, such as the Realm of Bliss (Dewa Chen). [TD 2388])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A pure realm or the universe of a mandala, generated by a deity or a buddha and endowed with special characteristics related to the being at its center.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A quality of ''dharmas'' that, if they pos … A quality of ''dharmas'' that, if they possessed it, would define them as “true” in the sense of being permanent, partless, and independent. True existence (generally synonymous with ''inherent existence'') is an important object of refutation in ''Madhyamaka'' philosophy, and realization of ''dharmas' emptiness'' of true existence is the necessary condition for the elimination of ''delusions'' and the attainment of ''liberation''.ns'' and the attainment of ''liberation''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A quality of ''dharmas'' that, if they pos … A quality of ''dharmas'' that, if they possessed it, would define them as permanent, partless, and independent. The notion of inherent existence (generally synonymous with true existence) is the primary object of refutation in ''Madhyamaka'' philosophy, and realization of dharmas’ ''emptiness'' of inherent existence is the necessary condition for the elimination of ''delusions'' and the attainment of ''liberation''.ns'' and the attainment of ''liberation''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A realized being who assumes a modest appe … A realized being who assumes a modest appearances and who escapes the notice of most people. The term applies to both Patrul Rinpoche and Rogza Sonam Paige, among others. Hidden yogis can also be hermits who live in remote places and whose spiritual accomplishments remain unknown. spiritual accomplishments remain unknown.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A realized being who is either firmly on the path to enlightenment or who has already achieved enlightenment and incarnates for the sake of the world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A realized master who discovers or reveals terma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A realm of existence free of suffering and obstacles, created by the aspiration of a buddha, such as Amitābha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A realm of existence free of suffering and obstacles, created by the aspiration of a buddha, such as Amitābha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A realm of the ḍākinīs.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A reed horn, sounding a bit like an oboe, used in rituals and played to welcome important lamas in general and, in particular, to usher them into ceremonial events.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (A region in modern Sershul County.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A region in the west of Tibet, the traditional birthplace of the Bon religion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A region located in the vicinity of present-day Bengal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A religious master or preceptor, usually translated into Tibetan as ''loppön''. It has the connotation of a teacher-preceptor, someone who performs the traditional ceremonies and ordinations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A religious master or preceptor, usually translated into Tibetan as ''loppön''. It has the connotation of a teacher-preceptor, someone who performs the traditional ceremonies and ordinations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A religious song spontaneously composed by a vajrayana practitioner. It usually has nine syllables per line.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A reliquary that holds sacred objects, such as the remains of an enlightened being; its form symbolizes the mind of a buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A renowned scholar (1290—1364) famous for his compilation of the Kangyur and Tengyur, and author of an important ''History of Dharma''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A representation of wisdom in female form. … A representation of wisdom in female form. The dakinis are divided into several classes. There are wisdom dakinis who are fully enlightened and worldly dakinis who possess various spiritual powers. The wisdom dakinis are classified into five groups according to the five enlightened lineages ofTathagata, Vajra, Jewel, Lotus, and Action. ''See also'' five enlightened lineages.n. ''See also'' five enlightened lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A revealer of hidden treasures, concealed mainly by Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal. A tertőn is the reincarnation of an accomplished student of Padmasambhava who had made the aspiration to benefit people in the future.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A revealer of hidden treasures. Tertons are said to be reincarnations of Padmasambhava's close disciples who made the aspiration to benefit beings in the future.)