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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A sambhogakaya buddha who embodies all of the five or hundred buddha families. He is also a support for purification practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A sash or cord used for tying up robe sleeves. 79n. 22)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (A satellite temple on the north side of Samye Monastery.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A scholar, someone learned in the five traditional sciences (crafts, medicine, philology, logic, and philosophy). The term is particularly used to refer to Indian scholars)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A scholar, someone learned in the five traditional sciences. See five sciences)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (A school founded by Asaṅga in the fourth century and is usually translated as the Mind Only School. It is one of the four major schools in the mahāyāna tradition and its main tenet (to greatly simplify) is that all phenomena are mental events.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A school of Buddhism which emphasizes the hinayana teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A school of the Middle Way that adopts a Middle Way view of ultimate truth and asserts the conventional truth as the Mind-Only School does.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A school of the Vibhajyavāda lineage. They differ from other Vibhajyavādins in conceding that past karma-s which have not given fruits are existent. —►adatta-phala.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A school of thought doctrinally opposed to … A school of thought doctrinally opposed to the Sarvāstitvāda. It holds that the present dharma-s alone exist. However, some among them, like the followers of the Kāśyapīya, concede that the past karma that have not yet given fruit (adatta-phala) can also be said to exist.;br>given fruit (adatta-phala) can also be said to exist.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A school that branched off from the Sarvāstivāda. Their special doctrines are the ineffable pudgala, the asura as the sixth gati, etc. Pudgalavāda.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A scripture containing teachings given by the Buddha or by one of his disciples inspired by the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A scripture describing Vajrayana practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A scripture on Avalokiteshvara that comes in the Mani Kahbum of King Songtsen Gampo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A scripture on mahamudra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A sculpture made out of tsampa and molded butter, used as a shrine offering, a feast offering substance, or as a representation of deities. There are traditional designs for each of the many types of torma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A seal or imprint, such as a ruler's insignia on a decree. A gesture symbolizing some form of enlightened activity. In tantra, the female consort of a male deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A seed syllable at the heart of the jñānasattva. See GD 164.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A semi-wrathful (blissful) Heruka of the p … A semi-wrathful (blissful) Heruka of the padma or lotus family, belonging to the class of mother tantras. Blue in color, he is usually depicted in union with his female consort, Vajrayogini, who is red. He is the principal deity of the Kagyu lineage, and is also very important to the Gelugpas.nd is also very important to the Gelugpas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A semi-wrathful (ecstatic or blissful) mal … A semi-wrathful (ecstatic or blissful) male Heruka. One of the major yidams of both the Kagyupa and Sakyapa lineages. Hevajra was the main yidam of Marpa the Translator. Hevajra is blue in color, and appears in four, six, and twelve armed forms, in blissful union with his female consort, Nairatmya. The Hevajra Tantra is one of the main cycles of Buddhist tantra.one of the main cycles of Buddhist tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A semi-wrathful female yidam. Red in color … A semi-wrathful female yidam. Red in color, with one face and two arms, she holds an upraised hooked knife in her right hand and a skull cup full of blood in her left hand. She wears a skull crown and bone ornaments. Her symbolic meaning is the same as Vajravarahi. In some traditions, particularly the Kagyu, she is usually the first yidam used, as an introduction to the practice of Highest Yoga Tantra.on to the practice of Highest Yoga Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A semiwrathful [heruka] deity of the wisdom, or mother tantra, class of tantric practice. One of the three chief deities meditated upon in association with the Ganden Oral Tradition of Mahāmudrā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A semiwrathful heruka. "He" is an exclamat … A semiwrathful heruka. "He" is an exclamation of joy. Hevajra transforms sense pleasures and form into joy through realizing the identity of form and emptiness. He is depicted in four, six, and twelve-armed forms, dancing in union with his consort, Nairātmyā (T: bdag-med-ma; nonego). Hevajra was the yidam of Marpa the translator. Marpa's family of nine was said to be the Hevajra maṇḍala itself. His wife's name was Dagmema, Tibetan for Nairātmyā.s name was Dagmema, Tibetan for Nairātmyā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A semiwrathful yidam in the Cakrasaṃvara c … A semiwrathful yidam in the Cakrasaṃvara cycle. She is red, with one face and two arms, young and beautiful but enraged and wearing ornaments of human bones. She represents the transformation of ignorance and passion into śūnyatā and compassion. In the Kagyü tradition, her sādhana is often given as the students' entry into anuttarayoga practice.tudents' entry into anuttarayoga practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A senior (greater than oneself), described in "The Dharma when Meeting Senior Instructors," where they are defined as those who have completed five monastic training periods. 126n. 1)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A separate part/division, a chapter.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A series of highly esoteric bodily movemen … A series of highly esoteric bodily movements, similar to hatha yoga, that are traditionally introduced to advanced practitioners as a preliminary exercise and a support for tummo practice. When doing intensive method path practices such as tummo, wherein the yogi is manipulating the breathing and vigorously redirecting the flow of prana in the body, obstructions in energy can easily occur. These blockages can cause serious physical, energetic, and mental problems for the yogi, as illustrated by Gampopa's experiences with Milarepa. Therefore it is important to support any energy practices with yogic movements that help to rebalance the prana and to keep the nadis supple and clear of obstacles. :Yantra is used as an aid to developing the natural state of body, breath (prana), and mind. The natural state of the mind is dependent upon establishing the natural state of prana, and the natural state of prana is founded on the natural healthy state of the vajra body. Thus yantra yoga also provides a preliminary foundation for the spontaneous presence of Mahamudra.for the spontaneous presence of Mahamudra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A series of syllables consecrated by a Buddha and expressing the essence of the entire path to enlightenment. Mantras can be recited during meditation to calm and purify the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A series of vows or pledges, related to bo … A series of vows or pledges, related to body, speech, and mind. In the Vajrayana, samayas are sacred links between teacher and disciple, as well as among disciples. When these vows are kept, spiritual realization is assured. When they are broken, major obstacles and suffering obstruct further progress on the path.ing obstruct further progress on the path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A serpent-like being (classed in the animal realm) living in the water or under the earth and endowed with magical powers and wealth. The most powerful ones have several heads. In Indian mythology they are preyed on by the garudas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (A serpentlike being (classed in the animal realm) living in the water or under the earth and endowed with magical powers and wealth. The most powerful ones have several heads.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (A serpentlike being (classed in the animal realm) living in the water or under the earth and endowed with magical powers and wealth. The most powerful ones have several heads.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A set of 10 principal unskillful actions: 1.prānātipāta, 2. adattādāna, 3. kāma-mithvācāra, 4. mṛṣā-vāda, 5. paiśunya, 6. pāruṣya, 7. saṃbhinna-pralāpa, 8. abhidhyā, 9. vyāpāda,10. mithyū-dṛṣṭi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A set of Dzogchen tantras taught by Shri Singha to Vairotsana and Tsang Lekdrub, of which the first five were translated by Vairotsana before his exile to Tsawarong and the remaining thirteen were later translated by Vimalamitra and Yudra Nyingpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A set of instructions for practice conveye … A set of instructions for practice conveyed by a guru to a disciple or group of disciples, either orally or in writing. Among Buddhist pedagogical styles, guidelines are less broad than teachings (''bstan'') or explanations/expositions (''bshad''), and more like instructions, praxis, or special instructions, which tend to be quite specifically focused.ich tend to be quite specifically focused.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A set of scriptures belonging to the Mind Class.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Sun of Wisdom/Glossary + (A set of the Buddha's teachings from the f … A set of the Buddha's teachings from the first turning of the wheel of Dharma in which he described the characteristics of, among other things, the sources of consciousness, aggregates, and dhatus. In these teachings, the Buddha did not explicitly refute the true existence of the phenomena that he described. He did explicitly refute their true existence, however, in the teachings of the second turning of the wheel.chings of the second turning of the wheel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A set of vajra sayings in the Drigung Kagyü traditions that explicates basic features of the Drigung understanding of Buddhist tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A seventh-century Indian author whose Madh … A seventh-century Indian author whose Madhya-maka works became seminal to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. There is also' a later Candrakīrti from the end of the first millennium who was an author of Vajrayāna texts. The Tibetan tradition conflates the two, as it regularly does for teachers with the same name, thus enhancing the prestige of texts by the later author the prestige of texts by the later author)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A short moment such as a finger-snap or a long period such as from initially engendering bodhicitta until final and complete buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A single syllable conceived as one expression of enlightened mind. It represents a primal vibration and corresponds to the seminal source of being. Each deity springs from a single seed syllable.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A single syllable conceived as one expression of enlightened mind. It represents a primal vibration and corresponds to the seminal source of being. Each deity springs from a single seed syllable.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A site where bodies are left to decompose or be eaten by wild animals. Frequented by ghosts and spirits, it is a suitable place for advanced practitioners to gain progress in their realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A sixth-century Indian master and author o … A sixth-century Indian master and author of unparalleled dialectical skill. He followed the Madhayamika tradition of Nagarjuna and reaffirmed the prasangika standpoint of Buddhapalita, against Bhavaviveka, as the supreme philosophical position of the Mahayana. He is thus regarded as the systematizer and founder of the Prasangika Madhyamika school.under of the Prasangika Madhyamika school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A small hand drum made from human skulls used in tantric rituals.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A small image of an enlightened being, usually molded of clay and produced in large quantities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A small mountain near Samye that is considered to be one of the four sacred mountains in Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A small ritual drum, traditionally made from the tops of two skulls fastened back-to-back.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A small ritual drum.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (A small valley halfway between Khenpo Ngakchung's birthplace and Jönpalung.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A solemn dialogue on the dharma (between bhikṣu-s).)