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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A set of 10 principal unskillful actions: 1.prānātipāta, 2. adattādāna, <br>3. kāma-mithvācāra, 4. mṛṣā-vāda, 5. paiśunya, 6. pāruṣya, <br>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).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A solitary bird that always dwells apart from others.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A song of attainment or song of experience spontaneously sung by realized masters.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A song of contemplative realization, such as those of the Indian mahāsiddha Saraha and the Tibetan yogi Milarepa.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (A special "Enjoyment Body" form of Yeshey Tsogyel, the Great Bliss Queen, that can be seen only by highly developed spiritual practitioners.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A special accomplishment stemming from aut … A special accomplishment stemming from authentic practice. There are two types: mundane siddhis, such as clairvoyance or walking through walls, which are not essential, and supramundane siddhi, which is the realization of mind's nature, the goal of meditation practice.s nature, the goal of meditation practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (A special kind of '''Bodhisattva''' who is the embodiment of all the wisdom of all enlightened Buddhas)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A special or distinctive effort.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A special protectress of the Karmapas lineage, and also known as a goddess whose dialogues with Milarepa are famous.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A special three-pronged trident carried by … A special three-pronged trident carried by tantric yogis and specifically by Guru Padmasambhava. No doubt in connection with the story given here of Tsogyal's being hidden in the Guru's trident, in representations of Guru Rinpoche, the katanga is re-garded as a symbol of the spiritual consort.rded as a symbol of the spiritual consort.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A specialist in the Abhidharma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A species of bird having the form of a golden vajra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A species of bird.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A specific type of intention.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A specific type of sūtra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A specific type of volition.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A sphere or dimension manifested by a Budd … A sphere or dimension manifested by a Buddha or great Bodhisattva, in which beings may abide and progress towards enlightenment without ever falling into lower states of existence. In fact, any place, viewed as the pure manifestation of spontaneous Wisdom, is a Buddha-field. of spontaneous Wisdom, is a Buddha-field.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A sphere or dimension manifested by a budd … A sphere or dimension manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva in which beings may abide and progress toward enlightenment without ever falling back into lower states of existence. Also, any place seen as the pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom is a buddha-field.n of spontaneous wisdom is a buddha-field.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A sphere or drop of light, which rides the prana (q.v.) in the nadi (q.v.) of the illusory or subtle body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A spirit belonging to an eightfold class of haughty gods and demons.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A spirit or hungry ghost who consumes the potent essences of food and wealth. It personifies ultimate envy and miserliness and is usually exorcised during rituals to promote food and wealth.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A spirit or hungry ghost who consumes the potent essences of food and wealth. It personifies ultimate envy and miserliness and is usually exorcised during rituals to promote food and wealth.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A spirit that dwells in a town, either temporarily or as the permanent spirit of that area.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A spirit that dwells in a town, either temporarily or as the permanent spirit of that area.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A spirit whose existence is dominated by insatiable hunger, thirst, and craving.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A spiritual guide or teacher.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A spiritual guide who is qualified to lead one in the practices of Vajrayāna.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A spiritual teacher who leads one to the state of liberation and spiritual awakening.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A stake with three sharp edges for destroying the three principal poisons. Associated particularly with Vajrakīla, kīlas were used in ancient Indian rituals as pegs in the ground around a ritual site)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A standing bow in gasshō. 76n. 8)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A stanza of poetry. In the Sanskrit tradition, it has a particular kind of common epic meter.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A stanza.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (A state in meditation in which the mind concentrates one-pointedly and effortlessly on the object of meditation.)