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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A systematic breakdown of an individual into five psychophysical "heaps": form, sensations, identifications, mental actions, and consciousnesses)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A tan trie practice for realizing the natu … A tan trie practice for realizing the nature of a particular deity, who is the focus of the text. It usually begins with the preliminaries of taking refuge and generating bodhichitta, then moves to the main section of visualizing the deity and reciting its mantra, and closes with dissolution of the image and dedication.h dissolution of the image and dedication.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A tantra and a vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni and later preserved in the kingdom of Shambhala.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A tantra and associated deity that became one of the major practice lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It is known for its unique system of cosmology and association with the hidden realm of Śambhala and its lineage of kings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A tantra and associated deity that became one of the major practice lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. It is known for its unique system of cosmology and association with the hidden realm of Śambhala and its lineage of kings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantra belonging to Kriya Yoga, also kno … A tantra belonging to Kriya Yoga, also known as ''Meaningful Lasso Tantra''. Ananda (kun dga' bo) One of the ten close disciples of the Buddha and his personal attendant, who recited the sutras at the First Council and served as the second patriarch in the oral transmission of the Dharma.ch in the oral transmission of the Dharma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantra belonging to Kriya Yoga, known to all Tibetan Buddhists as Jampal Tsenjő. Translated by Alex Wayman as Chanting the Names of Manjushri, Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1985.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantra belonging to the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga, focused on the section of Mundane Worship.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantra focused on Avalokiteshvara; belongs to Kriya Yoga and is also known as Amogha Pasha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A tantra of anuttara yoga.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A tantra of the New Schools, which sets forth the system of mahamudra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A tantra of the anuttara tantra)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A tantra taught by the historical Buddha S … A tantra taught by the historical Buddha Shakyamuni to Chandrabhadra (zla ba bzang po), king of Shambhala, who was an emanation of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani. It belongs to the nondual class of Anuttara tantras and presents a complete path to enlightenment, together with an elaborate system of cosmology.her with an elaborate system of cosmology.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantra with a similar title is found in the Nyingma Gyűbum, vol. KA.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A tantric deity, in male or female form, representing different aspects of enlightenment. Yidams may be peaceful or wrathful and are meditated upon according to the nature and needs of the individual practitioner.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A tantric deity, in male or female form, representing different aspects of Buddhahood. Yidams may be peaceful or wrathful and are meditated upon according to the nature and needs of the individual practitioner.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A tantric deity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A tantric feast offering performed within the framework of a sadhana practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A tantric master who is adept in the rituals and meaning of vajrayana. The master from whom one receives tantric teachings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantric master who is adept in the rituals and meaning of Vajrayana. The master from whom one receives tantric teaching and empowerment. Can also refer to the master who presides over a tantric ritual.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A tantric practitioner. In this book ''yogi'' refers to someone who has already attained stability in the natural state of mind and is proficient in the practices based on ''nadis'', ''pranas'', and ''bindus''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A tantric ritual anointment, coronation, o … A tantric ritual anointment, coronation, or empowerment, in which a guru confers upon disciples the blessings of the practice lineage of a particular deity and allows them to undertake practices related to that deity. There are different types and categorizations of initiations, but all of them require that the disciple visualize the lama as the deity, make offerings, and undertake vows.deity, make offerings, and undertake vows.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A tantric ritual connected to the sadhana … A tantric ritual connected to the sadhana practice of one of the three roots: guru, yidam, or dakini. ''Feast'' literally means "gathering": the gathering of enlightened guests, the practitioners, the feast articles, and the two accumulations of merit and wisdom.the two accumulations of merit and wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A tantric ritual involving structures of sticks and colored yarn, used to appease mundane spirits.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A tantric scripture concealed by Guru Rinp … A tantric scripture concealed by Guru Rinpoche and revealed by Rigdzin Godem, the master who revealed the Jangter tradition of the Nyingma school. Contains the renowned "Aspiration of Samantabhadra." Paramita Vehicle (phar phyin gyi theg pa) The sutra system of the gradual path through the five paths and ten bhumis according to the prajnaparamita scriptures.ccording to the prajnaparamita scriptures.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A tantric scripture.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A teacher from which one has received the instructions and empowerments that form the core of one's practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A teacher of Tilopa, also known as Sumati.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A teaching of the Buddha; a Buddhist scripture. Sutras are found in all Buddhist traditions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A teaching on emptiness first expounded by Nagarjuna and considered to be the basis of the Secret Mantrayana. “Middle” in this context means that it is beyond the extreme points of view of nihilism and eternalism.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A teaching received by an accomplished master in a visionary experience or dream as ablessing from a wisdom beingsuch as a deity, siddha, or dākinL)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A technical term describing the very special situation of a human birth that allows one to hear and practice the dharma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A technical term in Buddhist epistemology, referring to the consciousness that generally detects the presence of an object, whereas the different types of mental factors (''sems byung'') apprehend, and react to, particular aspects of that object.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A technical term in Buddhist logic, used t … A technical term in Buddhist logic, used to refer to objects of the conceptual mental consciousness that identifies and names things. It refers to sense objects as apprehended by this consciousness, but also to objects wrongly assumed to exist (e.g., the self).wrongly assumed to exist (e.g., the self).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A technical term in Buddhist logic, used t … A technical term in Buddhist logic, used to refer to objects of the conceptual mental consciousness that identifies and names things. It refers to sense objects as apprehended by this consciousness, but also to objects wrongly assumed to exist (e.g., the self).wrongly assumed to exist (e.g., the self).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A technical term in Buddhist logic, used t … A technical term in Buddhist logic, used to refer to objects of the conceptual consciousness that identifies and names things. It thus refers to sense objects as apprehended by this consciousness, but also to imaginary objects that are mistakenly assumed to exist (e.g., the "self ").enly assumed to exist (e.g., the "self ").)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A technical term in vajrayāna referring to the stage of practice where one abandons all concepts of meditation and nonmeditation and directly encounters the phenomenal world.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A technical term of Buddhist epistemology, referring to the consciousness that detects globally the presence of an object, while the different types of mental factors (''sems byung'') apprehend and react to particular aspects of that object.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A technical term of Buddhist epistemology, referring to the consciousness that detects globally the presence of an object, while the different types of mental factors (''sems byung'') apprehend and react to particular aspects of that object.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A technical term referring to the Three Jewels, the guru, and so forth, considered as proper objects of reverence and offering, whereby the vast accumulation of merit is generated.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A technical term referring to the tantric realization that appearances, sounds, and thoughts are the mandala of the deities, mantras, and primordial wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A tenth-ground Bodhisattva and the personification of the wisdom of all the Buddhas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A tenth-ground Bodhisattva, one of the eight Close Sons of the Buddha. He is the personification of the body aspect and the wisdom of all the Buddhas. ''See also'' Asanga; Nagarjuna.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A tenth-level Bodhisattva, one of Buddha Shakyamuni's eight principal Bodhisattva disciples. He embodies the knowledge and wisdom of all the Buddhas and is usually depicted holding the sword of wisdom in his right hand and a book on a lotus in his left)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A term applied to Bodhgaya, the seat or re … A term applied to Bodhgaya, the seat or residence of Śākyamuni Buddha, and also applied to Tsurphu, the residence of the Karmapas. The implication is that the Karmapas are buddha in person. This term also can be used to mean the lotus posture used in meditation practice.lotus posture used in meditation practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A term coined by the Sautrantika-Svatantrikas to refer to phenomena considered as conventionally existent by virtue of their defining properties and functional efficiency.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A term coined by the Sautrantika-Svatantrikas to refer to phenomena considered as conventionally existent by virtue of their defining properties and functional efficiency.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A term commonly used to refer to spiritual practice. ''Yoga'' literally means "joining" or "union" with the natural state of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A term for enlightened masters in the tant … A term for enlightened masters in the tantric tradition. Siddha has the connotation of one who, besides being realized on the absolute level, is in tune with the magical possibilities of the phenomenal world. The eighty-four mahāsiddhas were a group of Indian yogins important to the Kagyü lineage in that they were the source of the vajrayāna that was brought to Tibet. Some were kings, some prostitutes, some wine-sellers, some humble tradesmen, some monks, some especially lazy. All were distinguished by their style of transforming unconventional circumstances into the path of realization. Tilopa, Nāropa, and Maitrlpa are among the eighty-four mahāsiddhas. "Mahāsiddha" has also come to refer generally to an accomplished or enlightened being.y to an accomplished or enlightened being.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A term for hinayana and mahayana taken together and compared with the "supreme vehicle," vajrayana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A term generally used to denote non-Buddhi … A term generally used to denote non-Buddhist proponents of nihilistic and eternalistic philosophical views. The Tibetan term refers to the fact that they are said to stay on the steps (''stegs'') leading down to the edge ('''mu'') of the river, that is, the path flowing into the ocean of nirvāṇa.he path flowing into the ocean of nirvāṇa.)