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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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A term in fruition tantra. This refers to … A term in fruition tantra. This refers to a yogin who has completely transmuted physical experience into basic space. Though he retains an apparent body during his lifetime, at death his body may dissolve into luminosity. It is said that sometimes only hair and nails remain.that sometimes only hair and nails remain.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A term indicating a country in which the Buddhadharma is proclaimed and practiced.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A term of endearment for a young boy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A term that can refer to an anchorite, ascetic, visionary, or silent sage in a range of Indian religious traditions. For Buddhists, the Buddha is ''the'' Muni, the ascetic par excellence.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A term that refers to great bodhisattvas.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A term that refers to the monastic discipline of the vinaya, which supports the individual liberation of the monk or nun. More generally, the nontheistic attitude of taking responsibility for one's own liberation from sarṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (A term used both for the vital winds that circulate through the left channel of the lalanā and for the inhalation of breath. The path of the vital wind of life is thus the left nostril.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (A term used both for the vital winds that circulate through the right channel of the rasanā and for the exhalation of breath. The path of the vital wind of exertion is thus the right nostril.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A term used by the Sāṃkhya system for the … A term used by the Sāṃkhya system for the subtle objects, or elements, of forms, sounds, odors, tastes, and tangible objects, from which the grosser elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space are produced. The term implies irreducibility. See Kongtrul 2012, 406, where the term is translated as "five potentials of subtle matter."ted as "five potentials of subtle matter.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A term used especially in the teachings of the maha, anu, and ati tantras, demonstrating that all phenomena are inherently perfect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A term used for non-Buddhist spiritual pra … A term used for non-Buddhist spiritual practitioners in India. Jamgön Kongtrul (TOK, 2:335) explains that it means that they remain at the edge (mu) of, or on a rung (stegs) to, liberation; that is, they approach liberation, but they are not on the path to the true nirvāṇa.y are not on the path to the true nirvāṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A term used for proponents of the Shentong (gZhan stong) view. See Kongtrul 2007a, 22–23 and 249–68; and Kongtrul 2010, 269–72.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (A term used in Buddhist logic and epistemo … A term used in Buddhist logic and epistemology. Literally, the Tibetan word ''ldog pa'' means "reverse." An isolate of an object (sometimes also called "distinguisher") is defined as "that which is the reverse of what is not that object." In other words, it is the equivalent of a given object in purely conceptual terms. There are different kinds of isolates, and, generally speaking, they are used in Buddhist logic to explain the possibility of predication in the absence of universals, the reality of which, on the whole, is denied, in Buddhism.ich, on the whole, is denied, in Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (A term used in Buddhist logic and epistemo … A term used in Buddhist logic and epistemology. Literally, the Tibetan word ''ldog pa'' means "reverse." An isolate of an object (sometimes also called "distinguisher") is defined as "that which is the reverse of what is not that object." In other words, it is the equivalent of a given object in purely conceptual terms. There are different kinds of isolates, and, generally speaking, they are used in Buddhist logic to explain the possibility of predication in the absence of universals, the reality of which, on the whole, is denied, in Buddhism.ich, on the whole, is denied, in Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (A term used in the abhidharma teachings. One of the eight consciousnesses, it harbors the thought "I am" and is the basis for all negative emotions. Also one of the eight collections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A term used to describe the practice of a Bodhisattva, which combines skillful means and wisdom, the compassionate motivation of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all beings and the view of emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A term used to refer to any meditational deity, a symbol of the ultimate nature of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A term used to refer to reincarnate lamas before they have been enthroned or, more generally, while they are quite young.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A term virtually synonymous with Buddhahoo … A term virtually synonymous with Buddhahood. It means the "Great Seal" or "Sublime Stance," the spontaneous embodiment of the all-knowing wisdom and limitless compassion of a Buddha. Mahamudra is also the name of the specific systems of spiritual practice inherited by the Tibetans from the Indian mahasiddhas. the Tibetans from the Indian mahasiddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A term with many levels of meaning. Here it mainly refers to the esoteric texts of Vajrayana Buddhism expounding the natural purity of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A term with several levels of meaning. Basically, it means a ritual gesture performed with the hands.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (A text containing the Vajrayana teachings … A text containing the Vajrayana teachings of the Buddha. The tantras contain teachings, visualizations, and various ritual practices reflecting the Vajrayana, or diamond vehicle, and are typically geared to one or another of the great tantric ''yidams''. Most Tibetan Vajrayana practice is grounded in one or another of the classical tantras.n one or another of the classical tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A text elucidating the meaning of a tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A text written by Manjushrimitra as a confession to Prahevajra, which is one of the Eighteen Major Scriptures of the Mind Class.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A text written by Manjushrimitra as a confession to Prahevajra; one of the five major scriptures of the Mind Class that were translated by Vairotsana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A textual and meditative tradition, centra … A textual and meditative tradition, central to the Nyingma school, that embodies the most direct path to awakening; it is the culmination of all philosophies and paths. The tradition affirms that the fundamental qualities of a buddha are always already present and that no contrived effort is necessary to produce this fundamental reality anew. to produce this fundamental reality anew.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A thread or continuum. An esoteric scripture belonging to the class of Vajrayāna Buddhism, as opposed to the exoteric teachings of the sūtras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A three-edged ritual dagger that may be used as an object of devotions, such as prostrations, offerings, and circumambulations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A three-sided ritual container, often made … A three-sided ritual container, often made ofmetal, black on the outside and red on the inside, and sometimes marked with skulls. It is visualized in various ways: as the space of awareness of ultimate reality, as the miserable states of existence, as the womb of the consort, and as a prison. the womb of the consort, and as a prison.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A three-sided ritual dagger, such as that … A three-sided ritual dagger, such as that held by the deity Vajrakilaya. It symbolizes the transformation of the three main mental poisons (''kleshas'') into the three ''kayas'' (bodies or dimensions) of buddhahood and the cutting of all outer, inner, and secret obstacles on the path to enlightenment.et obstacles on the path to enlightenment.)