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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A threefold categorization of phenomena co … A threefold categorization of phenomena consisting of the imputed reality, dependent reality, and completely existent reality, as presented in the sutras of the third turning of the wheel of Dharma. The interpretation of this threefold distinction varies according to the philosophical outlook of the commentator. philosophical outlook of the commentator.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A tide of respect given to one who is viewed as being a "master of the Dharma.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A time period corresponding to a cycle of formation, duration, and destruction of a universe, followed by a period of voidness, according to the cosmology of ancient India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A time period equivalent to 360 breaths, o … A time period equivalent to 360 breaths, or twenty-four minutes. It was measured by one of two types of ancient Indian water clocks (an outflow type or floating-bowl type). (See Fleet 1915.) There are sixty ghaṭikās in one solar day. There are occasions (or calculations) when lunar days are divided into sixty ghaṭikās that are "slightly shorter in duration than those that are sixtieth parts of a solar day." See Henning 2007, 268. This term is also translated as "half-period, " "hour," and "major clepsydra measure." It is equivalent to a daṇḍa and a minor saṃkrānti.uivalent to a daṇḍa and a minor saṃkrānti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A time sequence comprising the four phases of formation, duration, and dissolution of a universal system, together with the period of voidness preceding the formation of the subsequent system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A titan, or demigod, whose existence is characterized by aggression and conflict with the devas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A title for a person, mostly in the Nyingm … A title for a person, mostly in the Nyingma, Sakya, and Kagyu traditions, who has completed the major course of nine to twelve years of studying traditional Buddhist philosophy, logic, Vinaya, and other subjects, and afterward has been authorized to teach. This title can also refer to the abbot of a monastery of any of the four traditions or the preceptor from whom one receives ordination.eceptor from whom one receives ordination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A title given in recognition of scholarly and meditative accomplishment primarily by the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A title of Avalok-iteshvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion; the Sambhogakaya aspect of the Buddha Amitabha, of whom Guru Rinpoche is himself the Nirmanakaya aspect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (A title of great respect meaning "noble.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A title used for a particularly learned scholar.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (A tradition that emphasizes that there is no reality independent of mind. Also known as Mind-Only.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A transcendent perfection or virtue, the practice of which leads to Buddhahood. There are six paramitas: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A transcendent perfection or virtue, the practice of which leads to buddhahood and, therefore, forms the practice of bodhisattvas. There are six paramitas: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A transcendent perfection or virtue, the p … A transcendent perfection or virtue, the practice of which leads to buddhahood and which therefore forms the practice of Bodhisattvas. There are six paramitas: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. According to another reckoning there are ten paramitas, these six with the addition of a further four, regarded as aspects of the wisdom paramita. They are: skillful means, strength, aspiration, and primordial wisdom.rength, aspiration, and primordial wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A transgression of one of the precepts, which, if not properly confessed and repaired, will result in rebirth in the lower realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A transgression that is in terms of prohibition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A transgression which is an offence in its intrinsic nature; e.g., killing.)