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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 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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A translation for thera, the Sanskrit for" … A translation for thera, the Sanskrit for" elders" in the old Theravada tradition. Jōza originally meant senior monks who had been ordained over twenty years. Gradually it has come to refer to junior monks. In modern Sōtō and sometimes in Dōgen's usage, jōza refers to those who have not yet been shuso in a monastery, although Dōgen uses it interchangeably with taiko in "The Dharma when Meeting Senior Instructors." 107n. 56, 126n. 2ing Senior Instructors." 107n. 56, 126n. 2)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A translation of the Sanskrit saptaparṇa, Alstonia scholaris L.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (A trantric deity that embodies qualities of Buddhahood that is practiced in the vajrayana.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A travel permit.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A treatise.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A tribe of ancient India into which Gautama, the historical Buddha, was born. The Buddha is known as Śākyamuni (sage of the Śākyas), and also lord of the Śākyas and king of the Śākyas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (A trident held by wrathful meditational deities such as Vajrayoginī.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A two-headed hand-held drum used in Vajrayana ritual.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A type of ''sadak''. A spirit attached to a particular path of ground, taking that ground to be a self.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A type of ''sadak''. A spirit attached to a particular path of ground, taking that ground to be a self.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of Buddhist text; generally a commentary or a philosophical treatise.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (A type of being who is always starved for food and water. See the six realms of saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (A type of conduct for enhancement.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of cross-legged meditation posture in which the legs are very loosely crossed, the right leg being slightly extended out in front.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of deity whose function is to prote … A type of deity whose function is to protect the practitioner from deceptions and sidetracks. Oath-bound to the dharma, not bound to the six realms, the dharmapālas fulfill the four karmas or enlightened actions of pacifying, enriching, magnetizing, and destroying, thus serving and protecting the integrity of the teachings and practice.e integrity of the teachings and practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of demon.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A type of demoness often found in company with the ''gyalpo'' class and together are the male and female spirits symbolizing desire and anger.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A type of demoness often found in company with the ''gyalpo'' class and together are the male and female spirits symbolizing desire and anger.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of empowerment for a student to practice or study a particular text or sādhana. It is often given for an abbreviated sādhana or for a practice that has no abhiṣeka connected with it. A permission-blessing is often given as a reading transmission.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A type of evil demon.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A type of evil spirit often found in company with the gyalpo class; male and female spirits symbolizing desire and anger.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A type of evil spirit symbolizing ego-clinging, sometimes counted among the eight classes of gods and demons. When subdued by a great master, they can also act as guardians of the Buddhadharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A type of evil spirit symbolizing ego-clinging. An enchanter, sorcerer; bewitching demon, craving spirit; an evil spirit, a demon who causes disease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A type of evil spirit symbolizing ego-clinging. An enchanter, sorcerer; bewitching demon, craving spirit; an evil spirit, a demon who causes disease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A type of fearsome demon originating from those who break their religious vows and sacred pledges.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A type of fearsome demon originating from those who break their religious vows and sacred pledges.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A type of ghost known for its ability to take away wealth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A type of ghost, a synonym for ''gongdré''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of hand drum, usually two-headed, made of either skulls or wood, and used frequently in vajrayāna practice.)