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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A type of verse or song spontaneously composed by vajrayāna practitioners as an expression of their realization.anskrit=dohā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A type of yaksa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A uniquely effective tantric ritual for ac … A uniquely effective tantric ritual for accumulating the two accumulations of merit and wisdom. This ritual involves blessing the five sense pleasures, and food and drink in particular, as wisdom nectar. This is then offered to the deities of the three roots and to one's own body, which is regarded as the complete maṇḍala of the three seats. [TD 2289]lete maṇḍala of the three seats. [TD 2289])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (A unit of time (of inconceivable length) used in Buddhist cosmology to describe the cycles of formation and destruction of a universe, and the ages of increase and decrease within them)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (A unit of time (of inconceivable length) used in Buddhist cosmology to describe the cycles of formation and destruction of a universe, and the ages of increase and decrease within them.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A universal monarch, the name given to a s … A universal monarch, the name given to a special kind of exalted being who has dominion over a greater or lesser part of the three-thousandfold universe. According to traditional cosmology, such beings appear only when the human life span surpasses eighty thousand years. By analogy, the word is also used as a title for a great king. is also used as a title for a great king.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A universal monarch. When Prince Gautama w … A universal monarch. When Prince Gautama was born, it was foretold that he would become either a world enlightened one or a universal monarch, a king who propagates the dharma. This can be seen as a secular equivalent of enlightenment-one whose reign ushers in a golden age of civilization and culture. a golden age of civilization and culture.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A universe comprised of Mount Sumeru, four continents, and eight sub-continents.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A vacuous, immaterial, nonconceptual state experienced in deep, dreamless sleep, when one faints, and when one thes, and in which appearances to the mind are impeded.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A vajra master is a guru who either grants one empowerment into a maṇḍala of the Secret Mantra or who teaches one the liberating instructions. [TD 1442])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A vajra master, an accomplished master of both the theory and practice of Vajrayana teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A vajrayāna meditation practice where one … A vajrayāna meditation practice where one visualizes the cutting up and offering of one's body. Lord Atīśa said that surrendering and offering one's own ego-clinging is the most effective way to overcome the four māras. This practice was often performed in fearsome places. Chö teachings were introduced into Tibet by Pha-dam-pa-sangs-rgyas, and were spread by his chief disciple, the great woman teacher Ma-gcig-labs-sgron-ma.great woman teacher Ma-gcig-labs-sgron-ma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A vajrayāna term for a kind of psychic heat generated and experienced through certain meditative practices. This heat serves to burn up all types of obstacles and confusion. One of the six yogas of Nāropa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A vehicle for spiritual practice leading to varying degrees of spiritual liberation and enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (A verbal formula, often quite long, blessed by a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, similar to the mantras of the Vajrayana but found also in the sutra tradition. The term is also used to refer to the accomplishment of unfailing memory.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A verbal formula, often quite long, blessed by a buddha or a bodhisattva, similar to the mantras of the Vajrayana but found in the sutra tradition. The term is also used to refer to the siddhi of unfailing memory.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (A very extensive commentary on the Kalachakra-tantra, and the basic textual source for the entire Kalachakra system. It was composed by Kalkia Pundarika, one of the Dharma kings of Shambhala, and still exists in Sanskrit.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A very powerful spirit who was subdued by … A very powerful spirit who was subdued by Padmasambhava and made the guardian of Samye Monastery. Beghar is said to be the king of the spirit world. Some consider him an emanation of Amitabha. Beghar tests the resolve and purity of Dharma students. If the student is strongly established in his or her practice, Beghar can help them.his or her practice, Beghar can help them.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A view grasping the two extremes: existence, non-existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A village spirit.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A vital energy that courses through the body and is propelled by one's previous karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (A way of dividing the completion stage of … A way of dividing the completion stage of tantra into substages.:1. ''body and speech isolation'': When using the set of five, body isolation and speech isolation are grouped together. Speech isolation includes vajra repetition (''rod rje zlas pa'', ''vajrajāpa'') and prāṇāyāma (''srog rtsol'').:2. ''mind isolation'':. Also known as ''focus on the mind'' (''seems la dmigs pa'') :3. ''illusory body'': Also known as ''self-consecration'' (''bdag la byin brlabs'', ''svādhiṣṭhāna''), where "self" refers to the subtle wind imputed as self and "consecrate" means to transform (Phabongkha, ''Compilation of Notes'', 126) :4. ''actual clear light'': Also known as ''mastery'' (''mngon par byang chub, abhisambodhi''). :5. ''union'': Includes the practice and no-further-practice stages of unionce and no-further-practice stages of union)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A way of doing divination by looking at images in a mirror.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (A way of referring to the schools of Tibet … A way of referring to the schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded during the later period of translation of Sanskrit texts into Tibetan, which coincided with the period of restoration of the teaching following the persecution by King Langdarma in the eleventh century.by King Langdarma in the eleventh century.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A way of sitting, with legs crossed and feet placed on thighs, in which the body is placed in a state of equilibrium especially favorable to the practice of meditation.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A wheel-turning king.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A white (śukla) karma yielding white retribution: the action of rūpa-dhātu, which is always pure (śubham ekāntena) generating agreeable (manojña) retribution.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (A white and black semiprecious stone having different numbers of "eyes" (circles), highly valued by Tibetans and thought to give protection. It is said to be a form of agate.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A wisdom being who is an aspect of the abs … A wisdom being who is an aspect of the absolute space of primordial consciousness and the root of enlightened activity. A highly realized female bodhisattva, who manifests in the world in order to serve sentient beings. A mundane or worldly female. The Tibetan term means a female "sky-goer," referring to the fact that such beings course in the expanse of absolute space. See GD 126-17, VE 196-98. absolute space. See GD 126-17, VE 196-98.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A wisdom that correctly understands the manner in which all persons and phenomena exist, that is, the mind realizing the emptiness of inherent existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (A wisdom thoroughly discriminating phenomena. When conjoined with meditative quiescence, it enables one to analyze the meditation object and simultaneously remain single-pointedly on it.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (A wisdom-holder; level of realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A woman who is adept in the practice of yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A wonderful occurrence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (A wooden sounding block used in rituals. I … A wooden sounding block used in rituals. It usually consists of a thin, eight-sided block a few feet high, with a small block a few inches high set on top of it to be used as a mallet. It stays to the left of the Manjushri altar, and when not in use the smaller block is covered by a cloth (in modern times usually purple). 87,89, 103n. 16, 135, 136usually purple). 87,89, 103n. 16, 135, 136)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (A world or dimension manifested by a buddh … A world or dimension manifested by a buddha or great bodhisattva through the spontaneous qualities of his or her realization. In a pure land, beings can progress toward enlightenment without falling back into the lower realms of samsara. Also called a buddhafield.lms of samsara. Also called a buddhafield.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (A worldling who has not abandoned any defilements through the mundane path before becoming an ārya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (A wrathful emanation of good thoughts induced by ego-grasping.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (A wrathful form of Manjushri, yidam of one of the Eight Sadhana Teachings of Maha Yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A wrathful form of Padmasambhava, especially known for subduing evil forces and concealing termas for the welfare of future generations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A wrathful heruka of the padma family belo … A wrathful heruka of the padma family belonging to the anuyoga tantra of the Old Translation school. He is usually depicted with three faces, six arms, and four legs, with the wings of a heruka, in union with his consort. His special attribute is a horse's head surmounting his principal head.rse's head surmounting his principal head.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (A wrathful male yidam, symbolizing the mas … A wrathful male yidam, symbolizing the masculine principles of skillful means and energy. The Tibetan name, "trag thung," signifies one who drinks the blood of clinging to self. Chakrasamvara, Hevajra, and Hayagriva are some examples of Herukas. Heruka also refers to the wrathful and semi-wrathful deities who appear in the bardo of dharmata after death.pear in the bardo of dharmata after death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A wrathful male yidam, the masculine princ … A wrathful male yidam, the masculine principle of energy and skillful means that makes situations powerful and creative. The Tibetan word means "blood-drinker," that which drinks the blood of ego-clinging, doubt, and dualistic confusion. In the tantras, Śrī Heruka (an epithet, usually of Cakrasaṃvara) is explained as follows: "''Śrī'' (glorious) is nondual wisdom; ''he'' means cause and effect are śūnyatā; ''ru'' means free from accumulation; ''ka'' is not dwelling anywhere. "lation; ''ka'' is not dwelling anywhere. ")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (A wrathful manifestation of Guru Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A wrathful or semi-wrathful female yidam, … A wrathful or semi-wrathful female yidam, signifying compassion, emptiness, and prajñā. The ḍākinīs are tricky and playful, representing the basic space of fertility out of which the play of sarṃsāra and nirvāṇa arises. They inspire the union of skillful means and prajñā. More generally, a ḍākinī can be a type of messenger or protector.ī can be a type of messenger or protector.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A yidam deity associated with the principle of enlightened mind from the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A yidam deity associated with the principle of enlightened qualities from the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A yidam deity associated with the principle of enlightened speech (from the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (A yidam deity associated with the principle of enlightened activity from the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (A yidam deity traditionally associated with practices of longevity and good health.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (A yidam deity traditionally associated with practices of longevity and good health.)