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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (A yogi who has activated inner heat by ''tummo'' yoga and thus wears only a thin cotton robe even in winter.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A yogic practice in which consciousness leaves the body. One of the six yogas of Nāropa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (A ḍākinī, she is the consort of Cakrasaṃva … A ḍākinī, she is the consort of Cakrasaṃvara. She and Vajrayoginī are aspects of the same deity. Vajravārāhī is marked by a sow's head protruding above her left ear. The sow represents Vairocana buddha-ignorance and passion, dharmadhātu wisdom and compassion.assion, dharmadhātu wisdom and compassion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (A “hearer” or “disciple,” most often of '' … A “hearer” or “disciple,” most often of ''Hinayana'' teachings. The term may refer cither to one who follows a Hinayana path or to an ''arhat'' who has reached the end of that path. As distinguished from the Hinayana ''pratyekabuddha'' vehicle, the śrāvaka vehicle refers to an approach to the path in which one receives teachings from others rather than proceeding independently.hers rather than proceeding independently.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (A) ''skyo-brag seng-ge rdzong'' in ''rdza- … A) ''skyo-brag seng-ge rdzong'' in ''rdza-chu'' (main pilgrimage place of buddha-body); (1) ''spyi-'byams nyi-zla-phug'' in ''rdza-chu'' (body aspect of buddha-body); (2) ''glo-thu karma'' (speech aspect of buddha-body); (3) ''mnyan in 'bri-klung'' (mind aspect of buddha-body); (4) ''kha-la rong-sgo'' in Nangcen (attribute aspect of buddha-body); (5) ''he brag-dkar'' (activity aspect of buddha-body); B) ''spu-bo dga'-ba-lung'' (main pilgrimage place of buddha-speech); (6) ''padma shel-ri'' (speech aspect of buddha-speech); (7) ''kha-ba dkar-po'' in Tshawarong (body aspect of buddha-speech); (8) ''na-bun rdzong'' in Nangcen (mind aspect of buddha-speech); (9) ''ye-rgyal nam-mkha' rdzong'' (attribute aspect of buddha-speech); (10) ''hor tre-shod'' or ''lcags-mdud kha-ba lung-ring'' (activity aspect of buddha-speech); C) ''dan-ti shel-gyi brag in rma-khog'' (main pilgrimage place of buddha-mind); (11) ''rma-smad rdo-rje'i brag'' (mind aspect of buddha-mind); (12) ''me-nyag bzhag-ra lha-rtse'' (body aspect of buddha-mind); (13) ''war-ti'i brag'' (speech aspect of buddha-mind); (14) ''mkha'-'gro 'bum-rdzong'' in lower Nangcen (attribute aspect of buddha-mind); (15) ''spo-ne brag-dkar'' (activity aspect of buddha-mind); D) ''ru-dam gangs-kyi ra-ba'', otherwise called ''khro-ri rdo-rje zil-khrom'' (main pilgrimage place of buddha-attributes); (16) ''rdzong-shod bde-gshegs 'dus-pa'i pho-brang'' in '' 'dzings'' (attribute aspect of buddha-attributes); (17) ''mgul-mda' pho-brang'' in front of Lhündrup Teng Temple in Derge (body aspect of buddha-attributes); (18) ''padma shel-phug'' in the lower valley of ''rme-shod 'dzom-nang'' (speech aspect of buddha-attributes); (19) ''tsā-'dra rin-chen brag'' (mind aspect of buddha-attributes); (20) '' 'dzom-thog phu-seng gnam-brag'' in '' 'bri-chu'' (activity aspect of buddha-attributes); E) ''kaḥ-thog rdo-rje gdan'' (main pilgrimage place of buddha-activity); (21) ''brag-ri rdo-rje spungs-pa'' (activity aspect of buddha-activity); (22) ''gtsang-gshis rdo-rje gro-lod'' (speech aspect of buddha-activity); (23) ''rngu'' (body aspect of buddha-activity); (24) ''bkra-shis'', perhaps ''kam-po gangs-ra'' (mind aspect of buddha-activity); (25) ''hyal-gyi brag'' (attribute aspect of buddha-activity). 518, 867ibute aspect of buddha-activity). 518, 867)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (A, I, ṚI, U, and ḶI. See Kongtrul 2005, 188–90; and Newman 1987, 385–94.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abandonment of defilement. This is not the destruction of defilement(as<br>no dharma can be destroyed as such), but rather the severing of the<br> prāpti from the serial continutity of the individual.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abandonment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Abbreviation of the ''Scripture of the Embodiment of the Realization of All Buddhas''; the most important Anu Yoga scripture.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abhisamaya in respect of the seeing of the four noble truths by<br> the pure prajñā alone.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abiding in restraint (i.e., possessing restraint).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abiding in the fruit of stream entry.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abode, place.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Absence of fixation on subject, object, and action.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Absence of thought activity and disturbing emotions, but with subtle fixation on this stillness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Absolute bodhicitta, according to Gampopa, … Absolute bodhicitta, according to Gampopa, is emptiness indivisible with compassion-radiant, unshakable, and impossible to formulate by concepts. Relative bodhicitta arises from a glimpse of ultimate bodhicitta, and is the aspiration to practice the pāramitās and to deliver all sentient beings from saṃsāra, out of one's compassion.ngs from saṃsāra, out of one's compassion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Absolute truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Absolutely opposed(/contradictory).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Absolutely primordial buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Absolutely real, existent from the ultimate standpoint.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Abstention for twenty-four hours from killing, stealing, lying, sexual activity, intoxicants, eating after noon, sitting on high beds or thrones, and singing, dancing, or enjoying theatrical shows.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abstention from unchaste conduct.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Abstention.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Abstinence from murder, theft, deceit and sexual misconduct are the four basic vows; while abstinence from alcohol, dancing and decoration, high expensive seats or beds and food in the afternoon are the four branches. 58, 226, 513)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (Abstract object aspect of the subjective conceptual mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Acacia catechu, a tree with very hard wood used for the points of ploughshares, the axle-pins of chariots, amulets, etc. Its resin is used medicinally.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Academy, monastic college.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Accompanying thought; thought-accompaniment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (Accomplished hinayāna practioners who have eliminated the kleśa obscurations. They are fully realized śrāvakas and pratyekabuddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Accomplished masters in the Indian lineages of vajrayana practice. For details of their life stories, see Buddha's Lions (Dharma Publishing) and Masters of Mahamudra (Suny Press).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Accomplished one, realized practitioner, adept.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (Accomplishing the Pureland, a practice for taking rebirth in Sukhavati, Amitabha's Buddhafield of Great Bliss.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Accomplishment is described as either supr … Accomplishment is described as either supreme or common. Supreme accomplishment is the attainment of buddhahood. Common accomplishments are the miraculous powers acquired in the course of spiritual training. The attainment of these powers, which are similar in kind to those acquired by the practitioners of some non-Buddhist traditions, are not regarded as ends in themselves. When they arise, however, they are taken as signs of progress on the path and are employed for the benefit of the teachings and disciples.he benefit of the teachings and disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Accomplishment is described as either supr … Accomplishment is described as either supreme or ordinary. Supreme accomplishment is the attainment of buddhahood. "Common or ordinary accomplishments" are the miraculous powers acquired in the course of spiritual training. The attainment of these powers, which are similar in kind to those acquired by the practitioners of some non-Buddhist traditions, are not regarded as ends in themselves. When they arise, however, they are taken as signs of progress on the path and are employed for the benefit of the teachings and disciples.he benefit of the teachings and disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Accomplishment is the third of the four di … Accomplishment is the third of the four divisions of approach and accomplishment. Though this stage is relevant in a variety of contexts, in terms of development stage practice accomplishment refers to the phase in which one gains mastery over wisdom. [KR 60]ich one gains mastery over wisdom. [KR 60])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Accomplishment; see ''chokgi ngödrup'' and ''tunmongi ngödrup''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (Accomplishments gained in the course of the spiritual path. Siddhis are of two kinds: the "ordinary" accomplishments of various preternatural powers and the supreme accomplishment, namely, the attainment of Buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (According Tibetan analyses： vinaya (Lu), secret mantra (CKenycn), extensive practice (''school of Xuanzang''), profound view (Tiantai and Huayan), and essential meaning (Chan).)