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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Acte négatif relativement à une règle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Acte positif ou vertueux qui fait renaître … Acte positif ou vertueux qui fait renaître dans les mondes supérieurs. Les mérites constituent la première des deux accumulations. On traduit souvent les termes tibétains dge ba (vertu, action positive) et ''dge rtsa'' (source de vertu pour le futur) par mérite. Voir «Accumulations».e futur) par mérite. Voir «Accumulations».)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Action free from accepting and rejecting.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Action seal. A yogic consort or tantric sexual partner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Action tantra, performance tantra, yoga tantra, and highest yoga tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Action, activity (not in the specific sense of kāritra).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Action, the psychophysical principle of ca … Action, the psychophysical principle of cause and effect according to which all experiences are the result of previous actions, and all actions are the seeds of future existential situations. Actions resulting in the experience of happiness are defined as virtuous; actions which give rise to suffering are described as nonvirtuous.to suffering are described as nonvirtuous.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Action, the unerring law of cause and effe … Action, the unerring law of cause and effect according to which all experiences are the result of previous actions and all actions are the seeds of future existential situations. Actions resulting in the experience of happiness are defined as virtuous; actions that give rise to suffering are described as nonvirtuous.to suffering are described as nonvirtuous.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Action. The universal law that what we exp … Action. The universal law that what we experience now is a result of our previous actions of body, speech, and mind; and what we experience in the future will be determined by our current actions. Karma is subdivided into positive, negative and neutral, stemming from wholesome, unwholesome, and neutral acts. :One seeks to cultivate positive karma in order to provide beneficial circumstances for the practice of Dharma, and to purify negative karma in order to eliminate obstacles to practice. However, ultimate liberation from samsara is the result of insight and discipline, and can not be gained merely by positive karma; positive karma simply serves to create a fertile field wherein one is more likely to encounter Dharma and to have the predilection and propensity to practice.e predilection and propensity to practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Action; the psychophysical principle of ca … Action; the psychophysical principle of cause and effect (las rgyu 'bras), according to which all existential states arise as the result of previous action. Actions that result in the experience of happiness are defined as virtuous; actions that give rise to suffering are nonvirtuous.at give rise to suffering are nonvirtuous.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Actions defiled by mental afflictions, especially the delusion of self-grasping.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Actions of body, speech, and mind, as well as their effects. Karma is, with ''delusion'', one of the two basic forces that drive sentient beings from rebirth to unsatisfactory rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Actions which tend to lead one away from enlightenment. The Buddhist equivalent to "sin.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Actions with such negative karmic force th … Actions with such negative karmic force that upon death, the perpetrator is reborn immediately in hell, bypassing the intermediate period: matricide, patricide, killing an arhat, creating a schism in the Saṅgha, and maliciously drawing the blood of a tathāgata.iciously drawing the blood of a tathāgata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Activity. For the Vaibhāsika, the activity … Activity. For the Vaibhāsika, the activity belongs only to a present dharma, it is its efficacy of projecting its own fruit (existence) in the next moment of its serial continuity. In this strict sense, this term is used in contradistinction from other general terms designating function,potency, efficacy, etc, such as kriyā, vyāpāra,sāmarthya, śakti, etc.icacy, etc, such as kriyā, vyāpāra,sāmarthya, śakti, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Activité altruiste, spontanée, qui émane de la sagesse et de la compassion des êtres éveillés. Connaissance transcendante et moyens habiles sont toujours associés.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Actual knowing, clairvoyance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Actualized or awakened, one of the characters used to mean enlightenment, it implies to certify, verify, or authenticate enlightenment. 75n. 4)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Additional practices for a tantrika in order to train in implementing the view of Vajrayana in daily activities; for example, feast offering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Adept, practitioner of yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Admiring, yearning, and trusting faith.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Advanced Vajrayāna practices for work with the subtle body: inner heat, illusory body, dream yoga, clear light, bardo practice, and powa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Advanced Vajrayāna practices for work with the subtle body: inner heat, illusory body, dream yoga, clear light, bardo practice, and powa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Advanced practice in the vajrayāna unifying visualization, prāṇāyāma (control of prāṇa) and physical posture. By working with the mind and body maṇḍalas together, the mind can be controlled.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (Advanced yogic teachings including practice of the subtle channels, energies, and essences.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Advice, practical advice.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Affection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Affirmation, emphasis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (After Garab Dorje established the six mill … After Garab Dorje established the six million four hundred thousand Dzogchen tantras in the human world, Manjushrimitra divided them into three categories: the Mind Class emphasizing luminosity; the Space Class emphasizing emptiness; and the Instruction Class emphasizing their inseparability.on Class emphasizing their inseparability.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (After Garab Dorje established the six mill … After Garab Dorje established the six million four hundred thousand tantras of Dzogchen in the human world, his chief disciple, Manjushrimitra, arranged these tantras into three categories: the Mind Section, emphasizing luminosity; the Space Section, emphasizing emptiness; and the Instruction Section, emphasizing their inseparability.Section, emphasizing their inseparability.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (After the Great Dharma King Ral-pa-can was … After the Great Dharma King Ral-pa-can was killed by anti-Buddhist factions of the government, his brother, Glang-dar-ma, took the throne. During his reign, traditional studies were halted, monks forced to return to lay life, and monasteries closed. Esoteric practitioners continued secretly, and all lineages were preserved. The Vinaya transmission was maintained in the East through gYo, Rab, and dMar, Bla-chen, and Klu-mes, who returned to Central Tibet; the Abhidharma transmission was maintained in the East through lHa-lung dPal-gyi rdo-rje and his disciples; the Prajñāpāramitā transmission was maintained through sKa-ba dPal- brtsegs, Cog-ro Klu l-rgyal-mtshan, and Ye-shes sde; the Tantra transmission was maintained through gNyags Jñānakumāra, gNubs-chen Sangs-rgyas ye-shes, and the Three Zur.en Sangs-rgyas ye-shes, and the Three Zur.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Agallochum, Amyris agallocha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Agent, act, and object. [TD 320])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Agent, object, and action.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Agglomerated matter.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Aggregates, explained as 'heap’ (rāśi). There are five aggregates: rūpa, vedanā, saṃjñā, saṃskāra, vijñāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Air.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Alertive in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (All beings of saṃsāra belong to one of the … All beings of saṃsāra belong to one of the six gates or realms. The higher realms include: deva (T: lha; god), asura (T: lha-ma-yin; jealous god), and nara (T: mi; human). The lower realms include: tiryak (T: dud-'gro; animal), preta (T: yi-dvags; hungry ghost), and naraka (T: dmyal-ba; helṇ In each realm, there is a typical psychophysical pattern of recreating your experience, based on a predominant kleśa: pride (god), paranoia or jealousy (asura), passion or dissatisfaction (human), ignorance (animal), craving (preta), and aggression (helṇ The karmic momentum in most of the realms is so intense and overlapping that exiting from the realms only comes about when a being's karma in that realm happens to wear thin. Our human realm is considered very fortunate because the maintenance of ego is somewhat haphazard. Therefore, there is the possibility of altering out situation by cutting the cycle of saṃsāra.g out situation by cutting the cycle of saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (All exists; i.e. dharma-s always (sarvadā) exist, whether future, present or past.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (All positive actions performed on the basis of a belief in a truly existent agent, act, and object, and which are productive of samsaric happiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (All practice prior to the attainment of the path of seeing, in which ultimate reality is perceived directly, is regarded as being of the nature of aspiration or interest.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (All that is compounded is impermanent ('' … All that is compounded is impermanent ('' 'dus-byas thams-cad mi-rtag-pa''), all that is corrupt is suffering (''zag-bcas thams-cad sdug-bsngal-ba''), all things are without self (''chos thams-cad bdag-med-pa'') and nirvāṇa is peace (''mya-ngan-las 'das-pa zhi-ba''). 16, 70-1''mya-ngan-las 'das-pa zhi-ba''). 16, 70-1)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (All the components of our existence, the s … All the components of our existence, the skandhas, elements, and so forth of the world and of all beings, are, in their pure aspects, a pure realm consisting of the five male and female buddhas and so forth; so, when perceiving things as they are, there is not even a speck of impurity to find anywhere. This is the basic view of the Anuttara Tantra of the New Schools and the Three Inner Tantras of the Old School. For more information see Longchen Rabjam's ''phyogs bcu mun sel'', recently translated by Gyurme Dorje.el'', recently translated by Gyurme Dorje.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (All the compounded and uncompounded phenom … All the compounded and uncompounded phenomena are regarded as dhātus, or ‘spheres of perception,’ in terms of being either the object, the supporting base or the primary causes of perception. There are eighteen dhātus: six objects (form, sound, odor, taste, tangible objects, and objects of mental consciousness), six sense powers (the five senses plus the mind), and six consciousnesses (of the five senses plus the mind).nesses (of the five senses plus the mind).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (All the experiences of ordinary people which, like the dream state, are regarded as being real and solid.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (All the other eating bowls after the zuhatsu, the largest being the zukun. 103n. 19)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (All the practices of Hinayana and Mahayana that are taught in the sutras of these two conventional, pretantric vehicles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (All-encompassing space, unconditional totality-un originating and unchanging-in which all phenomena arise, dwell, and cease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (All-inclusive study, or to study widely, a … All-inclusive study, or to study widely, a term for the traditional practice of a monk traveling to visit different teachers to test the monk's own (and the teachers') awareness. "Henzan" is the name of one of the chapters in Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō, in which he indicates that to study widely [henzan] is to study oneself widely. 195n.98enzan] is to study oneself widely. 195n.98)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Along with calm abiding, insight is one of the common denominators and causes of all meditative absorptions. It entails the observation of the specific distinguishing nature of a given object. [TD 3092])