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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Also known as hungry ghosts or spirits: a class of beings whose attachment and miserliness in previous lives result in constant hunger and the frustration of their desires)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Also known as the "precious word empowerment"(tshig dbang rin po che). See four empowerments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Also known as the ''Mahāratnakūṭa-sūtra'', an important collection of forty-nine mahāyāna sūtras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Also known as the Six Perfections or Six T … Also known as the Six Perfections or Six Transcendent Virtues. Cultivation of the six paramitas is the basis of the Mahayana, the path of the bodhisattva. The six paramitas are: generosity, patience, ethics or moral discipline, joyous effort or diligence, meditative concentration, and wisdom.nce, meditative concentration, and wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Also known as the THOUSAND SUPREME EMOTIONAL BODIES, they are enumerated in detail in the ''Auspicious Aeon Sūtra''. 136, 431, 624, 938, 944)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Also known as the four attachments. (1) Clinging to this life, (2) clinging to the three realms, (3) clinging to self-interest, and (4) grasping.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Also known as the ten paramitas, these com … Also known as the ten paramitas, these comprise the six transcendent perfections: (1) generosity; (2) discipline; (3) patience; (4) diligence; (5) concentration; and (6) insight—plus (7) skillful means (thabs); (8) strength / power (stobs); (9) aspiration (smon lam); and (10) wisdom (ye shes).ion (smon lam); and (10) wisdom (ye shes).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (Also known as “gzhan stong” or “emptiness … Also known as “gzhan stong” or “emptiness of other.” With regard to the Tibetan Gzhan stong school, among the three characteristics: the ‘perfect’ [pariniṣpanna] is devoid ofthe ‘imputed’ [parikalpita] and ‘dependent’ [paratantra]. This is their definition of actual ultimate reality.eir definition of actual ultimate reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Also means “to have a belief”: thus “ego clinging” can also be interpreted as “believing in an ‘I'.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Also modesty, consideration of others: to be ashamed because of what others might think if one commits negative actions. This is one of the seven noble riches)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Also sameness, equality: all things equally have the nature of emptiness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Also traditionally referred to as Khenpo Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva Abbot. A great Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism, abbot of the university of Nalanda, invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Also translated as "transcendent perfectio … Also translated as "transcendent perfection," or more literally, "gone to the other shore," since by practicing them, one is carried across to the far shore of samsara and into liberation. As six, they are: generosity, discipline, patience, joyful diligence, stable contemplation, and deeper knowing. As ten, four more are added: skillful means, aspiration, strength, and primordial wisdom. They constitute the bodhichitta of engagement and, along with meditation on the nature of the mind, form the path of a bodhisattvas practice. On each of the bodhisattva levels, the practice of one of the perfections is fully accomplished; for example, on the first level, generosity is brought to perfection.evel, generosity is brought to perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Also translated as defilement aspect and purity aspect, defilement process and purification process. The sum of defilement and purity, the two sides of the whole of phenomena seen in the context of the spiritual path. See also defilement; purity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Also translated as the "five crimes of imm … Also translated as the "five crimes of immediate retribution": (1) killing one's father, (2) killing one's mother, (3) killing an arhat, (4) drawing blood from a buddha with bad intentions, and (5) causing a schism in the monastic community (by repudiating the Buddha's teachings, drawing monastics away from them, and enlisting them in one's own newly founded religion).them in one's own newly founded religion).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Also translated as the "four ways of leavi … Also translated as the "four ways of leaving things as they are" in Dzogchen practice: (1) the view of a freely resting mountain (ri bo cog bzhag gi lta ba); (2) the wisdom intention of a freely resting ocean (rgya mtsho cog bzhag gi dgongs pa); (3) the pith instructions for freely resting awareness (rig pa cog bzhag gi man ngag); and (4) the techniques, which entail the total presence of visionary appearances (snang ba cog bzhag gi thabs).appearances (snang ba cog bzhag gi thabs).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Also translated as “affliction(s)” or “def … Also translated as “affliction(s)” or “defilement(s)，” these are the fundamental negative factors that, along with ''karma'', serve to keep sentient beings in their samsaric condition and must be uprooted for ''liberation'' to occur. Lists of delusions are manifold, and range from the so-called three poisons (ignorance, desire, anger), to the twenty deluded mental factors specified in ''abhidharma'', to symbolically potent but nonspecific references to 84,000 delusions.onspecific references to 84,000 delusions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Also translated as “renunciation” and, depending on context, “certain deliverance.” The deeply felt wish to achieve liberation from cyclic existence. See also certain deliverance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Also translated as “renunciation”: the deeply felt wish to achieve liberation from samsara)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Also translated as “true nature.” The true nature of phenomena, which is emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Also translated in this book as “actions,” … Also translated in this book as “actions,” or as “past deeds.” Implied in the use of this term is the force created by a positive or negative action which is then stored in an individual’s stream of being and persists until it is experienced as pleasure or pain (usually in another life), after which the deed is said to be exhausted or spent. Although the Sanskrit term ''karma'' simply means “action,” it has come to be widely used to signify the result produced by past deeds (Tib. ''las kyi ’bras bu''), which is sometimes wrongly equated with destiny or fate, that is, with something beyond one’s control. In the Buddhist teachings, the principle of karma covers the whole process of deeds leading to results in future lives, and this is taught as being something that is very definitely within one’s control.t is very definitely within one’s control.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Also, recitation monk. According to Thrangu Rinpoche, this is a cleric who has an ongoing relationship with a family, advising them on what ceremonies to do and leading the necessary rituals, or, as in Machik's case, the recitation of sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Also, recitation monk. According to Thrangu Rinpoche, this is a cleric who has an ongoing relationship with a family, advising them on what ceremonies to do and leading the necessary rituals, or, as in Machik's case, the recitation of sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Also, the Great Compassionate One. One of the most important yidams of Tibetan Buddhism, the bodhisattva who represents the compassion of the buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Also, the Great Compassionate One. One of the most important yidams of Tibetan Buddhism, the bodhisattva who represents the compassion of the buddhas.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Alternate term for the three outer tantras.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Although bliss can occur on the sutra path … Although bliss can occur on the sutra path, and even in the basic state before entering the path, this is not ''great bliss'', which has to be caused by bringing the winds in the central channel. Great bliss is brought to focus on emptiness to form the "union of bliss and emptiness." It is also known as ''innate bliss''.ss." It is also known as ''innate bliss''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Although it is assigned the root form kṛ, … Although it is assigned the root form kṛ, "to do," and is cognate with the English "create," it does not mean activity or action in the general sense of the term as it is also the word used for "ritual." Thus it means an action that has an effect other than the visible present one, so that as well as magical rites, it means any action that has an effect upon one's next lifeon that has an effect upon one's next life)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Although prajñā is usually translated as w … Although prajñā is usually translated as wisdom, and jnāna is synonymous with it, prajñā-jñāna in the context of an empowerment is a reference to the consort, who is referred to as prajñā. This is the third empowerment, in which one gains wisdom through union with the consortains wisdom through union with the consort)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Although there were no new or old schools … Although there were no new or old schools in India, these names refer to the early and later spread of the teachings in Tibet. Translations up to and including King Triral are called the Old School of Early Translations (snga 'gyur snying rna), and later ones are known as the New Schools of Later Translations (phyi 'gyur gsar rna). The Old School is the Nyingma tradition. Lochen Rinchen Sang po (10 chen rin chen bzang po) is regarded as the first translator of the New Mantra School. The New Schools are the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gclug.w Schools are the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gclug.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Although this term simply means “action,” … Although this term simply means “action,” it has come to be widely used to signify the result produced by past actions (Tib. las kyi 'bras bu), often with the implication of destiny or fate and of something beyond one's control. In the Buddhist teachings, the principle of karma covers the whole process of actions leading to results in future lives, which is something that is very definitely within one's control.t is very definitely within one's control.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Although this term usually refers to male … Although this term usually refers to male procreative fluids (semen), women are said to have shukra, as the Hevajra Tantra (part 1, chapter 8, verse 29cd; Dg.K. 9.6) states: "As it is for men, so it is for the prajñās:" "they have their shukra and their bliss." "they have their shukra and their bliss.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Amoghadārśin, Anantaujas, Aśokaśrī, Bhadra … Amoghadārśin, Anantaujas, Aśokaśrī, Bhadraṛṣi, Brahman, Brahmadatta, Brahmajyotis, Candanaśrī, Dhānaśri, Indraketudhvaj a, Kusumaśrī, Nageśvarāja, Nārāyaṇa, Padmajyotis, Pariklrtitanāmaśrī, Prabhāsari, Ratnacandra, Ratnacandraprabhā, Ratnāgni, Ratnārcis, Ratnapadma, Śailendrarāja, Samantavabhāsa, Śākyamuni, Smṛtiśrī, Suradatta, Suvikranta, Vajragarbha, Varuṇa, Varuṇadeva, Vikranta, Vimala, Virānanda, Virasena, Yuddhajaya., Vimala, Virānanda, Virasena, Yuddhajaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Among ''Cittamātrins'' following scripture … Among ''Cittamātrins'' following scripture, a foundational or “storehouse” consciousness that is the source of the other seven consciousnesses (six sense consciousnesses and a deluded consciousness) as well as their objects. It is the carrier of various cognitive and affective tendencies as well as of the seeds of ''karma'', and it will be transformed at ''enlightenment'' into the ''gnosis'' of a ''buddha''.ent'' into the ''gnosis'' of a ''buddha''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Among Cārakīya Jaiminlyas: perception, inference, testimony, comparison, implication, cognition of nonexistence, reasoning, nonapprehension, renown, occurrence, and thinking.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Among the different mental events, the aff … Among the different mental events, the afflictions are detailed as the six root afflictions of ignorance, aversion, attachment, pride, doubt, and wrong view. They are also described as the five mental and emotional afflictions of ignorance, aversion, attachment, pride, and envy, which can be condensed into the three poisons of ignorance, aversion, and attachment.ns of ignorance, aversion, and attachment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Among the five victorious ones ruling the five buddha families, he belongs to the ''padma'' or lotus family. In particular, he is the master of Chenrezig (Skt. Avalokiteśvara) and resides in Dewa Chen (Skt. Sukhāvatī).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (Among the four philosophical systems, one … Among the four philosophical systems, one of the Lesser Vehicle schools that asserts that irreducible particles of matter and indivisible moments of mind are substantially existent. Unlike the Great Exposition School, this tradition upholds reflexive awareness and attributes ultimate status only to functional particulars,ate status only to functional particulars,)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Among the ten bodhisattva levels (sa bcu), the attainments of the first seven are considered reversible owing to the persistence of subtle pride, whereas those of the highest three levels are deemed to be irreversible.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Among the three lamps of the vessel, this … Among the three lamps of the vessel, this quintessence of the channels is one-eighth the width of a horsehair, with two branches that stem from inside the heart, curve around the back of the ears, and come to the pupils of the eyes. See CM 423,427; VE 424,427.s of the eyes. See CM 423,427; VE 424,427.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Amulets containing sacramental substances discovered by Dorje Lingpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (An "elemental" demonic force or being.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (An "emanation embodiment" of the sugatagarbha that may appear anywhere in the universe in order to benefit sentient beings, with four types: living-being, teacher, created, and material nirmāṇakāyas. See VE i86-88.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (An Apabhramśa word meaning "couplet," specifically rhyming couplets with a set meter, a form much favored by tantric authors such as Saraha in around the end of the first millennium. drop (thig le). See bindu; tilaka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (An Arhat who was a personal disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (An Asian palm tree, the palmyra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (An Asian palm tree, the palmyra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (An Indian Arhat, a direct disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (An Indian lay scholar and contemporary of … An Indian lay scholar and contemporary of Chandrakirti. He was associated with the university of Nalanda and was widely reputed for his immense learning in the Mahayana teachings and all kinds of secular knowledge, being, among other things, a renowned grammarian. He also practiced the tantras and attained high realization.the tantras and attained high realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (An Indian mahasiddha, author of three cycles of dohas (songs of realization))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (An Indian master and author of a commentary on the Lankavatara-sutra, the Tathagata-hridayalamkara (de bzhin gshegs pa'i snying pa rgyan), preserved in the Tengyur collection.)