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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (An Indian master and author of a commentary on the Lankavataru-sutra, the Alya-lankavatara-vritti, preserved in the Tengyur collection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (An Indian master and teacher of Atisha (fl. c. eleventh century).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage a … An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage and the chief disciple of Garab Dorje. In his role as a master in the lineage of the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga, he received the transmission of Yamantaka in the form of the Secret Wrathful Manjushri Tantra and other texts. Manjushrimitra was born in the Magadha district of India and was soon an adept in the general sciences and the conventional topics of Buddhism. After having become the most eminent among five hundred panditas, he received many teachings and empowerments from Garab Dorje, Lalitavajra, and other masters and reached the unified level of enlightenment, indivisible from Manjushri. Yamantaka appeared to him in person, conferred empowerment, and transmitted the tantras and oral instructions. Among his chief recipients of this teaching were Hungkara, Padmasambhava, and Hanatela. There seem to have been several masters with this name, but Guru Tashi Tobgyal in his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Learned Ones views them as being magical emanations of the same master. See also Sadhana Section.the same master. See also Sadhana Section.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (An Indian master in the early Dzogchen lineage who was a disciple of Shri Singha. A close dharma friend and later teacher of Vimalamitra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (An Indian master in the mahamudra lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (An Indian master known for his mastery of … An Indian master known for his mastery of the Buddhist tantric teachings. In particular, he developed one of the two main exegetical approaches related to the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''. Jigme Lingpa writes, "The great master Buddhajñānapāda, who was accepted by noble Mañjuśrī himself, advocated the principles of clarity, profundity, and their union. Clarity is embodied in the mahāmudrā - the illusory form of the deity. Profundity lies in the enlightened mind that rests in reality, which is difficult to fathom. The indivisible union of these two is the completion stage of nondual wisdom, the nonduality of profundity and clarity." Jigme Lingpa concludes with a quote from one of Jñānapāda's texts, the ''Sphere of Liberation'', about which he writes, "The terminology employed in this text is remarkably similar to that of the Great Perfection." [YT 429]to that of the Great Perfection." [YT 429])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (An Indian master of philosophy and tantric … An Indian master of philosophy and tantric sid-dha. One of the eight vidyadharas; receiver of the tantras of Lotus Speech such as Supreme Steed Display. He is said to have taken birth in the southern part of India around four hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvana. Having received ordination at Nalanda monastery, he later acted as preceptor for the monks. He knew alchemy, lived for six hundred years, and transformed ordinary materials into gold in order to sustain the sangha. At Bodhgaya he erected pillars and stone walls to protect the Bodhi Tree and constructed 108 stupas. From the realm of the nagas he brought back the extensive Prajnaparamita scriptures. He was the life pillar for the Mahayana, but specifically he was a major exponent of the unexcelled vehicle of Vajrayana. Having attained the realization of Hayagriva, he transmitted the lineage to Padmasambhava. Nalanda The great monastic center for Buddhist studies in ancient India, situated in the present Indian state of Bihar, a few hours drive from Bodhgaya.of Bihar, a few hours drive from Bodhgaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (An Indian master of philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (An Indian master of philosophy. ''See'' Acharya Nagarjuna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (An Indian master of the Dzogchen lineage and a disciple of Garab Dorje. Same as Jampal Shenyen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (An Indian master who visited Tibet and reamined at Mount Kailash, where he taught emissaries of King Trisong Deutsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (An Indian master, accomplished in all nine yānas. He was the successor to Garap Dorje (dga'-rab-rdo-rje), the first human guru in the Nyingma ati lineage. Milarepa is said to be an emanation of Manjuśrīmitra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (An Indian princess, the daughter of the ki … An Indian princess, the daughter of the king of Sahor, Mandarava became the disciple and spiritual consort of Guru Padmasambhava. Her father was outraged and condemned both of them to be burned to death. While they were on the blazing pyre, Guru Padmasambhava miraculously transformed it into a lotus pool (now renowned as the lake Tsopema at Rewalsar in India). This convinced the king of Padmasambhava's great wisdom and power, and he requested teachings and allowed his daughter the freedom to pursue her spiritual destiny. Mandarava went with Guru Padmasambhava as his consort to the great cave of Maratika (now in Nepalese territory) where they actualized the state of vidhyadhara of immortality. Mandarava remained in India but visited Tibet several times. MAN 1. See mantra of six syllables times. MAN 1. See mantra of six syllables)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (An Indian siddha and first human progenitor of the Dzogchen teachings of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (An Indian teacher from the city of Kapilavastu, one of the teachers of Dampa Sangye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (An Indian teacher from the city of Kapilavastu, one of the teachers of Dampa Sangye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (An Indian term for a renunciant or mendicant, denoting anyone, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, pursuing a religious life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (An Indian term of veneration for someone o … An Indian term of veneration for someone of high spiritual attainment, used in Buddhism as an epithet of the Buddha. In its Tibetan translation, which might be conveyed in English as “Transcendent, Virtuous Conqueror,” it is defined as “he who has overcome (''bcom'') the four demons, who possesses ''(Idan)'' the six excellent qualities, and who does not dwell in either of the two extremes of samsara and nirvana but has gone beyond them (''’das'').”vana but has gone beyond them (''’das'').”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (An abbot from Oddiyana who was one of the Dzogchen lineage masters. He was a disciple of Rabnang and the teacher of Princess Gomadevi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (An abridged form of kun gzhi rnam par shes … An abridged form of kun gzhi rnam par shes pa, the ground consciousness in which the habitual tendencies are stored. It is the basis for the other consciousnesses. In certain teachings, kun gzhi is used to signify the original nature, the primordial purity (ka dag)nal nature, the primordial purity (ka dag))