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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Anuyoga is the eighth of the nine vehicles … Anuyoga is the eighth of the nine vehicles found in the Nyingma tradition. To enter this system one first receives the thirty-six supreme empowerments: the ten outer empowerments, eleven inner empowerments, thirteen practice empowerments, and two secret empowerments. Next, one trains in the Anuyoga view until one has come to a definitive understanding concerning the essence of the threefold maṇḍala of Samantabhadra. In the meditative system of this tradition, one practices the paths of liberation and skillful means. The former involves settling in a nonconceptual state in accordance with reality or, in accordance with letters, reciting mantras to visualize the maṇḍala of deities. The latter entails arousing coemergent wisdom by relying upon the upper and lower gates. In terms of conduct, one understands all appearances and mental events to be the play of the wisdom of great bliss and, with this understanding, uses the proximate cause of being beyond acceptance and rejection to attain the fruition. Here, the fruition involves the five yogas (which are in essence the five paths), the completion of the ten levels, and the attainment of the state of Samantabhadra. [TD 3120]t of the state of Samantabhadra. [TD 3120])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Any cause, or first action, producing some effect or fruition, which then becomes another cause. Awareness of cause and effect brings understanding of karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Any dissatisfactory condition. It doesn't refer only to physical or mental pain, but includes all problematic conditions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Any living being in one of the six realms who has not attained liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Any living being in the six realms who has not attained liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Any of the twelve sense bases. Any of the five "signs" (Tib. mtshan ma, Skt. nimitta) that eventually arise due to meditating on the generic emblems of the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Any one of the texts on which the Vajrayana teachings are based. They reveal the continuity between the original purity of the nature of mind and the result of the path, which is the realization of that nature)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Any person who directly and nonconceptually realizes emptiness. In a more general sense, Sangha refers to the communities of ordained monastics. It is sometimes used to refer to Buddhists in general.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Any person who has purified all defilements and developed all good qualities. "The Buddha" refers to Shakyamuni Buddha, who lived 2,500 years ago in India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Any thing or person that exists in depende … Any thing or person that exists in dependence on causes and conditions, or on its own parts (temporal or spatial), or in dependence on being designated by the mind that observes it. In the Indo-Tibetan '''Consequentialist''' schools of Buddhism, everything that exists is a dependent arising.ything that exists is a dependent arising.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Anyone of the six transitional phases of living, meditation, dreaming, dying, ultimate reality, and becoming. See VE 467-91.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Anything that can be experienced, thought of, or known.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Anything that transcends saṃsāra. The term “supramundane being” is generally applied to the noble beings of the Great Vehicle and Lesser Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Appearance (''snang ba''), increase (''mch … Appearance (''snang ba''), increase (''mched pa'') of appearance, and close-to-attainment (''nyer thob''), or culmination of appearance. During the normal death process, the four elements withdraw, followed by the gradual withdrawal of the mind itself, during which these appearances occur. In tantra this natural process is brought into the path and even initiated through meditative techniques before death occurs. This is done in order to make use of the subtle mind of clear light that dawns after the third appearance. In their aspects of appear ing like the sky at various times, they are known as "appearances". As entities, however, they are mental consciousnesses. They are indicative of their respective sets of intrinsic conceptual minds and accompanying winds. These three appearances recur in reverse order when the mind leaves the clear light and enters the intermediate state.r light and enters the intermediate state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Appearance; representational image.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Appeared; coming into the field of one’s experience.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Appearing from itself, a characteristic of primordial consciousness and of all phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Apperception.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Apprentissage qui, dans le contexte de l’esprit d’Éveil, vise à renverser l’habitude de ne considérer que son intérêt personnel pour donner la plus haute importance au bien-être et au bonheur des autres.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Approach is the first of the four division … Approach is the first of the four divisions of approach and accomplishment. Though this stage is relevant in a variety of contexts, in terms of development stage practice, approach refers to the phase in which the wisdom being "approaches" one's own state of being. [KR 60]roaches" one's own state of being. [KR 60])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Approach, full approach, accomplishment, a … Approach, full approach, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. Four important aspects of Vajrayana practice, especially with regard to the recitation stage of yidam practice. These four aspects, however, can apply to any level of meaning within the tantras. Their traditional analogy is to invite the ruler of a country, to present him with gifts and make a specific request, to obtain his permission to carry out one's aim, and to use one's authority to accomplish the welfare of self and others. In the context of recitation practice, "approach" is to visualize the yidam deity with the mantra in its heart center; "full approach" is the spinning garland of mantra syllables emanating light rays, making offerings to all the buddhas in the ten directions; "accomplishment" is to receive their blessings, which purify all one's obscurations; and "great accomplishment" is to transform the world into the mandala of a pure realm, the beings into male and female deities, sounds into mantra, and all thoughts and emotions into a pure display of innate wakefulness. Four continents (gling bzhi) The four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru: Superior Body, Jambu continent, Cow Utilizing, and Unpleasant Sound.nent, Cow Utilizing, and Unpleasant Sound.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Appropriated (by the citta-caitta-s); i.e. sensitive (rūpa).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Ardent desire, also implying great sacrifice, such as that of retainers who loyally follow their lords into death via suicide. 197n. 117)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Aries (Lug, Meṣha); Taurus (gLang, Vṛiṣhab … Aries (Lug, Meṣha); Taurus (gLang, Vṛiṣhabha); Gemini ('Khrig pa, Mithuna); Can- cer (Karkaṭa/Karkata, Karka); Leo (Seng ge, Siṃha); Virgo (Bu mo, Kanyā); Libra (Srang, Tulā); Scorpio (sDig pa, Vṛishchika); Sagittarius (gZhu, Dhanus); Capricorn (Chu srin, Makara); Aquarius (Bum pa, Kumbha); and Pisces (Nya, Mīna). (Bum pa, Kumbha); and Pisces (Nya, Mīna).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (Arising from itself, other, both or without cause.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Arts and crafts.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Arts, techniques, or skillfulness of mind; generally, all helpful mental attitudes. 195n. 96)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Arura is a name often used for the medicinal herb myrobalan, which is pictured in the right hand of the Medicine Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Arya means "superior being," one who has had a direct experience of ultimate truth. The seven riches of a bodhisattva, one on the path to ultimate awakening, are: faith, discipline, generosity, learning, moral behavior, modesty, and knowledge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As Jamgön Kongtrül explains, in the context of development stage practice, the seed syllable is the spiritual life-force of the yidam deity, "the unchanging nature of its respective family." [LW 14])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As Mipham explains, a sādhana is "that whi … As Mipham explains, a sādhana is "that which enables one to attain or accomplish a desired end." In terms of tantric practice, he writes, this refers to "all the various practices that utilize the unique methods of the Secret Mantra tradition to achieve whatever spiritual accomplishments one desires, whether supreme or mundane." [ON 534]res, whether supreme or mundane." [ON 534])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As a result of constant warfare between th … As a result of constant warfare between the TWELVE MINOR KINGDOMS, power devolved into the hands of forty principalities ruled by forty minor feudal kings. Apart from '' 'brog-mo rnam-gsum'' ruled by the lord ''rgyal-po se-mi ra-khrid, gye-mo yul-drug'' ruled by the lord ''gye-rje mkhar-ba'' and ''se-mo gru-bzhi'' ruled by the lord ''gnyags-gru 'brang'', their names and localities are unknown at the present day. Refer to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''rgyal-rabs'', (pp. 13-14). 507, 949[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''rgyal-rabs'', (pp. 13-14). 507, 949)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As a symbolic implement used in development stage practice, the lotus signifies not being stained by faults. [KR 51])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As a symbolic representation used in development stage practice, blood is often visualized filling a skull cup, representing the conquering of the four demons. [KR 51].)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As described in ''History'', pp. 499-501, … As described in ''History'', pp. 499-501, these are the outer empowerment of conceptual elaboration (''phyi spros-bcas-kyi dbang''); the inner empowerment which is free from conceptual elaboration (''nang spros-bral-gi dbang''); the secret empowerment that is very unelaborate (''gsang-ba shin-tu spros-bral-gi dbang''); and the most secret empowerment which is extremely unelaborate (''gsang-chen rab-tu spros-bral-gi dbang''). The distinctions between these are explained in Longcenpa, ''Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems'', pp. 370-2. Briefly, the first employs a multiplicity of ritual objects and ideas, the second is free from both ritual objects and ideas, the third is beyond conception and description, while the fourth is the empowerment into the nature of the body of reality. 673, 674-5 nature of the body of reality. 673, 674-5)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As enumerated in ''Ocean of Doctrines, the … As enumerated in ''Ocean of Doctrines, the Gathering of Transmitted Precepts'', these are Glorious [[Mahottara Heruka]] in the centre; [[Yangdak Heruka]], [[Vajrāvali]], [[Vajrapāṇi]] and ''rdo-rje rtsal-rdzogs'' in the east; [[Vajrakapālamāla]], [[Cakrasaṃvara]], [[Yamāntaka]] and ''ratna rtsal-rdzogs'' in the south; [[Hayagrīva]], [[Hevajra]], [[Guhyasamāja]] and ''padma rtsal-rdzogs'' in the west; Chemcok, [[Kālacakra]], ''mkha'-klong 'khyil-ba'' and ''karma rtsal-rdzogs'' in the north; ''mngon-rdzogs rgyal-po'' in the south-east; Vajrakumāra in the south-west; ''dregs-'dul'' in the north-west; and ''stobs-ldan nag-po'' in the north-east. 779stobs-ldan nag-po'' in the north-east. 779)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As enumerated in A. B. Keith, ''Sanskrit D … As enumerated in A. B. Keith, ''Sanskrit Drama'', pp. 298-300, these are: dialogue (''bhāratī'') which includes elucidation (''prarocanā'', Tib. ''rab-tu snang-ba''), prelude (''āmukha''), one-act drama (''vīthī'') and comedy (''prahasana''); grandure (''sātvatī'') which includes haughty provocation (''utthāpaka''), change (''parivartaka''), dialogue with or without threats (''saṃlāpa'') and the end of an alliance (''sāṅghātya''); grace (''kaiśikī'') which includes amorous play (''narman''), the partial expression of love combined with other emotions such as fear (''narmasphoṭa''), the disguise of a lover (''narmagarbha'') and ecstatic union with a lover which has troublesome consequences (''narmasphūrja''); and conflict or horror (''ārabhaṭī'') which includes the sudden change of characters (''saṃkṣiptaka''), or of mood (''avapāta''), the intrusion of the supernatural (''vastūtthāpana'') and tumultuous situations (''saṃpheṭa''). 107 tumultuous situations (''saṃpheṭa''). 107)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As expounded in [[Ratnākaraśānti]], ' … As expounded in [[Ratnākaraśānti]], ''Definitive Order of the Three vehicles'', mantras are endowed with: the purity of their visualisation (''dmigs-pa rnam-par dag-pa''), the power of their assistance (''grogs-kyi mthu'') and the level of their conduct (''spyod-pa'i sa''). 253 of their conduct (''spyod-pa'i sa''). 253)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (As found in, e.g., ''Ornament of Higher Re … As found in, e.g., ''Ornament of Higher Realization'', 8:13-17: palms and soles marked with wheels, feet firm like a tortoises, webbed finger and toes, soft and supple hands and feet, well proportioned limbs, long toes and fingers, broad arches, a tall and straight body, hidden ankles, upward-curling body-hair, calves like an antelopes, long and beautiful arms, contracted sex organ, golden complexion and delicate skin, body hairs curling to the right, hair-ring between the eyebrows, leonine chest, rounded shoulders, broad back, superior sense of taste, body symmetrical like a banyan, protuberance at the crown, long tongue, voice like Brahmas, leonine jaws, white teeth, equal teeth, closely spaced teeth, forty teeth, sapphire blue eyes, bovine eyelashes.eth, sapphire blue eyes, bovine eyelashes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As impurities are ascertained by the proce … As impurities are ascertained by the process of burning, cutting and polishing, so too are the scriptures to be critically investigated. Refer to [[Śāntarakṣita]]'s ''[[Tattvasaṃgraha]]'', w . 3340-4, which compares the study of the buddha's words by means of inference, scriptural authority and example to the purification of gold by burning, cutting and polishing. 102old by burning, cutting and polishing. 102)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (As in sōda, one of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi. The others are shu, unsui, and biku. 53n. 22)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As listed in Nebesky-Wojkowitz, ''[[Oracles and Demons of Tibet]] … As listed in Nebesky-Wojkowitz, ''[[Oracles and Demons of Tibet]]'', pp. 278-9, these comprise nine male spirits (''pho-dgu''), namely, ''vajra ging-ka-ra, rdo-rje gnod-sbyin, rdo-rje srin-po, rdo-rje 'byung-po, rdo-rje spyang-khyi, rdo-rje gshin-rje, rdo-rje ro-langs, rdo-rje 'chi-bdag and rdo-rje dus-'tshams''; and nine female spirits (''mo-dgu''), namely, ''khams-gsum dbugs sdud-ma, dbang-sdud lcags-kyus 'dren-ma, khams-gsum rgyas-'debs-ma, gzugs-med rlung-ltar 'du-ma, gar-gyi glog-ltar 'du-ma, rbod-ltong lam-ltar byad-ma, ma-nyan phra-ma zer-ma, khams-gsum snying-gsod-ma and tshogs-kyi phyag-tshangs chen-mo''. 620nd tshogs-kyi phyag-tshangs chen-mo''. 620)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As listed in Ngor Thartse Khenpo Sonam Gya … As listed in Ngor Thartse Khenpo Sonam Gyatso et al., ''Tibetan maṇḍalas: The Ngor Collection'', 44:3, the dieties are: [[Mañjuśrīvajra]] ([[Guhyasamāja]]), [[Vairocana]], [[Ratnasambhava]], [[Amitābha]], [[Amoghasiddhi]], [[Locanā]], [[Māmakī]], [[Pāṇḍaravāsinī]], [[Tārā]], ''gzugs rdo-rje-ma, sgra rdo-rje-ma, dri rdo-rje-ma, ro rdo rje-ma, reg-bya rdo-rje-ma, chos-dbyings rdo-rje-ma, gshin-rje gshed, shes-rab mthar-byed, padma mthar-byed'' and ''bgegs mthar-byed''. 496, n. 525ed'' and ''bgegs mthar-byed''. 496, n. 525)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (As one of the ministers of King Trisong De … As one of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, he was sent as one of the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka, and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger. Palgyi Wangchuk of Kharchen (mkhar chen dpal gyi dbang phyug) Here, in the Sanglingma, he is described as the father of Yeshe Tsogyal, but elsewhere as her brother, who became a close disciple of Padmasambhava. became a close disciple of Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As one of the three vajras, the vajra body is the kāya of indivisible appearance and emptiness - the purification of ordinary form. [TD 122])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (As opposed to awareness (Tib. ''rig pa''), ordinary conceptual consciousness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (As opposed to wisdom (Tib. ''ye shes''), the ordinary conceptual mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As outlined in the chart on pp. 14-15, these are the FIVE PURE ABODES OF THE FORM REALMS, the TWELVE ORDINARY FORM REALMS and the realms of the SIX SPECIES OF KĀMA DIVINITIES. 458)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As stated in [[A. Wayman]] … As stated in [[A. Wayman]] and [[F. Lessing]], ''[[Mkhas Grub Rje's Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras]]'', pp. 272-3, the outer ten are the maṇḍala, contemplation, seal, stance, seated posture, recitation, burnt offerings, offerings, rites of enlightened activity and concluding acts (''slar-sdud''); while the ten inner categories are the two reversals through creative visualisation and sealing (''phyir-zlog-pa gnyis''), the second and third empowerments, wrathful rites which break the resolve of hostile forces, torma offerings, recitation of verses of indestructible reality, wrathful subjugation by means of the kīla, consecration and attainment of the maṇḍala. 303, 304on and attainment of the maṇḍala. 303, 304)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (As stated in the Minor Transmissions (''bk … As stated in the Minor Transmissions (''bka'-'gyur'', Vol. ''Da'', pp. 646-63), the following ten transgressions were the issue of the second council at Vaiśālī: exclamations of “alas” (''hu-lu hu-lu''), celebrating the arhats (''yi-rangs''), the deliberate practice of agriculture (''kun-spyod''), sipping medicine from a pot of ale (''snod''), the misuse of the sacred stored salt (''lan-tsha''), eating while on the road (''lam''), desecration of offerings with twOFmgers (''sor-gnyis''), stirring curd and milk together as an afternoon beverage (''dkrug''), using a new mat without an old patch (''gding'') and begging for gold or silver (''gser''). Other sources include [[Tāranātha]], [[Bu-ston]], Hsüan Tsang, as well as Sinhalese works such as the ''Cullavagga'', ''Mahāvaṃsa'' and ''Dīpavaṃsa''. 429ga'', ''Mahāvaṃsa'' and ''Dīpavaṃsa''. 429)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (As taught in the inner tantras, it is gene … As taught in the inner tantras, it is generally considered essential to have all three of these factors present when engaging in the tantric practice of the development stage. By meditating in accordance with the processes of the birth, death, and the intermediate state (which comprise cyclic existence) - the four types of birth and so on-all clinging and appearances related to the three levels of existence are refined away and ''purified''. By meditating on the pure realms, deities, and so forth (which accord with nirvāṇa) the qualities of the fruition, such as the three kāyas, are ''perfected'' in the ground, and the unique potential that allows for these qualities to be actualized comes into existence. In the same manner, penetrating the vital point of both purity and perfection (or, said differently, of the channels, energies, and essences in the vajra body), one is matured for the symbolic wisdom and true luminosity of the completion stage. [TD 1238]inosity of the completion stage. [TD 1238])