Search by property
This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.
List of results
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzogchen; the third of the three inner tan … Dzogchen; the third of the three inner tantras of the Nyingma School. The Great Perfection is the ultimate of all the 84,000 profound and extensive sections of the Dharma, the realization of Buddha Samantabhadra, exactly as it is. Synonym for 'Dzogchen or Ati Yoga.'it is. Synonym for 'Dzogchen or Ati Yoga.')
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Dzokchen, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the … Dzokchen, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles transmitted by the Nyingma school The clear-light absolute space of phenomena, having no center or periphery, from which all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāria spontaneously arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzong-Go Ling, the lofty hermitage of Samten Gyatso and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche administrated by Lachab monastery, which lies one day's horse ride away. In recent years it has been rebuilt by the incarnation of Samten Gyatso.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Déité masculine ou féminine représentant l’Éveil, servant de support à la méditation et pouvant avoir un aspect paisible ou courroucé selon la nature et les besoins du pratiquant.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Dōgen usually uses this word for the round … Dōgen usually uses this word for the round sitting cushion used in zazen. It is now called a zafu. The ton of futon has the meaning "round." In modern Japan a futon is a thick sleeping mattress. The word Dōgen uses for a sleeping mat is mintan. 78.n 18, 80n. 35a sleeping mat is mintan. 78.n 18, 80n. 35)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (E is the seed syllable for the feminine principle-emptiness, prajñā; VAṂ is the seed syllable for the masculine principle-form, upāya. EVAṂ is the union of prajñā and upāya-space and indestructibility.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Each Buddhist tenet system asserts its own … Each Buddhist tenet system asserts its own approach to reality in terms of ground, path, and fruit. Generally speaking, the ground refers to a specific view of reality, the path comprises the meditation performed within the framework of that view, and the fruit is the final result of the practice.fruit is the final result of the practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (Each of the four initiations is further cl … Each of the four initiations is further classified into four, such as the vase initiation of the vase initiation, the vase initiation of the secret initiation, the vase initiation of the initiation of primordial awareness dependent on an embodiment of wisdom, and the vase initiation of the fourth initiation. vase initiation of the fourth initiation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Each of the four truths, or realities, has … Each of the four truths, or realities, has four general characteristics, or aspects. The four aspects of the reality of suffering are that it is suffering (sdug bsngal), impermanent (mi rtag pa), empty (stong pa), and without self-entity (bdag med pa). The four aspects of the reality of the origins of suffering are that they are the origins of suffering (kun 'byung ba), strong producers (rab tu skye ba), causes (rgyu), and conditions (rkyen). The four aspects of the reality of cessation are that it is cessation ('gog pa), peace (zhi ba), perfection (gya nom pa), and definite release (nges par 'byung ba). The four aspects of the reality of the path are that it is a path (lam), suitable (rigs pa), effective (sgrub pa), and what brings definite release [from saṃsāra] (nges par 'byin ba). See Kongtrul 2007a, 115–19.par 'byin ba). See Kongtrul 2007a, 115–19.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Each of the three ''yanas'' has its charac … Each of the three ''yanas'' has its characteristic vow: refuge in the Hinayana, the bodhisattva vow in the Mahayana, and the ''samaya'' vow in the Vajrayana. The ultimate meaning of ''samaya'' is the commitment to maintain one's view of the sacredness of all of reality and always to act in accord with that. This translates into many much more specific ''samaya'' commitments, such as the vow to carry out one's practice for the rest of one's life, to respect one's teacher, and never to malign or harm one's companions on the tantric path. Since it is impossible for ordinary practitioners to keep ''samaya'' for very long, many practices are given in the Vajrayana to repair one's ''samaya'' breaches and cleanse one's being.samaya'' breaches and cleanse one's being.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Ear.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Early Tibetan translator of great importan … Early Tibetan translator of great importance and one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava, who recognized him as an incarnate bodhisattva. He worked closely with Vimalamitra, Jnanagarbha, Jinamitra, and Surendrabodhi. He is vital to the continuation of the Vinaya lineage in Tibet. Having attained realization at Chuwori, he aided Padmasambhava in transcribing and concealing terma treasures. The great tertőn Karma Lingpa (fourteenth century) is regarded as a reincarnation of Chokro Lui Gyaltsen.as a reincarnation of Chokro Lui Gyaltsen.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Early Tibetan translator predicted by Padm … Early Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The chief scribe for writing down the termas of Padmasambhava. He was an accomplished yogi, able to fly like a bird to the celestial realms. Also known as Atsara Yeshe Yang of Ba (sba a tsar ye shes dbyangs) or Atsara Yeshe. Atsara is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit acharya, "master."pt form of the Sanskrit acharya, "master.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Early Tibetan translator, who was among th … Early Tibetan translator, who was among the first seven Tibetans to take ordination from Shantarakshita. He was the chief recipient of the Magical Net of Mahayoga. He is known for translating the Essence of Secrets (Guhya-garbha) Tantra, the chief tantra of Mahayoga. Through the teachings he received from Padmasambhava, he attained the level of a vidyadhara.va, he attained the level of a vidyadhara.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Early form of Indian Buddhism, practiced today in Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Early, middle, and later Shijé.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Earth (sa); water (chu); fire (me); wind ( … Earth (sa); water (chu); fire (me); wind (rlung); softness (' jam pa nyid); roughness (rtsub pa nyid); heaviness (lci ba nyid); lightness (yang pa nyid); cold (grang ba); hunger (bkres pa); and thirst (skom pa). See Kongtrul 2012, 482–83; and Pruden 1988–90, 66.trul 2012, 482–83; and Pruden 1988–90, 66.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Earth (solidity), water (fluidity), fire (heat), and air (motility). Space is sometimes counted as a fifth element.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Earth protector, title for the rulers of Degé.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Earth, air, fire, water, and space, the principles of solidity, movement, heat, liquidity, and unobstructiveness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire and air. 38, 53, 117-8, 328, 336, 542, 543, 594, 748)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, air and space. 13, 56, 104, 264, 640)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, and air.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, and wind or air, as principles of solidity, liquidity, heat, movement, and space.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, and wind or air, as principles of solidity, liquidity, heat and movement, and ether or space.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, and wind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, wind, and space.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, wind, and space.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, wind, and space.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Earth, water, fire, wind, space, and wisdom; or earth, water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Earth; also the Earth element, one of the four mahābhūta-s.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (East, south-east, south, south-west, west, north-west, north, north-east, zenith and nadir. 307, 412, 414, 419, 453, 624, 713, 915, 916)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (East, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, north, northeast, up, and down.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Echo-like aspiration of preceding vowel in Sanskrit, romanized as ḥ)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Ecumenism, nonsectarian; impartial, without bias.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Efficacious for a purposeful action.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Efficient cause. —► hetu; jananāvighna.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Effulgences or manifestations, such as the creative displays of primordial consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Eight Dispensations.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Eight Worldly Concerns ('jig rten chos brgyad) Attachment to gain, pleasure, praise, and fame; and aversion to loss, pain, blame, and bad reputation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Eight chariot-like practice lineages: Nyingma, Kadam, Marpa Kagyü, Shangpa Kagyü, Sakya, Kalacakra, Chöd and Shijé, and Orgyen Nyendrup.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Eight chief yidam deities of Maha Yoga and their corresponding tantras and sadhanas: Manjushri Body, Lotus Speech, Vishuddha Mind, Nectar Quality, Kilaya Activity, Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities, Maledictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Eight chief yidam deities of Mahayoga and … Eight chief yidam deities of Mahayoga and their corresponding tantras and sadhanas: Manjushri Body, Lotus Speech, Vishuddha Mind, Nectar Quality, Kilaya Activity, Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities, Maledictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship. See also Assemblage of Sugatas; Sadhana Section.so Assemblage of Sugatas; Sadhana Section.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Eight circumstances that prevent one from … Eight circumstances that prevent one from practicing the Dharma and thus making effective use of a precious human body: to be (1) overwhelmed by the five poisons, (2) extremely stupid, (3) to have a false teacher who has wrong views, (4) to be lazy, (5) to be overwhelmed by the results of one's previous bad karma, (6) to be someone's servant and thus lack the autonomy to practice, (7) to follow the Dharma merely in order to be fed, clothed, and to avoid other difficulties in life, and (8) to take up the Dharma only in order to win wealth and prestigea only in order to win wealth and prestige)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Eight existential states in which spiritua … Eight existential states in which spiritual growth is either impossible or severely hampered. These are the conditions of hell beings, pretas, animals, long-lived gods without perception, the inhabitants of barbarous lands, people who are severely handicapped physically and mentally, and people who espouse false beliefs or who live in a kalpa in which no Buddha has appeared.n a kalpa in which no Buddha has appeared.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Eight forms of Guru Rinpoche: (1) Shakya Senge, (2) Padmasambhava, (3) Nyima Özer, (4) Senge Dradrok, (5) Dorje Drollö, (6) Tsokye Dorje, (7) Padma Gyalpo, and (8) Loden Choksey.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Eight propensities that prevent one from p … Eight propensities that prevent one from practicing the Dharma and thus making effective use of a precious human body: (1) excessive attachment to family, worldly commitments, success, and so forth, (2) a basically bad character, (3) a lack of fear or dissatisfaction with regard to the sufferings of samsara, (4) a complete absence of faith, (5) a propensity for harmful or negative actions, (6) a lack of interest in the Dharma, (7) the fact of having broken one's vows, and (8) the fact of having broken the Vajrayana samayasact of having broken the Vajrayana samayas)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Eight types of mundane miraculous powers)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Eighth-century Indian Buddhist scholar and poet, author of ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacāryāvatāra)'')
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Either impurity, impermanence and suffering; or the FOUR SEALS INDICATIVE OF THE TRANSMITTED PRECEPTS, in which the third (selflessness) and the fourth (nirvāṇa is peace) are combined. 71)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Either the paramita of transcendent wisdom, the knowledge of emptiness, or the collection of sutras belonging to the second turning of the Dharma wheel that expounds the doctrine of emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Ejection of consciousness to a buddha-field at the moment of death.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Element (also explained as "source of origin”);sphere.)