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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Elemental bases (''khams''), years (''lo''), numbers (''sme-ba''), trigrams (''spar-kha''), months (''zla-ba''), days (''nyi-ma''), two-hour periods (''dus-tshod''), planets (''gza''') and stars (''skar-ma''). 104)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Elephant meat, human flesh, horse meat, dog meat, and beef. In certain traditions, the latter is replaced by peacock or lion meat. [NS 146])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Eleven-faced Avalokiteśvara discovered in the “Vase Pillar” of Lhasa by Dorje Lingpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Eleventh-century Indian Buddhist teacher, a major figure in the second transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Eleventh-century Indian pandita from Vikramashila, who spent the last twelve years of his life in Tibet. Founding forefather of the Kadampa School of Tibetan Buddhism, also known as Dipamkara Shrijnana and Jowo Jey (jo bo rje).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Eliminating (or getting rid of) all obscurations, and realizing the two kinds of knowledge of a Buddha (q.v.).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Eliminating (or getting rid of) all obscurations, and realizing the two kinds of knowledge of a Buddha (q.v.).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Elsewhere this term is an "approach", or " … Elsewhere this term is an "approach", or "approximation" in the sense of getting close to the deity. The Sanskrit also has the meaning of homage, worship, devotion, and so on, or "service" in the sense of devoted attendance to a master or deity. Wayman translates it this way. In indigenous Tibetan (usually without the nominative ''pa''), it can refer to a qualifying meditation retreat on the generation stage. In this work it is mostly used as one of the four branches of approach and accomplishment. ''See also'' four branches.ccomplishment. ''See also'' four branches.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Emanation Body of a Buddha, see p. 273.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Emanation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Emanational body; a reincarnated master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Emanations of natural expression (''rang-bzhin sprul-pa''), emanations which train living beings ('' 'gro-'dul sprul-pa'') and diversiñed emanations (''sna-tshogs sprul-pa''). 21, 128)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Emancipation from samsara.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Emancipation from samsaric existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Emerging from itself; the aspect of primordial consciousness that is Ratnadākinī. See CM 389, 415; VS 566; ''GD 143,117''; VE 190.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Empowerment is an important practice of Va … Empowerment is an important practice of Vajrayāna Buddhism in which students are symbolically invested with the ability to do particular practices by a qualified lama. The four empowerments are (1) the vase empowerment, the empowerment of body; (2) the secret empowerment, the empowerment of speech; (3) the wisdom empowerment, the empowerment of mind; and (4) the word empowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.mpowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Empowerment is an important practice of Va … Empowerment is an important practice of Vajrayāna Buddhism in which students are symbolically invested with the ability to do particular practices by a qualified lama. The four empowerments are (1) the vase empowerment, the empowerment of body; (2) the secret empowerment, the empowerment of speech; (3) the wisdom empowerment, the empowerment of mind; and (4) the word empowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.mpowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Empowerment or initiation. Of these two te … Empowerment or initiation. Of these two terms, "initiation," though in many ways unsatisfactory, has the advantage of indicating that it is the point of entry into tantric practice. On the other hand, "empowerment" is closer to the Tibetan word and refers to the transference of wisdom power, from the master to disciples, authorizing and enabling them to engage in the practice and reap its fruit. In general, there are four levels of tantric empowerment. The first is the Vase Empowerment, which purifies the defilements and obscurations associated with the body, grants the blessings of the vajra body, authorizes the disciples to practice the yogas of the generation stage, and enables them to attain the Nirmanakaya. The second is the Secret Empowerment. This purifies the defilements and obscurations of the speech faculty, grants the blessings of vajra speech, authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the perfection stage, and enables them to attain the Sambhogakaya. The third empowerment is the Wisdom Empowerment. This purifies the defilements and obscurations associated with the mind, grants the blessings of the vajra mind, authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the "Skillful Path," and enables them to attain the Dharmakaya. The final empowerment, which is often simply referred to as the Fourth Initiation, is the Precious Word Empowerment. This purifies the defilements of body, speech, and mind and all karmic and cognitive obscurations; it grants the blessings of primordial wisdom, authorizes disciples to engage in the practice of Dzogchen, and enables them to attain the Svabhavikakaya.enables them to attain the Svabhavikakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Empowerment without any ritual or visual p … Empowerment without any ritual or visual process; the complete and instantaneous transfer of enlightened realization from mind to mind, ''rgyal thabs'' refers to the means of the conqueror, and ''spyi lugs'' to the pouring of the transmission, like a king pouring sovereignty to his heir.ke a king pouring sovereignty to his heir.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Emptiness (''stong-pa''), great emptiness (''stong-pa chen-po''), extreme emptiness (''shin-tu stong-pa'') and total emptiness (''thams-cad stong-pa''). For an explanation of these, refer to the FOUR DELIGHTS. 877)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Emptiness (stong pa), great emptiness (stong pa chen po), extremely great emptiness (shin tu stong pa chen po), and total emptiness (thams cad stong pa).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Emptiness taught in Kālacakra is of two ki … Emptiness taught in Kālacakra is of two kinds. In a strictly Geluk interpretation, aspected emptinessrefers to empty forms in general and specifically to the mahāmudrā consort “endowed with every supreme aspect.” This is the main “wisdom” meditation of the six yogas, the kāla of Kālacakra, and the direct cause of the enlightened body of Kālacakra. Nonaspected emptiness is the ultimate truth emptiness taught in the perfection of wisdom sutras and is the object of the bliss consciousness, or clear-light mind, manifested in the completion stage. It is the main “method” meditation, the cakra of Kālacakra, and the direct cause of the dharmakāya or enlightened mind of Kālacakra. Alternatively Kīrti Tsenshap Rinpoché says that according to Khedrup Jé, aspected emptiness is specific ultimate-truth emptiness linked to specific phenomena, while nonaspected emptiness is the general phenomenon of emptiness. The Jonang tradition would say that the nonaspected emptiness as taught in the perfection of wisdom sutras, or the second turning of the wheel of dharma, has no essence, is a nihilistic emptiness, and therefore is ineffective in the development of enlightenment. Aspected emptiness, on the other hand, refers to the ultimate-truth buddha essence eternally present in al living beings or, in a tantric sense, to the ultimate-truth māhamudrā consort “endowed with every supreme aspect,” whose practice will lead to enlightenment in the form of Kālacakra.to enlightenment in the form of Kālacakra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Emptiness, Signlessness, Wishlessness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Emptiness, absence of attributes, and absence of expectancy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Emptiness, as the foundation for thewhole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Emptiness, marklessness, and wishlessness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Emptiness, signlessness, and desirelessness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Emptiness, special emptiness, great emptiness, universal emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Emptiness. In the Mahayana, ''shunyata'' i … Emptiness. In the Mahayana, ''shunyata'' is said to be the ultimate nature of "what is." Phenomena are "empty" in the specific sense that they have no enduring essence that can be objectified, conceptualized, or named. What they inherently are is, thus, utterly beyond language and the ability of the mind to grasp. This "ineffability" of things is experienced by the thinking mind as utterly empty, but by the nonconceptual, inherent wisdom of our buddha-nature as "inseparable appearance and emptiness." In other words, while things are empty in the way stated, they continue to appear, "beyond thought."they continue to appear, "beyond thought.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Empty luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Empty of other.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Encampment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Encompasses the contents of the three outer tantras, in particular Yoga Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (End, extreme.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Endowment. One is said to have an endowment of a dharma when one, having<br> acquired the dharma, continues to possess it. —►prāpti, asamanvāgama.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Enemy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Energy currents in the body, included within the triad of channels, vital energies, and bindus. See also karmic energy (Tib. las rlung) andenergy-mind (Tib. rlungsems).)