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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Frescoe in Ukpalung Monastery: the bodhisattva Dharmodgata)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Frescoe in Ukpalung Monastery: the gurus of the lineage)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Frescoe in Ukpalung Monastery: the twelve deeds)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Frescoe in Ukpalung Monastery: the wheel of life)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Frescoe in Ukpalung Monastery: twenty-three maṇḍalas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Fried biscuits in ornamental forms made for New Year's celebrations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Friendliness to oneself, the prerequisite for compassion for others. Maitrī also means the intention that subsequently manifests as compassion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Frightening places where dakas and dakinis meet, which internally correspond to the eight consciousnesses.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Frivolous speech.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (From ''bodhi'', meaning "awakening," the a … From ''bodhi'', meaning "awakening," the actual place where the Buddha attained enlightenment and first taught. Also known as Vajrasana, "land of vajra," or "vajra mind," referring to buddha mind or a situation or place where, upon viewing vajra mind, one could realize one's inherent buddha nature.ould realize one's inherent buddha nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (From Yoga Tantra and Mahayoga: (1) the stake of unchanging wisdom-mind; (2) the stake of stability in the deity; (3) the stake of the essential mantra recitation; and (4) the stake of enlightened activity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (From a ''Hinayana'' perspective, any being … From a ''Hinayana'' perspective, any being who has eliminated all defilements, completed the path, and attained ''nirvana''. According to most Mahayanists, arhatship, while tranquil, is a goal inferior to the full ''buddhahood'' altruistically sought by the ''bodhisattva'', and arhats eventually will have to move beyond the limitations of their quiescent state. the limitations of their quiescent state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (From a certain point of view, a buddhafiel … From a certain point of view, a buddhafield is a sphere or dimension projected and manifested by a Buddha or great Bodhisattva, in which beings may abide and progress toward enlightenment without ever falling into lower states of existence. However, any place viewed as the pure manifestation of spontaneous wisdom is a buddhafield.on of spontaneous wisdom is a buddhafield.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (From a womb, egg, moisture, or miracle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (From the ground of awareness stabilized by shamatha meditation, vipashyana (insight meditation) arises as the wisdom of discernment that recognizes the true nature of all inner and outer phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (From the literal meaning of 'position', th … From the literal meaning of 'position', this word is applied specifically to authoritative position' and then to the 'power' pertaining to such a position. It'can therefore mean the power which belongs naturally to divine forms and in this sense it comes near to the Christian conception of 'grace'. It can also refer to the power which is experienced spontaneously in meditation or achieved through the recitation of mantras. In that it may be transmitted by a man of sanctity to his disciples, it may also be translated as 'blessing'. Abhiseka is essentially a ritual empowerment. Adhisthāna refers to innate or spontaneous power and always with the connotation of active expression; in the sense of 'grace' or 'blessing' it becomes, however, a form of empowerment. For its use in various contexts see 'empowerment' in the Index. The Tibetan translation is byin-rlabs, literally 'power-wave'. Byin means 'power' in the special sense of its inherent splendour (i.e. majesty). Byin-rlabs is also used to translate Sanskrit prabhāva (power, lustre, splendour), which thereby becomes implicitly a synonym for adhisthāna. Byin-rlabs is often written as byin-gyis (b)rlabs-pay as though (b)rlabs were the perfect root of a verb: rlob-pa perf. brlabs fut. brlab imp. rlobs In fact the imperative form byin-gyis rlobs appears quite regularly in ritual texts and elsewhere. This verb scarcely occurs, it seems, apart from byin, but it is given both as rlob-pa and with the reduplicated form rlob-rlob-pa, meaning 'to billow', in the brDa-dag miñ-tshig gsal-ba of dGe-bŚes Chos-kyi Grags-pa (Ko-hsi ch'ū cha: Tsang-wėn tz'ũ-tien), Peking 1957, p. 846. : Tsang-wėn tz'ũ-tien), Peking 1957, p. 846. )
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (From the perspective of ''Mahayana'', the … From the perspective of ''Mahayana'', the “lesser vehicle” teachings and practices expounded by the Buddha in his initial turning of the Dharma wheel. It sets as its ideal the ''nirvana'' of an ''arhat''. Philosophically, it is prone to realism, as expressed in two major schools ''Vaibhāṣika'' and ''Sautrāntika''. From the Tibetan point of view, Hinayana is foundational but is superseded by the Buddhas later Mahayana and ''secretmantra vehicle'' teachings.na and ''secretmantra vehicle'' teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (From the word for "treasure" gter, termas are discovered teachings, either practices concealed in the mind during a previous life or texts, artifacts, and substances discovered in physical form)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fruit experienced in the present life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fruit of darkness/ignorance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fruit of stream entry.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fruit of the spiritual life; spiritual attainment. There are four: srotaāpatti, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, arhat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fruit. The standard set of 5 fruits are: 1.adhipati-phala, 2. puruṣakāra-phala, 3. niṣyanda-phala, 4. vipāka-phala, 5. visaṃyoga-phala.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fuel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Full name for dōans, or possibly a particular dōan job. 80n. 33)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Fully ordained monastic.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Function, operation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Fund-raiser or supply provider, literally "town priest teacher," responsible for soliciting donations from patrons and acquiring food provisions. 102n. 11)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Fundamental ignorance (rtsa ba'i ma rig pa) and compelled ignorance (kun nas bslang pa'i ma rig pa).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Fundamental, primary, basic, root.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Future, the future.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Gain (S: labha; T: rnyed-pa) and loss (S: … Gain (S: labha; T: rnyed-pa) and loss (S: alābha; T: ma-rnyed-pa), fame (S: yaśas; T: snyan-grags) and disgrace (S: ayaśas, T: ma-grags), praise (S: praśaṃsā; T: bstod-pa) and blame (S: nindā; T: smad-pa), pleasure (S: sukha; T: bde-ba) and pain (S: duḥkha; T: sdug-bsngaṇ)e-ba) and pain (S: duḥkha; T: sdug-bsngaṇ))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Gain or loss, pleasure or pain, praise or criticism, and fame or infamy. Most people who are not following a spiritual path seek gain and try to avoid loss, and so on for each of these pairs of opposites.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Gampopa Sönam Rinchen (1079-1153), also known as Dagpo Rinpoche, was the most famous disciple of Milarepa and the founder of the Kagyupa monastic order)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Gateway of arising.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Gateway of entering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Gateway of immortality, (i.e., to Nirvāṇa), referring to ānāpāna-(anu) smṛti and aśubhānusmṛti/aśucyanusmṛti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Gautama, the historical Buddha of our age, the founder of Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (General Preliminaries (thun mong gi sngon 'gro) The four contemplations on precious human body, impermanence and death, cause and effect of karma, and the defects of samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (General empowerments, called "circular" because of the implements used: (1) vase, (2) skull, (3) mirror, and (4) torma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (General guardian ofthe Buddha's Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Generally bindu means a spot or a dot, as … Generally bindu means a spot or a dot, as in a leopard or snakes spots, and it is also commonly used for the decorative dot between a woman's eyebrows, which has been anglicized as bindi. It can also mean a circle, a zero in mathematics, the anusvāra in calligraphy, the colored spots representing deities in a mandala, or a sphere or circle of light, a globule, or a drop. In the context of tantric physiognomy, it refers to an essence, whether the essence of a purity or an impurity, and can occur in various forms, liquid and solid. For example, the white upside-down ham syllable in the crown of the head is solid white and in the shape of that letter. As a result of sexual excitement, or certain practices, it begins to melt, and drops fall from it down the channel that leads to the penis. These drops are also hindus. The subsequent ejaculate is also a bindu, and it is in certain contexts a synonym for semen. In those cases it can be translated as "vital essence." Though it is most often rendered as "drop" in this volume, a hindu is only technically a liquid "drop" in the context of the semen falling through the central channel; most visualizations involving a bindu in the central channel are of a tiny ball of lightentral channel are of a tiny ball of light)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Generally described as a "tantric feast," the term refers to a communal ritual performed by tantric adepts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Generally means the state of buddhahood, characterized by the perfection of the accumulations of merit and wisdom and by the removal of the two obscurations. It can also refer to the lower stages of enlightenment of an arhat or pratyekabuddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Generally refers to the deities that are kings of the four directions. Their paradises are at the foot of Mount Meru so that each king looks out over one of the four directions)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Generally refers to the generation stage where conceptualization is used to "create" divine forms, as opposed to the more nonconceptual completion stage. Within the generation stage, it refers to the more advanced practices of subtle yoga and drop yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (Generally religion, here the doctrine of Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Generally speaking, a “virtuous friend” wh … Generally speaking, a “virtuous friend” who assists one on the spiritual path. The Tibetan term is used most commonly to refer to great masters of the Kadam tradition and, since the seventeenth century, to Geluk monks with a high level of scholastic achievement.th a high level of scholastic achievement.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Generally speaking, any powerful attainmen … Generally speaking, any powerful attainment that results from spiritual practice. Yogic achievements are generally divided into the transmundane—i.e., complete ''buddhahood''一 and the mundane, which includes such powers as invisibility, flying, walking through solids, curing disease, and prolonging life.lids, curing disease, and prolonging life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (Generally speaking, the three dimensions are above, on, and under the earth. Occasionally this term refers to the three realms of Buddhist cosmology. ''See also'' three realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Generally, ''ārya'' refers to the levels ( … Generally, ''ārya'' refers to the levels (''bhūmi'') of attainment, or to those who have attained these levels, characterized by a direct and non conceptual understanding of the ultimate truth in meditation. Becoming an ārya, attaining the first of the ten levels, and reaching the path of seeing all happen simultaneously. Specifically, in this work the Ārya tradition is the Guhyasamāja tradition that primarily follows Ārya Nāgārjuna and his disciples. follows Ārya Nāgārjuna and his disciples.)