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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Liberality (''sbyin-pa'', Skt. ''dāna''), … Liberality (''sbyin-pa'', Skt. ''dāna''), moral discipline ('' tshul-khrims'', Skt. ''[[śīla]]''), patience (''bzod-pa'', Skt. ''kṣānti''), perseverance (''brtson-'grus'', Skt. ''vīrya''), concentration (''bsam-gtan'', Skt. ''dhyāna'') and discriminative awareness (''shes-rab'', Skt. ''prajñā''). 36, 235-6, 255, 260, 300, 302, 306, 308, 320, 656-6, 255, 260, 300, 302, 306, 308, 320, 656)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Liberated from all hindrances to meditative attainment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Liberated through understanding/wisdom. This refers to the type of<br> arhat who, through prajñā,overcomes the kleśāvarana and becomes liberated.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Liberating perception.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Liberation)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Liberation)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Liberation by seeing (''mthong-grol'') obj … Liberation by seeing (''mthong-grol'') objects which represent the buddhas' body, speech and mind; liberation by hearing (''thos-grol'') the nature of the intermediate state of reality at the time of death; liberation by wearing (''brtag sgrol'') a diagram or yantra which is attached to the shoulders, head and heart at the moment of death, or worn by mantrins in the topknot of their braided hair; and liberation by tasting (''myang-grol'') when the flesh of one who has been born a brahman (i.e. a vegetarian) or a [[bodhisattva]] over seven successive lives is consumed. 748er seven successive lives is consumed. 748)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Liberation from activity (''byas-grol''), liberation in the establishment of the abiding nature (''bzhag-grol'') and direct liberation (''cer-grol''). 329)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Liberation from samsara and perfect buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Liberation from samsara or the omniscient state of buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (Liberation from suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Life principle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (Life supporting energy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Life-Lake of Yeshe Tsogyal; situated at Drakda some 20 km from Samye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Life-force (srog, prāṇa), downward-expelling (thur sel, apāna), upward-moving (gyen rgyu, udāna), fire-coinciding (me mnyam/me dang mnyam par gnas pa, samāna), and pervading (khyab byed, vyāna).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Life-force, life-principle conditioning.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Life-supporting turquoise gems of the religious king Trhisong Detsen called “Blazing Light of a Thousand Mountains”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Life-supporting turquoise gems of the religious king Trhisong Detsen called “Blazing Light” discovered by Pema Lingpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Life-supporting turquoise gems of the religious king Trhisong Detsen called “Red House Snowpeak”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Life-supporting turquoise ornaments of the religious king Trhisong and of Yeshe Tshogyel herself discovered by Dorje Lingpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Light.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Lightness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Like ''guidelines'', ''praxis'', and ''special instructions'', a specifically focused set of teachings imparted by a guru to a disciple or disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Like ''guidelines, praxis'', and ''instructions'', a pithy, esoteric, and highly important set of teachings imparted by a master to a disciple or disciples. In most Tibetan traditions, special instructions are regarded as the most vital teachings of all.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Like ''meditative absorption'' this term r … Like ''meditative absorption'' this term refers to a concentrated state of mind, and these two are sometimes synonymous. ''Samādhi'',however, has a wider range of application, to the point of there being specific samādhis named according to their particular power. In this work the term often refers to the sixth of the six yogas, which equates with the stage of union from the five stages. See also six-branch yoga.the five stages. See also six-branch yoga.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Like a thick wall.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Limb, part.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism deriving from … Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism deriving from the teachings of Atīsha (982—1054). Its teaching emphasizes monastic discipline, study, and the practice of compassion. The influence of the Kadam tradition is pervasive in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, although it is especially associated with the Gelug teaching, which is indeed sometimes referred to as the New Kadam.ed sometimes referred to as the New Kadam.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Linguistics, logic, medicine, arts and technology, and “inner meaning” (i.e., Buddhism).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Linguistics, logic, medicine, arts and technology, “inner meaning” (i.e., Buddhism), grammar, poetic theory, prosody, drama, and lexicography.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Lion Fortress Meadow, one of the five principal retreat places of Padmasambhava, situated just inside the border of Bhutan north of Lhuntse Dzong.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Listed in chapter 12. An alternative list … Listed in chapter 12. An alternative list is given by Shechen Gyaltsab in his historical work entitled the Pond of White Lotus Flowers and in Guru Tashi Tobgyaľs Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Darned Ones: (1—5) Five basic root tantras of body, speech, mind, quality, and activity: Sarvahuddha Samayoga, Secret Moon Essence, Assemblage of Secrets, Glorious Supreme Primal Tantra, and Activity Garland. (6—10) Five display tantras functioning as the utilization of sadhana practice: Heruka Display Tantra, Supreme Steed Display Tantra, Compassion Display Tantra, Nectar Display Tantra, and Twelvefold Kilaya Tantra. (11—15) Five tantras functioning as subsidiaries to conduct: Mountain Pile, Awesome Wisdom Lightning, Arrangement of Samaya, One-Pointed Samadhi, and the Rampant Elephant Tantra. (16—17) Two subsequent tantras of amending incompleteness: Magical Net of Vairochana and Skillful Lasso. (18) The one outstanding tantra that epitomizes them all: The Essence of Secrets, the Tantra of the Magical Net of Vajrasattva, also known as Guhyagarbha.of Vajrasattva, also known as Guhyagarbha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Listed in chapter 12. The first five are found in the most common list of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit "obstructor," a being among the eighty … Lit "obstructor," a being among the eighty thousand types of demons that obstruct the path to liberation; they are actually mere projections of thoughts of ego-grasping, craving, and attachment. vigraba (Skt., Tib. gongpo). A demonic force, or being, that arises as a projection of hatred.ng, that arises as a projection of hatred.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit "unsurpassed," the buddhafield of Samantabhadra,in which every being finally achieves supreme enlightenment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "Compact Display" this is the buddhafield of Vairocana in the central direction. See VE 192.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "Higher Joy," this is the buddhafield of Aksobhya in the eastern direction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "Land of Bliss," this is the buddhafield of Amitābha in the western direction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "Perfection of Excellent Deeds," this is the buddhafield of Amoghasiddhi in the northern direction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "all good," with many meanings, depen … Lit. "all good," with many meanings, depending upon the context: (1) the name of a particular bodhisattva who is one of the eight principal bodhisattva disciples of the Buddha sākyamuni; (1) a synonym for buddha nature in general; and (3) a synonym for the dharmakāya, in the form of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, from whom, according to the Nyingma tantras, the diverse buddha bodies emanate and from whom the higher tantric lineages arise. As such, Samantabhadra is also the result attained through the Dzokchen practice of cutting through (Tib. khregschod).tice of cutting through (Tib. khregschod).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "awakened one," an enlightened being in whom all mental afflictions and obscurations are dispelled and all excellent qualities are brought to perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "awakening mind," it is described as … Lit. "awakening mind," it is described as having two relative aspects called aspirational and engaged, along with its absolute, ultimate aspect. The nominal cultivation of aspirational bodhicitta means wishing to achieve enlightenment in order to liberate all sentient beings in saṃsāra. Bodhicitta is called engaged when one actually practices with this motivation to achieve buddhahood. In Vajrayāna, the red and white bodhicittas are the female and male regenerative fluids, which are composed of the red and white bindus. In the Great Perfection, bodhicitta is the primordial, originally pure ground, which pervades the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. SeeVE19, n9,204-5, 291,294.a and nirvāṇa. SeeVE19, n9,204-5, 291,294.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Lit. "basket": a collection of scriptures, originally in the form of palm leaf folios stored in baskets. The Buddha's teachings are generally divided into three pitakas: Vinaya, Sutra, and Abhidharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Lit. "basket": a collection of scriptures, originally in the form of palm leaf folios stored in baskets. The Buddha's teachings are generally divided into three pitakas: Vinaya, Sutra, and Abhidharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be … Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be loosely understood as the goal of Buddhist practice, the opposite of samsara, it is important to realize that the term is understood differently by the different vehicles; the nirvana of the Basic Vehicle, the peace of cessation that an Arhat attains, is very different from a Buddha's nirvana, the state of perfect enlightenment that transcends both samsara and nirvana. that transcends both samsara and nirvana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be … Lit. "beyond suffering": while this can be loosely understood as the goal of Buddhist practice, the opposite of samsara, it is important to realize that the term is understood differently by the different vehicles; the nirvana of the Basic Vehicle, the peace of cessation that an Arhat attains, is very different from a Buddha's nirvana, the state of perfect enlightenment that transcends both samsara and nirvana. that transcends both samsara and nirvana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "buddha field-realm," this is a "pure realm," which is brought forth spontaneously from a buddha's enlightened mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Lit. "certain good" or "ultimate excellence": the lasting happiness of liberation and omniscience (i.e., Buddhahood).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Lit. "certain good" or "ultimate excellence": the lasting happiness of liberation and omniscience (i.e., Buddhahood).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "deathless" or immortality, this is one result ofspiritual practice and also refers to sacramental substances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Lit. "executioner," a demonic being that displays the appearances of birth and death within saṃsāra, severs the artery of liberation, and steals the breath of happiness.)