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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Material basis, substratum.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Material dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Material gain and loss, pleasure and pain, … Material gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and ridicule, and good and bad reputation. mundane existence (Tib. srid pa, Skt. bhava). The cycle of existence in which one is propelled from life to life by the force of one's mental afflictions and karma.rce of one's mental afflictions and karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Material, having a particular form or figure.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Matricide (''ma gsod-pa'', Skt. ''mātṛghāt … Matricide (''ma gsod-pa'', Skt. ''mātṛghāta''), arhaticide (''dgra-bcom-pa gsod-pa'', Skt. ''arhadghāta''), patricide (''pha gsod-pa'', Skt. ''pitṛghāta''), creating schism in the community (''dge-'dun-gyi dbyen-byas-ba'', Skt. ''saṅghabheda'') and maliciously to draw blood from a [[tathāgata]]'s body (''de-bzhin gshegs-pa'i sku-la ngan-sems-kyis khrag 'byin-pa'', Skt. ''tathagatasyāntike duṣṭacittarudhirotpādanam''); Mvt. (2323-8). 320, 901, 932otpādanam''); Mvt. (2323-8). 320, 901, 932)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Matrix, a list summarily enumerating doctrinal topics to be elaborated upon.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Matter subsumed under the dharmāyatana. This refers<br> specifically to the avijñapti-rūpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Mature newcomers, those who first come to practice at a late age. 117n. 9)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (May be more precisely termed rebirth becau … May be more precisely termed rebirth because the accumulation of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness which are the constituents of so-called spirit, do not live through as one solid thing, but are constantly changing. This state of consciousness does not belong exclusively to human beings and is not determined by the physical body. Rebirth into different lives is possible. It is a natural karmic force.is possible. It is a natural karmic force.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (May refer to the principle of enlightenment or to any enlightened being, in particular to Śākyamuni Buddha, the historical Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Mayopama, "like a (magical) illusion" (''maya-upama'') , emphasizes the fact that the mind distorts experience of reality in the way a magician alters our perceptions. Our conditioned perception causes the world to appear as something it is not.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (Mañjushri, Vajrapani et Avalokita qui, dans les tantras d’Activité (bya rgyud, caryatantra), sont les souverains des familles du Bouddha, du Vajra et du Lotus, et représentent plus généralement le corps, l’esprit et la parole de tous les Éveillés.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Mañjushrī, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteshvara of the tathāgata, vajra, and padma families, respectively.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Maṇḍala of the Conquerors of the Five Families from the remains of Kumārādza)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Meaning literally 'causing to be', this is … Meaning literally 'causing to be', this is one of the words which I have translated as 'meditation' (compare dhyāna). It means 'meditation' in the special sense of mental production or thought-creation, corres- ponding with the emanative process of meditation discussed below (see utpattikrama). One may observe that 'being' (bhava) and 'meditation' (bhāvanā) are in essence identical. The first, which just 'is', is normally regarded in a falsified condition by ordinary men as a result of original accidental defilement (āgantukamald). The second is a deliberate pro- duction of 'being' in an idealized form, of which the maṇḍala is the complete expression, and by means of this deliberate production the true nature of 'being' itself is spontaneously realized. 'being' itself is spontaneously realized.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Meaning literally 'purification,, this wor … Meaning literally 'purification,, this word refers to the process, whereby the various divinities symbolize the macrocosm and microcosm under their several aspects, thus identifying them with aspects of buddha- hood. Thus the Five Yoginīs (diagram VIII, p. 129) 'symbolize' on one side the five evils and on the other the five aspects of wisdom. This active symbolizing (viśuddhi) represents the intended effect of any 'con- ventional' or 'sacramental' form (samaya, q.v.). For references see the Index, purification.or references see the Index, purification.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Meaning literally a 'drop' or a 'point', b … Meaning literally a 'drop' or a 'point', bindu refers pre-eminently to the point at the centre of the maṇḍala, where all 'thought-creation' (bhāvanā) is absorbed. Hence it represents the Void (śūnyatā) or the 'Moon', which is the bodhicitta in its absolute aspect. Through identifica- tion of terminology it may also mean the bodhicitta in its relative aspect; thus it may be known as the white bindu, being paired with 'blood', which by analogy is called the red bindu. The Tibetan term thzg-le (also used to translate Sanskrit tilaka) is the usual word for semen. It occurs glossed with bodhicitta on pp. 94 fn. and 95 fn.d with bodhicitta on pp. 94 fn. and 95 fn.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Medicinal pills (''ril-bu''), eye-salve (' … Medicinal pills (''ril-bu''), eye-salve (''mig-sman''), swift feet (''rkang-mgyogs''), penetration of matter (''sa-'og''), accomplishment of the enchanted sword (''ral-gri'i dngos-grub''), sky-faring (''mkha'-la phur''), invisibility (''mi-snang-ba'') and immortality along with the suppression of disease (''shi-ba med-dang nad-'joms''). Also referred to as the EIGHT GREAT ACTIVITIES. 247, 480to as the EIGHT GREAT ACTIVITIES. 247, 480)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Medicinal plant endowed with many wonderful qualities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Medicine is one of the primary offerings f … Medicine is one of the primary offerings found in the Secret Mantra Tradition, where, along with torma and rakta, it is one of the inner offerings. In this context, medicine takes the form of "nectar that dispels the demon of dualistic thinking," which, as Getse Mahāpaṇḍita explains, symbolizes "the realization that all phenomena are equality, beyond acceptance or rejection." [CG 62], beyond acceptance or rejection." [CG 62])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Meditation here means resting in equanimity free from mental constructs, like pure space. Postmeditation is when one is distracted from that state of equanimity, and one conceptually regards appearances as an illusion, mirage, dream, and so forth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Meditation on loving-kindness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Meditation on the entire universe dissolving into the space of awareness as illusory apparitions. The actualization of the absolute space of emptiness, ultimate reality, the mode of existence of suchness. See GD 241, VE 113.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Meditation or concentration. It means bein … Meditation or concentration. It means being watchful with that basic panoramic awareness that characterises all the other Paramitas. Dhyana is the means of stabilizing oneself within the framework of seeing relationships, and thereby seeing that one can afford to open. This openness and keen meditative intelligence brings one to deal with the nowness of each new situation.al with the nowness of each new situation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Meditation that reveals the absence of inherent existence in both the mind and phenomena.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Meditation, recollection.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Meditation, reflection. Only the first four samāpatti-s pertaining to the<br> rūpa-dhātu can be called dhyāna, because in these four meditations,<br> śamatha and vipaśyanā exist evenly, dṛṣṭa-dharma-sukha-vihāra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Meditation-restraint; one type of avijñapti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Meditational deities in peaceful or wrathful forms figuring in the Vajrayana and representing different aspects of the buddha nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Meditational deity (yidam) and tantra of anuttarayogatantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Meditational deity (yidam) and tantra of anuttarayogatantra. See Shangpa-Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Meditational deity of the dharmakāya, the primordial awakening; inspirer of the revelations of numerous lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Meditational deity or "chosen" deity. The … Meditational deity or "chosen" deity. The second of the Three Roots, yidams are the central figures in the elaborate visualization practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism. These practices are done only with the blessing and guidance of a qualified lama. The yidam is called the root of accomplishment, as it is through doing these practices that realization is accomplished.ractices that realization is accomplished.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Meditational deity or "chosen" deity. The … Meditational deity or "chosen" deity. The second of the Three Roots, yidams are the central figures in the elaborate visualization practices of Vajrayāna Buddhism. These practices are done only with the blessing and guidance of a qualified lama. The yidam is called the root of accomplishment, as it is through doing these practices that realization is accomplished.ractices that realization is accomplished.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Meditational deity whose practice is particularly associated with purification.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Meditations on the precious human life of freedom and opportunity, death and impermanence, the miserable nature of saṃsāra, and the nature of actions and their ethical consequences.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Meditative absorption has the meaning of "to truly grasp," meaning that with this mental state one is able to focus one-pointedly and continuously on a given topic or the object one is examining. [TD 1027])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Meditative absorption of different degrees. Generally translated as "concentration.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Meditative absorption of different degrees. Generally translated as "concentration.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Meditative absorption of different degrees. Generally translated as “concentration.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Meditative absorption of different degrees.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Meditative absorption of different degrees.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Meditative absorption, a state of mind wit … Meditative absorption, a state of mind without any distraction, essential for all meditative practices, the result of which depends on the motivation and view of the meditator. Non-Buddhist meditative concentration leads to rebirth in the worlds of form and formlessness. The concentrations of the Shravakas result in their attaining the level of Arhat, while only those of the Bodhisattvas can result in Perfect Buddhahoodhisattvas can result in Perfect Buddhahood)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Meditative absorption, stable concentration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Meditative absorption.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Meditative concentration or absorption, when the meditation and the mind of the meditator become inseparable.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Meditative concentration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Meditative concentration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Meditative process involving three main vi … Meditative process involving three main visualizations. The ''samādhi'' sattva is usually a deicy syllable or a drop and is usually at the heart. The pledge (''samaya'') sattva is normally one self as a deity. The wisdom ''(jñāna'') sattva is the actual deity absorbed from without or resident in the heart.bed from without or resident in the heart.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Member of the priestly caste of ancient In … Member of the priestly caste of ancient India. This term often indicates hermits and spiritual practitioners. It should be noted that the Buddha rejected the caste system and proclaimed on several occasions that the true Brahmin is not someone so designated through an accident of birth, but one who has thoroughly overcome defilement and attained freedom. See caste.efilement and attained freedom. See caste.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Member of the priestly caste.)