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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being able to attain (/destined for) Nirvāṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being an emanation (nisyanda). One of the doctrinal perspectives in Abhidharma analysis: dharma-s are divisible as those which are naihsyandika (e.g. cite) and which are not (e.g., kāyá).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being capable of ending existence at will.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being capable of penetrating the state of an arhat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being capable of protecting oneself from retrogression.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of being susceptible to retrogression.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Of the nature of growth. One of the doctrinal perspectives in Abhidharma analysis: dharma-s are divisible as those which are aupacayika (e.g. rūpa) andwhich are not (e.g., citta).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Of the nine vehicles these are the first e … Of the nine vehicles these are the first eight, which depend on cause and effect. The nine vehicles comprise the three vehicles of the sutras — those of the shravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas — and the six vehicles of Kriya, Upa, Yoga, Maha Yoga, Anu Yoga, and Ati Yoga tantras. They can also be grouped into three vehicles: Hinayana, which includes the first two; Mahayana, the third one; and Vajrayana, the last six.he third one; and Vajrayana, the last six.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Offering ritual or ceremony of worship.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Offspring of the Buddhas or Conquerors: Bodhisattvas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Often coupled with the six sides, these ar … Often coupled with the six sides, these are four particular modes, or types, of tantric text. The work is said to be sealed by these four modes and cannot be fully understood without their recognition. The four are open mode, general or shared mode, hidden or exclusive mode, and ultimate mode.dden or exclusive mode, and ultimate mode.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Often refers to the practice of a visualized deity form disappearing into emptiness or to the impure illusory body disappearing into the clear light.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle/Glossary + (Often rendered relative "truth" or convent … Often rendered relative "truth" or conventional "truth," even though this is not a truth in the strict sense of the property of a proposition, etc.; but the translation of ''satya = bden pa'' by Reality is itself somewhat conventional and does not resolve all the philosophical issues involved. In Madhyamaka thought, ''saṃvṛtisatya'' is reality in a limited way only; see Candrakīrti, MABh vi.23, 28 and PPMVxxiv. 11. Cf. D. Seyfort Ruegg, ''Two prolegomena'', pp. 187n52 and 194n65. It is, then, only in a restricted, and even problematic, sense that it is possible to speak of a ''two''-truth—or even of a ''two''-reality—theory in Madhyamaka (as distinct from a two-level theory). In the purified cognitive sight of ''āryas'', ''saṃvṛtisatya'' is presented, i.e., apprehended, as ''saṃvṛti[mātra] = kun rdzob [tsam]'', mere Surface. Cf. ''Two prolegomena'', pp. 194ff. In Madhyamaka, the theory of Surface-level Reality has the effect of "saving appearances/the phenomena" (sôzein ta phainomena, ''salvare phaenomena''). Cf. transactional-pragmatic. See Skt. ''saṃvṛtisatya'', Tib. ''kun rdzob kyi bden pa''; compare Tib. ''snang stong''yi bden pa''; compare Tib. ''snang stong'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Often simply transliterated in Tibetan; wh … Often simply transliterated in Tibetan; when translated, it is either kun 'dar ma ("all-shaking," "all-vibrating," "all-encompassing," possibly "ascetic") or kun spang ma ("all-abandoning," possibly "renunciant"). Ngo-tro Rabjampa (194.6) explains: "It is called avadhūti because it is the path that abandons the two extremes. . . . It is "all-shaking" because it is [where] the white elements fall." An Encyclopædic Tibetan-English Dictionary (27) defines it (my own translation): "The madhyamā channel of the body is called "all-shaking": "All" because it is the ground that divides into all the [other] channels, the place where the bindus flow, and the path where the winds move. "Shaking" because it pervades all those generally." Germano (1992, 828) says: "While the term "all-encompassing channel" (''Kun 'Dar Ma'') is often understood as the Tibetan translation of this Sanskrit term [avadhūti], there appears to be some question as to [the] original linguistic source of Kun 'Dar Ma (or at least the syllable 'Dar), and in Great Perfection writings it would appear there is a distinction between how these two terms are used, though whether a distinct reference is entailed is debatable. Padmasambhava in KGNT1 60, 3ff [mKha' 'gro snying thig] details three aspects to the term "central channel": the Avadhūti channel which is the spinal cord, the all-encompassing channel which is the vitality channel, and the ultimate central channel which is the luminous channel. . . ."nnel which is the luminous channel. . . .")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Often synonymous with enlightenment and freedom from cyclic existence ('''samsara''') and for this reason translated into Tibetan as "passage beyond suffering.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Often translated as "self realizers" or "solitary buddhas," these practitioners of the Foundational Vehicle attain their realization without the help of a teacher and through the contemplation of the twelve links of dependent arising.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Often translated as "teacher" or "guru." T … Often translated as "teacher" or "guru." The lama corresponds to the Buddha among Three Roots of Vajrayāna practice. Because lamas can work directly with the mind of the student, they are said to be the most important being for the student's development. Thus they are called the root of blessings.hus they are called the root of blessings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Often translated as "teacher" or "guru." T … Often translated as "teacher" or "guru." The lama corresponds to the Buddha among Three Roots of Vajrayāna practice. Because lamas can work directly with the mind of the student, they are said to be the most important being for the student's development. Thus they are called the root of blessings.hus they are called the root of blessings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Often used in a technical sense to refer to the primary centers of the illusory body: head, throat, heart, and navel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Often used in the beginning of a song to p … Often used in the beginning of a song to pay homage. Hence: nāma uttarebhyaḥ (homage to the superior ones), nāmaḥ śrī gurave (homage to the glorious guru), namo gurave (homage to the guru), namo buddhāya (homage to the Buddha), namo guru-guṇasāgarāya (homage to the guru, the ocean of virtue), namo guru-padmākarāya (homage to the guru, Padmākara), namo guru-vajradharāya (homage to the guru, Vajradhara), namo guru-vajreśvarāya (homage to the guru, the vajra lord).rāya (homage to the guru, the vajra lord).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Often used to describe an advanced meditative session, often involving absorption in emptiness, and is contrasted with "post-meditation".)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Old school of Tibetan Buddhism; those practice lineages that emerged during the earlier spreading of Buddhism in Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Old term for a monastery's mill manager. Other terms for this position are mage, ma'in and masa. 147-48, 193n. 79)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Old-age-and-death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (Oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, brought to Tibet from India in seventh century by Padmasambhava.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Olfactory faculty.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Olfactory object.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Omens or signs, also judgments or predictions. 76n. 4)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (On compte dix «terres», ou niveaux spiritu … On compte dix «terres», ou niveaux spirituels, allant de la première terre où le pratiquant réalise le sens de la vacuité, à la dixième terre après laquelle il devient bouddha. Cf. ''le Soutra des Dix Terres et Le Précieux Ornement de la Libération'', p. à 300.eux Ornement de la Libération'', p. à 300.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (On distingue deux inexistences du soi (tib. ''bdag med gnyis''): l’inexistence du soi de l’individu (tib. ''gang zag gi bdag med'') et l’inexistence du soi des phénomènes (tib. ''chos kyi bdag med'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (On en compte six, à savoir les vertus tran … On en compte six, à savoir les vertus transcendantes de la générosité, de la discipline, de la patience, de la diligence, de la concentration et de la connaissance supérieure. Elles sont véritablement transcendantes dès qu’elles sont associées à la réalisation de la vacuité. associées à la réalisation de la vacuité.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (On the ''completion stage of highest yoga … On the ''completion stage of highest yoga tantra'', the luminous, blissful realization of ''emptiness'' that is a prelude to the attainment of a buddhas ''dharmakāya'' at the moment of ''enlightenment''. In the Guhyasamāja tradition，it is the fourth of the five stages of the ''completion stage''. The term also may refer to the natural clarity of the mind in its subtlest state, which may be manifest at death and on various other occasions.t at death and on various other occasions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (On the completion stage of highest yoga tantra (especially the mother tantras), four experiences induced by the movement of energies within the central channel: joy, ultimate joy, joy of cessation, and innate joy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (On the completion stage of highest yoga tantra, four experiences induced by the absorption of consciousness into the heart cakra: the empty, the very empty, the greatly empty, and the all empty.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (On the external level, this is regarded as the quintessential element of the physical body. On the subtle level, the term is used to refer to the "absolute bodhichitta," in other words, the nature of the mind. FELICITY, GREAT. See Great Bliss)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (On the path of desire (''chags-lam'') or s … On the path of desire (''chags-lam'') or skilful means (''thabs-lam''), the practice of inner heat (''gtum-mo'') is activated, giving rise to the experience of blissful warmth in the body (''bde-drod''). The melting bliss then descending through the central channei from the crown centre, gives rise to the pristine cognition of delight (''dga'-ba'i ye-shes'') and the vase empowerment is received through which this delight is united with emptiness (''stong-pa''); in the throat centre it gives rise to the pristine cognition of supreme delight (''mchog-dga'i ye-shes'') and the secret empowerment is received through which this supreme delight is united with great emptiness (''stong-pa chen-po''); then in the heart centre it gives rise to the pristine cognition that is free from delight (''dga'-bral ye-shes'') and the empowerment of discriminating pristine cognition is received through which this absence of delight is united with extreme emptiness (''shin-tu stongpa''); then in the navel centre it gives rise to the pristine cognition of co-emergent delight (''lhan-skyes dga'i ye-shes'') and the empowerment of word and meaning is received through which this co-emergent delight is united with total emptiness (''thams-cad stong-pa''); and fmally, after the four delights have been thus realised, in the secret centre it gives rise to the inconceivable pristine cognition (''bsam-gyis mi-khyab-pa'i ye-shes'') and the skilful empowerment of awareness is received. In this way the path of desire unites the four delights with the FOUR MODES OF EMPTINESS . Refer to Longcenpa, ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', pp. 386-96. (GGFTC, pp. 900-14). 818, 830, 877386-96. (GGFTC, pp. 900-14). 818, 830, 877)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (On the relative level this refers » the sp … On the relative level this refers » the space of awareness (Tib. chos kyi khams, Skt. dharmadhatu),whichin its primal manifestation is the substrate (Tib. kungzhi, Skt. ālaya). On the ultimate level it refers to the absolute space of phenomena (Tib. chos kyi dbyings, Skt. dharmadhātu), which is synonymous with emptiness.hātu), which is synonymous with emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (On the relative level, this is the wish to … On the relative level, this is the wish to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On the absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of the mind, and the true status of all phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, it refers to the essential physical substance that is the support of the mind.substance that is the support of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (On the relative level, this is the wish to … On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On an absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of mind and the true status of phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhicitta refers to the essential physical substance, a fluid found in the heart center, which is the support of mind.eart center, which is the support of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (On the relative level, this is the wish to … On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On an absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of mind and the true status of phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhicitta refers to the essential physical substance, a fluid found in the heart center, which is the support of mind.eart center, which is the support of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (On the relative level, this is the wish to … On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On the absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhichitta refers to the essential physical substance which is the support of the mind.ubstance which is the support of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (On the west bank of the Yangtze, opposite Palyul.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (On this term Phabongkha (''Compilation of … On this term Phabongkha (''Compilation of Notes'', 57b7) says, "Subtle mind is innate mind, and the bliss experienced by that mind is innate bliss. Generally, never being separated from the mindstream throughout samsara, whether good or bad, is the meaning of ''innate''. To create the completion stage, you must create innate bliss".tion stage, you must create innate bliss".)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (OnOe who proclaims the doctrine of emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Once coarse mindfulness has subsided, resting in a luminous vacuity, or the substrate consciousness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Once-retumer.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One division of the forms (or kāyas) of buddhahood. This refers specifically to the form of ultimate basic space, which possesses a twofold purity. [TD 663])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One enumeration is the twelve links of dependent origination. See Kongtrul 2008, 272n112.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One formally becomes a Buddhist when one t … One formally becomes a Buddhist when one takes refuge in the Three Jewels: the Buddha as the teacher or guide, the Dharma as the teaching or path, and the Sangha or excellent community as one's companions on the journey. In tantra, one adds taking refuge in the Three Roots: the guru as the root of all blessings, the yidam or meditational deity as the root of all attainment, and the dharmapalas or protector deities as the root of all enlightened activity.s as the root of all enlightened activity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (One hundred and eight wall-sized paintings in the Nepali style commissioned by Drogön Namka Pelwa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (One hundred and eighteen ferry-crossings established by Thangtong Gyelpo)