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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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One of Gampopa's foremost disciples, from … One of Gampopa's foremost disciples, from Kham. Sal means "clear" and Tong is short for Tong Pa Nyid, meaning "emptiness," indicating that he was born with the realization of emptiness and clear luminosity. Shogum means "harelip," because he was born with a cleft palate. Saltong Shogum became the guru who founded the Traleg Kyabgon line of tulkus, the supreme abbots of Thrangu Monastery in Kham.preme abbots of Thrangu Monastery in Kham.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (One of Jigme Lingpa's four principal disciples, and the root teacher of Patrul Rinpoche)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of Khyungpo Neljor's masters.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of Khyungpo Neljor's masters. See Shangpa-Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (One of Yudra Nyingpo's main disciples who became a lineage holder.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (One of a series of increasingly concentrat … One of a series of increasingly concentrated states attained in ''placement meditation''. On the basis of the attainment of ''tranquil abiding'', one may pass through four form-world absorptions and four formless absorptions, with the ''meditative equipoise'' of cessation sometimes added as a ninth. Mental absorptions may result in yogic ''achievements'', but they do not assure ''liberation'' unless combined with ''superior insight'' into the nature of reality.rior insight'' into the nature of reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (One of eight attainments in the form and formless realms corresponding to the dhyānas. meditative concentration. See samādhi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (One of eight flesh-eating protector deities with a bird's head and a woman's body or with a carnivorous animal's head and a man's body. See GD187, VE261.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (One of five sacred places blessed by Padmasambhava. Situated 30 km northeast of Lhasa, it is famous for caves used for meditation by the Lotus-Born master and his consort Yeshe Tsogyal, as well as by the 10th century scholar Atisha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One of five types of phlegm. See Clark 1995, 65; and Drungtso and Drungtso [1999] 2005, 281–82.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (One of four main philosophical systems that asserts that there is no external world independent of mind and that nondual, self-illuminating, reflexive awareness is ultimately real. Also known as the Yogic Practice School.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of four principal schools of the Tibetan tradition founded by Könchok Gyelpo (1034-1102). His special teaching is the Lamdre, "the way and the fruit.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen co … One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi, along with so, shu, and unsui. Biku, from the Sanskrit bhikku, is used for monks who have taken the full Theravada precepts. Dōgen uses it when quoting from Indian sutras or Vinaya (precepts) texts. 53n. 32sutras or Vinaya (precepts) texts. 53n. 32)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen co … One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi. (<big>The others are sō, shu, and biku.</big>) Unsui, literally, "clouds and water," refers particularly to trainee monks, who as home-Ieavers wander freely through the mountains like clouds and rain. 53n. 22, 188n. 46 the mountains like clouds and rain. 53n. 22, 188n. 46)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (One of four terms for a monk that Dōgen commonly uses in Eihei Shingi, along with sō, unsui, and biku. Shu also means assembly, or the community of monks. 53n. 22)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (One of six classes of beings in samsara. T … One of six classes of beings in samsara. The asuras are usually considered to be similar to the gods, with whom they are sometimes classified. Their dominant emotional characteristic is envy, and they are constantly at war with the gods, of whom they are jealous.r with the gods, of whom they are jealous.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One of the "Three Baskets" (Tripitaka) of … One of the "Three Baskets" (Tripitaka) of the Buddhist scriptures, the Vinaya deals with Buddhist ethics and rules of conduct governing the life of the sangha. The bulk of the Vinaya pertains to monks and nuns, but it also contains precepts, teachings, and advice for laypeople.epts, teachings, and advice for laypeople.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the "three gates of emancipation.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the "three gates of emancipation.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the "three gates of emancipation.")