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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.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the "three realms," the seventeen samsaric heavenly abodes consisting of the threefold four dhyana realms and the five pure abodes. The beings there have bodies of light, long lives, and no painful sensations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (One of the "three trainings," ''shila'' in … One of the "three trainings," ''shila'' includes various codes of conduct that Buddhists follow as part of the path to awakening. Laypeople typically follow the five precepts (to refrain from taking life, stealing, false speech, sexual misconduct, and intoxicants that cloud the mind), while monks and nuns adhere to a collection of several hundred rules of monastic restraint divided into categories of varying severity.vided into categories of varying severity.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (One of the 108 winds.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (One of the Dzogchen lineage masters who is … One of the Dzogchen lineage masters who is sometimes designated as a prostitute and sometimes as a nun; prostitute may describe the sub-caste of the origin of this teacher. She received the transmission of the mind essence from Rishi Bhashita and became a teacher of Nagarjuna.hashita and became a teacher of Nagarjuna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hells according to the Kālacakra Tantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Hot Hells)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Myriad Worlds (2003)/Glossary + (One of the Eight Islands)