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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas of the Indian vajrayāna tradition. He was a disciple of Virūpa and a master of the ''Hevajratantra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas. He remains famous for his miracles, which included having stopped the course of the sun to postpone payment of his drinking debts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas. Initially a hunter, he was converted by an emanation of Chenrezig. After twelve years of meditation, he attained the redization of mahāmudrā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas; king of Oḍḍiyāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (One of the epitaths given to the Buddha,)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the experiences during the bardo of dharmata. The innate vajra speech of the buddha nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the first Tibetans to take ordination; received transmission from Hungkara in India, together with Namkhai Nyingpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the first Tibetans to take ordination, having received transmission from Hungkara in India. Also known as Viryaraja of Ru-yong.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the first Tibetans to take ordination. He also received transmission from Hungkara in India, but died on the way back to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the first Tibetans to take ordinati … One of the first Tibetans to take ordination as a monk. He received transmission from Hungkara in India. At first, he was a trusted attendant of Trisong Deutsen by the name Gőnpo and, later, at the time of taking ordination, he was given the name Gyalwey Lodrŏ, "Victorious Intelligence." He became erudite in translation and attained accomplishment after receiving transmission from Humkara. It is said that he visited the land of Yama, the Lord of Death, and saved his mother from the hell realms. After receiving teachings from Padmasambhava, he displayed the feat of transforming a zombie into gold. Some of this gold has been revealed in termas in later times. He achieved the vidyadhara level of longevity and is reputed to have lived until the time of Rongzom Pandita Chőkyi Sangpo (rong zom chos kyi bzang po; 1012—1088), to whom he gave teachings.po; 1012—1088), to whom he gave teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the first displays in the bardo of dharmata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of the first ten disciples of Buddha, son of a notable Indian family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One of the five Saṃmitīya orders, also known as Pudgalavādins (Proponents of Persons) because of their assertions of an inexplicable self, or person. See also inexplicable self.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (One of the five analyses proving phenomena do not exist at the ultimate level; it shows that phenomena do not arise from a cause; without a cause; both from and without a cause; or neither from nor without a cause.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five buddha aspects.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the five buddha families, the vajra … One of the five buddha families, the vajra family is associated with the buddha Akṣobhya of the eastern direction. Its quality is pristince clarity, indestructibility. In general, the term vajra conveys the sense of what is beyond arising and ceasing and hence indestructible. A vajra is also a ritual scepter used in vajrayāna practice.ritual scepter used in vajrayāna practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five buddha families.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five buddhas; the chief figure of the lotus family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five families.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five families.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (One of the five great scholars of the Sakyapa School, who are known as the Sakya Gongma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the five kāyas; encompassing all the manifestations of knowledge, love, and ability, this kāya is the basis for all the unique qualities of buddhahood. [NS 140])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the five kāyas; this refers to the indivisibility of the two rūpakāyas and the dharmakāya, showing that, while the two rūpakāyas do manifest, they have no independent existence. [TD 2065])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the five kāyas; when classified int … One of the five kāyas; when classified into two forms, the state of buddhahood is divided into dharmakāya and rūpakāya (the form of reality and the embodied form). Dharmakāya is the actualization of what, for one's own benefit, results from the culmination of abandonment and realization. [TD 829] Explaining further, Padmasambhava writes, "The dharmakāya is the unfabricated innate nature - a profound naturalness, beyond arising and ceasing and devoid of constructs." [DE 190]easing and devoid of constructs." [DE 190])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the five kāyas; while not wavering … One of the five kāyas; while not wavering from the form of reality, the dharmakāya, this form appears solely to those disciples who are noble bodhisattvas. It is also the basis for the arising of the emanated form, the nirmāṇakāya, and is adorned with major and minor marks. [TD 2818] Padmasambhava explains further, "Sambhogakāya is the enjoyment of the self-existing wisdom of awareness because the kāyas and wisdoms are present within the continuity of the innate nature of your mind." [DE 190] the innate nature of your mind." [DE 190])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One of the five main energy-winds or pranas. Also called the "life supporting wind," it is seated in the heart and spine, and is the mother of all the other winds in the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the five major retreat places of Gu … One of the five major retreat places of Guru Rinpoche; the place of enlightened qualities. It is also the site where one of his chief disciples, Kharchen Yeshe Shőnnu, attained realization of Nectar Quality. Situated one day's walk above Tramdruk in the Yarlung valley, Central Tibet.druk in the Yarlung valley, Central Tibet.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (One of the five wisdoms.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of the foremost disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. A great translator, monk, and siddha of the Nub clan whose main seat was Lhodrak Kharchu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (One of the foremost students of the historical Buddha, embodying wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (One of the foremost students of the historical Buddha, embodying wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (One of the four "preliminary practices" (Tib. ''ngöndro'') carried out by practitioners aspiring to receive ''abhisheka'', or full initiation into the Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of One of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (One of the four classes of India. This upp … One of the four classes of India. This upper class is roughly equivalent to the nobility, providing secular rulers and warriors. According to Buddhist mythology buddhas appear in the dominant class of its time; thus Śakyamuni was a ksatriya while the previous and next buddhas are brahmansthe previous and next buddhas are brahmans)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (One of the four classes of the ancient Indian social system, the warrior or royal caste.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (One of the four conditions systematized by … One of the four conditions systematized by Vasubandhu in his ''Abhidharmakosha'' to explain the functioning of causality. The other three are the causal condition (''rgyu'i rkyen''), the immediately preceding condition (''de ma thag pa'i rkyen''), and the objective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').bjective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (One of the four conditions systematized by … One of the four conditions systematized by Vasubandhu in his ''Abhidharmakosha'' to explain how causality functions. The other three are the causal condition (''rgyu'i rkyen'') the immediately preceding condition (''de ma thagpa'i rkyen''), and the objective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').bjective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (One of the four conditions systematized by … One of the four conditions systematized by Vasubandhu in his ''Abhidharmakosha'' to explain how causality functions. The other three are the causal condition (''rgyu'i rkyen'') the immediately preceding condition (''de ma thagpa'i rkyen''), and the objective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').bjective condition (''dmigs pa'i rkyen'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (One of the four continents (see entry). Th … One of the four continents (see entry). The Tibetan translation means "unpleasant sound," referring to a myth that all the beings in Kuru live for a fixed age of a hundred years, at the end of which they hear the "unpleasant sound" of a voice announcing their imminent deathof a voice announcing their imminent death)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the four domains in the realm of form, the causes of which are produced through a meditation state of the same name.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (One of the four great Madhyamika arguments … One of the four great Madhyamika arguments, which investigates the nature of phenomena. All phenomena both inside and outside the mind are devoid of real existence because it can be shown that neither a single, discrete, truly existent thing, nor a plurality of such things, exists.g, nor a plurality of such things, exists.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (One of the four great Madhyamika arguments … One of the four great Madhyamika arguments, which investigates the nature of phenomena. All phenomena both inside and outside the mind are devoid of real existence because it can be shown that neither a single, discrete, truly existent thing, nor a plurality of such things, exists.g, nor a plurality of such things, exists.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (One of the four great arguments used by the Madhyamika School in investigating the nature of phenomena. It demonstrates that no phenomenon can truly exist either as a single, discrete thing or as a plurality of such things)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the four knowledge holders, four le … One of the four knowledge holders, four levels of spiritual attainment that present the progression through the paths and levels of Secret Mantra according to the Nyingma School. This level of attainment occurs on the path of seeing, where one first gains stability in the development stage. Though the mind itself matures into its divine form at this point, the residual elements are not able to be purified. [TD 1574] ''See also'' knowledge holder and four knowledge holders.owledge holder and four knowledge holders.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the four knowledge holders, four le … One of the four knowledge holders, four levels of spiritual attainment that constitute the Nyingma School's approach of progressing through the paths and levels of Secret Mantra; this classification refers to the path beyond training and the attainment of the ultimate fruition, the spontaneous presence of the five kāyas - the state of a vajra holder. [TD 3107]s - the state of a vajra holder. [TD 3107])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of the four knowledge holders, four le … One of the four knowledge holders, four levels of spiritual attainment that present the progression through the paths and levels of Secret Mantra in the Nyingma School. This level of attainment occurs on the path of seeing, where the support present in the supreme state transforms into a clear, vajralike body, while the mind matures into the wisdom of the path of seeing and, as a result, one attains a state of freedom from birth and death. [TD 2282]of freedom from birth and death. [TD 2282])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (One of the four main schools of Tibetan Bu … One of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa in the fourteenth century. Developing as a reform movement within the Kadam sect of Atisha (eleventh century), it has maintained its primary seat in Central Tibet and is the lineage of the Dalai Lamas.bet and is the lineage of the Dalai Lamas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (One of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Khon Konchok Gyalpo (1034—1102).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (One of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Marpa the Translator (1012—1095).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (One of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsong-khapa (1357-1419).)