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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One of the various types of enhancement. Acts of procuring food and clothing, like a businessman, or keeping to detailed precepts and rituals.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (One of thirteen powerplaces in Tibet and Bhutan known as "Tiger's Den." This one is Paro Taktsang, where Guru Padmasambhava manifested as Dorje Drollö. On the east side of Paro Valley in western Bhutan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One of three realms of existence within sa … One of three realms of existence within samsara, comprised of the gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings. It is called the Desire Realm because beings are reborn and experience suffering within this realm due to gross attachment and desire. See also ''Form Realm'' and ''Formless Realm''.lso ''Form Realm'' and ''Formless Realm''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One of three types of direct realization. It refers to the fact of the outflow-free prajñā taking the same objects as its conjoined dharma-s in the process of direct realization. —► abhisamaya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One of three types of mantra; knowledge mantras are used primarily to accomplish the enlightened activities of a deity and the aspect of knowledge, vajra mind. [TD 2681])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (One of two "extreme" views (the other being nihilism); the belief in eternally existing entities such as a divine creator or the soul.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One of two aspects of sugatagarbha (the ot … One of two aspects of sugatagarbha (the other being the evolving gotra). Chödrak Gyatso (Karma Tinle, 441.2.) states that it is the root bindu free from elaborations, or the mind's ālaya. Butön (Brunnhölzl 2010, 455) defines it as "the unconditioned virtue that will become the dharmatākāya." Also translated as "naturally abiding disposition," "naturally present affinity," and so on." "naturally present affinity," and so on.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One of two aspects of sugatagarbha (the ot … One of two aspects of sugatagarbha (the other being the naturally abiding gotra). Generally identified as the gotra that is produced through listening, reflecting, and meditation. GTCD. Butön (Brunnhölzl 2010, 455) defines it as "the conditioned virtue that serves as the cause for perfect enlightenment." In the Vajrayāna, this is called the vajra body. Also translated as "unfolding disposition," "evolving affinity," "developed lineage," and so on.lving affinity," "developed lineage," and so on.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (One of two crucial attainments in Buddhist … One of two crucial attainments in Buddhist meditation, the other being ''superior insight''. Tranquil abiding is a state of effortless ''concentration'' upon an object of meditation accompanied by mental and physical ease, and is the doorway to the ''mental absorptions''. In most Buddhist path-systems, a practitioner must join tranquil abiding with superior insight to become an ''ārya'' being and assure the attainment of ''liberation'' or ''buddhahood''.nment of ''liberation'' or ''buddhahood''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (One of two crucial attainments in Buddhist … One of two crucial attainments in Buddhist meditation, the other being ''tranquil abiding''. Superior insight involves a penetrating realization of the nature of reality, whether articulated in terms of the four noble truths, no-self, or ''emptiness''. Though based on intellectual analysis, superior insight is only effective in uprooting ''delusions'' if conjoined with tranquil abiding.ions'' if conjoined with tranquil abiding.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of two important temples in Lhasa built by King Songtsen Gampo, which houses a statue or Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One of two important temples in Lhasa, which houses the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni brought to Tibet by the queens of King Songtsen Gampo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of two primordial wisdom ḍākinīs, inspirer of Khyungpo Neljor. See Shangpa-Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (One of two primordial wisdom ḍākinīs, inspirers of Khyungpo Neljor. See Shangpa-Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (One ofthe two main branches of the Madhyamaka. It differs from the other main branch, Prāsaṅgika, because it employs autonomous or autonomous syllogisms to establish ultimate reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One part of a twofold visualization proces … One part of a twofold visualization process found in the Mahāyoga teachings of the Nyingma School. In this stage of practice, all the phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are transformed through a complex visualization process in which the central deities of the maṇḍala "give birth" to the deities in the retinue. [LT 460]h" to the deities in the retinue. [LT 460])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (One proceeds through the four stages of th … One proceeds through the four stages of the path of engagement as one comes closer to the path of insight, which is also the first stage of the bodhisattvas. The first path of engagement stage is heat (drod). It is said to be like the heat created when sticks are rubbed together, which presages the appearance of the fire. In the same way, there is here, through mental stability and realization, the omen of the coming "fire" of the wisdom on the path of seeing. The second stage is summit (rtse mo), when one's good karma or virtue becomes perfected. The third stage is patience (bzod pa), when one becomes unafraid of one's realization of emptiness. The final and culminative stage is supreme qualities (chos mchog), when one has attained the highest qualities possible prior to becoming an ārya.lities possible prior to becoming an ārya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One the four major sections of yoga tantra. A tantra of the same title is sometimes listed among the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras as the tantra of enlightened qualities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (One the seven men to be tested, the first … One the seven men to be tested, the first seven monks ordained by Shantarakshita. Another of the twenty-five close disciples of Padmasambhava. According to the ''Chronicles'', Kawa Paltsek was sent to India with Chokro Lui Gyaltsen, not Khon Lui Wangpo, to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet.ui Wangpo, to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (One thirtieth of the time taken for a complete passage of the moon through the lunar mansions)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (One usually begins the vajrayana path by doing the four preliminary practices which involve doing 100,000 refuge prostrations, 100,000 vajrasattva mantras, 100,000 mandala offerings, and 100,000 guru yoga supplications.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (One way to classify the five kāyas is as the dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, nirmāṇakāya, svabhāvikakāya, and unchanging vajrakāya. GTCD.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who asserts that every is nothing but mere concept/designation (prajñapti).Samghabhadra uses this term to refer to those who deny the reality of even the present dharma-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (One who attains enlightenment alone, without the aid of a master, and who does not transmit teachings to others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (One who has accomplished one or more siddhis.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who has attained through views.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (One who has cleared away the darkness of the two obscurations and in whom the twofold wisdom has blossomed. [TD 2913])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (One who has committed himself to the mahāy … One who has committed himself to the mahāyāna path of compassion and the practice of the six pāramitās. The bodhisattva's vow, taken in the presence of one's spiritual friend (S: kalyāṇamitra), is one of relinquishing one's personal enlightenment to work for all sentient beings. The vow is continually renewed in order to mix one's being with the mahāyāna mind of bodhicitta. Bodhisattva deities represent qualities of enlightened mind active in our life.es of enlightened mind active in our life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (One who has destroyed (''hata'') the three great enemies (''ari'') of greed, hatred, and ignorance. The ideal saint of Theravādin Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who has destroyed all darkness (/ignorance).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who has destroyed darkness in all ways; i.e., a buddha (who has overcome both kliṣṭa and kliṣṭājñāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (One who has dispelled (Tib. ''sangs'') the darkness of the two obscurations and developed (Tib.''rgyas'') the two kinds of omniscience (knowing the nature of phenomena and knowing the multiplicity of phenomena).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (One who has dispelled (Tib. sangs) the darkness of the two obscurations and developed (Tib. rgyas) the two kinds of omniscience (knowing the nature of phenomena and knowing the multiplicity of phenomena))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who has exhausted the outflows, an epithet for an arhat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (One who has gained accomplishment through the practice of the Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One who has gained accomplishments through the practice of the Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (One who has gained siddhi or accomplishment through the practice of the Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (One who has gone to bliss; epithet for a buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (One who has overcome the foe, foe destroyer. One who has overcome the obscurations of the four maras and has attained the final stage of the Hinayana path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (One who has removed the two veils (the vei … One who has removed the two veils (the veil of afflictive emotions, which is the cause of suffering, and the veil of ignorance, which is the obstacle to omniscience) and who has brought to perfection the two sorts of knowledge (of the ultimate and relative nature of phenomena).ltimate and relative nature of phenomena).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (One who has vanquished the enemies of afflictive emotion and realized the nonexistence of the personal self, and who is forever free from the sufferings of samsara. Arhatship is the goal of the teachings of the Root Vehicle, the Shravakayana or Hinayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, … One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, practices them, and transmits them to others with a view to his or her personal liberation from samsara. Shravakas are practitioners of the Root Vehicle, or Hinayana, which is often for that reason called the Shravakayana.n for that reason called the Shravakayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, … One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, practices them, and transmits them to others with a view to his or her personal liberation from samsara, rather than the perfect enlightenment of buddhahood. Shravakas are practitioners of the Root Vehicle, or Hinayana, which is often for that reason called the Shravakayana.n for that reason called the Shravakayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, … One who hears the teachings of the Buddha, transmits them to others, and practices them. The characteristic goal of the Shravaka is Arhatship, a personal, individual liberation from samsara, rather than the perfect enlightenment of Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. Shravakas are practitioners of the Hinayana or Root Vehicle, hence Shravakayana.ayana or Root Vehicle, hence Shravakayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (One who holds (dhara) or upholds the wisdom of knowledge (vidya)-mantra. An accomplished master of vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who holds that dharma-s exist for no more than one kṣaṇa. Samghabhadra ridicules the Sautrāntika-Dārstāntikas, calling them Ksanikavādins because they hold that dharma-s exist only in the single present moment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (One who is accomplished in the vajrayāna teachings and capable of transmitting them to others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (One who is intent on becoming a buddha for the benefit of others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (One who is totally purified from all defilements (sangs) and who has realised all that can be known (rgyas).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (One who practices tantra or vajrayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (One who progresses according to the regular order.)