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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Opponent and competitor of the Buddha. A proud scion of the Shakya clan whose pride prevented him from appreciating the qualities of the Buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Optional evening food served informally, n … Optional evening food served informally, not in the monks' hall, and considered medicine, not a meal. Literally, "medicine stone," its name comes from the ancient monastic practice of warming rocks and placing them on the belly to stave off hunger. From Dōgen's time to the present, Sōtō monasteries have served food instead. lōOn. 1asteries have served food instead. lōOn. 1)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Or literally, "ear tantras." This is often … Or literally, "ear tantras." This is often misspelled snyan brgyud and therefore confused with "oral lineage " It is the specific name for the teachings received by Tilopa from a dākinī whose body had vanished so that he received the instructions as words emanating from the syllable hūṃ. Therefore these teachings are also known as the Dharma of the bodiless dākinīknown as the Dharma of the bodiless dākinī)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Oral Transmissions of the Old School; 56 volumes in the expanded edition published by Dudjom Rinpoche. The predominant number of scriptures concern the three inner tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Oral advice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Oral instruction communicated directly from guru to disciple. An alternate Tibetan term is ''man ṅag''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Oral instructions received from an authentic master which, when practiced, liberate one's mind from delusion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Oral transmission.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Ordinary mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Ordinary persons (''so-so skye-bo'', Skt. ''pṛthagjana''), pious attendants (''nyan-thos'', Skt. ''śrāvaka''), self-centred buddhas (''rang-rgyal'', Skt. ''pratyekabuddha'') and [[bodhisattva]]s (''byang-chub sems-dpa' ''). 186)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Ordinary, dualistic thoughts concerning the objects of saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Ordinary, ignorant beings who lack wisdom and are thus trapped in samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Ordinary, ignorant beings who lack wisdom and are thus trapped in samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Ordination, literally, "to receive precepts," a term used in Japanese Sōtō Zen for both householder, zaike, lay ordination and home-leaving, tokudo, monk ordination. 182n. 3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Origin.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Originally a Hindu deity, an emanation of … Originally a Hindu deity, an emanation of Śiva. In the vajrayāna, Rudra is the personification of the destructive principle of ultimate ego. Traditionally, Rudra was a student who perverted the teachings, eventually killing his guru. Rudrahood is the complete opposite of buddhahood.od is the complete opposite of buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Originally a Hindu scholar who converted t … Originally a Hindu scholar who converted to Mahayana Buddhism under the influence of Aryadeva. He is sometimes identified with the master Shura (''dpa' bo''). A great poet, as important in the history of Sanskrit literature as in the history of Buddhism, he is celebrated as the author of a celebrated account of the Buddha's life, the ''Buddhacharita''. the Buddha's life, the ''Buddhacharita''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Originally a disciple who actually heard t … Originally a disciple who actually heard the teachings of the Buddha directly. It is also the name of the first of the nine yānas, in which the practitioner concentrates on basic meditation practice and an understanding of basic Buddhist doctrines such as the four noble truths.t doctrines such as the four noble truths.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Originally a part of Śaivite lore. These a … Originally a part of Śaivite lore. These are the sacred places where various parts of Sati's body fell as Śiva carried it through the sky. With the defeat and adoption of Śivas body by Heruka, thus creating Cakrasamvara, he inherited all these sacred places, which play an important role in the Cakrasamvara literature and are also correlated with sites within the human body's network of channels and winds.uman body's network of channels and winds.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Originally a reliquary containing the reli … Originally a reliquary containing the relics of the Buddha, later stupas were built to hold relics of other enlightened beings, scriptures, and statues as well. Stupas symbolize the dharmakaya, and range in size from small altar pieces to large monuments the size of buildings. to large monuments the size of buildings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Originally an epithet for a buddha, it has … Originally an epithet for a buddha, it has come to be used in connection with enlightened beings generally. In ''The Rain of Wisdom'', the capitalized "Victorious One"refers to Śākyamuni Buddha and lower case "victorious ones" to buddhas generally. When "victorious one" is used in connection with a teacher's name, the implication is that he is to be viewed as a buddha.on is that he is to be viewed as a buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Originally only vaguely described as a "pl … Originally only vaguely described as a "pleasant" paradise, it became in early Buddhist cosmology a specific paradise high above Mount Meru. In the development of the Maitreya my th, it became his residence while he waits for the time of his descent into this world as the next Buddhadescent into this world as the next Buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Originally part of a system of three or fo … Originally part of a system of three or four tantric seals, the “great seal” is synonymous with ''inter alia, buddhahood, buddha nature'', and the ''emptiness'' that “seals” all ''dharmas''. Among the Kagyüpa (and Gclukpa) in Tibet, it also refers to a system of meditation, with both ''sutra'' and ''tantra'' versions, in which one meditates on the true nature of the mind. meditates on the true nature of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Originally, a memorial mound containing th … Originally, a memorial mound containing the relics of the Buddha, symbolizing the mind of the Buddha, the dharmakāya. Later, the relics of other enlightened beings, scriptures, statues, and so on were included in stupas. Stupas are objects of veneration and range from simple altar pieces to very large structures which may be seen for miles around.ctures which may be seen for miles around.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Originating cause)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Originating thought)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Origination qua cause.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayāl … Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṃkāra, mNgon rtogs rgyan); Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, Theg pa chen po mdo sde rgyan); Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhaṅga, dBus mtha' rnam 'byed); Differentiation of Phenomena and Their Nature (Dharmadharmatāvibhaṅga, Chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed); and The Mahāyāna Treatise of the Highest Continuum (Mahāyānottaratantrashāstra, Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos).heg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Otherwise known as ''rje-'bangs nyer-lnga' … Otherwise known as ''rje-'bangs nyer-lnga'' (the “king and his twenty-five subjects”), they are enumerated in ''History'', pp. 534-6. The exact enumerations of the fifty-five realised ones of Yangdzong, the one hundred and eight accomplished masters of Yerpa and Chuwori and the thirty mantra adepts of Sheldrak are unknown. Of the twenty-five ḍakīnīs, seventeen are enumerated. 537ive ḍakīnīs, seventeen are enumerated. 537)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (Otherwise known as Lozang Drakpa and Je Rinpoche, the founder of the Gelugpa school. He founded the monastery of Ganden in 1410. A great scholar, revered as a manifestation of Manjushri.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Our known world. The southern of the four continents, so-called because it is adorned with the Jambuvriksha (rose apple) tree.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Our present age, the fourth of four ages, when the teachings of the Buddha have degenerated, realizations have become difficult to attain, and lifespans have become relatively short)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Outcast, low-born.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Outflow, a synonym of kleśa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Outflow-free (‘pure’ in the sense that such a dharma does not conduce to<br> the saṃsāric process). —► sāsrava .)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Outflow-free knowledge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Outflow-free restraint.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Over-generalization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Pacification (''zhi-ba'', Skt. ''śānti''), … Pacification (''zhi-ba'', Skt. ''śānti''), enrichment (''rgyas-pa'', Skt. ''puṣṭi''), overpowering (''dbang'', Skt. ''vaśa'') and forceful rites of “liberation” which compassionately sever consciousness from the body and transfer it to a higher level of existence (''drag-po mngon-spyod'', Skt. ''abhicāra''). Also referred to as the FOUR KINDS OF ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY. 478, 669, 721, 829, 844, 920NED ACTIVITY. 478, 669, 721, 829, 844, 920)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Pacification of suffering and its causes ( … Pacification of suffering and its causes (''sdug-bsngal rgyu-bcas zhi-ba''), enrichment of excellent provisions (''legs-tshogs rgyas-pa''), overpowering those who require training (''gdul-bya dbang-du mdzad''), wrathfully uprooting those who are difficult to train (''gdul-dka'-mams drag-pos tshar-bcad-pa'') and spontaneously accomplishing whatever emerges without effort (''rtsol-med-du 'byung-ba lhun-grub''). 283''rtsol-med-du 'byung-ba lhun-grub''). 283)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Pacification, a lineage of practice associated with Pha Dampa Sangyé.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Pacification, increase, power, and wrathfulness. These are powers gained through tantric practice and are used to remove obstacles and hindrances for self and others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); … Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); controlling (dbang ba); summoning (dgug pa); killing (bsad pa); expelling (skrad pa); paralyzing (rengs pa); stupefying (rmongs pa); neutralizing poison (dug gzhil ba); separating (dbye ba); causing plagues (rims kyis gdab pa); striking with kīlas (phur bus gdab pa); reviving (slar gso ba); and becoming invisible (mi snang ba).ba); and becoming invisible (mi snang ba).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); … Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); controlling (dbang ba); summoning (dgug pa); killing (bsad pa); expelling (skrad pa); paralyzing (rengs pa); stupefying (rmongs pa); neutralizing poison (dug gzhil ba); separating (dbye ba); causing plagues (rims kyis gdab pa); and striking with kīlas (phur bus gdab pa).nd striking with kīlas (phur bus gdab pa).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Pacifying (zhi ba); increasing (rgyas pa); controlling (dbang ba); summoning (dgug pa); killing (bsad pa); expelling (skrad pa); paralyzing (rengs pa); and stupefying (rmongs pa).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Pacifying, one of the Eight Practice Lineages brought to Tibet by Phadampa Sangye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Padmavajra's ''Secret Yogic Attainment'', … Padmavajra's ''Secret Yogic Attainment'', Anaṅgavajras ''Yogic Attainment Ascertaining Wisdom and Means'', Indrabhūti's ''Yogic Attainment of Gnosis'', Laksmīṅkarās ''Yogic Attainment of Nonduality'', Dārikapa's ''Special Instruction on the Reality of the Greatest Secret'', Yoginī Cintā's ''Yogic Attainment of Reality Following the Clarification of Entities'', and Ḍombi Heruka's ''Yogic Attainment of the Innate.''ruka's ''Yogic Attainment of the Innate.'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Pagor Vairocana, Dromtön, Khyungpo Neljor, Drokmi Lotsāwa, [[Marpa]] Lotsāwa, Phadampa Sangye, Kyijo Lotsāwa and Orgyenpa. n. 1173)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Palace of Spontaneous Perfection in Derge; founded by Tangtong Gyalpo (1361-1485); since then the main temple for the Derge Kings.)