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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 Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Pacifying, increasing, magnetizing, and subjugating.)
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 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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Palgyi Senge of Shübu. Minister of King Trisong Detsen, one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Palms joined together in front of one's face, with fingers straight up and fingertips about at nose level, hands one width away from the face. May be used while bowing or erect and connotes gratitude or respect. 76n. 8)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Parinirvana, literally extinction and crossing over, referring to a buddha's passing into the ultimate state of nirvana upon death. 198n. 124)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Parity, or the equivalence of two separate things. 100n. 4)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Part of the group of female protectors of … Part of the group of female protectors of the Dharma known as the twelve tenma goddesses. They approached Padmasambhava while he was practicing in the Asura Cave, situated between India and Nepal. He gave them the nectar of samaya and made them take an oath. Practitioners are still required to present these twelve guardians with a regular oĺfering torma to ensure that they fulfill the demanded activities.that they fulfill the demanded activities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Part. It is also a synonym of svabhāva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Particles added to roots in Sanskrit)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Passion is contagious in that once you ign … Passion is contagious in that once you ignore the source of passion it will destroy or burn you, but once you realise that passion is another means of communicating, then it becomes basically an important way of relating yourself to mother earth or the all-encompassing womb. Passion is allembracing in that it can transmute, as Buddha said, into discriminating awareness wisdom (jñāna).o discriminating awareness wisdom (jñāna).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Past, present, and future.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Past, present, future, and indefinite time.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path (leading to Nirvāṇa); a synonym for mārga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Path and Fruition/Result. The main teaching of the Sakya School.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of abandonment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of advance/distinction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of cultivation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of liberation.(= vimukti-mārga).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of the non-trainee.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path of vision (/insight). It consists of 16 moments of insight into<br> the four Noble Truths. Emerging from this meditative process,<br> the practitioner is transformed from being a pṛthagjana<br> into an ārya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Paths of accumulation (tshogs lam), preparation (sbyor lam), seeing (mthong lam), meditation (sgom lam), and perfection (mthar phyin pa'i lam).)