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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tantric practitioner. In this book, the word yogi often holds the connotation of someone who has already attained some level of realization of the natural state of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Tantric practitioner. In this text it refers to someone who has already attained stability in the natural state of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Tantric rite for deity practice, see pp. 331-6.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Tantric vow or commitment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Tasting, enjoying; the enjoyable aspect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Tea offered in the sōdō; a ceremony in which tea is offered to the assembly by the abbot or director four times a year: at the winter solstice, New Year's day, and the beginning and end of the summer practice period.108n. 65)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Teacher, the equivalent of spiritual master or lama.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Teacher. He continues in his search. As lo … Teacher. He continues in his search. As long as he does not go beyond his limitations he can impart spiritual knowledge to other people. A guru must be prepared to regard his students as also his teachers and then true communication and relationship continues. When true communication takes place there is a meeting of the minds beyond dualistic concepts. When a student has gone through the honeymoon affair with the individual guru, he begins to realise that the guru aspect plays a very important part in everyday life. He begins to perceive the colourful, dramatic and shocking demonstration of the guru's teaching in everything. The guru gives the student back his own wisdom, but as it is received through the agency of someone else, spiritual pride is kept down.omeone else, spiritual pride is kept down.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Teachers gather disciples by (1) their gen … Teachers gather disciples by (1) their generosity; (2) the fact that their teachings are attuned to the minds of their disciples; (3) their ability to introduce disciples to the practice leading to liberation; and (4) the fact that they themselves practice what they preach.they themselves practice what they preach.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Teachers of Zur family lineage. Many Nyingmapa teachers of the tenth to twelfth centuries belonged to this clan. They were renowned for both their knowledge and their attainments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Teaching ('' 'chad-pa''), debate (''rtsod-pa'') and composition (''rtsom-pa''). 731)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Teaching, debating, and writing or, more properly, composing.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Teachings and sacred objects concealed by … Teachings and sacred objects concealed by Guru Rinpoche and other enlightened beings, to be revealed later, at a time when they would be most beneficial. The Terma teachings are com-posed in the symbolic letters of the dakinis, or other writing, and consist sometimes of a few words, sometimes of an entire text. The Treasures were concealed in the nature of the elements—water, rocks, etc.—or in the minds of the disciples. When they were with Guru Rinpoche, these disciples fully realized the meaning of these teachings and are for this reason the only ones who can rediscover them in the course of subsequent incar-nations. The purpose of the symbolic script is in fact to awaken in the terton's mind the memory of the teaching entrusted to him or her by Guru Rinpoche. entrusted to him or her by Guru Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (Teachings based on the Buddhist scriptures. Also called scriptural dharma or the teachings of the Tripiṭaka.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Teachings intended to lead unrealized beings toward the truth of the ultimate (or definitive) teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Teachings of buddha body, speech, and mind as described in Longchenpa's Dzogchen tradition: (1) the vajra represents Dharmakaya, (2) a four-digit-size book represents Sambhogakaya, and (3) a buddha image represents Nirmanakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Teachings that are especially pithy or explicit, often concerning the absolute nature. ''Red'' can mean exposed or naked or essential.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Teachings that are especially pithy or explicit, often concerning the absolute nature. ''Red'' can mean exposed or naked or essential.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Teachings which directly express the way things are from the point of view of realized beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Teachings, for example on the four noble t … Teachings, for example on the four noble truths, the aggregates, dhatus, and so forth, which, insofar as they do not express the ultimate truth, are of provisional validity only. They are nevertheless indispensable in that their purpose is to lead unrealized beings gradually along the path, bringing them to greater understanding and final accomplishment.er understanding and final accomplishment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Temple name. East Asian Buddhist temples traditionally have both a temple name and a mountain name, sangō. 108n. 64)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Temporary obscurations caused by (1) disturbing emotions (nyon mongs); and (2) mistaken views about phenomena (phyin ci log).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Ten factors related to the visualization of wrathful deities: 1-8) eight charnel ground ornaments, 9) fire of wisdom, and 10) vajra swings. [TN 85])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (Text written in symbolic letters, said to be used by the dakinis, which can only be read by certain treasure revealers (tertöns).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (Texts, objects or substances hidden by an enlightened master, to be revealed in future times by predestined individuals called Treasure Revealers (''gter ston'').)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Textual outline.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (That aspect of the teachings and practice, based on the Buddha’s second turning of the wheel of the Dharma and the teachings of Nāgārjuna and his followers, that stress the profound view of emptiness. See also extensive aspect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (That branch of the Kagyü lineage that traces back to Gampopa through Tüsum Khyenpa, the first Karmapa. The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyü. ''See also'' Afterword: The Lineage and Its Teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (That portion of the Buddhist Tripiṭaka that deals with monastic discipline and Buddhist ethics in general.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (That portion of the Buddhist canon that deals with monastic discipline and ethics in general.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (That type of transcendent or supramundane knowledge possessed by the Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which accords with the former (and not the latter) alternative.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which accords with the latter (and not the former) alternative.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (That which appears to the eyes of each ind … That which appears to the eyes of each individual according to one's tendencies or spiritual development. There are three types of perception: (1) The deluded perceptions that arise in the consciousness of beings of the six realms due to misunderstanding are called the impure deluded perceptions of the universe and beings. (2) The perceptions of interdependence, magical illusions, corresponding to the eight similes of illusion that one does not apprehend as real; these are the perceptions of the bodhisattvas of the ten levels in their post-meditation state. (3) The authentic, perfect perceptions of wisdom; when one has realized the natural state of everything, beings and the universe appear as the display of the kayas and wisdoms.r as the display of the kayas and wisdoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which arises subsequently.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which assists or aids the arising of its specific result. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 32–33.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which brings out, inductor.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (That which comprises the “person”： form, scnsations, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (That which does not depend on causes or conditions for its existence, and which does not change in any way during the course of its existence. Space and '''emptiness''' are two prime examples of the unconditioned in most Buddhist traditions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (That which functions independently. Characteristic reasoning of the Svātantrika Madhyamaka system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which has not yet given fruit.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (That which impedes awakening. On the Mahāy … That which impedes awakening. On the Mahāyāna path, two veils are removed: the veil of afflictions (''kleśavaraṇa, nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa''), consisting of the mental afflictions such as desire, anger, and so forth, and the cognitive veil (''jñeyāvaraṇa, shes bya'i sgrib pa''), consisting of the latencies and residues of the afflictions. By removing the first, one attains liberation from samsara, and by removing the second, the omniscient state of buddhahood.econd, the omniscient state of buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which is exceedingly obstructive (a= atyartham, 'exceedingly'; gha=hanti<br> 'strike/obstruct'; atyarthaṃ hanti hanyate ceti agham); <br>i.e., agglomerated obstructive matter.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (That which is overcome by reasoning or meditation on the path (e.g., false conceptions of true existence).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which is produced by its specific cau … That which is produced by its specific causes by their own power; that is, the results of karma that mature environmentally. Also translated as "dominated result," "environmental result," "resulting influence," or "general result of the force." For more related to the definition, see Mind and Its World III Sourcebook 2007, 33–34. For specific instances, see chapter 6 of Gampopa's Ornament of Liberation. Gyaltsen 1998, 113–16; and Holmes 1994, 75–81.tsen 1998, 113–16; and Holmes 1994, 75–81.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (That which is to be eliminated by means of … That which is to be eliminated by means of a given path. The discards to be eliminated by means of the path of seeing are the mental afflictions and their seeds. The discards to be eliminated through the path of cultivation are the imprints or latencies of these afflictions.mprints or latencies of these afflictions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (That which pertains to (/belongs) to Self (ātman).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which primarily produces a consciousness with the aspect of itself as its specific result. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 33–34.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which primarily produces its specific result by its own power. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 33–34.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which primarily produces mere clear and aware consciousness. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 32–33.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which primarily produces the continuum of its own substance as its specific result. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 19–22.)