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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (That which primarily produces, as its specific result, something that is not the continuum of its own substance. See Mind and Its World II Sourcebook 2007, 19–22.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (That which spins, or moves in circles, referring specifically to the cycle of suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (That which transcends questioning. If the truth IS not absolute it is a lie.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Thatness, the nature of each and every phenomenon, emptiness beyond all conceptual constructions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The "Blessed One," epithet of the Buddha. The Tibetan term literally means conquering (''bcom''), possessing [qualities] (''ldan''), and being transcendent ('''das'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "Enlightened" or "Awakened One," who h … The "Enlightened" or "Awakened One," who has completely abandoned all obscurations and perfected every good quality. A perfected bodhisattva after attaining true and complete enlightenment is known as a buddha. The Buddha generally referred to is Shakyamuni Buddha, the buddha of this era, who lived in India during the sixth century B.C. There have been innumerable buddhas in past aeons, who manifested the way to enlightenment. In the current Good Aeon, there will be one thousand buddhas, of which Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth. of which Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "Ever-Excellent One." (i) The primordial dharmakaya buddha. (2) The bodhisattva Samantabhadra, who is used as the example for the perfection of increasing an offering infinitely.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "Ever-Weeping" bodhisattva of a past aeon used as an example for unwavering devotion and perseverance. He is mentioned in the prajnaparamita scriptures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The "Gentle, Glorious, and Melodic One" or, alternately, the "Gentle, Glorious, and Youthful One"; a bodhisattva and yidam deity that personifies perfect knowledge. [TD 888])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The "Goddess of Learning and Eloquence" in both the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. She appears several times in these namtar and was the special tutelary deity of the First Panchen, Losang Chökyi Gyeltsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The "Great Vehicle" Buddhist traditions, associated with the '''Bodhisattva''' vow, practiced today in Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "Great Vehicle," by which one proceeds to the state of the perfect enlightenment of a buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "Great Way" or the "Great Vehicle," a … The "Great Way" or the "Great Vehicle," a term that is first propagated by the Lotus Sutra to demonstrate the superiority of itself but later used retrospectively on various earlier sutras. Ihe Sanskrit word predominantly means "way," but the Tibetan translation has favored the meaning "vehicle." In India, the Mahayana was not a discrete school of Buddhism but was comprised of a wide variety of teachings that appeared within the existing traditions. The Mahayana is characterized primarily by altruistic aspiration and vast activities of its bodhisattva ideal, but it came to be associated particularly with the Cittamātra and Madhyamaka philosophical schoolsmātra and Madhyamaka philosophical schools)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The "Lord Who Sees"; name of the bodhisattva who embodies the speech and compassion of all the buddhas and who is sometimes referred to as ''Lokeshvara'', the Lord of the World. The sambhogakaya emanation of Buddha Amitabha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The "Lord who Sees," name of the Bodhisattva who embodies the speech and compassion of all the Buddhas; the Sambhogakaya emanation of the Buddha Amitabha; sometimes referred to as Lokeshvara, the Lord of the World.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The "Loving One," one of the eight Close Sons of the Buddha and a tenth-ground Bodhisattva. He resides in the Tushita heaven as the Buddha's regent and will appear on earth as the next Buddha of this Fortunate Kalpa. ''See also'' Asanga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "Loving One," the bodhisattva regent of Buddha Shakyamuni, presently residing in the Tushita heaven until he becomes the fifth buddha of this kalpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "Mani," the mantra of Avalokiteshvara: Om Mani Padme Hung.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perf … The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perfection or pāramitā, (''see'' Six pāramitās), or the goddess associated with transcendent intelligence, the Great Mother, Yum Chenmo. It also refers to the Mahāyāna sutras and teachings expounding the doctrine of śūnyatā, the emptiness of phenomena. These include ''The Heart Sutra'', the ''Eight Thousand'', the ''Twenty-Five Thousand'', and the ''One Hundred Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others.red Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perf … The "Perfection of Wisdom," the sixth perfection or pāramitā, (''see'' Six pāramitās), or the goddess associated with transcendent intelligence, the Great Mother, Yum Chenmo. It also refers to the Mahāyāna sutras and teachings expounding the doctrine of śūnyatā, the emptiness of phenomena. These include ''The Heart Sutra'', the ''Eight Thousand'', the ''Twenty-Five Thousand'', and the ''One Hundred Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others.red Thousand Verse'' sutras, among others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "Precious Master," refers to Padmakara, Padmasambhava.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The "Supreme Horse," a horse-headed yidam of the Mahāyoga class.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The "Supreme Horse," a horse-headed yidam of the Mahāyoga class.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "Translated Words" of Buddha Shakyamuni. The Buddhist canon of about 108 volumes of scriptures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "Unexcelled Continuity" by Maitreya. Translated and published as The Chan~eless Nature (Karma Drubgyud Darjay Ling, 1985) and as Buddha Nature: Oral Teachings by Thrangu Rinpoche (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1988).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "Vajra Vehicle" is the path of tantra, … The "Vajra Vehicle" is the path of tantra, and is synonomous with the Mantrayāna. Vārānasī. The oldest city of northeast India on the Gangetic plain, once the capital of its own small kingdom and known by various names. It was a religious center even during the time of the Buddha center even during the time of the Buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The "afflictive, defiling emotions," especially those forces primarily active in the production of ''saṃsāric'' states: greed, hatred, and ignorance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "all-good," ultimate, ''dharmakaya'' buddha in the Nyingma tradition, depicted as naked and dark blue in color, often in union with his consort Samantabhadri, who is depicted as white in color.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The "bodies" of perfect enlightenment. A b … The "bodies" of perfect enlightenment. A buddha's awakening has three levels of manifestation, which are known as the three kāyas. These are (1) the dharmakāya, or dharma-body (Tib. ''chos sku''), which is a buddha's perfect realization of ultimate reality and is not perceptible by others; (2) the saṃbhogakāya, or body of enjoyment (Tib. ''longs sku''), which is the pure manifestation of this realisation in forms perceptible by bodhisattvas on the highest level of realisation; and (3) the nirmāṇakaya, or emanation body (Tib. ''sprul sku''), which is the manifestation of enlightenment accessible to ordinary beings. Sometimes a fourth kāya is added to this list, the svabhāvikakāya, or essence body (Tib. ''ngo bo nyid kyi sku''), which refers to the inseparability of the three other kāyas.e inseparability of the three other kāyas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "body of perfect enjoyment." In the co … The "body of perfect enjoyment." In the context of the five kayas of fruition, sambhogakaya is the semimanifest form of the buddhas endowed with the five perfections of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching, and time, which are perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the ten levels. See also Three kayas.s on the ten levels. See also Three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "body of perfect enjoyment." Of the fi … The "body of perfect enjoyment." Of the five kayas of fruition, this is the semimanifest form of the buddhas endowed with the five perfections of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching, and time, which is perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the ten bhumis. See also Three kayas.s on the ten bhumis. See also Three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "body of perfect enjoyment." One of th … The "body of perfect enjoyment." One of the three, four, or five kayas. The sambhogakaya should be understood in terms of ground, path, and fruition. The sambhogakaya of ground is the mind's innate capacity for knowing. The sambhogakaya of path is that as well as the luminous nature of bliss, clarity, and non thought. The sambhogakaya of fruition is defined as the five perfections: The perfect teacher is the fully enlightened buddha in a rainbow body adorned with the thirty-two major and eighty minor marks of excellence. The perfect retinue is the bodhisattvas on the ten bhumis. The perfect place is the pure realms of the five families. The perfect teaching is Mahayana and Vajrayana. The perfect time is the "perpetual circle of continuity."e is the "perpetual circle of continuity.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "body of truth" or "body of reality." ''See'' three bodies of the buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "conceptually immeasurable abode" of a deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "created body." ''See'' three bodies of the buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "diamond seat" under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, where Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "diamond seat" under the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya where Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "diamond seat" under the bodhi tree in Bodhgaya where Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "enlightened embodiment of truth," which is the mind of the buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "essence body," sometimes counted as the fourth kaya, the unity of the first three.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "essence body." Sometimes counted as the fourth kaya. It is the unity of the first three.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "evil one" who attempted, at the last … The "evil one" who attempted, at the last minute, to dissuade Shakyamuni Buddha from completing his quest for enlightenment. Mara is the personification of the forces of ignorance that keep sentient beings enmeshed in samsara. In the developed tradition, Mara is said to have four primary forms: He manifests as the five ''skandhas''; the lord of death; the defiling emotions (''kleshas''); and as divine beings who carry out his biddings. divine beings who carry out his biddings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "expedient meaning" refers to conventional teachings on karma, path, and result, which are designed to lead the practitioner to the "definitive meaning," the insight into emptiness, suchness, and buddha nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "extraordinary yoga," which is equivalent to the Great Perfection, or Dzokchen, the pinnacle of the nine spiritual vehicles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "fleshy citta lamp,"located at the heart. See CM 423, VE 424.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "followers of the sutras," an Indian Buddhist tradition that rejected the canonical status of the Abhidharma. This tradition, like the Vaibhāsikas, was within the Sarvastivāda school and continued developing through the first millennium)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "form body" composed of sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya.)