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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "full enjoyment embodiment" of an enlightened being, which is accessible only to āryabodhisattvas and buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "full-lotus" seated posture,with the left foot upon the right thigh and the right foot upon the left thigh.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "further Dharma." This set of teaching … The "further Dharma." This set of teachings attempts to give an analytic overview of the foundation and worldview of Buddhism. It is primarily concemed with the constituents of mental activity and their relationship to the process of attaining enlightenment but it also includes descriptions of cosmology and the constituents of the external world. In Tibet, the texts of Vasubandhu and Asaṅga form the basis for the study of Abhidharmaform the basis for the study of Abhidharma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "great perfection"; according to the N … The "great perfection"; according to the Nyingma lineage, the highest of the nine ''yanas'', or vehicles, of practice and realization. Dzogchen contains two major facets, ''trekchö'', "cutting through," and ''tögel'', "crossing over." ''Trekchö'' refers to the cultivation of a mind that is utterly empty and without any constraints, limitations, or preoccupations. ''Tögel'' refers to the practice of relating to appearance as a vehicle of immediate liberation.ance as a vehicle of immediate liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "great seal," which is a synonym for emptiness, the absolute space of phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "great symbol," the epitome of realiza … The "great symbol," the epitome of realization in the schools (Sakya, Kagyü, Gelug) that arose during the second spreading of Buddhism in Tibet (from the tenth to the end of the twelfth century). Mahamudra points to the union of appearance and emptiness in the realized state: ''mudra'' indicates appearance, the phenomena that arise within awareness, while ''maha'' indicates their utter emptiness — the fact that they are utterly beyond any formulation or conceptualization. Mahamudra is often divided into Ground Mahamudra (the inherent purity of awareness within all beings), Path Mahamudra (the practices through which the realization of Mahamudra is cultivated), and Fruition Mahamudra (enlightenment).), and Fruition Mahamudra (enlightenment).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "great vehicle," the genre of Buddhism practiced in Tibet. ''See'' three yanas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "highest"; the realm of Vajradhara, the dharmakaya buddha. For a discussion of the various types of Akanishtha, see Gyurme Dorje's forthcoming translation of Longchen Rabjam's Phyogs bCu Mun Sel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The "inner fire" that is aroused in the practice of the inner yogas, an important domain of practice in Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The "intrinsic identifiability" of anythin … The "intrinsic identifiability" of anything. The ordinary mind compartmentalizes its experience into objects appearing as independent entities. The inherent lack of identity in persons and things constitutes voidness, which is their true mode of existence.ss, which is their true mode of existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "lamp" located at the heart and included among the six lamps discussed in the teachings on the direct crossing over. See CM 423, VS 590-91, VE 424.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "lesser way," a term that appeared in … The "lesser way," a term that appeared in conjunction with the Mahayana ("great way"). Though yāna is more properly "a way," it was translated into Tibetan as theg pa meaning "vehicle." Both terms originate in the Lotus Sutra, where carriages or vehicles are used as an analogy for the ways, and the Hīnayāna is said to be "lesser" in terms of its goal of individual liberation as opposed to the Mahayana aspiration to emancipate all beings from suffering. The Hīnayāna encompasses both the śrāvaka and pratyekabuddha vehiclesth the śrāvaka and pratyekabuddha vehicles)