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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "sacred pledges, precepts or commitmen … The "sacred pledges, precepts or commitments" of Vajrayana practice. Essentially, samayas consist of: outwardly, maintaining harmonious relationship with the vajra master and one's Dharma friends; and inwardly, not straying from the continuity of the practice. At the end of a chapter, the single word SAMAYA is an oath that confirms that what has been stated is true.onfirms that what has been stated is true.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "source of phenomena." This is depicte … The "source of phenomena." This is depicted as the tantric symbol of a triangle, which also represents the female genitalia. A more elaborate form is the crossed triangles forming a six-pointed star, representing an aerial view of an inverted pyramid containing the deity, which is upon a triangular base. dhātu (khams). "Element," which can refer to buddha nature, the quintessential nature of the mind, and also to the elements of sensory perception of which there are eighteen: the six consciousnesses (the five sensory consciousnesses and the mental); the six sensory organs, including the faculty of the mind; and the six objects of perception, including mental phenomena of perception, including mental phenomena)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "truth body" of a buddha, in contradis … The "truth body" of a buddha, in contradistinction to a buddhas corporeal form body (rüpakāya). Dharmakāya originally referred to the teachings themselves, which remained as the Buddhas presence or body even after his form body was gone. As the term evolved, it came to be a synonym for ultimate reality, or emptiness, and the realization of these in the mind of a buddhaalization of these in the mind of a buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "vajra vehicle." The practices of taking the result as the path. See also Secret Mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The "vajra vehicle." The practices of taking the result as the path. Synonymous with secret mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The "way it is," synonymous with nature of existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The "way of mantra"; a synonym for tantra, the esoteric vehicle of Mahayana Buddhism)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The "winds" or energy currents of the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The "winds" or energy-currents of the vajra body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The ''Vajramālā'' is an important explanatory tantra on the view and methods associated with the ''Guhyasamāja'' tantric cycle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The ''mandala'', or "sacred circle," is a … The ''mandala'', or "sacred circle," is a central image within the Vajrayana Buddhism of Tibet. In Vajrayana rites, the ''mandala'' is a geometrically delineated circle or three-dimensional "palace" that represents the cosmos when seen from an enlightened viewpoint. The principal tantric deity of the ritual is depicted at the center of the ''mandala'', while his or her retinue are typically stationed at the four primary and four intermediate directions, and in other locations, around the periphery. in other locations, around the periphery.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The ''ngöndro'' are the four (in the Nying … The ''ngöndro'' are the four (in the Nyingma, five) Vajrayana "preliminary practices" that are commonly done in preparation for full initiation into the ''vajra'', or tantric, vehicle. The ''ngöndro'' include one hundred thousand repetitions each of: full-body prostrations, including refuge formula; the 108-syllable mantra of the deity Vajrasattva; offerings of one's body, speech, and mind to the lineage; and the mantra of one's guru known as guru yoga. In the Nyingma, the first of the four ''ngöndro'' may be divided into two separate practices of prostrations and recitations of the refuge formula, making five ''ngöndro'' in all. Each of the practices is accompanied by a visualization, ''mudras'', and ''mantras'' or other utterances.as'', and ''mantras'' or other utterances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The ''paramitas'' are Mahayana practices c … The ''paramitas'' are Mahayana practices carried out by bodhisattvas for the benefit of others on the long road (through three incalculable eons of rebirths) to the complete and perfect enlightenment of a world-redeeming buddha. In the most common listing, they include generosity, discipline, exertion, patience, meditation, and ''prajnaparamita'', or transcendent knowledge. The first five ''paramitas'' are considered relative practices that one carries out, while the sixth is the ultimate ''paramita'' of the realization of emptiness, or ''shunyata''.realization of emptiness, or ''shunyata''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The ''paramitas'', or transcendent perfect … The ''paramitas'', or transcendent perfections, are six activities that form the practice of the bodhisattva path: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom. It is said that the five first paramitas are all meant to accomplish the sixth, the perfection of wisdom. ''Paramita'' literally means "gone to the other shore," having transcended samsara and attained nirvana. Compared to ordinary "perfections," they are said to be transcendent inasmuch as their practice is free from grasping at the notions of subject, object, and action.he notions of subject, object, and action.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The ''prātimokṣa'' (''so-thar''), [[bodhisattva]] vows (''byang-sems-kyi sdom-pa'', Skt. ''bodhisattvasaṃvara'') and mantra vows (''gsang-sngags-kyi dam-tshig'', Skt. ''samaya''). 78, 300, 302, 827, 831, 861)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The ''āyatanas'' are ‘doors’ through which … The ''āyatanas'' are ‘doors’ through which consciousness arises. They consist of the six inner sense powers (i.e. the five sense faculties plus the mind) and their six corresponding objects (i.e. form, sound, odour, taste, tangible objects and phenomena or objects of mental consciousness).omena or objects of mental consciousness).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The 'I' which is superimposed on the aggregates, as opposed to the ‘permanent I' imputed mainly by Hindu schools.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The 'True Man'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The 'great spiritual pursuit' of the Bodhisattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The 'having fully known' faculty; the last … The 'having fully known' faculty; the last of three outflow-free cognitive faculties. It exercises predominance with regard to the state of bliss in the present. In the acquisition of the arhat-fruit, it constitutes the path of liberation. —►anājñātamājñāsyāmīndriyalt;br> the path of liberation. —►anājñātamājñāsyāmīndriya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The 'lesser spiritual pursuit' of the Shravaka and the Pratyekabuddha aimed at one's personal liberation alone.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The 'predominantly distracted type' of personality. The meditation to counteract this is ānāpānasmṛti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The 'predominantly greedy type' of personality. The meditation to counteract this is aśubhā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The 'relinking thought’; i.e., the consciousness that enters the mother’s womb at the time of rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The (1) Vinaya, (2) Sutra, and (3) Abhidharma collections of the Buddhist Canon.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The (four) primary characteristics.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The (universal) nature of the ārya-mārga; one of the unconditioned dharma-s of some schools.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The 253 prātimokṣa vows, the eighteen root and fortysix auxiliary bodhisattva vows, and the fourteen root and eight auxiliary tantric vows.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The 253 vows of a fully ordained monk in t … The 253 vows of a fully ordained monk in the Mulasarvastivadan school of the Vinaya are broadly divided into five categories or classes: (1) the four defeats, (2) the thirteen remainders, (3) the one hundred twenty downfalls, (4) the four matters to be confessed individually, and (5) the one hundred twelve misdeeds., and (5) the one hundred twelve misdeeds.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The 25th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhun … The 25th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' and master of Nangzher Löpo. He reached the Body of the Great Transfer (''‘pho ba chen po'i sku'') and is responsible, together with his disciple, for the codification of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' into written form. ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' into written form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The 26th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhun … The 26th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'', he is said to have played a key-role in the protection of the teachings of Zhangzhung from the persecution launched by king Trisong Detsen. Together with his master Tapihritsa, he is responsible for the written codification of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' in the 8th century.''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' in the 8th century.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The 42 peaceful and 58 wrathful deities. The are often related to the after-death experience of the ''bardo'' state. The details are found in the ''Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The Abhidharma basket of the Buddhist canon.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The Age of True Dharma, in which enlighten … The Age of True Dharma, in which enlightenment, practice, and teaching all exist. According to this theory, which was popular in Dōgen's time, in the Semblance Age, zōhō only practice and teaching are available, and in the Latter Age, mappō (considered to have already arrived), only the teaching persists. Dōgen sometimes uses this theory of Buddhist history as an exhortation, but elsewhere discounts it, affirming that the whole of buddha's practice and enlightenment is always available. 118n. 13nlightenment is always available. 118n. 13)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Anu Yoga scripture renowned as Gongdū.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Base (''gzhi'') of all (''kun'') manif … The Base (''gzhi'') of all (''kun'') manifestations of Samsara and Nirvana. Not to be confounded with the consciousness of the Universal Base (''kun gzhi rnam shes'') which corresponds to ''alayavijñāna'', the consciousness store of all karmic impregnations.ousness store of all karmic impregnations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Bodhisattva Maitreya compiled the sutr … The Bodhisattva Maitreya compiled the sutras of the third turning of the wheel, composed the five treatises named after him (which establish the view of "emptiness of other," ''gzhan stong''), and taught them to Asanga. Asanga further wrote ''Five Treatises on the Grounds (sa de lnga)'' and other works, while his brother Vasubandhu, after embracing the Mahayana, composed eight ''prakaranas'', or explanatory texts. These are the source of the tradition of Vast Activities, which expounds the teaching on the budclha nature and the Bodhisattva bhumis, and so on. This tradition was upheld and propagated by such masters as Dignaga, Dharmakirti, and Chandragomin. The ritual of the vow, and practice of bodhichitta, according to this tradition was introduced to Tibet by Atisha.adition was introduced to Tibet by Atisha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The Bodhisattva considered to be the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas. He is also regarded as the sambhogakaya for the threefold grouping in which Amitabha is the dharmakaya and Guru Padmasambhava is the nirmanakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Bodhisattva who personifies the Mind of all the Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The Bodhisattva whose name means "love" and who, after the demise of Buddhist traditions, will incarnate as the Buddha who revives them.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Bodhisattvas Manjushri, Avalokita, and Vajrapani. In this context, the three Families are respectively those of the Buddha's Body, Speech, and Mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Body used by the Buddha Tönpa Shenrab and other Buddhas to manifest on this plane of existence. In the restricted context of Thögel meditation, this Body refers to all the visionary marvels that form the natural display of Awareness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Brahmakāyika or Stratum of Brahmā (''t … The Brahmakāyika or Stratum of Brahmā (''tshangs-ns-pa''), Brahmapurohita or Priest Brahmā (''tshangs-pa mdun-na 'don'') and Mahābrahmā or Great Brahmā (''tshangs-pa chen-po''), all of which are the levels realised through the first concentration (''bsam-gtang dang-po''). 14, 61entration (''bsam-gtang dang-po''). 14, 61)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Buddha Shakyamuni gave teachings on th … The Buddha Shakyamuni gave teachings on three different levels, referred to as the three turnings of the Dharma wheel. On the first occasion at Sarnath, he expounded the doctrine of the four noble truths. Later, at Vulture Peak, he set forth the doctrine of emptiness subsequently recorded in the Prajnaparamita sutras. Finally, on various occasions, he gave teachings on the Tathagatagarbha, the buddha nature, such as are recorded in the ''Sandhinirmochana'' and other sutras.the ''Sandhinirmochana'' and other sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Buddha as "Healer," also called the "Medicine Buddha.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The Buddha as the teacher, the Dharma as what he taught, and the Sangha as those who help one along the path. The Sangha is divided into three groups: the lay sangha, the ordained sangha, and the bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The Buddha in human form. Originally used to refer to Śākyamuni Buddha. It often refers to the sambhogakāya and nirmāṇakāya together. In vajrayāna, it can refer to any enlightened being, anyone who embodies and manifests the essence of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The Buddha nature, the potential for Buddhahood, present in the mind of every sentient being.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The Buddha of Infinite Light.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The Buddha of Infinite Light.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Buddha of our time, who lived around the fifth century b.c)