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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The Buddha's doctrine, the teachings trans … The Buddha's doctrine, the teachings transmitted in the scriptures, and the qualities of realization attained through their practice. Note that the Sanskrit word dharma has ten principal meanings, including "anything that can be known." Vasubandhu defines the Dharma, in its Buddhist sense, as the "protective dharma" (chos skyobs): "It corrects ( 'chos) every one of the enemies, the afflictive emotions; and it protects (skyobs) us from the lower realms: these two characteristics are absent from other spiritual traditions."e absent from other spiritual traditions.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Buddha's doctrine; the teachings trans … The Buddha's doctrine; the teachings transmitted in the scriptures and the qualities of realization attained through their practice. Note that the Sanskrit word dharma has ten principal meanings, including “anything that can be known.” Vasubandhu defines the Dharma, in its Buddhist sense, as the “protective dharma” (chos skyobs): “It corrects ('chos) every one of the enemies, the afflictive emotions; and it protects (skyobs) us from the lower realms: these two characteristics are absent from other spiritual traditions.”e absent from other spiritual traditions.”)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The Buddha's second turning of the wheel of Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The Buddha's teachings correspond to three levels: the hīnayāna, the mahāyāna and the vajrayāna with each set being one turning of the wheel of dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The Buddha's teachings correspond to three levels: the hĩnayāna, the mahāyāna, and the vajrayāna with each set being one turning.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The Buddha's teachings; sometimes dharma can mean phenomena or mental objects as well as attributes or qualities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha in whom one takes refuge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The Buddha, often called the Gautama Buddha, who is the latest Buddha and lived between 563 and 483 B. C.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Buddha, the "sage of the Śākyas." As the Buddha was from the Śākya clan and had gained enlightenment through his own contemplation, he became known as the muni of Śākya, or Śākyamuni)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The Buddha, the Dharma (Doctrine), and the Sangha (Assembly of disciples and practitioners). These are the three objects of refuge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, the latter consisting of the spiritual community of those who have attained the grounds of realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Taking refuge in the Three Jewels marks the entry into the Buddhist path and distinguishes one as a Buddhist.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Spiritual Community (Sangha), in which a Buddhist takes refuge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Buddha-field of Guru Padmasambhava in Ngayab. See Ngayab)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Buddhas cousin, who became his attendant for the last twenty years of his life and eventually succeeded to the position of the head of the Buddhist tradition as its second patriarch, after the death of Mahākāśyapa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Buddhas first five pupils. They are sa … The Buddhas first five pupils. They are said to have been his followers while he practiced asceticism but abandoned him when he rejected that path. After his enlightenment, they became his followers once more. They feature in stories of previous lives of the Buddha but do not play a prominent role after this initial year of his teachingle after this initial year of his teaching)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Buddhas personal name. It means literally "goal accomplished.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The Buddhas teaching of: dharma realism through Hinayana sutras at Sarnath; emptiness through the perfection of wisdom sutras on the Vulture Peak at Rājagrha; and mind-only and/or buddha nature through various sutras at Mount Malaya and/or Vaiśālī.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The Buddha’s doctrine; the teachings trans … The Buddha’s doctrine; the teachings transmitted in the scriptures and the qualities of realization attained through their practice. Note that the Sanskrit word ''dharma'' has ten principal meanings, including “anyhing that can be known.” Vasubandhu defines the Dharma, in its Buddhist sense, as the “protective dharma” (''chos skyobs''): “It corrects (''’chos'') everyone of the enemies, the defilements; and it protects (''skyobs'') us from the lower realms; these two characteristics are absent from other spiritual traditions.re absent from other spiritual traditions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The Buddhist canon, or Tripiṭaka, consisting of the Sūtra, Vinaya, and Abhidharma ''piṭakas''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The Buddhist community. In the strictest a … The Buddhist community. In the strictest and probably earliest sense, ''sangha'' refers to the group of highly realized beings whom we may supplicate in our practice. The term also refers to specific monastic communities and their ordained membership. Next, ''sangha'' can indicate the members of a particular community of disciples of a certain teacher. Finally, and most broadly, ''sangha'' indicates the entire collection of those who have taken refuge and are considered Buddhists.taken refuge and are considered Buddhists.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The Buddhist monastic community.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The Buddhist scriptures on monastic discipline and moral conduct and the code of conduct they teach.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The Buddhist scriptures on monastic discipline and moral conduct and the code of conduct they teach.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The Buddhist teachings are divided into words of the Buddha (the sūtras) and the commentaries by others on the Buddha's works (śāstras).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The Buddhist teachings are often classifie … The Buddhist teachings are often classified into two divisions, which represent two approaches to enlightenment, the Sūtra Vehicle and the Vajra Vehicle. The former is often referred to as the "Causal Vehicle" because, in this tradition, practice consists of assembling the causes that will lead to the attainment of liberation. This vehicle is further divided into the Vehicles of the Listeners and Solitary Buddhas (which comprise the Lesser Vehicle) and the Vehicle of the Bodhisattvas (the Great Vehicle).c of the Bodhisattvas (the Great Vehicle).c)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The Buddhist teachings are often divided into the sūtras (the teachings of the Buddha), the vinaya (teachings on conduct) and the abhidharma (the analysis of phenomena).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (The Buddhist tradition that asserts that all beings can attain enlightenment. It strongly emphasizes the development of compassion and the altruistic intention.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Buddhist vow and ritual of fasting and other forms of abstinence for a prescribed period of time.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The Chinese style robes, with separate pieces for top and bottom, respectively, worn beneath the okesa. In use until replaced by the one-piece jikitotsu in the twelfth century. 78n. 17)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The Compendium of the Mahāyāna (section 46 … The Compendium of the Mahāyāna (section 46) states that the latent tendencies for listening are the cause of the dharmakāya or supramundane mind. The Oral Teaching of the Great Lotsāwa (19) remarks that "the latent tendencies for listening" is a term used for the pure state of the ālaya and that they are the substantial cause for the dharmakāya attained by bodhisattvas. In his Commentary on "The Ornament of Clear Realization," Mikyö Dorje (211) states that the latent tendencies for listening are also called undefiled seeds (zag med so bon), which are deposited within the ālaya wisdom. He (213) explains: "The latent tendencies for listening are what enable us to listen to the buddhas'speech (with its twelve branches). They are the potential (nus pa) of undefiled cognition, which engages by virtue of dharmatā. This quality (cha) of capacity is given the name "latent tendencies for listening, which rely upon awakening."" For more of Mikyö Dorje's explanations, see Brunnhölzl 2010, 185–86 and 431–33. See also Brunnhölzl 2009, 429n295; Schmithausen 1987, 79–80; and Waldron 2003, 153–54, 235n54, and 236n55. Waldron 2003, 153–54, 235n54, and 236n55.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The December eighth commemoration of Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment, in the modern era the culmination of the year's most intense seven days sesshin, commonly called rahatsu sesshin. 192n. 74)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The Desire, Form, and Formless Realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Dharma protectors fulfill the enlighte … The Dharma protectors fulfill the enlightened activities of the lama in protecting the teaching from being diluted and its transmission from being disturbed or distorted. Protectors are sometimes emanations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, and sometimes spirits, gods, or demons who have been subjugated by a great spiritual master and bound under oathreat spiritual master and bound under oath)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The Dharma protectors guard the teachings … The Dharma protectors guard the teachings from being diluted and their transmission from being disturbed or distorted. Protectors are sometimes emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas and sometimes spirits, gods, or demons that have been subjugated by a great spiritual master and bound under oath.eat spiritual master and bound under oath.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Dharma treasures concealed chiefly by Guru Rinpoche to be discoyered in the future by a tertön, a treasure revealer.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Dhyani Buddha of the Tathagata Family, … The Dhyani Buddha of the Tathagata Family, corresponding to the wisdom of all-embracing space, which is the pure nature of the aggregate of form and affliction of bewilderment, and is linked with the spontaneous accomplishment of the four enlightened activities. See five Families enlightened activities. See five Families)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Dhyani Buddha of the Tathagata family corresponding to the aggregate of form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Doctrine, or corpus of teachings given … The Doctrine, or corpus of teachings given by the Buddha and other enlightened beings, which shows the path to Awakening. It has two aspects: the Dharma of transmission, namely the scriptures and teachings, and the Dharma of realization, the qualities re-sulting from the spiritual practice.es re-sulting from the spiritual practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Dynamism of the Natural State is the expression of one's real nature arising as sounds (sgra), lights (''‘od'') and rays (''zer'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The Dzogchen Mind Class scriptures that were translated by Vairotsana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Dzogchen practice of Clear-Light (''‘o … The Dzogchen practice of Clear-Light (''‘od gsal''), centered around six key-points involving special postures, gazes, breathing techniques, etc. During this practice, one is confronted with Four Visions (''snang ba bzhi'') which are signs indicating the intensity of our integration of Awareness (''rig pa''), these visions being variously intensified manifestations of the glow of Awareness (''rig pa'i gdangs''). This practice leads ultimately to the 16th stage of the Path and to the Fruit of the Rainbow Body ('' 'ja' lus'').Fruit of the Rainbow Body ('' 'ja' lus'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Dzogchen word for our enlightened essence in its naked state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The EIGHT GREAT ACCOMPLISHED MASTERS. 470, 757, 791)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOCTRINAL COMPONENTS. 925.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The ELEVEN LEVELS OF A BUDDHA, to which ar … The ELEVEN LEVELS OF A BUDDHA, to which are added the following: (12) Unattached Lotus Endowed (''ma-chags padma-can-gyi sa''); (13) Great Cloud Mass of Rotating Syllables (''yi-ge 'khor-lo tshogs-chen-gyi sa''); (14) Great Contemplation (''ting-nge-'dzin chen-po''); (15) Holder of Indestructible Reality (''rdo-rje-'dzin-gyi sa''); (16) Unsurpassed Pristine Cognition (''ye-shes bla-ma'i sa''). 84ne Cognition (''ye-shes bla-ma'i sa''). 84)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Essence of Secrets, the Forty Magical … The Essence of Secrets, the Forty Magical Nets, the Unsurpassable Magical Net, the Leulag Magical Net, the Eightfold Magical Net, the Magical Net of the Goddess, the Magical Net in Eighty Chapters, and the Magical Net of Manjushri. In his Essence of Accomplishment (p. 6A:Ą), Mipham Rinpoche explains that the view in the Eight Maya Sections belongs to Ati Yoga, while the conduct they teach belongs to Mahayoga. For that reason they are sometimes said to be classified in between as Anu Yoga tantras. In any case, they reveal the key points of the development stage, the completion stage, and the Great Perfection and can therefore be classified under any of the three inner tantras.fied under any of the three inner tantras.)