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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The Great Completion, the most advanced pr … The Great Completion, the most advanced practice in the Nyingma tradition (also practiced by the Kagyu and others), involving a focus on the nature of mind as pristine awareness and the appearances that arise from it. Full awakening is understood as the realization of the primordial and spontaneous purity of mind. The core texts of dzogchen are usually numbered at seventeen, and the teachings are divided into three main sections: mind, space, and instruction.in sections: mind, space, and instruction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Great Perfection represents the natura … The Great Perfection represents the natural state of the individual and the 9th Vehicle of Tönpa Shenrab's teachings. It is defined as a ''Perfection''(''rdzogs'') because there is no need to add anything to it since it is already entirely perfected since the beginning. It is furthermore styled as ''Great''(''chen'') because there is nothing that surpasses this state and Vehicle.ing that surpasses this state and Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The Great Perfection, or atiyoga, the pinn … The Great Perfection, or atiyoga, the pinnacle of the nine vehicles transmitted by the Nyingma school. The clear-light absolute nature of reality, having no center or periphery, from which all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa spontaneously arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.arise as creative displays. See VE 301-11.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The Great Perfection, the highest view according to the Nyingma tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Great Seal, i.e., the seal of emptines … The Great Seal, i.e., the seal of emptiness on all phenomena. It refers both to the path (teaching and practice of the Mahamudra) and the result (accomplishment of Mahamudra). Mahamudra is comparable to the Nyingma teachings of Dzogchen, from which it is, however, subtly different. MAHASIDDHA, Skt. (grub thob chen po, Tib.). See SiddhaSkt. (grub thob chen po, Tib.). See Siddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The Great Seal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle, a further development o … The Great Vehicle, a further development of Buddhist thought and practice that focuses on compassion and emptiness, also known as the path of the bodhisattva. Within the system of Tibetan Buddhism, it is the second of three vehicles — the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana — and is understood to function as the basis of the Vajrayana.to function as the basis of the Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle, including the teachings of both Sūtrayāna and Mantrāyana (q.v.). ''See under'' Shrāvakayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle, the tradition of Buddhi … The Great Vehicle, the tradition of Buddhism practiced mostly in the countries of northern Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Himalayan regions. The characteristic of Mahayana is the profound view of the emptiness of the ego and of all phenomena, coupled with universal compassion and the desire to deliver all beings from suffering and its causes. To this purpose, the goal of the Mahayana is the attainment of the supreme enlightenment of buddhahood, and the path consists of the practice of the six paramitas. On the philosophical level, the Mahayana comprises two principal schools, Madhyamika and Chittamatra or Yogachara. The Vajrayana is a branch of the Mahayana.The Vajrayana is a branch of the Mahayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle, the tradition of Buddhi … The Great Vehicle, the tradition of Buddhism practiced mostly in the countries of northern Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Himalayan regions. The characteristic of Mahayana is universal compassion and the desire to deliver all sentient beings from suffering and its causes. To this purpose, the goal of the Mahayana is the attainment of the supreme enlightenment of Buddhahood, and the path consists of the practice of the six paramitas. On the philosophical level, the Mahayana comprises two principal schools, Madhyamika and Chittamatra or Yogachara. The Vajrayana, the tantric teachings of Buddhism, is also a branch of the Mahayana.uddhism, is also a branch of the Mahayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The Great Vehicle. The characteristic of Mahayana is the profound view of the emptiness of the ego and of all phenomena coupled with universal compassion and the desire to deliver all beings from suffering and its causes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Greater (''Mahāyāna'') and Lesser (''Hīnayāna'') vehicles. 17, 81, 83)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection. Specifically the teachings of Dzogchcn brought to Tibet by Vimalamitra and Guru Rinpoche and later set down by Longchenpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The Highest Continuum teaches that bodhisa … The Highest Continuum teaches that bodhisattvas on the impure bhūmis (the first bhūmi through the seventh) dwell on the bhūmis with the latent tendencies of ignorance and take birth through undefiled karma. The main support for their taking rebirth is their habitual tendencies of ignorance, but that is not the impetus for taking rebirth; they take rebirth through the strength of their previous aspiration prayers and their samādhi. When bodhisattvas reach the three pure bhūmis (the eighth bhūmi through the tenth), they continue to take rebirth through undefiled karma.e to take rebirth through undefiled karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The Hinayana and Mahayana doctrines.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The Hinayana or Small Vehicle, the Mahayana or Great Vehicle, and the Vajrayana or Diamond Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The Hinayana teachings are the sutras taug … The Hinayana teachings are the sutras taught by Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, to the monks and lay people who followed him. One collection of these scriptures was later recorded in writing as the Pali Canon. The Hinayana tradition includes many of the Buddha's basic teachings, such as the Vinaya or rules of moral discipline for monks and lay people, the Four Noble Truths on the origin and cessation of suffering, the Noble Eightfold Path on the right way of life, and the ''Dhammapada''. </br>:Although the virtues of loving-kindness and compassion are taught within the Hinayana, meditation, mindfulness, non-attachment, and strict moral discipline are emphasized as the keys to developing penetrating wisdom, which would lead one to nirvana or liberation from suffering. The Hinayana is often referred to as "the path of renunciation," and those who accomplish this path attain to the level of Arhatship by means of the path of the Hearer (Shravaka) or that of a Solitary Realizer (Pratyekabuddha).t of a Solitary Realizer (Pratyekabuddha).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Holy Teaching of the Buddha. Buddhist Doctrine, generally.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Hundred Thousand Tantras of the Nyingma School.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The Indian ''siddha'' who brought Vajrayan … The Indian ''siddha'' who brought Vajrayana Buddhism for the first time to Tibet, in the eighth century CE. His traditional biography says that he was miraculously born in a lotus, adopted by king Indrabhuti in Northwest India, and brought up as a prince. His unconventional behavior led to banishment, and he spent the rest of his life roaming the charnel grounds, jungles, and wastelands, learning from ''dakinis'' both human and superhuman, and practicing the tantric teachings. During his wanderings, he met and trained many disciples. At the request of the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen, Padmasambhava went to Tibet and was instrumental in the establishment of Buddhism there. He is considered the founder of the Nyingma tradition and also its principal guru, and many liturgies and meditations invoke his presence and request his blessings.ke his presence and request his blessings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Indian mahasiddha who brought the Shije (zhi byed) teachings to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Indian master Phadampa Sangye, who brought the teachings ofShije to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The Indian master Shantideva's famous work on Mahayana training and realization.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Instruction Section of Dzogchen. ''See'' Appendix.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The Jarung Khashor Stupa at Boudhanath, Nepal, situated in the Kathmandu valley. For details, see Keith Dowman, ''The Legend of the Great Stupa''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Joyful (''rab-tu dga'-ba'', Skt. ''Pra … The Joyful (''rab-tu dga'-ba'', Skt. ''Pramuditā''), the Immaculate (''dri-ma med-pa'', Skt. ''Vimalā''), the Illuminating ('' 'od-byed'', Skt. ''Prabhākarī''), the Flaming ('' 'od-'phro-ba'', Skt. ''Arciṣmatī''), the Hard to Conquer (''sbyang dka'-ba'', Skt. ''Sudurjayā''), the Manifest (''mngon-du byed-pa'', Skt. ''Abhimukhī''), the Far-Reaching (''ring-du song-ba'', Skt. ''Duraṅgamā''), the Unmoving (''mi-gYo-ba'', Skt. ''Acalā''), the Excellent Intelligence (''legs-pa'i blo-gros'', Skt. ''Sādhumatī'') and the Cloud of Doctrine (''chos-kyi sprin-pa'', Skt. ''dharmameghā''). 30, 142, 174, 237, 281-2, 341, 416, 574, 746, 142, 174, 237, 281-2, 341, 416, 574, 746)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Joyous Realm, the fourth divine sphere of the desire realm, in which Buddha Shakyamuni abode before appearing in our world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The Kadam lineage's central tantric practi … The Kadam lineage's central tantric practice, wherein the meditations focus gets progressively smaller, moving from: the entire universe, to your world in particular, to the realm of Tibet, to your own dwelling. Within your heart, there lie in sequence—one inside the heart of the other—the deity Prajñāpāramitā, the Buddha, Avalokiteśvara, Wisdom Tārā, Wrathful Tārā, the protector Acala, Atiśa, and Dromtönpa, inside of whose heart are the drops of the three lineages—extensive conduct, profound view, and inspirational practice—finally culminating in the drop of great awakening.ulminating in the drop of great awakening.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Kadam school was founded by Atīśa (982 … The Kadam school was founded by Atīśa (982-1054). His disciple Dromtön (1004-1064) founded Radreng monastery in North Lhasa in 1056. This became the source of his teachings. The school did not survive independently mostly because the majority of Kadampas, being hermits, did not construct monasteries, but the Kadam school did profoundly influence the other schools. In particular, the Gelugpas call themselves the new Kadampas, and the Dagpo-Kagyupas say that their transmission is the confluence of the mahāmudrā and Kadam teaching traditions.e mahāmudrā and Kadam teaching traditions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The Kadam tradition was brought to Tibet i … The Kadam tradition was brought to Tibet in the eleventh century by Atīśa Dīpaṅkara Śrījñāna, the great Indian teacher and reformer. The Kadampas placed great emphasis on monastic discipline, training in compassion, and study. This emphasis was incorporated into the Kagyü lineage by Gampopa who studied with Kadampa teachers prior to studying with Milarepa. The Kadam tradition is also carried on by the Geluk lineageon is also carried on by the Geluk lineage)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The Kagyu lineage as transmitted through Gampopa, who is also known as Dakpo Lhaje, the "Doctor from Dakpo.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Kagyu school has two main branches: Sh … The Kagyu school has two main branches: Shangpa-Kagyu (shangs pa bka' brgyud) and Marpa-Kagyu (mar pa bka' brgyud). The Marpa-Kagyu branch has continued in the Dagpo-Kagyu (dvags po bka' brgyud) transmission, which stems from Dagpo Lhaje, or Gampopa. The Dagpo-Kagyu lineage itself includes the four main branches founded by the four disciples of Gampopa. The two better-known branches are the Karma-Kagyu, or Kamtshang-Kagyu, founded by the first Karmapa Tusum Khyenpa (1110-1193) and the Drikung-Kagyu, founded by Kyobpa Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217). Gampopa's third disciple, Phagmo Drupa (1110-1170), founded the Phagdru-Kagyu lineage. He had eight principal disciples who originated the eight schools of the secondary branch. Among the eight, the best known is the Drukpa-Kagyu school, founded by Ling Repa (1128—1189). school, founded by Ling Repa (1128—1189).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The Kagyu teachings transmitted from Gampopa through Phamo Drubpa to Lingje Repa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The Kagyu teachings transmitted from Gampopa to Phagmo Drubpa, and from him to Lingje Repa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Khampas are inhabitants of Kham, which is, dong with Amdo, one of the two principal regions of eastern Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The Latter Age of the Dharma, when only th … The Latter Age of the Dharma, when only the teaching, and not the enlightenment and practice of the True and Semblance Ages [shōbō and zōhō] remain. According to this theory, which was popular in Dōgen's time, in the Semblance Age only practice and teaching are available, and in the Latter Age (considered to have already arrived) only the teaching still exists. Although Dōgen sometimes uses this theory of Buddhist history in exhortations, elsewhere he discounts its validity, affirming that the whole of buddha's practice and enlightenment is always available. 117n. 13nlightenment is always available. 117n. 13)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Lord of Death, a metaphorical personification of death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Lord of Death. A personification of imperma-nence, the unfailing law of karma, and one's inevitable mortality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Lotus-born Teacher from Oddiyana, ofte … The Lotus-born Teacher from Oddiyana, often known as Guru Rinpoche. During the reign of King Trisong Detsen, the great master subjugated the evil forces hostile to the propagation of Buddhism in Tibet, spread the Buddhist teaching of Vajrayana in that country, and hid innumerable spiritual treasures for the benefit of future generations. He is venerated as the Second Buddha, whose coming was predicted by the first one, Buddha Shakyamuni, to give the special teachings of Vajrayanato give the special teachings of Vajrayana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Ma, So and Kham traditions. Refer to ''Blue Annals'', (pp. 867-979). 657)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The Madhyamaka is the most important Mahay … The Madhyamaka is the most important Mahayana philosophical school in Tibet. Founded by Nagarjuna (ca. second century), the Madhyamaka is a commentarial tradition on the ''Prajnaparamita Sutra'' (a collection of sutras on the "perfection of wisdom") that involves the study and, eventually, the experiential understanding of emptiness (Skt., ''shunyata''). Within Tibetan Buddhism, the most important Madhyamaka line has been that of the Prasangika Madhyamaka, which seeks to show the fallacy (or emptiness) of any position that may be advanced without, however, advancing any position of its own.owever, advancing any position of its own.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The Madhyamaka or Middle-way school divided into two major schools: the Rongtong which maintains voidness is devoid of inherent existence and Shentong which maintains voidness is indivisible from luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The Madhyamika or Middle-way school divided into two major schools: the Rongtong which maintains voidness is devoid of inherent existence and Shentong which maintains voidness is indivisible from luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The Mahāyoga teachings are traditionally divided into two groups, the Collected Tantras and the Collected Sādhanas. The latter is associated with a genre of literature known collectively as the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings. [NS 283])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The Mahāyoga teachings are traditionally divided into two groups, the Collected Tantras and the Collected Sādhanas. The former includes the ''Guhyagarbha Tantra'', one of the most widely studied texts in the Nyingma tradition. [NS 283])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The Mahāyoga teachings of Mañjushrī, body … The Mahāyoga teachings of Mañjushrī, body ('Jam dpal sku); Padma, speech (Padma gsung); Vishuddha, mind (Yang dag thugs); Amṛita, qualities (bDud rtsi yon tan); Kilaya, activities (Phur pa phrin las); Mamo, sorcerers (Ma mo rbod gtong); the curses, wrathful mantras (dmod pa drag sngags); and worldly praises and offerings (' jig rten mchod bstod).es and offerings (' jig rten mchod bstod).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The Mahāyāna has two subsections: the Sūtrayāna, that is, the teachings based on the sūtras and propounding the practice of the six pāramitās, and the Mantrayāna, the teachings and practices based on the tantra texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (The Mahāyāna recognizes the three aspects … The Mahāyāna recognizes the three aspects (Trikāya) of the Buddha: Dharmakāya (Tib. Chos-kyi sku), lit. 'Dharma body'; Sambhogakāya (Tib. Longs-spyod-kyi sku), lit. 'Enjoyment body'; and Nirmāṇakāya (Tib. sPrul- sku), lit. 'Representation body' The Dharmakāya is voidness and its realization, beyond time and space, and is pure transcending awareness. The Sambhogakāya, the pure enjoyment aspect of the Dhyānibuddhas, also represents the aspect of communication. The Nirmāṇakāya forms are embodiments taken by Buddhas among earthly beings in order to clarify the way to enlightenment. The Sambhogakāya and the Nirmāṇakāya are sometimes known together as the Rūpakāya (Tib. gZugs-sku), lit. 'Form body'; all three kāyas are sometimes considered aspects of a fourth body, called the Svābhāvikakāya (Tib. Ngo-bo- nyid-sku).he Svābhāvikakāya (Tib. Ngo-bo- nyid-sku).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Mental Class (''sems-kyi sde''), the Spatial Class (''klong-gi sde'') and the Esoteric Instructional Class (''man-ngag-gi sde''). 36-9, 319-45,494,538-96,854)