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- 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)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Middle Way philosophy of shunyata, or … The Middle Way philosophy of shunyata, or emptiness, which avoids the extreme ontological positions of existence and nonexistence. It was first propounded by the Indian master Nagarjuna in the latter half of the second century C.E. and is still upheld in Tibetan Buddhism as the supreme philosophical view.uddhism as the supreme philosophical view.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The Middle Way school of philosophy, which … The Middle Way school of philosophy, which evolved from the thought of the great Indian scholar Nagarjuna (second century C.E.). Its view focuses on the empty nature of all phenomena that allows for their dependent origination. Its reasonings radically cut through any tendency to reify an object or a subject. Of its two main subschools, the Rangtong approach emphasizes the empty aspect of mind s nature, while the Shentong approach emphasizes its clear and radiant aspect. Ultimately, the two are inseparable.pect. Ultimately, the two are inseparable.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The Middle Way teachings of Buddhism, which expose the falsity of the extreme views of nihilism and eternalism.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The Middle Way, the higher of the two Mahāyāna schools in the sūtra system.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Middle [Way]. The highest Mahayana school of philosophy.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The Mind-Only school of mahayana, asserting the view that all phenomena are "only" the appearances of "mind.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Most Fierce (''gtum-drag''), Dense Thi … The Most Fierce (''gtum-drag''), Dense Thicket (''tshang-tshing 'khrigs-pa''), Dense Blaze ('' 'bar 'khrigs-pa''), Endowed with Skeletons (''keng-rus-can''), Cool Forest, (''bsil-bu tshal'', Skt. ''Śītavana''), Black Darkness (''mun-pa nag-po''), Resonant with “Kilikili” (''ki-li ki-lir sgra-sgrog-pa'') and Wild Cries of “Ha-ha” (''ha-ha rgod-pa''). 626, 791s of “Ha-ha” (''ha-ha rgod-pa''). 626, 791)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The NINE BRANCHES OF THE SCRIPTURES with the addition of the narratives (''rtogs-pa brjod-pa'', Skt. ''avadāna''), fables (''de-lta-bu byung-ba'', Skt. ''itivṛttaka'') and established instructions (''gtan-phab'', Skt. ''upadeśa''). 17, 76)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The New Schools are Kagyü, Sakya, and Gelug. The Old School refers to the Nyingma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Oral Lineage of the Nyingma School, transmitted from master to student, of the body of teachings translated chiefly during the period of Guru Rinpoche's stay in Tibet.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Oral Tradition which Permeates All Discourses (''gleng-bayongs-la bor-ba'i kha-gtam'') and the Oral Tradition which is Divulged in Speech at No Fixed Time ('''khar-phog dus-med-pa'i kha-gtam'''). 331)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Outer, Inner, Secret and Unsurpassedly Secret cycles of the Esoteric Instructional Class. 332, 498, 501)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The Path with the Result emphasizes five d … The Path with the Result emphasizes five dependently arisen connections: the outer dependently arisen connections, the inner dependently arisen connections, the secret dependently arisen connections, the dependently arisen connections of reality, and the ultimate dependently arisen connections. Sakya Paṇḍita said that the way to make this key Buddhist tenet of dependent arising into the path of meditation was only explained in full detail in the teachings of the Path with the Result. It is perhaps ''the'' fundamental theme of this tradition.the'' fundamental theme of this tradition.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The Paths of (1) Accumulation, (2) Joining, (3) Seeing, (4) Cultivation, and (5) No-More-Learning. These five paths cover the entire process from sincerely beginning Dharma practice to attaining complete enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Pervader-with-Long-Hands, the nemesis of Tönpa Shenrab, he eventually converted to Bön.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The Physician from Dakpo. Dakpo refers to … The Physician from Dakpo. Dakpo refers to the region where Gampopa set up his monastery, at Mount Gampo Dar, in the latter part of his life (hence the name Gampopa, the man from Gampo.) Gampopa is often referred to as Dakpo Lhaje, Dakpopa, or Dakpo Rinpoche. His lineage is also known as the Dakpo Kagyu. lineage is also known as the Dakpo Kagyu.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The Prajnaparamita, transcendent Wisdom, direct realization of emptiness, so called because such realization is the source or "mother" of Buddhahood.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Precious Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Primeval Knowledge being equivalent with Awareness (''rig pa'').)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Primordial Purity refers to the Essence of the natural state which is defined as stainless from the beginning and empty.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The Pāramitāyāna discusses eight āyatanas … The Pāramitāyāna discusses eight āyatanas of overpowering (zil gyis gnon pa'i skye mched brgyad), four connected to shapes and four to colors. By focusing on those shapes or colors in the context of our samādhis, we will transform them and not be overpowered by them. Thus, our mind is not captivated by them. GTCD. our mind is not captivated by them. GTCD.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Random (''kha-'thor'') category, the c … The Random (''kha-'thor'') category, the category of the Oral Tradition (kha-gtam) and the category of the Teaching according to its Own Textual Tradition of Tantras (''rgyud rang-gzhung-du bstan-pa''). See also Longcenpa, ''Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems'', pp. 348ff.; and ldan, ''Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle'', (pp. 157ff.). 37, 331e Supreme Vehicle'', (pp. 157ff.). 37, 331)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Rong tradition in Central Tibet, the Kham tradition in East Tibet and the original cycles (''skor'') of the Mental Class. 827)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The SEVENTEEN FORM REALMS together with the FOUR FORMLESS REALMS. 14-15, 61)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The SIX AGGREGATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS with t … The SIX AGGREGATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS with the addition of the consciousness of the ground-of-all (''kun-gzhi'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''ālayavijñāna'') and the consciousness of the intellect endowed with conflicting emotions (''nyon-mongs-pa-can-gyi yid-kyi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''kliṣtamanovijñāna'') from which the other six arise. 162, 202, 216, 221, 297, 309, 333-4, 341. 162, 202, 216, 221, 297, 309, 333-4, 341)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The SIX ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES OF FATHER TANTRA and the SIX ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES OF MOTHER TANTRA. 274)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The Sakya, the Kagyü, and the Kadam/Gelug schools.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit form of ''düd'', referring to the force of evil in the world, the tempter of the Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit form of ''düd'', referring to the force of evil in the world, the tempter of the Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Sanskrit literally means "death." In t … The Sanskrit literally means "death." In the early sutras Māra is a deity that continually tries to stop the Buddhas enlightenment and the spread of his teachings. Māra has also been portrayed as the personification of obstacles to enlightenment, as in the list of four māras: the māra of the body, the māra of the defilements, the māra of death, and the divine māra (the distraction of pleasures). The Tibetan translation of māra (bdud) is also the name for a class of Tibetan local deities that can function as protectorsal deities that can function as protectors)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit name of the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed. See Torment Unsurpassed.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit name of the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed. See Torment Unsurpassed.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Sanskrit name refers to the "heaven" o … The Sanskrit name refers to the "heaven" of Tuṣita, whence all Buddhas issue, and which is now presided over by Lord Maitreya, the future Buddha. Here, ''dGa'-ldan'' [Ganden] refers to the great monastic institution near Lhasa founded by Tsongkapa himself in the year 1409.ded by Tsongkapa himself in the year 1409.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit term for afflictive emotions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The Sanskrit term for afflictive emotions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Sanskrit term is derived from a scent … The Sanskrit term is derived from a scent or smell left behind and therefore has the meaning of a trace or impression. The Tibetan has an emphasis on habitual action, or even the apparently instinctive, such as the first actions of a newborn animal. It can also have the meaning of a seed, a latent tendency to act in a certain way, or even, in the Mind Only school, that which causes one's apparently external experiences, as these are said to arise entirely from one's own mindsaid to arise entirely from one's own mind)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Sanskrit term saṅgha literally means " … The Sanskrit term saṅgha literally means "an assemblage" [here, of religious practitioners]. It refers primarily to the monks and nuns forming the Buddhist clergy. In Tibetan the term ''dge 'dun'' is composed of two elements: '''dun'', meaning "having the desire for" and ''dge'', or "virtue." Thus, the Tibetan compound term designates "an assemblage of beings who seek virtue and emancipation." beings who seek virtue and emancipation.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Sanskrit vrata simply means a "vow," b … The Sanskrit vrata simply means a "vow," but it is commonly used in Hinduism and Jainism to refer to the practice of fasting. The Tibetan means "entering into subjugation" and could be translated as "discipline," but the term is associated most often with extraordinary behavior that is the very opposite of what we think of as discipline. In that context, it is defined as subjugating ordinary conduct and entering into extraordinary conduct. This may entail living in a charnel ground, for instance, or engaging in various kinds of unpredictable behaviorin various kinds of unpredictable behavior)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The Semblance Age, in which only practice … The Semblance Age, in which only practice and teaching are available, said to follow the initial Age of True Dharma, shōb6, in which enlightenment, practice, and teaching all exist. According to this theory, in the Final Age, mappo, only the teaching remains. See mappo. 117n. 13 the teaching remains. See mappo. 117n. 13)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Shangpa lineage was established in Tib … The Shangpa lineage was established in Tibet by the scholar-adept Khyungpo Neljor (ca. 990-1139). Initially, he studied and practiced the Bön and dzogchen traditions; later he went to India in search of teachings. From there he brought back the quintessence of the instructions of 150 masters, among whom the five most important were: the primordial wisdom ḍākinīs Niguma and Sukhasiddhi, Maitrīpa, Abhayā (or Vajrāsana, Dorje Denpa), and Rāhulaguptavajra. He attained redization of and transmitted the Five Golden Teachings and the Five Ultimates, or the ultimate result of the five principal tantras of anuttarayogatantra through the sādhana of the ''Deities of the Five Tantras (rgyud sde lha lnga)'', which are brought together in one single maṇḍala consisting of Guhyasamāja, Mahāmāya, Hevajra, Cakrasaṃvara, and Vajrabhairava. This practice, which comes from the ''Ocean of Jewels Tantra (rin chen rgya mtsho'i rgyud)'' and which was transmitted to him by the mahāsiddha Vajrāsana, constitutes the basis of the Shangpa initiation system.<br>Khyungpo Neljor established his headquarters at Shang Shong (zhang zhong) in the Shang (shangs) valley of central Tibet, west of the Tsang province. The name "Shangpa" was given to the school that developed after him; he lived to the age of 150. He founded over one hundred monasteries, gave teachings, and performed many miracles. He had innumerable disciples, of whom the main one was Mochopa (rmog lcog pa, c. 1117-?), followed by Kyergangpa (skyer sgang pa, c. late twelfth century, early thirteenth; lived 73 years), Nyentön Rigonpa (gnyan ston ri gong pa, early thirteenth century; lived 72 years), and Sangye Tönpa (sangs rgyas ston pa, thirteenth century; lived 72 years); they constituted, with Vajradhara, Niguma, and Khyungpo Neljor, the first seven masters of the lineage, or the Seven Jewels. The instructions that had until then only been transmitted orally and secretly were spread by Sangye Tönpa. They were put down in writing by his successors: Samdingpa Chöndrup (d. 1319), Japa Gyaltsen Bum ('jag chen rgyal mtshan 'bum, 1261-1334), and Serlingpa Tashipel (1292-1365). He had a disciple, Khedrup Tsangma Shangtön (1234-1309); this lineage is said to be distant, and it has continued without interruption within the Kagyu, Nyingma, Sakya, and Gelug schools. Two other lineages, known as "close" and "very close," stemmed from direct revelations from the primordid wisdom ḍākinī Niguma. Their origins are, respectively, the mahāsiddha Thangtong Gyelpo (thang stong rgyal po, 1361-1485) on the one hand, with the Thangluk lineage following, and, on the other hand, Jonang Kunga Drölcho and Taranatha (Drölwai Gönpo, 1575-1634) followed by the lineage called Jonangluk. These different lineages converged in Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye in the nineteenth century. He transmittd them to Tashi Chöpel, who transmitted them to Norbu Töndrup, who in turn transmitted them to Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, who was the hierarch of this lineage and established its principal seat at Sonada monastery in India, near Darjeeling.<br>The principal teachings transmitted by the Shangpa lineage consist of five cycles:<blockquote>1. From Niguma, particularly the Five Golden Teachings (gser chos sde lnga), which present in a coherent and concise entirety one of the highest and most profound methods for realization;<br>2. From Sukhasiddhi (six yogas and mahāmudrā);<br>3. From Maitrīpa (Mahākāla Chadrupa);<br>4. From Abhayā (deities of the five tantras); and<br>5. From Rāhula (joint practice of four deities). </blockquote>These teachings constitute the heart of the transmission and practices for the three-year retreat in Shangpa centers.the heart of the transmission and practices for the three-year retreat in Shangpa centers.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Shravaka level of attainment, so called because it implies that one more birth in the desire realm is necessary before liberation is attained.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Shravaka level of realization, the att … The Shravaka level of realization, the attainment of which implies no further rebirth in the desire realm. This is not to be confused with the Mahayana level of Nonreturner, which indicates that the Bodhisattva in question will not return to the samsaric state of mind, even though he or she will continue to manifest in the world in order to assist others.st in the world in order to assist others.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The Shrāvakayāna, Pratyekabuddhayāna, and Pāramitāyāna (or non-Vajrayāna part of the Mahāyāna). See Kongtrul 2007a, 17–18 and 166.)