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- 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.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The Six Doctrines.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Space of the Single Thigle embracing all beings without exception. This state is illustrated by the sky without limit which embraces everything.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The Spontaneity refers to the Nature (''ra … The Spontaneity refers to the Nature (''rang bzhin'') of the primordial state and to its luminous aspect. It thus concerns the arising mode of the state and its dynamism. It has nothing to do with the Conduct as some deluded people think. Spontaneity precisely refers to the luminous nature of our mind and to its potential expressed in the variety of its arising modes.essed in the variety of its arising modes.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Sun (''nyi-ma'', Skt. ''āditya''), Moo … The Sun (''nyi-ma'', Skt. ''āditya''), Moon (''zla-ba'', Skt. ''candra''), Mars (''mig-dmar'', Skt. ''aṅgāraka''), Mercury (''lhag-pa'', Skt. ''budha''), Jupiter (''phur-bu'', Skt. ''bṛhaspati''), Venus (''pa-sangs'', Skt. ''śukra''), Saturn (''spen-ba'', Skt. ''śanaiścara''), the ascending and descending nodes of the Moon (''sgra-can'', Skt. ''rāhu'' and ''mjug-ring'', Skt. ''ketu'') and the comet Encke (''du-ba mjug-ring''). 104, 351omet Encke (''du-ba mjug-ring''). 104, 351)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The Sutra basket of the Buddhist canon.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The Sāṃkhya (''grangs-can-pa''), Aiśvara (''dbang-phyug-pa''), Vaiṣṇava (''khyab-'jug-pa'') and Jaina (''rgyal-ba-pa''). 16, 64-6)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The THREE PIṬAKA and the teaching cycles connected with [[Śākyamuni]], [[Avalokiteśvara]], [[Tārā]] and [[Acala]]. 853)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The TWELVE DEEDS OF THE SUPREME EMANATIONAL BODY in the twelve realms, each of which possesses the FIVE EXCELLENCESof place, teacher, retinue, doctrine and time. 137)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The TWELVE MĀTARAḤ. Various enumerations are given in [[Nebesky-Wojkowitz]], ''Oracles and Demons of Tibet'', (pp. 181-98). 481, 513, 537, 715)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The TWELVE ORDINARY FORM REALMS AND THE FIVE PURE ABODES OF THE FORM REALMS. 13, 15, 61)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Third Karmapa was a remarkable scholar … The Third Karmapa was a remarkable scholar and adept who gathered together the teachings on mahāmudrā and dzogchen. He was an important link in the Kamtshang-Kagyu and Nyingma lineages; he was Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen's master and taught Longchenpa, one of the dzogchen tradition's most important masters.ogchen tradition's most important masters.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Three Collections of the words of the … The Three Collections of the words of the Buddha (Vinaya, Sutra, and Abhidharma). They were compiled at the first council held shortly after the parinirvana of the Lord Buddha in the Nyagrodha cave at Rajagriha under the aegis of King Ajatashatru. Ananda recited from memory all the Buddha's sutric teachings, Kashyapa all his metaphysical teachings, and Upali all the rules of ethical discipline. The collection was supplemented and completed at the third council held at the behest of King Kanishka.uncil held at the behest of King Kanishka.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The Three Jewels, spiritual masters, abbots, and so forth, who possess extraordinary spiritual qualities of elimination and realization and in respect of whom actions bring forth powerful karmic effects.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The Tibetan Book of the Dead.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan canon of translations of commentaries on the Buddhas teachings. It also includes some non-Buddhist works of literature on subjects outside the scope of Buddhist practice, such as astrology, medicine, grammar, and prosody)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The Tibetan compound term literally means … The Tibetan compound term literally means "center and periphery." Maṇḍalas are diagrams or models, of the universe and of realiry itself, that are used as aids to meditative/spiritual transformation. They are usually represented as a diagram with a central deiry sutrounded by other symbolic components. Though they are often painted, they may be made of colored sand as well. They are always conceived of as being three-dimensional, and the constructed form has the basic structute of a palace having a center with four doors, or gates, in the cardinal directions.ors, or gates, in the cardinal directions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The Tibetan form of Oddiyana. ''See'' Oddiyana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan has taken the etymology inventively to mean "those who ascend on the margin" and uses it to refer to non-Buddhists, but those in the Indian tradition only. The phrase in its original form refers solely to thejains)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan literally means "arise and inc … The Tibetan literally means "arise and increase," while the Sanskrit means "base" or "source." The term is used variously but most commonly for the six organs of perception—which includes the mental faculty—and their perceived objects. It may also refer to the various states of perception in the formless realmstates of perception in the formless realms)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan meaning is "commitment" but refers more accurately to the deity to which one has a commitment. The Sanskrit equivalent, istadeva or istadevatā, means "desired deity," emphasizing one's attraction to or choice of a deity)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan means "clear light," whereas t … The Tibetan means "clear light," whereas the Sanskrit may more correctly be translated as "brightness." Luminosity is too soft a word, but it has gained common usage to describe this vivid aspect of the nature of the mind in contradistinction to its emptinessmind in contradistinction to its emptiness)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The Tibetan name for Avalokiteshvara)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The Tibetan school of Buddhism founded by Tsongkhapa as a reformation of the tradition of Atisha Dipamkara.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit '' … The Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit ''nirmanakaya'', lit. "manifested body"; also called an emanation. A term and honorific title for a reincarnation of a recognized lama or deity. It is not uncommon that several tulkus of the same master may be recognized in the same time period, since reincarnation is not considered to be the incarnation of an autonomous, truly existing self, but rather the continuation of a stream of wisdom and compassion that can manifest in manifold ways to benefit beings as needed.manifold ways to benefit beings as needed.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The Tibetan translation of this Sanskrit word means "gone beyond suffering" and indicates the various levels of enlightenment gained according to the practice of the Shrāvakayāna or the Mahāyāna.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The Tibetan uses the term thig le for both … The Tibetan uses the term thig le for both tilaka and bindu, both of which can mean mark, spot, dot, or circle. Both terms were and still are used in India to denote a forehead mark, and in English are called tilak and bindi. The tilaka in particular is a traditional Indian mark worn on the forehead by religious devotees and is associated with enlightenment, but in Tibet its application normally occurs only in the context of some higher tantra empowerments. Bindu has a wider meaning than tilaka, but they both have the connotation of an essential point, a quintessence, and may be rendered here also as "drop." See the bindu entry for additional meaningsee the bindu entry for additional meanings)