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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The concentrated mental activity in tantra of focusing on specific points within the body, usually the centers of cakras, with the purpose of manipulating the winds.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The concept of a self of individuals (''gang-zag-gi bdag-nyid'', Skt. ''pudgalātma'') and the concept of the substantial reality of phenomena (''chos-kyi bdag-nyid'', Skt. ''dharmātma''). 184)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The concepts of one who does an action, the action itself, and the object of the action. See p. 178)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The concepts of subject, object, and action that prevent one from attaining omniscience)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The concepts of subject, object, and action perceived as having a real and independent existence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The concepts of the three spheres, which obstruct the attainment of complete omniscience (the state of buddhahood). [TD 2860])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The condition of humans and other sentient … The condition of humans and other sentient beings who have yet to achieve enlightenment. Samsara is based in ignorance; is characterized by endless, repetitive suffering; and is perpetuated through intentional actions that create karma. Buddhist tradition describes six kinds of samsaric destiny: the six realms of hell-beings; hungry ghosts; animals; humans; jealous, warring gods; and gods. (Sometimes the gods and jealous gods are put together, yielding five realms.) The Buddhist path leads to nirvana or liberation, a state in which the causes of samsara are gradually eliminated and its ignorance, suffering, and creation of karma cease.e, suffering, and creation of karma cease.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The conditioning force of the vital faculty.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The conferring of power or authorization to practice the vajrayana teachings, the indispensable entrance door to tantric practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The conferring of power or authorization t … The conferring of power or authorization to practice the Vajrayana teachings, the indispensable entrance door to tantric practice. Empowerment gives control over one's innate vajra body, vajra speech and vajra mind and the authority to regard forms as deity, sounds as mantra and thoughts as wisdom., sounds as mantra and thoughts as wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The conferring of power or authorization t … The conferring of power or authorization to practice the Vajrayana teachings; the indispensable entrance door to tantric practice. Empowerment gives control over one's innate vajra body, vajra speech, and vajra mind and the authority to regard forms as deity, sounds as mantra, and thoughts as wisdom. See also Four empowerments.hts as wisdom. See also Four empowerments.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The confidence that comes from recognizing and being sure about the presence of one's core essence of enlightenment; it brings willingness to train the mind and is connected with devotion.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The consciousness element.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The consciousness of the eye (''mig-gi rna … The consciousness of the eye (''mig-gi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''cakṣurvijñāna''), the consciousness of the ear (''rna-ba'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''śrotravijñāna''), the consciousness of the nose (''sna'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''ghrāṇavijñāna''), the consciousness of the tongue (''lce'i rnam-shes'', Skt. ''jihvāvijñāna''), the consciousness of the body (''lus-kyi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''kāyavijñāna'') and the consciousness of the intellect (''yid-kyi rnam-shes'', Skt. ''manovijñāna''). 162, 166.m-shes'', Skt. ''manovijñāna''). 162, 166.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The consciousnesses corresponding to the FIVE SENSES. 55)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The consciousnesses of the five senses, together with the mind consciousness, defiled mind consciousness, and the consciousness of the ground of all.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The consciousnesses related to vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mentation)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet, which begin with ka.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The consort of Hevajra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The consort of Samantabhadra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The consort of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra. Their union symbolizes the inseparability of the phenomenal world and emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The constituent parts of a sentient being: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Sometimes the word ''aggregate'' is used to refer to the entire body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The constituent parts of a sentient being: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Sometimes the word ''aggregate'' is used to refer to the entire body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The constructive mental activity that domi … The constructive mental activity that dominates the inner life of sentient beings and obstructs them from seeing things as they really are. Like ''elaboration'', it involves a process of ''superimposition'' on reality that must be eliminated before ''enlightenment'' can be attained. before ''enlightenment'' can be attained.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The consummate development of bliss; definitively achieved for the first time on the branch of meditativeconcentration; also used sometimes to refer to the nondefinitive bliss of nonemission)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The continent to the north of Mount Sumeru.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The continued experience of unsatisfactory states of existence resulting from · actions produced by disturbing conceptions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The corpus of teachings and practices based on the tantras, scriptures that discourse upon the primordial purity of the mind. See also Expository vehicle of causality.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The corpus of teachings and practices based on the tantras, scriptures that discourse upon the primordial purity of the mind. See Secret Mantra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The corpus of the teachings on ethical discipline given by the Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The correct relative appearance (''yang-dag-pa'i kun-rdzob'', Skt. ''tathyāsaṃvṛti'') and the incorrect relative appearance (''log-pa'i kun-rdzob'', Skt. ''mithyāsaṃvṛti''). 166)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The corruption of desire ('' 'dod-pa'i zag-pa''), the corruption of rebirth (''srid-pa'i zag-pa'') and the corruption of View (''lta-ba'i zag-pa''). 472)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The country to the northwest of ancient India, where Guru Rinpoche was born on a lotus flower. The literal meaning of Uddiyana is "vehicle of flying" or "going above and far." See also Orgyen, which is a corruption of the Indian word.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The covert intention in respect of entry i … The covert intention in respect of entry into the teaching (''gzhugs-pa-la lden-por dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''avatārābhisandhi''), the covert intention in respect of characteristics (''mtshan-nyid-la lden-por dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''lakṣaṇābhisandhi''), the covert intention in respect of antidotes (''gnyen-po-la ldan-por dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''pratipakṣābhisandhi'') and the covert intention in respect of interpretation (''bsgyur ba-la ldan-por dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''pariṇāmanābhisandhi''). 30, 220-2, Skt. ''pariṇāmanābhisandhi''). 30, 220-2)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The crown protuberance that is a mark of Buddhahood and is to be seen on all traditional representations of the Buddha in more or less realistic or stylized form.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The crown protuberance, one of the principal physical signs of complete buddhahood.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The culminating phase of the stage of generation. See VE 199-200.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The curved knife is a symbolic implement that symbolizes the severing of the four demons. [KR 51])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The cycle of births and death.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The cycle of existence, perpetuated by compulsively taking rebirth due to the power of one's mental afflictions and karma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The cycle of oral teachings that were even … The cycle of oral teachings that were eventually put into written form in the early 8th century by Tapihritsa and Nangzher Löpo. It is divided in four main sub-cycles. See Achard, ''La Structure du Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' for a complete description of this cycle. for a complete description of this cycle.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The dancer, dance, large drum, kettledrum, tambour, large kettledrum, gong, lute, one-sided kettledrum, bell-metal cymbals, bell, three-string lute, mukunda drum, cymbals, chorus, tabor, instrumentation and flute; Mvt. (5007-26). 98)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The daughter of the Nepalese king Punyedha … The daughter of the Nepalese king Punyedhara. She is one of the five chief female disciples of Padmasambhava. Since her mother died during her birth, she was abandoned in a charnel ground and brought up by monkeys. Having been accepted as Padmasambhava's worthy companion, she was his consort for the practice of the nine divinities of Vishuddha in the Cave of Yangleshő, where they displayed the manner of achieving the vidyadhara level of mahamudra. Shakyadevi attained the accomplishment of the female buddha Mamaki and finally achieved the indestructible rainbow body. achieved the indestructible rainbow body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The dear and knowing qualities of the mind that emerge in the aspect of the object and are bound by reification. Compare with primordial consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The death and hence the end of the stream of rebirths of Śākyamuni Buddha, or any enlightened being.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The death process is considered to be of v … The death process is considered to be of vital importance in the Buddhist tradition, primarily because it affords a uniquely powerful opportunity to attain liberation. In terms of tantric practice, this process is purified by the completion stage. According to Tsele Natsok Rangdröl, there are outer, inner, and secret signs that mark this process. The outer signs relate primarily to the steady decrease of the body's ability to function correctly and the experiences that ensue from this decay. The inner signs have to do with the various mental states that accompany this process. The secret signs, such as the perception of smoke and mist, are associated with the mind's luminous nature. [MM 29-30] ''See also'' three appearances.[MM 29-30] ''See also'' three appearances.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The defilement of desire (the mental affli … The defilement of desire (the mental afflictions of the desire realm that are neither ignorance nor views); the defilement of existence (the mental afflictions of the higher realms that are neither ignorance nor views); the defilement of ignorance (the ignorance that is first in the links of dependent origination and is the cause of the three realms); and the defilements of views (wrong views, such as the sixty-two types).wrong views, such as the sixty-two types).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The definitive meaning as opposed to the expedient or relative meaning.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The definitive meaning is directly stated; it can be taken to mean what it says, and usually describes the ultimate. It is paired with the term "provisional meaning.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The definitive, higher meaning. Texts and … The definitive, higher meaning. Texts and statements are considered as nttartha (true) or neyārtha (T: drang-don; literal) in meaning, depending on whether their meaning is ultimate-needing no qualifications or interpretation (nītārtha); or literal-a useful teaching but one that needs further qualification. but one that needs further qualification.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The deities associated with the EIGHT CLASSES OF MEANS FOR ATTAINMENT 4; 521, 591, 606, 805, 828)