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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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The deities that inhabit the base mandalas of the celestial mansion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The deity and his or her surrounding envir … The deity and his or her surrounding environment, often visualized or depicted in thangkas and sand paintings. It is usually constructed with a center and four gates, representing the four cardinal directions. One may also present a mandala representing the entire universe, with Mount Meru in the center, as an offering to the Three Jewels, in order to accumulate merit; this type of mandala is visualized, and can also be represented through mudra or through heaps of rice on a plate.mudra or through heaps of rice on a plate.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The deliberate belief that the visualized … The deliberate belief that the visualized deity is real. This is a practice of the generation stage and contrasts with the illusory-body deity of the completion stage, which is actually created from the subtle wind and mind and not conceived through the power of imagination.onceived through the power of imagination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The demon of the afflictions, the demon of the aggregates, the demon of the lord of death, and the demon of the divine son. [TD 1364])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The demon of the aggregates, the demon of afflictive emotions, the demon of the Lord of Death, and the demon of the sons of the gods (or demon of distraction).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The demon, the tempter in general, that which makes obstacles to spiritual practice and enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The denizens of hell (''dmyal-ba'', Skt. ''naraka''), the tormented spirits (''yi-dvags'', Skt. ''preta'') and the animals (''dud-'gro'', Skt. ''tiryak''). 58, 767)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The designation of matricide for the rūdra (of self-concepts) because he devours (obscures) his mother (the sugatagarbha). See CM 403, GD 276.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The desire realm ('' 'dod-pa'i khams'', Sk … The desire realm ('' 'dod-pa'i khams'', Skt. ''kāmadhātu''), [[form realm]] (''gzugs-khams'', Skt. ''rūpadhātu'') and formless realm (''gzugs-med-kyi khams'', Skt. ''ārūpyadhātu''). 13, 31, 38, 51, 56, 73, 202, 259, 302, 321, 337, 339-40, 363, 418, 490, 491, 575, 907, 930 339-40, 363, 418, 490, 491, 575, 907, 930)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The desire realm, form realm, and form-les … The desire realm, form realm, and form-less realm. The desire realm includes all the six existences including some of the devas, such as those in the Tusita and Trāyastriṃśa paradises. The form realm devas are more subtle in their forms and longer lived, and find their abode in the paradise of Akanistha. Beings in the formless realm have no bodies and rest for thousands of eons in blissful samādhi for thousands of eons in blissful samādhi)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The desire, form, and formless realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The development stage and completion stage … The development stage and completion stage comprise the inner tantric path to liberation. Explaining the function of these two approaches, Lochen Dharmaśrī writes, "The development stage purifies [the idea that] the environment and its inhabitants are real entities with their own characteristics, while the completion stage purifies the subtle clinging that can occur while meditating that these are all illusory, as is the case in development stage practice." [SD 325] As Khenpo Ngaga points out, all the various categories of Tantra relate to this twofold approach. He explains, "In the Vajrayāna, there are three inner divisions - the three inner tantras. The Father Tantra emphasizes the skillful methods of the development stage and the completion stage of the subtle energies. In the Mother Tantra, the completion stage associated with the subtle essences is emphasized, in which case one relies either upon the body of another or one's own body. The Nondual Tantra stresses the view of the path of liberation alone. In actuality, however, all of these are included within the two stages of development and completion." [ST 6]ges of development and completion." [ST 6])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The development stage and the completion stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The dharma teachings which have been derived from direct realization. These contrast with dharma of statements.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The dharma that has been told are the teachings that one listens to, studies, and contemplates. The dharma that has been experienced are these same teachings fully understood and realized through meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The dharmadhatu wisdom, mirrorlike wisdom, wisdom of equality, discriminating wisdom, and all-accomplishing wisdom. They represent five distinctive functions of the tathagatagarbha, our enlightened essence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The dharmadhatu wisdom, mirrorlike wisdom, … The dharmadhatu wisdom, mirrorlike wisdom, wisdom of equality, discriminating wisdom, and all-accomplishing wisdom. The five wisdoms should not be understood as being separate or individually achieved entities. Rather, they are different "facets of the same jewel" or the different functions of one's enlightened essence in its naked state.'s enlightened essence in its naked state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The dharmakaya aspect of one's own mind.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The dharmakaya buddha of the Sarma School.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The dharmakaya is free from elaborate cons … The dharmakaya is free from elaborate constructs and endowed with the twenty-one sets of enlightened qualities. Sambho- gakaya is of the nature of light and endowed with the perfect major and minor marks, perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the bhumis. The nirmanakaya manifests in forms perceptible to both pure and impure beings.erceptible to both pure and impure beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, and nirmanakaya as well as the svabhavikakaya, the kaya of the nature as it is, which represents the in separability of the first three)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The dharmakāya, enjoyment body, and emanation body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The dharmakāya, saṃbhogakāya, nirmāṇakāya, svabhāvikakāya, and vajrakāya, which are naturally present in the ground sugatagarbha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The different versions of her biography gi … The different versions of her biography give varying details about her place of birth, the names of her parents, and so forth. In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Learned Ones, Guru Tashi Tobgyal states that her father's name was Namkha Yeshe of the Kharchen clan and that she was born in Drongmochey of Drag. At first she was one of King Trisong Deu-tsen's queens, but later was given to Padmasambhava as an empowerment fee to be his spiritual consort. During the empowerment of Assemblage of Sugatas, her initiation flower fell on the mandala of Kilaya. Through this practice she became able to tame evil spirits and revive the dead. She was the chief compiler of all the inconceivable teachings given by the great master Padmasambhava. Having remained in Tibet for two hundred years, she departed for the celestial realm of the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain without leaving a corpse behind. In The Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli (p. 352), Jamgőn Kongtrűl says: Yeshe Tsogyal was a direct incarnation of Dhatvishvari Vajra Yogini in the form of a woman. She served Padmasambhava perfectly in that life, engaged in sadhana practice with incredible perseverance, and attained a level equal to Padmasambhava himself, the "continuity adorned with inexhaustible body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities." Her kindness to the land of Tibet surpasses the imagination, and her compassionate activity, which is no different from Padmasambhava's, continues unceasingly.om Padmasambhava's, continues unceasingly.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The direct crossing over preliminary practice of differentiating samsāra from nirvāṇa with respect to the body, speech, and mind. See VS s86-89, VE 395-418.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The direct disciple and "heart son" of Nag … The direct disciple and "heart son" of Nagarjuna. He was a powerful advocate of Nagarjuna's teaching later to be known as the Madhyamika. He probably lived at the turn of the second and third centuries c.e. His most celebrated work is the ''Catuhshatakashastra-karika, The Four Hundred Verses on the Middle Way''.e Four Hundred Verses on the Middle Way''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The direct introduction to the nature of mind. A root guru is the master who gives the pointing-out instruction so that the disciple recognizes the nature of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The direct introduction to the nature of mind that is given by the root guru and leads to the recognition of mind nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The direct object ofthe conceptual subjective mind, one ofthe four “objects” explained in logic texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The direct teachings of the Buddha are known as sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The direct teachings on emptiness and luminosity as opposed to the "expedient meaning" (drang don), which leads to the definitive meanmg.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The direct, final, or "definitive" meaning. Used of texts that directly reveal their true meaning as stated.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The direct, non-discursive knowledge of th … The direct, non-discursive knowledge of the natural state. It discerns (''rig'') its own nature in the same way a butter-lamp illuminates itself and its surroundings. This has nothing to do with an idea of “presence” which is a mental event and is basically a more or less subjective mental sensation. Obviously, the Awareness of Dzogchen is entirely different and does not depend on such sensations, consciousnesses, etc. on such sensations, consciousnesses, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The director of a monastery, one of the six temple administrators. See chiji. 34, 50n. 4, 102n. 11)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The disciplinary teachings of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The discourses and teachings given by Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The discoverer of the Longchen Nyingtik te … The discoverer of the Longchen Nyingtik teachings, revealed to him in a vision he had of Longchenpa. He is considered to be a combined emanation of Vimalamitra and King Trisong Detsen. Patrul Rinpoche is often considered to be the emanation of Jigme Lingpa's speech (1729-1798)ation of Jigme Lingpa's speech (1729-1798))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The discriminating wisdoms resulting from hearing, contemplating, and practicing the teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The display during the bardo of dharmata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The display during the bardo of dharmata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The display of the bardo of dharmata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The dissolution stage is the part of the d … The dissolution stage is the part of the development stage in which the entire visualization successively dissolves, to the point where nothing remains and the practitioner rests in a state of empty awareness for as long as possible. The primary function of this phase is to purify clinging to confused perceptions as being real. [LW 135]nfused perceptions as being real. [LW 135])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The distilled forms of earth, water, fire, air, and space.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The distinct, meta-stable states of mental … The distinct, meta-stable states of mental operation attained through the quieting of mental functioning by one-pointed concentration. Attainment of the eight successively more quiescent absorption levels-the first four comprising the form realm and the second four the formless realm-involves the suppression of thought and disturbing mental functions. Their duration depends on the force of the process of suppression. They are states common to all yoga and are entirely samsaric in nature. yoga and are entirely samsaric in nature.)