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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The eight chief recipients in Tibet of the Eight Sadhana Teachings transmitted by Guru Rinpoche: King Trisong Deutsen, Namkhai Nyingpo, Sangye Yeshe, Gyalwa Cho-yang, Yeshe Tsogyal, Palgyi Yeshe, Palgyi Senge, and Vairochana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The eight collections of consciousnesses, cognitions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The eight conditions in which sentient bei … The eight conditions in which sentient beings lack the opportunity to hear and practice the Buddha's teachings. These are: to be born (1) in the hells, (2) as a preta, (3) as an animal, or (4) as a long-lived god; or as human being but (5) in a world where no Buddha has appeared, or (6) in a barbaric region where the Buddha's doctrine is unknown, or (7) as someone holding wrong views, or (8) as someone mute or mentally deficient (8) as someone mute or mentally deficient)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The eight female gatekeepers plus the two of the zenith and nadir, Siṃhāsyā (Seng gdong ma) and Vyāghrāsyā (sTag gdong ma).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The eight freedoms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The eight goddesses, such as the Beautiful One (''sgeg mo''), who make offerings to the deities. [TD 857])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The eight immortals of Daoist tradition： Zhong Liquan, Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin, Li Tieguai, He Xiangu, Nan Caihc, Han Xiangzi, and Chao Guojiu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The eight independent schools of Buddhism that flourished in Tibet: Nyingma, Kadampa, Marpa Kagyü, Shangpa Kagyü, Sakya, Jordruk, Shije, and Chöd.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The eight independent schools of Buddhism that flourished in Tibet; Nyingma, Kadampa, Marpa Kagyu, Shangpa Kagyu, Sakya, Jordruk, Shije, and Chao See also Practice Lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The eight knowledge holders were the India … The eight knowledge holders were the Indian masters entrusted with the Eight Great Sādhana Teachings: Vimalamitra, Hūṃkara, Mañjuśrīmitra, Nāgārjuna, Padmasambhava, Dhanasaṃskṛta, Rambuguhya-Devacandra, and Śāntigarbha. These individuals are also referred to as the "eight great accomplished masters" (''grub pa'i slob dpon chen po brgyad''). Details on the lives of these masters can be found in NS 475-483. these masters can be found in NS 475-483.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The eight main Bodhisattvas in the retinue … The eight main Bodhisattvas in the retinue of Buddha Shakyamuni. They are: Akashagarbha, Avalokiteshvara, Kshitigarbha, Maitreya, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Sarvanivaranavishkambhin, and Vajrapani. Symbolically they represent the pure state of the eight consciousnesses.e pure state of the eight consciousnesses.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The eight main yidam deities and sadhanas … The eight main yidam deities and sadhanas of the Mahayoga tantra. They are gshin rje gshed (Yamantaka—body), rta mgrin (Hayagriva—speech), yang dag (Vishuddha—mind), che mchog (Amrita—qualities), phur pa (Kila—activities), ma mo rbod gtong (or Lame Heruka), dmod pa drag sngags (or Tobden Nagpo), jig rten mchod bstod (or Drekpa Kundul). The last three sadhanas are connected with three classes of worldly deities (jig rten pa'i sde gsum). worldly deities (jig rten pa'i sde gsum).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The eight openings of one's body, not counting the aperture at the top of one's head.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The eight philosophical assertions of origination, cessation, existence, nonexistence, coming, going, diversity, and unity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The eight siddhis that are the means of ob … The eight siddhis that are the means of obtaining the results of worldly achievements (' jig rten pa'i dngos grub kyi 'bras bu thob bar byed pa'i thabs) are the siddhi of swords (ral gri); the siddhi of eye salves (mig sman); the siddhi of pills (ril bu); the siddhi of traveling underground (sa 'og); the siddhi of swift-footedness (rkang 'gyogs); the siddhi of invisibility (mi snang ba); the siddhi of flying in the sky (mkha' la spyod pa); and rasāyana (bcud len). GTCD; and Ngo-tro Rabjampa, 369.2–3.len). GTCD; and Ngo-tro Rabjampa, 369.2–3.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The eight states of freedom from the eight unfavorable conditions, such freedom being essential in order to hear and practice the Buddha's teachings)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The eight types of mundane, or common, accomplishments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The eight worldly ways of judging and disc … The eight worldly ways of judging and discriminating experience that create karma and perpetuate our entrapment in samsara. These include gain and loss, fame and ill-repute, praise and blame, and pleasure and pain. Each of the eight worldly dharmas arises as a function of belief in a "self" that we are trying to maintain and protect.hat we are trying to maintain and protect.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The eighteen root and forty-six auxiliary bodhisattva and the fourteen root and eight auxiliary tantric vows.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The eighth Situ Rinpoche (1700–1774).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The eighth consciousness, according to the Mind-Only system developed by Asaṅga in the fifth century. It is the basic substratum of the individual's consciousness that carries the imprintings of "seeds" of past and future experiences.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The eighth in the Nyingma stages of the path to enlightenment known as the nine ''yanas'', or vehicles. ''Anuyoga'' is particularly known for its practices of the inner yogas of the winds (''prana''), channels (''nadi''), and consciousness (''bindu'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The eighth of the ten bodhisattva bhumis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The eighth through tenth bodhisattva stages, on which one has fully abandoned all delusion obstacles but is separated from buddhahood by knowledge obstacles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The eighth, ninth, and tenth bhūmis.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The eighth, ninth, and tenth bodhisattva levels.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The eighth-century Indian ''siddha'' usually credited with having established Buddhism in Tibet. Together with the Indian monk-scholar Śāntirakṣita, he founded the earliest order of Buddhism in Tibet, the Nyingmapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The eighth-century Indian monk-scholar who journeyed to Tibet, taught the Buddhist Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna doctrines there, and ordained the first seven Tibetan monks.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The element of blood, which symbolizes the wisdom of great emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The eleventh bhumi and the state of buddhahood according to the sutra system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The eleventh-century Indian Buddhist sage who journeyed to Tibet in order to rejuvenate the Buddhist doctrine there. His teachings led to the creation of the Kadampa order of Buddhism in Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The emanated realms of the five buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The embodiment of compassion and Tibet's special deity, usually depicted as white. The Dalai Lama and the Karmapa are considered incarnations of Chenrezik.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The embodiment of enlightened power, shown holding a vajra; often mentioned together with Chenrezik and Manjushri. As Lord of the Secrets, he is the holder of the tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The emotional obscurations (in contrast to … The emotional obscurations (in contrast to intellectual obscurations) which are usually translated as "poisons" or "defilements." The three main kleshas are (passion or desire or attachment), (aggression or anger); and (ignorance or delusion or aversion). The five kleshas are the three above plus pride and (envy or jealousy).e above plus pride and (envy or jealousy).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The empowerment for practicing Dzogchen or Mahamudra. Sometimes it also refers to a stage of realization achieved through Dzogchen practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The empowerment for practicing Dzogchen. Sometimes it also refers to the stage of realization achieved thorugh Dzogchen practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The empowerments of vase, secret, wisdom-k … The empowerments of vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and precious word according to Anuttara Tantra of the Sarma schools or the Three Inner Tantras of the Nyingma system. The purpose of receiving these empowerments is to be "ripened" so as to be authorized to practice the following four aspects of the vajrayana paths: By receiving the vase empowerment, one is authorized to practice the development stage, the union of appearance and emptiness, according to the teachings of Mahayoga Tantra. By receiving the secret empowerment, one is authorized to practice the completion stage with concepts, the profound path, which is the unity of clarity and emptiness connected with the "higher gate" of Anuyoga Tantra. By receiving the wisdom-knowledge empowerment, one is authorized to practice the completion stage with concepts, the phony a path, which is the union of bliss and emptiness connected to the "lower gate" of Anuyoga Tantra. By receiving the precious word empowerment, one is authorized to practice the Great Perfection, which is the union of awareness and emptiness connected to Ati Yoga Tantra. Guru Rinpoche said in his Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo: The vase empowerment, which purifies the body and the nadis, Is the seed of the vajra body and nirmanakaya. The secret empowerment, which purifies speech and the pranas, Is the seed of the vajra speech and samboghyakaya. The phonya empowerment, which purifies the mind and the bindus, Is the seed of the vajra mind and dharmakaya. The ultimate empowerment, which purifies habitual patterns and the all-ground, Is the seed of the vajra wisdom and the svabhavikakaya.fies habitual patterns and the all-ground, Is the seed of the vajra wisdom and the svabhavikakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The empowerments of water (chu); crown (co … The empowerments of water (chu); crown (cod pan); silk ribbons (dar dpyang); vajra and ghaṇṭā (rdor dril); discipline (brtul zhugs); name (ming); and permission (rjes gnang). They are the first part of the Kālachakra empowerments. See Hopkins [1985] 1991, 257–353; Kilty 2004, 225–46; and Kongtrul 2005, 229–30 and 470–71n57.; and Kongtrul 2005, 229–30 and 470–71n57.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The emptiness of the inner, the emptiness … The emptiness of the inner, the emptiness of the outer, the emptiness of the inner and the outer, the emptiness of emptiness, the emptiness of the great (i.e., the ten directions), the emptiness of the ultimate (i.e., nirvana), the emptiness of the composite, the emptiness of the noncomposite, the emptiness of that which is beyond extremes, the emptiness of that which is without beginning or end, the emptiness of that which should not be discarded (i.e., the path), the emptiness of true nature, the emptiness of all dharmas, the emptiness of defining characteristics, the emptiness of the imperceptible (i.e., the three times), the emptiness that is the absence of entities, the emptiness of entities, the emptiness of nonentities, the emptiness of intrinsic nature, the emptiness of an entity that is other. The last four are sometimes considered to be a summary of the first sixteen.ered to be a summary of the first sixteen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The emptiness or nonexistence of matter, a nothingness (ci yang med pa) with no sentience.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The empty, very empty, and greatly empty. Cf. ''four empties''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The end of the path. Usually the state of complete and perfect buddhahood. Can also refer to one of the three levels of enlightenment—of a shravaka, pratyekabuddha, or bodhisattva. See also View, meditation, conduct, and fruition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The enemies of the devas, they are promine … The enemies of the devas, they are prominent in Indian literature and mythology, in which context they are often translated as "demons" In Tibet asuras are of little cultural importance, only appearing in the classification of the six classes of beings. When the classes of beings are enumerated as five, they are omitteds are enumerated as five, they are omitted)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The energetic or expressive aspect of enli … The energetic or expressive aspect of enlightened mind in the form of a tutelary deity. In Tibetan Buddhism, the focus of one's formal practice might be one of hundreds of such deities. As tutelary deity, the yidam is a personal protector of one's practice and guide to enlightenment.one's practice and guide to enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The energy channels, currents and seminal points, along with consciousness. 923)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The enlightened body, speech, and mind. Also referred to as the three vajras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities of the Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The enlightened essence of one's own mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The enlightened manifestation, or embodiment, chosen as one's primary object of refuge and meditative practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The enlightened or buddha-body, speech, mi … The enlightened or buddha-body, speech, mind, attributes and activities which are symbolised respectively by the five seals or hand gestures, namely, the seal of the doctrinal wheel (''chos-kyi 'khor-lo'i phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dharmacakramudrā''), the earth-touching seal (''sa-reg-gi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''bhūmisparśamudrā), the seal of liberality (''sbyin-pa'i phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dānamudrā''), the seal of concentration (''bsam-gtan-gyi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dhyānamudrā'') and the seal of fearlessness ('' 'jigs-med-kyi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''abhayamudrā''). 357i phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''abhayamudrā''). 357)