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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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The enlightened sambhogakāya identity in which the Buddha is said to have taught the tantras. In the Kagyü tradition he is also the personification of the dharmakāya, and the source from which the sambhogakāya deities manifest)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The enlightenment of the listeners, solitary realizers, and bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The enormous shrine in front of the bodhi tree at Vajra Seat, Bodhgaya. See also Vajra Seat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The esoteric instructions of Virūpa within the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The esoteric instructions of Virūpa within the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The essence of all the buddhas of the thre … The essence of all the buddhas of the three times, the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding vidyadharas, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams, the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the dharma and the haughty forces of the phenomenal realm, is the one known as Mahaguru Padmasambhava throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the three kayas. Invited by Manjushri's incarnation, the dharma-upholding king Trisong Detsen, he came to this snowy land of Tibet, the realm of the noble Great Compassionate One. He put all the vicious elemental forces under the majestic seal of his command, erected the triple-styled Unchanging and Spontaneously Perfected Temple, a palace with shrines, and strew the flowers of consecration. He established the great tradition of expounding and practicing the entire doctrine of the Buddha, and in particular he turned an infinite variety of the dharma-wheels of the tantras, texts, and instructions. of vajrayana. He visited personally all the sacred places-the snow mountains, caves, and lakes-blessed them, and concealed innumerable named and unnamed treasures. Thus his immeasurable kindness permeates the entire land of Tibet, both the central and the surrounding lands, and will remain right up to the last of the final days in the future. Samaya.p to the last of the final days in the future. Samaya.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The essence of being a ‘graspable/object’)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The essence of buddhahood, the luminous and empty nature of the mind, which is present, albeit veiled, in all sentient beings. When the obscuring veils are removed and it is revealed, it is Tathagata, or buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The essence of buddhahood, the luminous and empty nature of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The essence of reality, completely pure nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The essence-energy carried by prana as it flows through the nadis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The essential view of Vajrayana practice. … The essential view of Vajrayana practice. The tantric practitioner seeks to maintain the pure perceptions of an enlightened being, wherein one's environment is viewed as a Buddha field; all beings appear in the form of one's yidam or as Buddhas, bodhisattvas, dakas and dakinis; all sound is perceived as mantra; and all that arises in the mind is perceived as inseparable from emptiness. :In the Vajrayana view, maintaining sacred outlook is considered to be seeing into the true nature of reality and not merely idealistic projection. It helps us to cut through our ordinary distorted fixations on the nature of reality and to see things as they truly are.ality and to see things as they truly are.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The essential view of mahamudra introduced directly and without being dependent upon philosophical reasoning (as in sutra mahamudra) or yogic practices (as in mantra mahamudra).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The ethical teachings of Buddhism, particularly in relation to the code of monastic discipline.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The example for this is the dream experience. Sometimes this term has been translated as "one's own projection" or "self-display.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The excellent beginning of bodhicitta, the excellent main part of nonconceptualization, and the excellent conclusion of dedicating the merit. These three aspects should be part of any spiritual practice one does.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The excellent beginning of bodhicitta, the excellent main part of nonconceptualization, and the excellent conclusion of dedication. Also called the three excellencies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The excellent marks and signs are physical qualities that signify the enlightened state. [TD 2306])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The excellent qualities of separation are … The excellent qualities of separation are the thirty-two qualities of the dharmakāya, the fruition of the separation from, or relinquishment of, the mental afflictions. The excellent qualities of maturation are the thirty-two excellent major marks associated with the two form kāyas, the fruition of the maturation of merit., the fruition of the maturation of merit.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The existence in samsara is in one of thre … The existence in samsara is in one of three realms: the desire realm in which beings are reborn into the six realms of samsara based on their karma; the form realm in which beings due to the power of their meditation are born with immaterial bodies; the formless realm in which beings with meditative absorption have entered a state of meditation after death, where the processes of thoughts and perception have ceased, and there is thus no bodies, and no actual realms, environments, or locations.actual realms, environments, or locations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The existence of any thing or person ''without'' depending on causes, parts, or a mind that designates; the opposite of '''dependent arising'''. Nothing whatever exists in this manner; to conceive of things this way is thus a deeply ingrained error.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The expanse of all phenomena, a synonym fo … The expanse of all phenomena, a synonym for ultimate reality. It points to what the master Tilopa states in ''Mahamudra: The Ocean of Definitive Meaning''. "From time without beginning, the true nature of mind is like space./ There is no phenomenon that is not included therein." phenomenon that is not included therein.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The expanse of ultimate reality, emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The expanse of ultimate reality, emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The expanse of ultimate reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The expedient meaning refers to conventional teachings on the Four Noble Truths, karma, path, and result, which are designed to lead the practitioner to the definitive meaning, the insight into emptiness, suchness, and buddha-nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The experience of beings in samsara is tra … The experience of beings in samsara is traditionally schematized into six general categories, referred to as realms or worlds. They are the result of previous action or karma. None of these states is satisfactory, through the degree of suffering in them varies. The three upper or fortunate realms, where suffering is alleviated by tem-porary pleasures or where pleasure predominates, are the heavens of the mundane gods, the realms of the asuras or demigods, and the world of human beings. The three lower realms, in which suffering predominates over all other experiences, are those of the animals, the hungry ghosts, and the hells.animals, the hungry ghosts, and the hells.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The experience of beings in saṃsāra is tra … The experience of beings in saṃsāra is traditionally schematized into six general categories, referred to as realms or worlds, in which the mind abides as the result of previous actions, or karma. None of these states is satisfactory, though the degree of suffering in them differs from one to another. The three higher, or fortunate, realms, where suffering is alleviated by temporary pleasures, are the heavens of the celestial beings, or devas; the realms of the Āsuras, or demigods; and the world of human beings. The three lower realms, in which suffering predominates over every other experience, are those of the animals, the hungry ghosts, and the hells.animals, the hungry ghosts, and the hells.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The experience of luminosity in one's present meditation practice, while on the path. ''See'' mother luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The experience of the natural, primal, unmodified state of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The experience of the true, unfabricated, … The experience of the true, unfabricated, and uncontrived nature of mind, present throughout all of samsara and nirvana. There are two aspects to clear light: empty clear light, which is like a clear open sky; and manifest clear light, which appears as the five lights, images, and the like. as the five lights, images, and the like.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The experiences of manifest luminosity during the bardo of dying.)