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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The first of the three stages of appearance, increase, and attainment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The first of the three worlds, comprising … The first of the three worlds, comprising the hells, and the realms of the pretas, animals, humans, asuras, and the six classes of kamaloka gods (Four Great Kings, Heaven of the Thirty-three, Heaven Free of Conflict (Yama), The Joyous Realm (Tushita), Enjoying Magical Creations, and Mastery over Others' Creations)tions, and Mastery over Others' Creations))
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The first of the three worlds, comprising the hells, and the realms of the hungry spirits, animals, humans, demigods, and the six classes of gods of the world of desire.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The first of the three yānas, which is subdivided into the śrāvakayāna and pratyekabuddhayāna.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The first of the two accumulations. “Merit” is also sometimes used loosely to translate the Tibetan terms ''dge ba'' (virtue, positive action) and ''dge rtsa'' (sources of good for the future).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The first of the two main stages of tantri … The first of the two main stages of tantric practice, wherein one's relative perceptions of reality are purified through mudra, mantra, and visualization of the deity. This serves to eliminate one's negative habitual tendencies of mind, and prepares one for the completion stage. See also ''completion stage''.tion stage. See also ''completion stage''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The first of the two major phases in the practice of the Great Perfection, aimed at gaining direct, sustained realization of the original purity of pristine awareness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The first phase of visualization practice, in which the deity, arising out of emptiness, is brought to mind in vivid detail as a central focus while the deity's mantra is recited. ''See also'' completion stage.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The first phase of yidam practice, in whic … The first phase of yidam practice, in which one visualizes oneself as the yidam deity. First one visualizes the form deity (the pledge being) and then joins it with the wisdom of the actual deity (the wisdom being). For more information on these two phases, see Kongtrul (1996). on these two phases, see Kongtrul (1996).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The first phase of yidam practice, in whic … The first phase of yidam practice, in which one visualizes oneself as the yidam deity. First one visualizes the form deity (the pledge being) and then joins it with the wisdom of the actual deity (the wisdom being). For more information on these two phases, see Kongtrul (1996). on these two phases, see Kongtrul (1996).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The first promulgation at Vārāṇasī (''chos-'khor dang-po''), the intermediate promulgation at Vulture Peak (''bar-ma'i chos-'khor'') and the final promulgation in indefinite realms ''(chos-'khor tha-ma')''. 17, 23-4, 28, 76, 151-5, 187, 425, 896)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The first seven fully ordained monks in Ti … The first seven fully ordained monks in Tibet, who were ordained by the abbot Shantarakshita. They were the minister Ba Trhizi, Ba Selnang, Pagor Vairotsana, Ngenlam Gyalwa Chokyang, Ma Rinchen Chok, Khon Lui Wangpo, and Lasum Gyalwa Changchub. When the king decided they turned out well, he had Shantarakshita ordain another three hundred people.shita ordain another three hundred people.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The first seven of the ārya bodhisattva bhūmis.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The first stage in monastic ordination. Sh … The first stage in monastic ordination. Shramaneras do not observe all the precepts of fully ordained bhikshus or bhikshunis, but it is incorrect to refer to them as "novices" in that many of them remain shramaneras throughout their lives without necessarily progressing to full ordination.ecessarily progressing to full ordination.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The first stage in monastic ordination. Sh … The first stage in monastic ordination. Shramaneras do not observe all the precepts of fully ordained bhikshus or bhikshunis, but it is incorrect to refer to them as "novices" in that many of them remain shramaneras throughout their lives without necessarily progressing to full ordination.ecessarily progressing to full ordination.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The first stage in the monastic ordination implying the observance of certain precepts. ''See'' note 160.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The first stage in the practice of mahamudra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The first tantric yāna, which emphasizes purity and the understanding that all phenomena are inherently pure, naturally sacred, and beyond fixation. The deities are visualized as external and the practitioner emphasizes purification and ritual action.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The first teaching of the Buddha and the foundation of Buddhism. These are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the cessation of suffering, and the eightfold path to enlightenment,)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The first teachings translated from Sanskrit and propagated in Tibet, those of the Ancient Tradition, as distinct from the teachings of the New Tradition that were translated and propagated from the tenth century onwards)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The first three are related to actions of … The first three are related to actions of the body: (1) killing; (2) stealing or taking what is not freely given; (3) sexual misconduct or harmful sexual relations. The next four are related to speech: (4) lying; (5) slander or divisive speech; (6) harsh speech; (7) gossip or idle chatter. The last three are related to mind: (8) covetousness or greed; (9) anger, ill-will or hatred; (10) wrong view. The last three are synonymous with the "three poisons": desire, aversion, and ignorance. These three are the foundations of all our non-virtuous actions, through which we produce negative karma which binds us to suffering in samsara.ma which binds us to suffering in samsara.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The first three of the "four sections of tantra. " General Vehicles (thun mong gi theg pa) Hinayana and mahayana. Synonymous with common vehicles.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The first three of the nine vehicles (theg pa rim pa dgu): those of the (1) shravakas (nyan thos theg pa); (2) pratyekabuddhas (rang rgyal theg pa); and (3) bodhisattvas (byang chub sems dpa' theg pa).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The first two of the five paths common to … The first two of the five paths common to both vehicles. On the path of accumulation and the path of preparation, the under standing of emptiness, or the nature of reality, is based upon solid reasoning, but it is not a direct cognition free of conceptuality. Therefore there remains an element of belief, but not in the sense of blind faith.lief, but not in the sense of blind faith.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The first two of the five paths that prepare the Bodhisattva for attaining the path of seeing)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The first two of the three sections of Dzogchen.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The first, the middle, and the final gathe … The first, the middle, and the final gatherings represent the gradual clearing and purification of the nine or ten essential constituents within the body. The four or five vital winds and the five enlightenment minds gather into different channel locations within the body due to the practice of yoga. When these nine or ten essential constituents (the ḍākinīs and ḍākas or buddhas) gather into those specific locations, the ordinary body is transformed into a rainbow body.y body is transformed into a rainbow body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The first, which involves investigation, a … The first, which involves investigation, analysis, joy, happiness, and one-pointedness; the second, which involves joy, happiness, and one-pointedness; the third, which involves happiness and one-pointedness; and the fourth, which involves one-pointedness.he fourth, which involves one-pointedness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The five "tainted" aggregates produced by afflictive emotions and actions in a previous life and which will again produce further afflictive emotions and actions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The five "tainted" aggregates produced by afflictive emotions and actions in a previous life and which will again produce further afflictive emotions and actions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The five Buddha Families, namely: Tathagat … The five Buddha Families, namely: Tathagata, Vajra, Jewel, Lotus, and Action. These represent five aspects of Buddhahood. They are presided over by the Dhyani Buddhas, who are generally depicted in a mandala arrangement as follows: blue Vairochana in the center (Tathagata), white Vajrasattva in the east (Vajra), yellow Rat-nasambhava in the south (Jewel), red Amitabha in the west (Lotus), and green Amoghasiddhi in the north (Action). green Amoghasiddhi in the north (Action).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The five aggregates are the basic component elements of form, feeling, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness. When they appear together, the illusion of a self is produced in the ignorant mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The five aggregates that are at the same time the result of past defilements and deeds and the causal basis of the defilements and deeds that perpetuate rebirth in saṃsāra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The five aspects of perfect enlightenment … The five aspects of perfect enlightenment are described by Padmasambhava in his Lam-rim Yeshe Nyingpo:</br>:The perfection of the benefit of oneself is the peaceful dharmakaya.</br>:The spontaneously present benefit for others is the unified sambhogakaya. </br>:The manifold skillful means to tame beings is the way of nirmanakaya. </br>:The distinct and unmixed appearance aspect is the true bodhikaya. </br>:Their one taste as dharmadhatu of the emptiness aspect is the vajrakaya. of the emptiness aspect is the vajrakaya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The five aspects or "aggregates" that comprise the physical and mental constituents of a sentient being: physical forms, sensations, conceptions, (mental) formations, and consciousnesses.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The five aspects that comprise the physical and mental constituents of a sentient being: (1) form (gzugs); (2) feeling (tshor ba); (3) conception ('du shes); (4) formation ('du byed); and (5) consciousness (rnam shes).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The five aspects which comprise the physical and mental constituents of a sentient being: physical forms, sensations, conceptions, (mental) formations, and consciousnesses.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The five basic texts of the Geluk monastic … The five basic texts of the Geluk monastic educational system: Candrakīrtis ''Entering the Middle Way'' (for Madhyamaka), Dharmakīrti's ''Thorough Exposition of Valid Cognition'' (for valid cognition), Maitreya's ''Ornament of Higher Realization'' (for perfection of wisdom), Guṇaprabhas ''Vinaya Sutra'' (for vinaya), and Vasubandhus'' Treasury of Higher Knowledge'' (for Abhidharma).ry of Higher Knowledge'' (for Abhidharma).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The five buddha families function as the s … The five buddha families function as the support for the five wisdoms. The relationship between these two groups is as follows: the wisdom of the basic space of phenomena is linked with the buddha family and the Buddha Vairocana; all-accomplishing wisdom with the karma family and the Buddha Amoghasiddhi; the wisdom of equality with the jewel family and the Buddha Ratnasambhāva; discerning wisdom with the lotus family and the Buddha Amitābha; and mirrorlike wisdom with the vajra family and either Vajrasattva or Akṣobhya. [TK 2, 80]either Vajrasattva or Akṣobhya. [TK 2, 80])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The five buddha families: tathagata, vajra, ratna, padma, and karma. They represent five aspects of innate qualities of the tathagatagarbha, our enlightened essence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The five conflicting emotions of anger, desire, ignorance, jealousy, and pride.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The five constituents of our mental and physical life: form, sensation, discrimination, mental formations, and consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The five constituents, one physical and fo … The five constituents, one physical and four mental, found when, in the search for the self, the human "person" is subjected to analytical investigation. They are the material form or body, feelings, perceptions, conditioning factors, and consciousness. The coming together of these aggregates gives rise to the impression of "I."gates gives rise to the impression of "I.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The five corruptions of the dark age: decrease in the length of life, perverted views and no faith in spirituality, the five kleśas being rampant, sentient beings are difficult to convert, and warfare and degraded society.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The five disciplines of grammar, dialectics, healing, philosophy, and "arts and crafts.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The five disciplines of which a Buddhist master must have mastery. They are medicine, philology, logic, philosophy, and "arts and crafts.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The five eminent beings were a god called … The five eminent beings were a god called Renowned Chief Protector (Skt. ''Yasasvi Varapala''), a naga called Naga King Takshaka, a yaksha called Meteor Face (Skt. ''Ulkamukha''), an ogre called Skillful Intellect (Skt. ''Matyaupayiha''), and a human being called Stainless Reputation (Skt. ''Vimalakirti''). Some sources mention the god Indra in place of Vimalakirti. Through their supernatural cognitive powers these five noble beings knew that the Buddha had passed away and then miraculously gathered at Mount Malaya.hen miraculously gathered at Mount Malaya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The five ever-present ones (''kun-'gro lng … The five ever-present ones (''kun-'gro lnga'') of contact, attention, feeling, cognition and motivation; the five which determine objects (''yul so-sor nges-pa lnga'') of adherence, inclination, recollection, contemplation and discriminative awareness; the eleven attendant functions of every positive attitude (''bcu-gcig dge-sems kun-gyi 'khor-du 'byung-ba'') of faith, carefulness, lucidity, equanimity, decency, decorum, detachment, non-hatred, non-delusion, nonviolence and perseverance; the six root conflicting emotions (''rtsa-ba'i nyon-mongs-pa drug'') of hatred, desire, arrogance, ignorance, view of mundane aggregates and doubt; and the twenty subsidiary conflicting emotions (''nye-bar nyon-mongs-pa nyi-shu'') of anger, hostility, dissimulation, malice, jealousy, miserliness, deception, dishonesty, spitefulness, pride, contempt, indecorum, dullness, over-exuberance, distrust, laziness, carelessness, forgetfulness, excitability and inattentiveness; and the four variables ('' 'gyur-ba bzhi'') of drowsiness, regret, ideas and scrutiny. Refer to [[H.V. Guenther]], ''[[Buddhist Philosophy in Theory and Practice]]'', pp. 63-4, which is based on [[Mipham]] Rinpoche, ''yid-bzhin mdzod-kyi grub-mtha' bsdus-pa'', (pp. 13ff). 156kyi grub-mtha' bsdus-pa'', (pp. 13ff). 156)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The five facets of primordial consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The five facets of primordial consciousness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The five faculties "ruling" over the first two of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining: faith, mindfulness, diligence, concentration, and discriminating knowledge.)