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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The four or six sections of tantras.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The four outer contemplations - the progre … The four outer contemplations - the progress of a spiritual warrior (''dpa'-bar- 'gro-ba''), the precious crown (''rin-po-che'i tog''), emanation (''rnam-par rol-pa'') and the basket of plenty (''za-ma-tog''); the four inner contemplations - penetrating all objects (''yul-kun-la 'jug-pa''), manifestation (''mngon-par snang-ba''), the crown-jewel (''gtsug-gi nor-bu'') and arraying the summit of the victory banner (''rgyal-mtshan rtse-mo yongs-su bkod-pa''); and the four secret contemplations - purity of the movement of subtle energies ('' 'gyu-ba dag-pa''), profound appearance (''zab-mo snang-ba''), jewel lamp (''rin-chen sgron-me'') and excellence (''legs-pa''). Refer to Longcenpa, ''Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle'', (p. 28). 137ury of the Supreme Vehicle'', (p. 28). 137)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The four pulsations are the pulsations of: … The four pulsations are the pulsations of: the channels; the syllables (that are channels in the crooked forms of syllables); the drops, enlightenment minds, or nectars (terms used synonymously at various times); and the vital winds. The advance and retreat ('' 'jug ldog'') of these four in and out of the saṃsāra channels of the rasanā and lalanā and the central channel of nirvāṇa is referred to as ''pulsation ('gros)''. When the four pulsations have gone into the central channel and no longer retreat, this is referred to as the ''dissolution of the four pulsations ('gros bzhi thim)''.f the four pulsations ('gros bzhi thim)''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The four qualities that one achieves with complete enlightenment. Being inconceivable to ordinary persons they are loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity,)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The four regions surrounding Mount Meru in … The four regions surrounding Mount Meru in Abhidharma cosmology that together comprise the inhabited universe. The southern continent, Jambudvīpa, originally referred only to India but came to mean the entire known human world. The other continents or worlds, separated from ours by areas of darkness, are said to be inhabited by distinct races of beingso be inhabited by distinct races of beings)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The four results of the Listeners’ Vehicle … The four results of the Listeners’ Vehicle—namely, stream enterer, once-returner, nonreturner, and arhat, for each of which there are two kinds: those who have entered their respective level (“candidates,” Tib. ''zhugs pa'') and those who are firmly establishedon it (“graduates,” Tib.''bras la gnas pa''),hence the alternative Tibetan term ''zhugs gnas brgyad''.native Tibetan term ''zhugs gnas brgyad''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The four root petals are "truly energetic" … The four root petals are "truly energetic" (yang dag shugs), "very energetic" (shin tu shugs), "excellent" (shin tu bzang), and "proceeds well" (bzang po 'gro). The sixty terminal petals are grouped in twelve sets, related to the twelve houses. Aries: "great strength" (stobs chen), "great inexhaustibility" (mi zad che ba), "great beauty" (mdzes chen), "great frontal birth" (mdun du skyes pa che ba), and "provision- sign" (brgyags pa'i rtags). Taurus: "provision-part" (brgyags pa'i cha), "provision-water" (brgyags pa'i chu), "provision-intoxication" (brgyags smyo byed), "provisions" (brgyags pa), and "concordant causes of provisions" (brgyags pa'i rgyu mthun). Gemini: "provision-moisture" (brgyags pa'i rlan), "provision-holder" (brgyags pa 'chang ba), "rough" (rtsub pa), "saliva" (kha chu), and "elephant" (glang po). Cancer: "uneasy breath" (dbugs mi bde ba), "rusted" (g.ya' kha 'gro), "bird limb" ('dab chags yan lag), "raptor face" (khra yi gdong pa), and "potbelly" (za phod). Leo: "forceful" (mi bzad pa), "resounding" (sgra sgrogs), "scented" (dri ldan), "striking" (brdegs pa), and "discipline" (brtul ba). Virgo: "melody" (dbyangs), "melodious" (dbyangs skyes), "cloud" (sprin pa), "higher tendons" (chu ba mtho ba), and "sealed dedication" (rgya ltar sngo ba). Libra: "primary trice" (yud tsam gtso bo), "trice born" (yud tsam skyes pa), "back facing" (rgyab tu kha bltas pa), "staff" (dbyug pa), and "smooth staff" (dbyug snyoms). Scorpio: "ancient" (rnying pa), "joint-god" (tshigs kyi lha), "joint of joints" (tshigs kyi tshigs), "joint-measure" (tshigs kyi tshad), and "discipline" (brtul ba). Sagittarius: "joint-abode" (tshigs kyi gnas), "joint-face" (tshigs kyi gdong), "jointlight" (tshigs 'od), "joint-chains" (tshigs kyi lu gu rgyud), and "tamer" (dul byed). Capricorn: "tamed" (dul 'gro), "majestic" (gzi brjid), "stainless taming" (dri med dul ba), "conceited" (bsnyems ma), and "edible tassel" (chun 'phyang lto). Aquarius: "passionate passion" (chags pa chags), "tassel" (chun 'phyang), "half tassel" (chun 'phyang phyed), "bee" (sbrang bu), and "children bestower" (phru gu phru gu ster). Pisces: "migrator" ('gro ba), "leaf " (lo ma), "leaf throat" (lo ma'i mgrin pa), "supreme" (rab mchog ma), and "pellucid" (rab gsal).(rab mchog ma), and "pellucid" (rab gsal).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The four seals, or mudrās, are a focal poi … The four seals, or mudrās, are a focal point in the meditative tradition of Yoga Tantra. These four are the activity seal of enlightened activity (karma mudrā), pledge seal of enlightened mind (samaya mudrā), dharma seal of enlightened speech (dharma mudrā), and great seal of enlightened form (mahāmudrā). [SG 335] of enlightened form (mahāmudrā). [SG 335])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The four spheres of perception, from that … The four spheres of perception, from that of boundless space up to the peak of existence. In these spheres, there is no coarse form, only clear mental forms. The beings in these realms are free of attachment to form, bur are attached to the state of formlessness. [TD 2503]ed to the state of formlessness. [TD 2503])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The four stages of attainment of knowledge … The four stages of attainment of knowledge-holders, masters of the four stages of the tantric path of Mahayoga. The four vidyadhara levels are the maturation, longevity (life mastery), mahamudra, and spontaneous perfection. See also Vidyadhara level of longevity, mahamudra, maturation, and spontaneous perfection.a, maturation, and spontaneous perfection.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The four steps used to purify and eliminat … The four steps used to purify and eliminate negative karma: (1) the power of confession, where one admits negative actions of body, speech, and mind committed in this life and in all prior lives; (2) the power of regret, where one understands the suffering and negative karma one has created, and sincerely regrets having committed the action; (3) the power of resolution, firmly resolving never to repeat the action again, even at the cost of one's life; (4) the power of reliance, praying to the buddhas and bodhisattvas for help and support in one's effort to abandon all negative karma.ne's effort to abandon all negative karma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The four thoughts that turn the mind (from … The four thoughts that turn the mind (from samsara). These are (1) the preciousness of human birth (in this human life we have an opportunity to practice and attain realization); (2) impermanence (death is real and comes without warning); (3) the pain of samsara (there are six realms of existence, and inescapable suffering occurs within and as a result of each of them); and (4) karma (everything we do produces an effect that we will have to live with, producing happiness or suffering for us in the future).piness or suffering for us in the future).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The four visions in Dzogchen practice: ''dharmata'' in actuality, increase in experience, culmination of awareness and exhaustion of phenomena. Four stages in Mahamudra practice: one-pointedness, simplicity, one taste, and nonmeditation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The four visions of direct crossing over practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The four ways a bodhisattva gathers studen … The four ways a bodhisattva gathers students and spreads the dharma: (1) generosity, providing necessities so that students will be attracted to the dharma; (2) praise, being generous in a pleasing and kind way; (3) acting in accord with local customs, so that students will understand the bodhisattva's actions; and (4) actions that benefit students.ns; and (4) actions that benefit students.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The four yogas of mahāmudrā: one-pointedness (T: rtse-gcig), simplicity (T: spros-bral), one taste (T: ro-gcig) , and nonmeditation (T: sgom-med).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The fourth and final vision on the path of … The fourth and final vision on the path ofdirect crossing over, in which all phenomena dissolve into the space of awareness. This corresponds to the attainment of the supreme ground of a spontaneously actualized vidyādhara on the mantra path, which surpasses the tenth āryabodhisattva ground, known as the Cloud of Dharma.ttva ground, known as the Cloud of Dharma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The fourth chapter of the Condensed Kālacakra dealing with generation-stage practices, and often used torefer to their written form)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The fourth of the fifth stages. When third … The fourth of the fifth stages. When third-stage illusory body withdraws into illustrative clear light, the illusory body itself disappears, but the remaining clear light becomes the ''actual'' clear light. Its nature is the very subtle mind focused on the ultimate truth of phenomena, and its function is to serve as the substantial cause for the exalted-wisdom dharmakāya.l cause for the exalted-wisdom dharmakāya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The fourth of the five paths on which one cultivates and trains in the higher practices of a bodhisattva, especially the eight aspects of the path of noble beings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The fourth of the five paths, during which a bodhisattva traverses the remaining nine of the ten levels.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The fourth of the five paths; this stage functions as the gateway to liberation, in which one cultivates and familiarizes oneself with the nature that was realized on the path of seeing. [TD 598])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The fourth of the five stages of the path … The fourth of the five stages of the path to awakening. After perceiving emptiness directly on the path of seeing, this path consists of deepening that realisation through meditation and through the application of the eightfold ārya path. In this way, one gradually removes the cognitive veils, thereby attaining increasingly higher levels of realization (that is, the second to the tenth bodhisattva grounds). second to the tenth bodhisattva grounds).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The fourth of the four aspects of ascertainment on the path of joining. The highest spiritual attainment within samsaric existence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The fourth of the four divisions of the Instruction Section of Dzogchen according to the arrangement of Shri Singha. ''See'' Appendix.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The fourth of the four visions in Dzogchen.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The fourth of the four visions of Dzogchen.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The fourth of the four visions of dzogchen. Synonymous with complete enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The fourth of the four yogas of mahamudra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The fourth of the ten bodhisattva bhumis.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The fourth practice of the preliminary practices.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The fourth-century Buddhist philosopher who founded the famed Yogācāra school.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The freedoms that make it possible to brin … The freedoms that make it possible to bring one's human existence to fruition. The first three refer to freedom from birth in the three lower realms. The fourth is freedom from birth in a barbarous place; the fifth, freedom from birth in the god realm; the sixth, freedom from wrong view; the seventh, freedom from birth in a place without a buddha; and the eighth, freedom from being born deaf and mute.th, freedom from being born deaf and mute.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The fruitional teachings of the Kagyu and Gelugpa schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The fruitional teachings of the Kagyu and Gelugpa schools of Tibetan Buddhism.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The full name of this foundational text of … The full name of this foundational text of Tibetan medicine is ''Amṛita's Heart: The Tantras of the Secret Esoteric Instructions on the Eight Branches'' (''bDud rtsi snying po yan lag brgyad pa gsang ba man ngag gi rgyud''). The four tantras, or sections, are the Root Tantra, Explanatory Tantra, Instructional Tantra, and Final Tantra. There is debate about the origins and authorship of this text. Some regard it to be of Indian origin, translated into Tibetan by Vairochana; others say that it is an indigenous Tibetan work. For more on the history of this text, see Garrett 2008, 46–47; and Kilty 2010, 5–9. For a translation of the Root Tantra and Explanatory Tantra sections, see Clark 1995.planatory Tantra sections, see Clark 1995.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The fully awakened mind manifesting as the different forms of male and female deities who represent its myriad qualities. Often translated as "chosen deity," it refers to the specific deity selected as the focus of one's practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The fully realised and awakened mind of Buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The fundamental ignorance that acts as a c … The fundamental ignorance that acts as a cause for the continuation of the cycle of suffering and whose characteristic is the mistaken perception that the phenomenon Held by the conscious ness exists in its own right, from its own side, without depending on other factors. side, without depending on other factors.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The fundamental mode of existence of all phenomena, emptiness, which is the basis of liberation. This contrasts with the way things appear (Tib. snang lugs),which is the basis of delusion.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The fundamental nature of a phenomenon, as in the case of awareness being the essential nature of the mind. Emptiness, as the essential nature of mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The fundamental qualities of a buddha and the genuine meaning of emptiness, which is the unity of awareness and emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The fundamental system of Buddhist thought and practice deriving from the first turning of the wheel of Dharma and centering around the teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the twelvefold chain of dependent arising.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The fundamental system of Buddhist thought … The fundamental system of Buddhist thought and practice deriving from the first turning of the wheel of Dharma and centering around the teachings on the four noble truths and the twelvefold chain of dependent arising. In situations where it might be understood in a pejorative sense, Hinayana (small or low vehicle) is often avoided in favor of Shravakayana (the vehicle of the Shravakas or Hearers). It should in any case be noted that in Tibetan Buddhism, the Hinayana is regarded as an intrinsic part, indeed the foundation, of the teachings and is not disparaged, even though the narrowly "hinayana motivation," of aiming solely for one's own liberation (as contrasted with the universal attitude of bodhichitta), is considered incomplete and insufficient. Altogether there were eighteen hinayana schools, of which only one, the Theravada, still exists today, existing mainly in the countries of south Asia.ing mainly in the countries of south Asia.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The future Buddha; he will manifest at the beginning of the next cosmic cycle. His teaching will follow that of Śākyamuni, when the latter's has disappeared.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The gateways of compassion, the lights, the kāyas, the facets of primordial consciousness, nonduality, freedom from extremes, the impurity of saṃsāra, and the purity of nirvāṇa. See GD 253-54>)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The gathering of people during the day (''nyin-mor mi 'du-ba''), the gathering of ḍākinīs by night (''mtshan-mor mkha'-'gro 'du-ba'') and the gathering of material resources at all times (''rtag-tu zas-nor 'du-ba''). 851)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The general causal law in Buddhism that as … The general causal law in Buddhism that asserts that whatever arises does so in dependence upon causes and conditions. Sometimes taken to be the essential Buddhist teaching, it is given specific instantiation in the twelve links of dependent arising, which explain how it is we continually take birth in ''samsara''. It is also explained by Nāgārjuna as equivalent to—and the major proof of—''emptiness''.t to—and the major proof of—''emptiness''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The general outer preliminaries are the fo … The general outer preliminaries are the four mind-changings; the special inner preliminaries are the four times hundred-thousand practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. For details, see The Torch of Certainty (Shambhala Publications, 1977) and The Great Gate (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1989). Gate (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1989).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The general root guru is the vajra master from whom one receives empowerment and explanation of the tantric teachings. The specific root guru is the master who points out the nature of mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The general sense of what has been heard.)