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- 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.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The general term for the worlds inhabited … The general term for the worlds inhabited by sentient beings. It is marked by suffering, impermanence, and absence of self, and entails for those beings repeated rebirth in one or another unsatisfactory realm due to the force of ''delusions'' and ''karma''. the force of ''delusions'' and ''karma''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The generation (bskyed rim, utpattikrama) and perfection processes (rdzogs rim, utpannakrama/niṣhpannakrama/sampannakrama). Also translated as "creation stage" and "completion stage.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The generation and completion stages of tantric meditation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The generation and development of bodhicitta by skillful means, such as meditation on the four immeasurables, recitation, mind training (Tib. lo jong), and the exchange of self and others (Tib.gtong len). See VE 119,204-5.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The generic image is the mental image obje … The generic image is the mental image object, which is superimposed by conceptual thought and which is its direct object. For instance, when we think of emptiness, the concept of emptiness is arrived at by eliminating non-emptiness. That emptiness is the generic imge of emptiness, not the actual emptiness.ge of emptiness, not the actual emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The generic name used for Cakrasamvara and … The generic name used for Cakrasamvara and other higher tantra deities. Like the dākinīs, herukas were originally terrifying supernatural creatures of the night, in this case specifically vampires, in that they drank human blood. The name is linguistically of South Indian, not Sanskrit, origin, and the term was translated independently into Chinese and Tibetan as "blood drinker." However, along with the dākinī, in the antinomian world of tantra they became embodiments of enlightenmenta they became embodiments of enlightenment)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The genuine awareness of the doctrine (''c … The genuine awareness of the doctrine (''chos-kyi so-so yang-dag-pa rang-gi rig-pa'', Skt. ''dharmapratisaṃvid''), the genuine awareness of meaning (''don-gyi so-soyang-dag-pa rang-gi rig-pa'', Skt. ''arthapratisaṃvid''), the genuine awareness of definitions (''nges-pa'i tshig-kyi so-soyang-dag-pa rang-gi rig-pa'', Skt. ''niruktapratisaṃvid'') and the genuine awareness of brilliance (''spobs-pa-kyi so-so yang dag-pa rang-gi rig-pa'', Skt. ''pratibhānapratisaṃvid''). 871pa'', Skt. ''pratibhānapratisaṃvid''). 871)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The genuine ultimate truth, which is nonconceptual.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The goal of the Buddhist spiritual life, e … The goal of the Buddhist spiritual life, explained in Buddhism as<br>the extinction/blowing out of the fire of rāga, dvesa and moha. It is the state of<br>perfect bliss, and transcedence of all duhkha and births. In Sarvāstivāda,<br>this is not a mere absence of duhkha, but a positive entity acquired when a<br>defilement is abandoned,which serves to prevent the further arising of the<br>defilement. It is a synonym for pratisamkhyā-nirodha.ng of the<br>defilement. It is a synonym for pratisamkhyā-nirodha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The goals for oneself and the goals for others. graha (Skt., Tib. gdon). A malevolent, demonic being that torments one in lifetime after lifetime.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The god Yaśasvī Varapāla, the nāga king Takṣaka, the yaksa Ulkāmukha, the ogre Matyaupāyika and the human awareness-holder [[Vimalakīrti]] the Licchavi. 454-5, 458, 948)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The god realm over which Indra presides.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The gods' realms, the asuras' realm, and the human realm)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The gods' realms, the asuras' realm, and the human realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The gods' realms, the asuras' realm, and the human realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The gods’ realms, the demigod realm, and the human realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The government registry of ordination, literally, "great priest registry," which was the Chinese government official record of monk ordination. All ordinations had to be approved by the government. 199n. 130)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (The gradual path to enlightenment; the series of progressive topics upon which we meditate to gain deeper understanding and experience of the Buddha's teachings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The graduated levels of enlightenment that … The graduated levels of enlightenment that a bodhisattva passes through to attain buddhahood, most often enumerated as ten. They usually refer to the different levels of an enlightened bodhisattva, but they can also include the level of buddhahood and two levels that correspond to the paths of accumulation and engagemento the paths of accumulation and engagement)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The great Tibetan master and disciple of Naropa who brought the teachings of Mahamudra and the Six Doctrines to Tibet. See'' The Life of Marpa the Translator'' (Shambhala Publications, 1982).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The great bodhisattva and yidam deity associated with perfect wisdom. He carries a flaming sword, which cuts through ignorance, and a text signifying learning.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The great bodhisattva and yidam deity associated with perfect wisdom. He carries a flaming sword, which cuts through ignorance, and a text signifying learning.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The great father of all the Kagyu lineages. For details see The Life of Milarepa and The Raill of Wisdom (both from Shambhala Publications).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The great female master who set down the Chöd practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The great female master who set down the chö practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The great mountain at the center of a universal system according to the cosmology of ancient India.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The great preceptor Śāntarakṣita's robe, discovered at the Üri Jetsün Cave in Pema Lhartse by Jamgön Kongtrül)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The great spire on top of Katok Monastery, offered by the king of Jang)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (The great symbol. It is one of the ultimat … The great symbol. It is one of the ultimate practices of meditation in which all experiences are transmuted into transcendental knowledge and skilful means. From the primordial intelligence and energy which arise there comes great luminosity so that the vividness of experience becomes the display of the mandala.rience becomes the display of the mandala.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The greatness of direct manifestation of e … The greatness of direct manifestation of enlightenment; the greatness of enlightenment in the ultimate dimension of phenomena; the greatness of enlightenment in the dharmakaya; the greatness of enlightenment that proves its own nature; and the greatness of the absolute nonexistence of enlightenment.he absolute nonexistence of enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The ground consciousness that is the basis for the other consciousnesses and in which the habitual tendencies are stored.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The ground element of a complete act.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The ground luminosity of primordial purity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The ground luminosity of the natural state, inherent as the enlightened essence of all sentient beings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ground of all phenomena)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ground of the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. The unaware aspect of the ground is the substrate, and its enlightened aspect is the dharmakāya. See CM 377-78» MF 486.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The ground or foundation of the natural state expressed in the triple mode of a primordially pure Essence, a spontaneously accomplished Nature and an unceasing Compassion.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The group five (sensory) consciousnesses.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The groupings of mental factors according to the lower abhidharma system. See Kongtrul 2012, 144–45.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The guest manager of a monastery. See chōshū. 52n. 18)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The guru (''bla-ma''), meditational deity (''yi-dam'', Skt. ''devatā'') and ḍākinī (''mkha'-'gro-ma''). 376, 555, 586, 676, 748, 823, 847, 855)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The guru is simply the person from whom on … The guru is simply the person from whom one receives Buddhist instruction. While commonly one or a few teachers may play principal teaching roles in a person's life (functioning as "root guru," or "primary teacher"), Tibetans may have several individuals whom they think of as their lamas or gurus.hom they think of as their lamas or gurus.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The habitual preoccupations that continually and inevitably afflict beings until they attain the path of seeing and completely transcend the ego. They are concern for gain and loss, comfort and discomfort, good and evil reputation, and praise and blame.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The hand position when standing or walking … The hand position when standing or walking in the monks' hall or in other formal contexts in the monastery, i.e., when not working or carrying objects. In modern Sōtō Zen, hands are folded at chest height with forearms parallel to the floor. The right hand covers the left hand, which is closed in a fist with thumb inside. There are various slightly different styles of shashu. In Dōgen's time and previously, shashu sometimes referred to the above position, and sometimes to holding the hands flat against the chest (not in a fist) with thumbs interlaced. See isshu. 64, 77n. 9h thumbs interlaced. See isshu. 64, 77n. 9)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The head monk of a practice period, who sh … The head monk of a practice period, who shares the teaching responsibilities of the abbot, sits facing the center of the sōdō, and leads and encourages the monks' practice as an exemplary monk. The shu so's seat in the sōdō is at the head of the platform immediately next to the abbot's seat, inside the front door on the right "upper" side of the hall. See chōshu. 52n. 18, 76n. 6, 105n. 34all. See chōshu. 52n. 18, 76n. 6, 105n. 34)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The head scribe/secretary, who always sits next to the shuso in the sōdō, and otherwise assists the head monk. See chōshū. 52n. 18,90,105n. 32)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The heightened analytical faculty of mind that cognises subtle impermanence and emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The hell in which the very worst suffering is experienced, for incalculable periods of time.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The hell, hungry ghost, and animal realms.)