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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The ideal of the Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, beings who, having given rise to bodhicitta, dedicate themselves to developing wisdom and compassion for the benefit of others in this and all future lives through taking the bodhisattva's vow.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The ideal of the Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, beings who, having given rise to bodhicitta, dedicate themselves to developing wisdom and compassion for the benefit of others in this and all future lives through taking the bodhisattva's vow.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The ideal physical posture for meditation: … The ideal physical posture for meditation: legs crossed in the vajra posture, back straight, hands in the gesture of meditation, eyes gazing along the line of the nose, chin slightly tucked in, shoulders well apart and even, and the tip of the tongue touching the palate.the tip of the tongue touching the palate.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The ignorance of belief in individual selfhood (''bdag-nyid gcig-pu'i ma-rig-pa''), the co-emergent ignorance (''lhan-cig skyes-pa'i ma-rig-pa'') and the ignorance of the imaginary (''kun-tu brtags-pa'i ma-rig-pa''). 12, 54)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The illuminating nature of pristine awareness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The illusory body is referred to as such b … The illusory body is referred to as such because although there are not various forms in reality, various forms appear. And though they appear, they do not truly exist. [TD 602] As a specific completion stage practice, there are three types of illusory body: the impure illusory body, the pure illusory body, and the hidden meaning - the illusory body of the energetic-mind. [DR 444] According to Jamgön Kongtrül, the most extensive treatment of this practice is found in the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''. [TK 4, 29] in the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''. [TK 4, 29])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The imaginary (''kun-brtags'', Skt. ''pari … The imaginary (''kun-brtags'', Skt. ''parikalpita''), the dependent (''gzhan-dbang'', Skt. ''paratantra'') and the absolute (''yongs-grub'', Skt. ''panniṣpanna''). See, e.g., [[D.T. Suzuki]], Studies in the [[Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra]], (pp. 154-63). 24-6, 28, 154, 160-1, 170-2, 182-3, 216). 24-6, 28, 154, 160-1, 170-2, 182-3, 216)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The imagined self or identity of persons (personal ego) and things (phenomenal ego), which are inherently lacking any independent identity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The immense mountain, wider at the top than at the bottom, that forms the center of the universe around which the four continents of the world are disposed, according to ancient Indian cosmology.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The implements used to present the offering substances in burnt-offering rituals.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The impurity of life-span, i.e. beings are … The impurity of life-span, i.e. beings are short-lived (''tshe'i snyigs-ma'', Skt. ''ayuḥkaṣāya''), the impurity of View (''lta-ba'i snyigs-ma'', Skt. ''dṛṣṭikaṣāya''), the impurity of conflicting emotions (''nyon-mongs-kyi snyigs-ma'', Skt. ''kleśakaṣāya''), the impurity of sentient beings (''sems-can-gyi snyigs-ma'', Skt. ''sattvakaśāya'') and the impurity of our present age (''dus-kyi snyigs-ma'', Skt. ''kalpakaṣāya''); Mvt. (2335-40). 212Skt. ''kalpakaṣāya''); Mvt. (2335-40). 212)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The incarnation of Semlhag Chen, a god who … The incarnation of Semlhag Chen, a god who earlier had been empowered by the buddhas. Immaculately conceived, his mother was a nun, the daughter of King Uparaja (Dhahenatalo or Indrabhuti) of Uddiyana. Garab Dorje received all the tantras, scriptures, and oral instructions of Dzogchen from Vajrasattva and Vajrapani in person and became the first human vidyadhara in the Dzogchen lineage. Having reached the state of complete enlightenment through the effortless Great Perfection, Garab Dorje transmitted the teachings to his retinue of exceptional beings. Manjushrimitra is regarded as his chief disciple. Padmasambhava is also known to have received the transmission of the Dzogchen tantras directly from Garab Dorje's wisdom form.s directly from Garab Dorje's wisdom form.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The incorrect mental processes that lead to the imputations of subject and object and of intrinsic existence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The indestructible reality of the buddha-b … The indestructible reality of the buddha-body, speech and mind, which each comprise two of the SIX PURE ESSENCES - the body being identified with earth and water, speech with fire and air, and mind with space and pristine cognition. Also known as the THREE SECRETS. 264, 594, 830, 853n as the THREE SECRETS. 264, 594, 830, 853)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The indigenous shamanistic religion of Tibet, preceding the arrival of Buddhism. Bön has continued to thrive and integrate various Buddhist ideas while retaining its own separate identity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The indigenous shamanistic religion of Tibet, preceding the arrival of Buddhism. Bön has continued to thrive and integrate various Buddhist ideas while retaining its own separate identity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The indirect or "interpretable" meaning. An important term in Buddhist hermeneutics employed to characterize primarily the sūtras, which reveal their true meaning only after further elaboration and explication.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The indispensable keys for unlocking the m … The indispensable keys for unlocking the meaning of the tantras. The four modes are the literal, general, hidden, and the ultimate. The six limits are the views of the expedient and definitive meaning, the implied and the not implied, the literal and the not literal. implied, the literal and the not literal.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The individual continuity of cognition in an individual sentient being.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The infirmary hall, literally, the "hall for prolonging longevity." While sick in the enjudō, monks do not participate in any other temple activity. 199n. 128)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The infirmary manager. 102n. 11)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The innate nature of phenomena and mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The innate nature of phenomena and mind; emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The innate potential or strength present in the various qualities of the path of the noble ones. [TD 1885])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The innate wakefulness potentially present in all sentient beings. "Wisdom" here means the "primordially undeluded wakefulness.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The innate wakefulness potentially present in 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 inner elements. The pure quintessences … The inner elements. The pure quintessences of space, water, earth, fire, and air, which arise as the play of absolute space in the five primary colors of white, blue, yellow, red, and green. They manifest as the outer luster of the five lights due to obscuration of the inner glow of the five facets of primordial consciousness. See CM 398, BM 327-29, GD 150-53, VE 123-25.e CM 398, BM 327-29, GD 150-53, VE 123-25.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The inner heat developed by one type of tantric yoga.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The inner heat or fire generated by the force of the winds entering the central channel from the practice of penetrating the vital points of the cakras.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The inner objects of refuge, which are the guru, the root of blessings; one's personal deity (Tib.jv dam, Skt. iffadevatd), the root ofsiddhis; and the dākinīs or the dharmapālas, the roots of enlightened activities.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The inner sixteen are "gradual type" (rim … The inner sixteen are "gradual type" (rim rigs); "passionate one" ('dod pa can); "passionate lady" ('dod can ma); "life-force body" (srog gi lus); "short moon" (zla thung); "moon bestower" (zla ster); "gorgeous" (mdzes pa); "passionate" ('dod can); "silent" (mi smra ba); "kusha" (ku sha); "death rejecting" (shi ba spong ba); "pure" (dag pa); "fire" (me); "fiery taste" (me ro); "parrot" (ne tso); and "full" (gang ba). The outer sixteen are "sun" (nyi); "tasty" (ro ldan); "long chin" (kos ring); "beer bestower" (chang ster); "amṛita" (bdud rtsi); "conch holder" (dung can); "conch ear" (dung rna); "conch eye" (dung gi mig); "conch nose" (dung gi sna ba); "provisions" (rgyags pa); "powerful provisions" (dbang rgyags); "desirous" (brkam pa); "victorious- over-provisions" (rgyags pas rgyal); "marvelous provisions" (ngo mtshar rgyags); "smooth" (snyoms pa); and "joint supporting" (tshigs kyi brtan).and "joint supporting" (tshigs kyi brtan).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The innermost teachings of the pith-instruction section of Dzogpa Chenpo, or Great Perfection. OATH-BOUND. See dharmapala ODDIYANA. See Orgyen)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The insight-meditation type of practitioner.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The intent to attain one's own enlightenme … The intent to attain one's own enlightenment in order to help liberate others. It is not the state of enlightenment itself, but the selfless drive to attain it for the sake of others. In the Great Vehicle it is the necessary complement to the penetrating insight into voidness and in the Tantric Vehicle the prerequisite to real practice.Vehicle the prerequisite to real practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The intention directed towards sameness (' … The intention directed towards sameness (''mnyam-pa-nyid-la dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''samatābhiprāya''), the intention directed towards other meanings (''don-gzhan-la dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''arthāntarābhiprāya''), the intention directed towards other times (''dus-gzhan-la dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''kālāntarābhiprāya'') and the intention directed towards other individuals (''gang-zag gzhan-la dgongs-pa'', Skt. ''pudgalāntarābhiprāya''); Mvt. (1667-70). 30, 218-20arābhiprāya''); Mvt. (1667-70). 30, 218-20)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The intention element of a complete act.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The intentional lineage of buddhas, symbolic lineage of awareness-holders and aural lineage of mundane individuals. Referred to poetically as the THREE GREAT DESCENTS. 397, 406, 447, 887, 968)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The intentional lineage of the conquerors … The intentional lineage of the conquerors (''rgyal-ba'i dgongs-pa'i brgyud-pa''), the symbolic lineage of awareness-holders (''rig-'dzin brda'i brgyud-pa''), the aural lineage of mundane individuals (''gang-zag-snyan-khung-gi brgyud-pa''), the lineage empowered by enlightened aspiration (''smon-lam dbang-bskur-ba'i brgyud-pa''), the lineage of prophetically declared spiritual succession (''bka'-babs lung-bstan-gyi brgyud-pa'') and the lineage of the ḍākinīs' seal of entrustment (''mkha'-'gro gtad-rgya'i brgyud-pa''). 404, 745, 862ro gtad-rgya'i brgyud-pa''). 404, 745, 862)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The intermediate state after death and before the next rebirth. It is said usually to last forty-nine days.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The intermediate state between death and the next rebirth. Bashey Annals (sba bzhad) Histories of the reigns of Trisong Deutsen and Muney Tsenpo.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The intermediate state of the birthplace ( … The intermediate state of the birthplace (''skye-gnas-kyi bar-do''), the intermediate state of the moment of death ('' 'chi-kha'i bar-do''), the intermediate state of reality (''chos-nyid bar-do'') and the intermediate state of rebirth (''srid-pa bar-do''). 39,344-5 of rebirth (''srid-pa bar-do''). 39,344-5)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The intermediate state. Although bardo com … The intermediate state. Although bardo commonly refers to the state between death and rebirth, there are actually six bardos: (1) the bardo of dying; (2) the bardo of dharmata (the luminosity immediately following death); (3) the bardo of becoming (where one is drawn toward rebirth); (4) the bardo of birth and death (life in one of the six realms); (5) the bardo of dreaming (the state between falling asleep and waking); (6) the bardo of meditation (samadhi).g); (6) the bardo of meditation (samadhi).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The internal stream of conceptualization directed by imprinted preconceptions. The term includes both the internal flow of thought constructs and the self and environment resulting from them.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The interval between death and one's next rebirth, which includes two of the six transitional phases, namely the transitional phase of ultimate reality and the transitional phase of becoming.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The invisible and immortal digit present a … The invisible and immortal digit present at the juncture between the new moon and the day after the new moon, and the juncture between the full moon and the day after the full moon. http://www.swami-krishna nanda.org/brdup/brhad_I-05c.html. For a fuller discussion of the significance of the sixteenth lunar digit in Indian thought, see White 1996, 36–43. in Indian thought, see White 1996, 36–43.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The karmic result of practicing these four … The karmic result of practicing these four concentrations without integrating them with the path of enlightenment is that the meditator is reborn in one of the twelve ordinary realms of the four concentrations, in the world of form (see chart on pp. 184-185). world of form (see chart on pp. 184-185).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The karmic result of practicing these four … The karmic result of practicing these four concentrations without integrating them with the path of enlightenment is that the meditator is reborn in one of the twelve ordinary realms of the four concentrations, in the world of form (see chart on pp. 184-185). world of form (see chart on pp. 184-185).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The key point in the training of Mahamudra and Dzogchen—that innate wakeŕulness is not created through intellectual effort.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The khatvanga staff is an ornament of many … The khatvanga staff is an ornament of many tantric deities. It is usually held in the crook of the left elbow. It represents the sacred consort, and the inseparability of wisdom and skillful means. The khatvanga is adorned with a five-pointed vajra and three severed heads: a freshly severed head, a dried head, and a skull. The five-pointed vajra symbolizes vanquishing the five poisons of pride, jealousy, greed, hatred, and ignorance, and the attainment of the five transcendent wisdoms. The three human heads represent attainment of the three kayas.s represent attainment of the three kayas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The kind of cohesiveness that can come from a story that is complete and conclusive, a cohesiveness that does not exist for postmodern sensibilities.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of Tibet in the seventh century, … The king of Tibet in the seventh century, who prepared the way for transmission of the Buddhist teachings. He is regarded as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. He married Bhrikuti of Nepal and Wen Cheng of China, who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based on Dharma principles, and had his minister Thőnmi Sambhota develop the Tibetan script. During his reign, the translation of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began.tion of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began.)