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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of mountains and world-axis, ac-c … The king of mountains and world-axis, ac-cording to the cosmology of ancient India. Around it are located the four continents and eight subcontinents, of which one universe is composed. All universes, of which there are an infinite number, are arranged in the same way.nite number, are arranged in the same way.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of the country of Uddiyana during the appearance of Padmasambhava in this world. Sometimes his name is spelled Indrabhuti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The knowable (''shes-bya''), the path (''l … The knowable (''shes-bya''), the path (''lam'' ), nirvāṇa (''mya-ngan-las 'das''), objects of mind (''yid-kyi yul''), merit (''bsod-nams''), life-span (''tshe''), the scriptures (''gsung-rab''), emergent objects ('' 'byung-'gyur''), regulations (''nges-pa''), and religious traditions (''chos-lugs''). 51-3religious traditions (''chos-lugs''). 51-3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The knowing (shes pa) that has always been present since the beginning (ye nas), awareness, clarity-emptiness, naturally dwelling in all beings)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The knowledge derived at the immediate end of a direct realization into <br>a particular noble truth. —► abhisamaya.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The knowledge of the destruction of the outflows.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The knowledge or wisdom exclusive to noble beings or ''āryas''. Also termed "pristine wisdom," "transcendent awareness," and the like.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The knowledge that determines everything included in the phenomenal world of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as being empty, identityless, and non objective, such that all appearances and mindsets are gradually extinguished in the space of awareness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The lamp manager, who takes care of lamps and lamp oil. 193n.79)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The land where the Anu Yoga teachings appeared.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The largest hatsu-u eating bowl after the zuhatsu; largest of the kunsu. 103n. 19)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras, the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification; a synonym of Dzogchen (''rdzogs pa chen po''), the Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras, the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification. See also Great Perfection)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras; the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification; a synonym of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The last and highest of the six ''paramitas'', or perfections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The last five of the ten advantages: (1) a … The last five of the ten advantages: (1) a Buddha has appeared in the world in which one is, (2) he has taught the doctrine, (3) his teaching has endured until now, (4) there are spiritual friends who can teach it, and (5) one has been accepted as a disciple by such a teachern accepted as a disciple by such a teacher)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The last four levels of the fourth concent … The last four levels of the fourth concentration of the form realm. Only noble beings are born in these levels, hence the name "pure states." The four are: Not [as] Great (Mi che ba, Avṛiha); Without Pain (Mi gdung ba, Atapa); Excellent Appearance (Gya nom snang ba, Sudṛisha) and Superior Vision (Shin tu mthong ba, Sudarshana), counted as one in this presentation; and Akaniṣhṭha ('Og min, "Highest" or "Below None"). This accords with the Kālachakra system (chapter 1, section 8), which omits Excellent Appearance. See the Stainless Light in C.T. 6:397; and Newman 1987, 493–94.ht in C.T. 6:397; and Newman 1987, 493–94.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The last of the Buddhist tantric systems t … The last of the Buddhist tantric systems to develop in India, regarded by new translation schools as the most advanced of Buddhist practices. It often is divided into ''father tantras'' (e.g., Guhyasamāja), which stress methods for generating the ''illusory body'', and ''mother tantras'' (e.g., Cakrasamvara), which emphasize attainment of the clear-light mind. Its practices are VNofolà ''generation stage'' and ''completion stage''.neration stage'' and ''completion stage''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The last of the five paths, the culmination of the path to perfect enlightenment—buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The last of the three categories of the Mind Class tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The last stage in the yoga of nonmeditation, which is the complete collapse of fixation and conceptual mind, like a cloud free from the clouds of intellectual meditation. Synonymous with complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The last three of the ten levels.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The lasting happiness of liberation and omniscience, i.e., buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The law of relative truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The layman who takes one vow (i.e. not to kill), the layman who takes several vows (i.e. not to kill, steal or commit falsehood) and the layman who takes full vows (i.e. not to kill, steal, lie, commit sexual misconduct or be intoxicated). 70)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The left channel among the three principal channels that run vertically through the torso and up into the head)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The lesser nirvana refers to the liberatio … The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, nirvana is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment, which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. state of cessation attained by an arhant.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The lesser nirvana refers to the liberatio … The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, ''nirvana'' is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. state of cessation attained by an arhant.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The letter composed by the Karmapa to predict his next incarnation, indicating the place, the names of his parents, and other details about his rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The letter अ in Devanāgarī, rendered as A … The letter अ in Devanāgarī, rendered as A in Tibetan. When the red element is said to have the shape of the short a, the reference is to the last stroke line in the formation of the letter (in either Sanskrit or Tibetan), which is triangular. This line turned upside-down is the shape of the red bindu below the navel. (Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, October 1999)o Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, October 1999))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The level of enlightenment attained by the pious attendants, self-centred buddhas and [[bodhisattva]]s. 414)