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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually described as consisting of ten levels in the sūtra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva traverses on the journey to complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The levels or stages of a bodhisattva on the way to perfect enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The levels or stages of the bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The levels traversed by a bodhisattva: the joyous, the stainless, the illuminating, the radiant, the hard-to-conquer, the manifest, the farreaching, the unmoving, the good-minded, the Dharma cloud.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The lexical (''yi-ge''), general (''spyi''), concealed (''sbas-pa'') and conclusive (''mthar-thug'') styles for the appraisal or exegesis of secret mantra texts. 35, 292-3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The liberation of pristine awareness perceiving its own essential nature for itself, characteristic of the youthful vase kāya. SeeGD 149 .)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The librarian of a monastery. See chōshu. 52n. 18)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The life-force energy current, literally, "wind," the psychophysical energy present in the body which gives vitality and life, moving through the inner channels and cakras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The life-force energy current, literally, "wind," the psychophysical energy present in the body which gives vitality and life, moving through the inner channels and cakras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The light and mobile elements of the body; ranging from the gross breath to the many subtle currents of energy that, flowing through an intricate network of channels, allow for most physical functions to operate.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The line of incarnations (''tulkus'') that … The line of incarnations (''tulkus'') that has reigned as the supreme head of the Karma Kagyü lineage. The Karmapa incarnations began with Gampopa's disciple Tusumkhyenpa in the twelfth century and continue down to the present in the person of the seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.erson of the seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The lineage deriving from the Indian ''sid … The lineage deriving from the Indian ''siddha'' Tilopa (988-1069) and his Indian disciple Naropa (1016-1100). It was passed on to the first Tibetan holder of the lineage, Marpa (1012-1096), to his disciple Milarepa (1040-1123), and then on to Rechungpa, Gampopa, the Karmapas, and other Kagyü masters.pa, the Karmapas, and other Kagyü masters.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The lineage in which the practical instructions naturally arise in verbal transmission as an entrance to the disciples' paths, like filling a vase. See VE 2, GD280.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The lineage of Dalai Lamas dates back to G … The lineage of Dalai Lamas dates back to Gendun Drub (1391-1474), one of the closest disciples of Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), who initiated the Gelug school. Gendun Drub founded Tashi Lhunpo monastery at Shigatse. His work was continued by Gendun Drub, followed by Sönam Gyatso, who received from the Mongol emperor Altan Khan the title "Dde Lama" (ta la'i bla ma), or Dalai Lama, signifying "ocean" with reference to his wisdom. The title was applied retroactively to his two predecessors. A grandson of Altan Khan, Yönten Gyatso, was the fourth Dalai Lama. His successor, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), known as the Great Fifth, relied on his Mongol allies to emerge victorious in power struggles between provinces and Tibetan schools. They established him as the supreme authority of all Tibet, of which he was in great part the unifier and organizer. It was he who had the Potala palace built at Lhasa. The lineage of Dalai Lamas has continued without interruption up to the present fourteenth holder of the title: His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, born in July 1935. The Dalai Lamas are emanations of Chenrezig, the buddha of compassion, who is the patron and protector of Tibet. who is the patron and protector of Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The lineage of Dalai Lamas has continued without interruption up to the present fourteenth holder of the title, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, born in July 1935.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The lineage of Shamarpa tulkus, literally, … The lineage of Shamarpa tulkus, literally, the "holders of the red hat," began with the first Shamarpa Drakpa Senge (1283-1349), who was a disciple of the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. The Shamarpas played an important role in the Karma-Kagyu lineage between the births of the Karmapa. Between 1792 (the date of the death of the tenth Shamarpa) and 1964 (when the thirteenth Shamarpa was enthroned), there was not, for political reasons, an officially recognized Shamar tulku. His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa recognized the thirteenth Shamarpa in the person of Chöki Lodrö, born in 1952. He resides in India and teaches in the West. The Shamar tulkus are recognized as emanations of Buddha Amitābha.cognized as emanations of Buddha Amitābha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The lineage of Situpas began with Situ Dro … The lineage of Situpas began with Situ Drogön Rechen (1088-1158) who received the Kamtshang-Kagyu lineage transmission from the first Karmapa Tusum Khyenpa. He was the master of Gydse Pomdrapa, who was, in turn, master of the second Karmapa Karma Pakshi. The lineage of Situpas passed from Drogön Rechen to two yogis, first to Neljor Yeshe Wangpo, and then to Rigowa Ratnabhadra. Next, it passed to Chöki Gyaltsen (1377-1448), a disciple of the fifth Karmapa Deshin Shekpa, and the first to hold the honorific title of Situ Tulku which he received from the emperor of China. The lineage continued without interruption, playing an essentid role between several Karmapas. The eighth Taī Situpa Chöli Jungne, also Chöki Nyingje or Tenpe Nyingje, was known in particular as Situ Penchen, the great scholar. He founded Pelpung monastery in 1727; this wodd become the largest Kagyu monastery in Tibet. The twelfth Tai Situpa, (fifteenth in the lineage since Drogön Rechen) Pema Nyingje Wangpo, was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa. He was born in 1954 and established his headquarters at Sherab Ling in India; he gives frequent teachings in the West. He has recognized the seventeenth reincarnation of the Karmapa, Ugyen Thrinley Dorje, whom he enthroned at Tsurphu monastery in September 1992. The Tai Situpas are emanations of Maitreya, the buddha of love, who is the next Buddha to come.a of love, who is the next Buddha to come.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The lineage of masters where the emphasis is one's personal experience of the teachings, as opposed to the scholastic lineage of expounding the scriptures (bshad brgyud). ''See'' Eight Practice Lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The lineage of masters who emphasize one's personal experience of the teachings as opposed to the scholastic lineage of expounding the scriptures (bshad brgyud). See Eight Practice Lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The lineage of oral teachings from master to disciple, as distinct from the scriptural lineage of textual transmission. The hearing lineage emphasizes the key points of oral instruction rather than elaborate philosophical learning.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The lineage of oral teachings from master to disciple.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The lineage of teachings brought to Tibet … The lineage of teachings brought to Tibet by Lord Marpa, received from the dharmakaya buddha Vajradhara by the Indian siddha Tilopa, Saraha, and others. Transmitted by Naropa and Maitripa to the Tibetan translator Marpa, the lineage was passed on to Milarepa, Gampopa, Karmapa and others. The main emphasis is on the path of means which is the Six doctrines of Naropa, and the path of liberation which is the Mahamudra instructions of Maitripa.is the Mahamudra instructions of Maitripa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The lineage of the Great Perfection, by which the symbolic signs of ultimate reality, the treasury of space, are spontaneously released, without reliance upon the stages ofspiritual training and practice. See VE z, GD 179.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The location of the temple complex of Samye. The mountain slope behind Samye is of a bright red color.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The long lineage of oral tradition, the short lineage of treasure, and the profound lineage of pure vision.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The long lineage of the scriptures that have been transmitted without interruption from master to disciple, from the primordial Buddha, Samantabhadra, through Guru Padmasambhava and other great Vidyadharas (Awareness Holders) up to our time.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The longest unit of distance in classical … The longest unit of distance in classical India. The lack of a uniform standard for the smaller units means that there is no precise equivalent, especially as its theoretical length tended to increase over time. Therefore it can be between four and ten miles.fore it can be between four and ten miles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The lord of death, also called Dharmarāja and Karma Yama.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The lord of death, or a class of demons who serve as his minions (death lords).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The lord of death, or a class of demons who serve as his minions (death lords).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The lord of death, said to preside over the hells.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The lord of death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (The lower ofthe two principal Hinayāna philosophical schools.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The lowest among the four main philosophical systems in Tibet; this Lesser Vehicle philosophical school holds the view that irreducible material particles and indivisible moments of mind are substantially existent.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The lowest of the eight hot hells.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The lowest of the hot hells, according to Buddhist teaching, characterized by the most intense and protracted form of suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The lowest of the hot hells, according to Buddhist teaching, characterized by the most in-tense and protracted form of suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The lowest subdivision of the commoners caste (śūdra) of Vedic India, known in English as "untouchables.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The lowest, most intense of the hells.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The luminosity during the bardo of dharmata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The luminosity of dharmakaya or empty luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The luminosity of the manifest aspect. Compare with ''empty luminosity''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mahamudra practice connected to the six doctrines of Naropa. See Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's "Introduction.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mahamudra system based on the prajnaparamita scriptures and emphasizing shamatha and vipashyana and the progressive journey through the five paths and ten bodhisattva bhumis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mahayana school of philosophy established by Asanga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The mahāyāna schools appeared in literary … The mahāyāna schools appeared in literary form several hundred years after the Buddha's death, although traditionally the transmission lineage goes back to Śākyamuni himself, who is said to have first presented mahāyāna teachings on Vulture Peak mountain near Rājagṛha to a celestial assembly. Going beyond the somewhat nihilistic emptiness of the hīnayāna schools and the preoccupation with individual liberation, the greater vehicle presents greater vision based on śūnyatā, compassion, and the acknowledgment of universal buddha nature. It introduced the ideal of the bodhisattva, who lives in the world to deliver sentient beings, while dwelling neither in the struggle of saṃsāra nor in a quietistic nirvāṇa. Socially, the mahāyāna expanded the buddhadharma beyond the monastic communities to the lay population.onastic communities to the lay population.)