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- 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.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The main buddha of the Tathagata family, which corresponds to the aggregate of form.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The main deity upon which a Vajrayana practitioner focuses.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The main disciple and lineage holder of Vairotsana. He was the reincarnation of Tsang Lekdrub.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The main left nāḍī.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The main passageway for the winds within the body's subtle physiology, which is manipulated in tantric practice. It runs parallel to the spine)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The main resident and residence mandala of the generation stage.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The main right nāḍī.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The main seat of the Karmapas in Tibet, located in the Tölung Valley about twenty miles west of Lhasa.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The main temple in Lhasa that was built by Songtsen Gampo and that housed the Shakyamuni image brought to Tibet by his wife.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The main yidam of the Kagyu lineage. She appears as a red ḍākinī in the charnel ground, wielding a hooked knife and wearing a garland of fresh human heads. She has a human head and a sow's head. Also called Vārahī or Vajrayoginī.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The main yidam of the Kagyu lineage. She appears as a red ḍākinī in the charnel ground, wielding a hooked knife and wearing a garland of fresh human heads. She has a human head and a sow's head. Also called Vārahī or Vajrayoginī.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The major impediments to receiving secret teachings: desire, fear, anger, and confusion. Alternatively, it may refer to the sorts of beings who are controlled by these tendencies.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The male (white) and female (red) substances which, together with the consciousness, are the causes of the conception of human life.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The male (white) and female (red) substances which, together with the consciousness, are the causes of the conception of human life.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The mandalas of the five buddhas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The manifest state of the ground, which is self-emergent, naturally luminous, and free of outer and inner obscuration; this is indivisible from the all-pervasive, lucid, clear expanse of the absolute space of phenomena, free of contamination.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The manifestation body, the aspect of compassion and means, whereby a Buddha may be perceived by unenlightened beings. This is, therefore, the means by which he can communicate with and help them.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The manifestation of Amitabha on the sambhogakaya level and one of the three main deities connected with long life along with White Tara and Ushnisha- Vijaya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The manifestation ofreality unfolding as a "dance" or "play")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The manifesting capacity of innate wisdom.)