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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mind's inherent capacity for knowing.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The mirror like aspect of primor dial consciousness. A characteristic of the sharp vajra of wisdom, the experience of the spontaneously actualized essential nature. See CM 363,386.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The mirror-like gnosis, the gnosis of equality, the discriminating gnosis, the all-accomplishing gnosis, and the gnosis of the dharmadhātu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The modern word for the round sitting cushion used in zazen. Dōgen instead usually uses the word futon for what we now call a zafu; the ton of futon means "round." In contemporary Rinzai Zen flat cushions are used instead of zafus. 78n. 18)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The moment of death provides one of the mo … The moment of death provides one of the most potent opportunities for liberation, according to the Buddhist teachings, because the dharmakāya dawns nakedly at this point and has only to be recognized for liberation to occur. Tsele Natsok Rangdröl explains, "After all the previously mentioned dissolution phases are finished, the energeticmind will dissolve between the white and red pure essences, the A and HANG, union of means and knowledge. Because of this coincidence, the dharmakāya of primordial luminosity, the noncomplex, unfabricated, coemergent wisdom of great bliss, will definitely manifest." This experience is referred to by various terms, depending on the system, but, he explains, "The general teachings common to all systems know it as the luminosity of the first bardo." [MM 45] ''See also'' death and three appearances. ''See also'' death and three appearances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The monastery work leader responsible for maintenance of the physical facilities; one of the six temple administrators. See chiji.34,50n. 4,143,179-81)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The monastic name of Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The monastic seat and hermitage of Khenpo Ngakchung.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The monastic seat of the Karmapa incarnations in Kham, situated in Lhatö, on the road between Surmang and Chamdo, south of Nangchen. Seat of the first incarnations of Situ Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The monks' hall, where monks meditate, eat, and sleep. 53n. 22, 76n.5)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The monks' study hall (or,5 literally, "as … The monks' study hall (or,5 literally, "assembly hall") behind the sōdō, where monks study, rest, or drink tea at assigned places during breaks. It is structured like the sōdō in terms of seating assignments and configuration. The seats are on narrower platforms than in the sōdō, since they are not for sleeping, and instead of cabinets for bedding, at the end of each monk's platform is a small desk for study materials. Instead of Manjushri, the shurya has Avalokiteshvara enshrined on the central altar. 70,80n. 30, 109-15, 116n. 1central altar. 70,80n. 30, 109-15, 116n. 1)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The most common term for the ''summum bonu … The most common term for the ''summum bonum'' of Buddhism. Nirvana is a state of transcendent peace in which all ''delusions'' have been uprooted, ''karma'' is no longer created, and rebirth need no longer be taken. In ''Mahayana'', nirvana sometimes is regarded as a mere way-station en route to full ''buddhahood'', but it may also be considered synonymous with a ''buddha's'' complete ''enlightenment''.a ''buddha's'' complete ''enlightenment''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The most common term used to refer to the … The most common term used to refer to the buddhas in Tibetan, though the Sanskrit jina is in the West most commonly associated with Jainism. Its etymology refers to being victorious over one's own ignorance and defects, but unlike the English "conqueror" it is solely used for someone who has attained spiritual liberation. Son of the conquerors (rgyal sras, jinaputra) is a less-frequent and patriarchal synonym for bodhisattva. While some Mahāyana masters, such as Asańga, did not believe enlightenment was possible in a female body, other Mahayana texts, such as the Vimalakīrti Sutra, explicitly countered that viewīrti Sutra, explicitly countered that view)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The most commonly used rendering of the Sa … The most commonly used rendering of the Sanskrit ''tathagatagarhha'', which means, more precisely, the embryo or the womb of the ''tathagata'', or buddha. The concept of buddha-nature points to the fact that all sentient beings possess within them, at their core, the essence or essential nature of a buddha, which is wisdom united with compassion. The Mahayana path is understood as the gradual shedding of the adventitious defilements that cover the buddha-nature and hide it from our experience. A fully enlightened buddha is a person from whom all the defilements have been removed.hom all the defilements have been removed.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The most famous disciple of Nagarjuna, whose teaching he commented upon in several treatises on Madhyamika philosophy (second century))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The most famous work of the Omniscient Longchenpa, consisting of seven treatises expounding the entire Buddhist path up to, and stressing, the Great Perfection (which is here discussed in a scholarly manner, "according to the great way of the panditas").)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The most important Mahayoga tantras of the Sadhana Section (sgrub sde). Listed in chapter 19.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The most important daily tantric practice, … The most important daily tantric practice, wherein one visualizes one's spiritual teacher in the center of the mandala, supplicates him, receives empowerments, blessings, and siddhis from him, and ultimately merges one's own mind inseparably with his. One must see the guru as none other than a fully realized Buddha to experience the full power and blessings of guru yoga. :The different lineages have different visualizations of the guru. In the Kagyu lineage, one visualizes the guru either in the form of Vajradhara or in the form of the founders of the particular branch of the Kagyu lineage. In the Karma Kagyu, the guru is usually visualized in the form of the Karmapa. There are also special guru yogas of the founding Kagyu fathers: Marpa, Milarepa, and Gampopa. In the Nyingma lineages, generally one visualizes one's guru in the form of Padmasambhava.s one's guru in the form of Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The most important father tantra of Highes … The most important father tantra of Highest Yoga Tantra. Guhyasamaja belongs to the vajra family of the five buddha families, and represents the power of anger transformed into mirror-like wisdom. Blue in color, he is usually depicted with six arms and four faces. Guhyasamaja was one of Marpa's special practices.maja was one of Marpa's special practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The most important practice in tantric Bud … The most important practice in tantric Buddhism, consisting of the visualization of the Guru, prayers and requests for blessing, the reception of these blessings, and the merging of the mind with the Guru's enlightened wisdom mind. HAYAGRIVA, Skt. (rta mgrin, Tib.). Wrathful yidam of the Lotus Family. HEARER (nyan thos, Tib.). See Shravakaly. HEARER (nyan thos, Tib.). See Shravaka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The most important tantra in the Nyingma school,)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The most important tantra in the Nyingma School, translated by Vimalamitra, Nyak Jñānakumāra, and Ma Rinchen Chok. The full title of this twenty-two chapter text is the ''Tantra of the True Nature of Reality: The Glorious Secret Essence''. [TD 574])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Ultimate Torment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Ultimate Torment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The most terrible of the hells, also called the Hell of Torment Unsurpassed)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The mother of Buddha Shakyamuni.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The mound atop a Buddha's head, forming one of the major marks of a Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The mountain abode of Saraha, where Nagarjuna is said to have spent his last days. In south India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mountain in the center of the four continents.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The mountain in the center of the four continents.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The mundane path of cultivation. The Sarvā … The mundane path of cultivation. The Sarvāstivāda holds that a prthagjana can also abandon defilements, albeit not absolutely. He does so through the mundane path of cultivation, developing disgust towards a lower stage by contemplatting on its being audārika, sthulabhittaka and duhkhila, and delight in a higher state by contemplating it as being śānta, pramta and nihsarana.er state by contemplating it as being śānta, pramta and nihsarana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The mundane ‘knowledge of an ārya obtained subsequently’ to the true spiritual insight in the process of direct realization (abhisamaya).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The mythical king of birds, like a great eagle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The mythological bird, able to travel from one end of the universe to the other with a single movement of its wings. It is also known to hatch from the egg fully developed and ready to soar through the sky.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The mythological bird, able to travel from one end of the universe to the other with a single movement of its wings. It is also known to hatch from the egg fully developed and ready to soar through the sky.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The mythological bird, able to travel with a single movement of its wings from one end of the universe to the other.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The mythological giant mountain at the cen … The mythological giant mountain at the center of our world-system, where the two lowest classes of gods of the desire realm live. It is surrounded by chains of lesser mountains, lakes, continents, and oceans and is said to rise 84,000 leagues above sea level.id to rise 84,000 leagues above sea level.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The mythological mountain at the center of … The mythological mountain at the center of our worldsystem surrounded by the four continents where the two lowest classes of gods of the world of desire live. It is encircled by chains of lesser mountains, lakes, continents, and oceans and is said to have an altitude of eighty-four thousand leagues above sea level.hty-four thousand leagues above sea level.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The nadis are the spiritual-energy channels of the physical body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The name by which Guru Padmasambhava, the … The name by which Guru Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, is commonly known in Tibet. He was predicted by Shakyamuni Buddha as the one who would propagate the teachings of the Secret Mantra. Invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen in the eighth century, he succeeded in definitively establishing there the Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.he Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The name by which Padmasambhava is most commonly known in Tibet)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The name first appears in Indian literatur … The name first appears in Indian literature in the Vedas as the deity of the jungles, outside civilization. He became a principal deity much later and eventually, under the name of Śiva, one of the most important deities in India today. The tantric deity Cakrasaṃvara is said to destroy Rudra/ Siva, but then adopts his body, sacred sites, and so on. In Tibet, Rudra is most often used as the symbol of powerful, self-fixated, deviant mindol of powerful, self-fixated, deviant mind)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The name given to a vajrayāna practitioner by the vajrācārya during the abhiṣeka ceremony.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The name given to our world in the cosmological system of ancient India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The name given to the bodhisattva-to-be during the bodhisattva vow ceremony.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The name of Gampopa in a previous life, wh … The name of Gampopa in a previous life, when he was a bodhisattva at the time of Buddha Shakyamuni: Tsoje Dawo Shunu in Tibetan, Chandraprabhava-kumara in Sanskrit. The full moon symbolizes complete enlightenment or Buddhahood. The light of the new or waxing moon symbolizes the realization of a bodhisattva, one who is partially illuminated and is on the path to complete spiritual realization.he path to complete spiritual realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The name of Milarepa, given to him by his father.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The name of a Bodhisattva mentioned in the Avatamsaka Sutra. See note 28.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The name of a Bodhisattva whose deeds are recounted in the Samadhiraja Sutra. See note 31.)