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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The name of an immense cosmic mountain, acting as the axis of the universe and around which are located the four continents. Every universal system has its Mount Meru and four continents.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The name of our present world system. ''Saha'' means "enduring" because sentient beings endure unbearable suffering here)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The name of our present world system. Saha means "enduring," because the sentient beings here endure unbearable suffering.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The name of the Buddhist ethical teachings in general and of the code of monastic discipline in particular.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The name of the Buddhist ethical teachings in general and of the code of monastic discipline in particular.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The name of the dharmakāya buddha. He is depicted as dark blue, and is particularly important to the Kagyü lineage as it is said that Tilopa received the vajrayāna teachings directly from Vajradhara.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The name of the family clan into which Buddha Shakyamuni was born. Practitioners are often given "Shakya" as a part of their Buddhist name.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The name of the next buddha. It is said that Maitreya presides over Tuṣita heaven.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The name of the present kalpa, so called because a thousand universal Buddhas will appear in the course of it. The Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth in the series.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The name of the subcontinent lying to the south and west of the continent of Jambu (our world) according to Buddhist cosmology (see Mount Meru). It is here that the Buddha-field of Guru Rinpoche is located.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The name of the text used for this translation of Padmasambhava's life story. See Translator's Preface.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The name of the third level in the second samadhi of the form realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The names of eight celebrated manifestations of Guru Padmasambhava as described in his mystic biographies. They are Padmasambhava, Loden Chokse, Padma Gyalpo, Nyima Özer, Senge Dradok, Shakya Senge, Dorje Drolö, and Vajradhara of Oddiyana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The nasalization of the vowel indicated by a dot above the letter, represented in transliteration by ṃ.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The native religion of Tibet, according to Tibetan Buddhists. It was first promulgated in Shangshung (T: zhang-zhung), an ancient name of the province of Guge in western Tibet, west of lake Manasarovar.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The native religion of Tibet. Its followers are called Bönpo.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The natural expression which is fully matu … The natural expression which is fully mature in the nature of just what is (''de-bzhin-nyid-du nar-son-pa'i rang-bzhin''); the natural expression which is the spontaneous presence of enlightened attributes without their being sought (''yon-tan ma-btsal-bar lhun-gyis grub-pa'i rang-bzhin''); the natural expression which is pristine cognition without extremes or centre (''ye-shes mtha'-dbus dang bral-ba'i rang-bzhin''); the natural expression whose true essence cannot be pointed out (''rang-gi ngo-bo bstan-du med-pa'i rang-bzhin''); the natural expression which remains free from the range of objective qualification, even having disclosed sameness (''mnyam-nyid mngon-du mdzad-kyang spyod-yul dang bral-ba'i rang-bzhin''); the natural expression which is liberated from concepts of one and many (''gcig-dang du-ma-las grol-ba'i rang-bzhin''); and the natural expression which is without conjunction and disjunction throughout the three times (''dus-gsum 'du-bral med-pa'i rang-bzhin''). 20, 124, 251-bral med-pa'i rang-bzhin''). 20, 124, 251)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The natural glow (rang mdangs) of awarenes … The natural glow (rang mdangs) of awareness, which is transcendently present in the ground, expresses itself as self-emergent, innate primordial consciousness. When this is obscured by ignorance, its radiance is transformed into subde grasping, afflictive mentation, mentation, and the external display of the elements and aggregates of saṃsāra. See SV 618; VS 533-34, 555-56; CM 326-29; GD 151-56; VE122-27.4, 555-56; CM 326-29; GD 151-56; VE122-27.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The natural law that all phenomena arise " … The natural law that all phenomena arise "dependent upon" their own causes "in connection with" their individual conditions. The fact that no phenomena appear without a cause and none are made by an uncaused creator, but all arise exclusively due to the coincidence of causes and conditions. the coincidence of causes and conditions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The natural lights of the buddha nature, t … The natural lights of the buddha nature, the basic state of all beings. Depending upon whether the practitioner recognizes that these lights are the expression of his innate essence or grasps them as being phenomena external to himself, he will proceed toward liberation or further entanglement in samsaric existence.urther entanglement in samsaric existence.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The natural mode of existence of all things; the mental state wherein experience is not distorted by preconceived perceptions of identities.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The natural power of mindfulness occurring without strenuously observing the mind's stillness and movement.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The nature of change (being disfigured) in arising.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The nature of mind itself, pure of ignorance and afflictive emotions. From a Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint, this is the basic nature of mind which is concealed by ignorance.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The nature of mind itself, pure of ignorance and afflictive emotions. From a Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint, this is the basic nature of mind which is concealed by ignorance.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The nature of mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The nature of mind. Note that "mind itself " (sems rang) refers to the mind in its impure, deluded state.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The nature of one's mind, which is taught … The nature of one's mind, which is taught to be identical with the essence of all enlightened beings, the sugatagarbha. It should be distinguished from "mind" (sems), which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought.sed on ignorance of the nature of thought.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The nature of one's mind, which is taught to be identical to the essence of all enlightened beings. It should be distinguished from "mind" (''sems''), which refers to ordinary discursive thinking based on ignorance of the nature of thought.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The nature of phenomena and mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The nature of phenomena.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The nature of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The nature of the mind. The mind's nature … The nature of the mind. The mind's nature comprises two aspects, which are in fact inseparable: luminosity, which is the cognitive aspect of the mind, and emptiness, which is its ultimate nature. The union of these two is the ''gotra ''or ''causal buddha-nature''.the ''gotra ''or ''causal buddha-nature''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The nature of things which, like space, does not come into being as a concrete, apprehensible entity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The nether world of the nāgas (''sa-'og klu'i srid-pa''), the surface world of humans (''sa'i steng mi'i srid-pa'') and the upper world of gods (''gnam-steng lha'i srid-pa''). 45, 212, 301, 405, 971, 973)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The neuter Tibetan term ''mkha' 'gro'' is … The neuter Tibetan term ''mkha' 'gro'' is purposely used throughout the Tibetan texts. This term is the Tibetan translation of the masculine Sanskrit term ''ḍāka'', but is also used as an abbreviation for the feminine Tibetan term ''mkha' 'gro ma'', which is the Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term ''ḍākinī''. Thus an inherent ambiguity is often present in the use of the Tibetan term without the feminine ending ''ma''. In the Tibetan texts translated in this book the term ''mkha' 'gro'' is used to embrace both the masculine and feminine meanings. In many instances the intended gender is clear from context. But when the meaning is ambiguous, the single term ''mkha' 'gro'' has been translated as "ḍākas and ḍākinīs." This decision is based on conversations with His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Khenchen Appey Rinpoché, and Dezhung Rinpoché.chen Appey Rinpoché, and Dezhung Rinpoché.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The new translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism (namely, Kagyupa, Sakyapa, and Gelugpa) founded in the period following the persecution by Langdarma.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The nine concentrations of equilibrium.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The nine kinds of activity include the bod … The nine kinds of activity include the body's (1) outer activities, such as walking, sitting, and moving about, (2) inner activities of prostrations and circumambulations, and (3) secret activities ofritual dancing, performing mudrās, and so on; the speech's (4) outer activities, such as all kinds of delusional chatter, (5) inner activities, such as reciting liturgies, and (6) secret activities, such as counting propitiatory mantras of your personal deity; and the mind's (7) outer activities, such as thoughts aroused by the five poisons and the three poisons, (8) inner activities of mind training and cultivating positive thoughts, and (9) the secret activity of dwelling in mundane states of dhyāna. See GD197, VE 322.ndane states of dhyāna. See GD197, VE 322.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The nine spiritual vehicles include the th … The nine spiritual vehicles include the three leading away from suffering—Srāvakayāna, Pratyekabuddhayāna, and Bodhisattvayāna; the three outer tantras evoking pristine awareness with austerities—kriyāyoga, upāyayoga, and yogi; and the three inner tantras—mahāyoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga. See BM 344-48; GD 179-88; VE 302-4.iyoga. See BM 344-48; GD 179-88; VE 302-4.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The nine stabilizations of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The nine stages of tranquil abiding: mental placement, continuous placement, patched placement, close placement, taming the mind, pacification of the mind, complete pacification, one-pointed attention, and balanced placement.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The nine vehicles comprise the path of the … The nine vehicles comprise the path of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. The first three vehicles are those of the Sūtra Vehicle, the exoteric Buddhist teachings: 1) the Vehicle of the Listeners, 2) the Vehicle of the Solitary Buddhas, and 3) the Vehicle of the Bodhisattvas. The next set comprises the three outer tantras: 4) the Vehicle of Kriyā, or Activity Tantra, 5) the Vehicle of Ubhaya, or Dual Tantra, and 6) the Vehicle of Yoga, or Union Tantra. The final set of three represents the inner tantric tradition: 7) the Vehicle of Mahāyoga, or Great Yoga, 8) the Vehicle of Anuyoga, or Concordant Yoga, and 9) the Vehicle of Atiyoga, or Supreme Yoga (also known as the Great Perfection). [NS 164]o known as the Great Perfection). [NS 164])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The nine-fold classification of the Buddha … The nine-fold classification of the Buddha’s teachings, expounded almost<br>exclusively in the Southern tradition (Usually given in Pāli as navońga-<br> satthu-sāsana. It also occurs in the Saddharma-puṇḍarika-sūtra of the<br> Mahāyāna): 1. sūtra (/sutta), 2. geya (/geyya),3. vyākaraṇa (/veyyākaraṇa),<br>4. gāthā,5. udāna, 6. ityuktaka (/itivuttakah 7. jātaka,8. adbhuta<br>-dharma (/abbhuta-dhamma), 9. vaidalya (/vedalla). —►dvādaśāṅga-<br>dharma-pravacanabhuta-dhamma), 9. vaidalya (/vedalla). —►dvādaśāṅga-<br>dharma-pravacana)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The ninth of the ten bhumis.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The nirmāṇakāya and the sambhogakāya, which appear to those in need of guidance once the accumulation of merit has been perfected. [TD 2499])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The no-self of the individual (Tib. ''gang zag gi bdag med'') and the no-self of phenomena (Tib. ''chos kyi bdag med''). See also no-self.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The no-self of the individual (gang zag gi bdag med) and the no-self of phenomena (chos kyi bdag med).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The no-self of the individual (gang zag gi bdag med) and the no-self of phenomena (chos kyi bdag med).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The noble truth of unsatisfactoriness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The nondual ultimate reality that is neither existent nor nonexistent, neither the same nor different, neither produced nor destroyed, subject to neither growth nor diminution, neither pure nor impure.)