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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The nonmaterial, atomless forms, developed … The nonmaterial, atomless forms, developed only on the Kālacakra completion stage, that serve as bases for the development ofenlightened forms. Supreme among these empty forms is the mother-father Kālacakra union that replaces the flesh-and-blood body at the time of enlightenment. In other tantras a parallel can be found in the illusory body. Empty forms are created by the winds entering the central channel. Their appearance to the yogi is effortless and without contrivance, like prognostic images that appear in a clairvoyant's mirror.ges that appear in a clairvoyant's mirror.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The nonmaterial, empty-form nature of phenomena of the three realms at the time of the final attainmentof enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The nonsectarian approach to the study and practice of the Eight Chariots of the Practice Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingma, Kadam, Sakya, Kagyu, Shangpa, Chöd, Kalachakra, and Orgyen Nyendrub.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The normal preoccupations of unrealized people without a clear spiritual perspective. They are gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and criticism, fame and infamy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The normal preoccupations of unrealized people without a clear spiritual perspective. They are: gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and criticism, fame and infamy)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The northern cosmic continent, where beings possess natural discipline.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The novice in the monastery who attends to the lamps. Literally, "fire boy" or "fire-spirit's apprentice," referring to fire as one of the five elements in Chinese cosmology. 183n. 15)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The object in its unique nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The object in which one takes refuge; ''skyabs 'gro'', the practice of taking refuge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The object of a grasping mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The object to be negated in the investigation of emptiness. See notes 34 and 37.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The objects of the eight consciousnesses: sight, sound smell, taste, texture, mental objects, the all-ground, and appearance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The obscuration formed by the defilements and the obscuration of knowledge, the last being named according to what is obscured rather than by the cause of obscuration: the subtlest level of ignorance)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The obscurations of afflictive emotions and conceptual obscurations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The obscurations that are not intrinsic to the sugatagarbha, like clouds are not inherent in the sky.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The omens perceived by Śākyamuni, which prompted his renunciation of the household life, namely, old age, sickness, death and a wandering ascetic. 418-19)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The one dharmakāya, which is replete with all the qualities of the buddhas and which encompasses the entirety of samsāra and nirvāṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The one, absolute, essential nature of the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ontological aspect of primordial consciousness, which correctly knows the nature of ultimate reality, the sugatagarbha; this corresponds to knowing the essential nature of pristine awareness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The opening at the top of one's head, eight fingers above the hairline.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The opposite of supramundane, anything tha … The opposite of supramundane, anything that does not transcend saṃsāra. Translations of this term as “ordinary” or “worldly” can be misleading since meditators who have mastered the four dhyānas (but without being liberated from saṃsāra), and who have immense powers of concentration, magical powers, and so forth, cannot really be called “ordinary,” nor are they worldly in the sense of being materialistically minded and interested only in the present world. and interested only in the present world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The oral commentary that a vajra master gives to his students concerning a particular abhiṣeka or sādhana. It generally is given after the reading transmission and abhiṣeka itself.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The oral lineage of the Nyingma school, the teachings translated chiefly during the period of Padmasambhava's stay in Tibet and transmitted from master to student until the present day.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The oral transmission of canonical teachings in the Nyingma tradition.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The orally transmitted lineage through individuals in which it is necessary for the teacher to use words for the disciple to hear, rather than transmitting them mind-to-mind or through symbols.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The ordinary body (''lus'', Skt. ''kāya/śarīra''), speech (''ngag'', Skt. ''vāk'') and mind (''yid'', Skt. ''manas''). 264, 304, 367)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The ordinary or normal condition of sentient beings, especially with regard to the vajra body, before they enterthe tantric paths.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The ordinary perception of unenlightened beings. The apprehension of phenomena in terms of subject and object and the belief in their true existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The ordinary state of existence, whose natural processes of birth, death, and intermediate state are mirrored and used in tantric practice to advance on the path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The original nature present in all beings which when realized leads to enlightenment. It is often called the essence of Buddhahood or enlightened essence and is the topic of the Uttara Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (The original nature present in all being which when realized leads to enlightenment. It is often called the essence of Buddhahood or enlightened essence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The original spiritual tradition of Tibet, … The original spiritual tradition of Tibet, existing before the advent of Buddhism in the Land of Snow. Modem Bönpos recognize three kinds of Bön : 1. Ancient Bön (''bon mying ma''), 2. Eternal Bön (''g.yung drung bon'') and 3. New Bön (''bon gsar''). What we are referring to Bön in this collection of works is the second kind of Bön.ection of works is the second kind of Bön.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The original spoken scriptures of Shakyamuni Buddha. They are divided into three divisions or "baskets" (''piṭaka''): instruction and philosophy (''sūtra''), mental science (''abhidharma''), and discipline (''vinaya'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The original state of the mind: fresh, vast, luminous, and beyond thought)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The original temple at Sakya Monastery, founded in 1073 by Khön Könchok Gyalpo. On the Tromchu River in Tsang.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The original tradition of Buddhist teaching in Tibet dating from the eighth century, sometimes referred to as the Old Translation School, so-called in contrast with the schools of the New Translation tradition, founded from the twelfth century onward.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The originally enlightened one, Adibuddha, Samantabhadra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The originally pure ground of being. The a … The originally pure ground of being. The absolute space of phenomena. Pristine awareness. The sugatagarbha. Samantabhadra, who is of the nature of the five kāyas, the five buddha families, the five facets of primordial consciousness, and the five dākinīs. See GD 142-43, CM 382-86.he five dākinīs. See GD 142-43, CM 382-86.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The outer elements. The impure "residues" of the five great elements; they arise externally as space, water, earth, fire, and air due to grasping and reification of the five lights of the great elements. See CM 398, BM 327-29, GD 150-53, VE 123-25.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The outer, inner and secret pristine cogni … The outer, inner and secret pristine cognitions which pertain respectively to the outer, inner and secret major and minor marks; and the pristine cognition of reality (''de-kho-na-nyid ye-shes'') which pertains to the supreme marks of [[the Great Perfection]]. 124, 251[[the Great Perfection]]. 124, 251)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The pair which enters and becomes establis … The pair which enters and becomes established in the stream to nirvāṇa ''rgyun-zhugs-kyi 'bras-bu-la zhugs-gnas gnyis''); the pair which enters and becomes established in a single rebirth (''lan-cig phyir 'ong-ba-la zhugs-gnas gnyis''); the pair which enters and becomes established in not returning to saṃsāra (''phyir mi-'ong-ba-la zhugs-gnas gnyis''); and the pair which enters and becomes established as arhats (''dgra-bcom-pa-la zhugs-gnas gnyis''). Also referred to as the EIGHT KINDS OF INDIVIDUAL (AMONGST PIOUS ATTENDANTS), they achieve the FOUR RESULTS. 227DANTS), they achieve the FOUR RESULTS. 227)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The paradise ruled by Māra at the apex of … The paradise ruled by Māra at the apex of the desire realm. The name of the paradise, which means "control over the emanations of others," reveals its superiority over the paradise below, where beings can create miraculous manifestations but not control those of othersfestations but not control those of others)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The part pertaining to (the accumulation of) merit. The MVŚ speaks of<br>three types of kuśala-müla: punya-bhāgīya, moksa-bhāgīya,nirvedha-bhāgīya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The particular protector of the Samye appointed and bound under oath by Padmasambhava. Phonya (pho nya) (1) Messenger, emissary. (2) Spiritual consort in vajrayana practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The past ('' 'das-pa''), present (''da-lta-ba''), future (''ma-'ongs-pa'') and indefinite time (''ma-nges-pa'i dus''). Also referred to as the FOUR TIMES. 125)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The past ('' 'das-pa'', Skt. ''atīta''), present (''da-lta-ba'', Skt. ''vartamāna'') and future (''ma-'ongs-pa'', Skt. ''anāgata''). 157-8, 276, 308, 316, 320, 334, 414, 453, 633)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The path of accumulation, joining, seeing, cultivation, and nonlearning. The five paths over the entire process from beginning dharma practice to complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The path of accumulation, the path of joining, the path of seeing, the path of cultivation, and the path beyond training. [TD 2764])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The path of insight (''mthong-lam'', Skt. ''darśanamārga''), the path of meditation (''bsgom-lam'', Skt. ''bhāvanāmārga'') and the final path (''mthar-lam'', Skt. ''niṣṭhahamārga). 281)