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- 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)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The path of mahamudra practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The path of provisions (''tshogs-lam'', Sk … The path of provisions (''tshogs-lam'', Skt. ''sambhāramārga''), the path of connection (''sbyor-lam'', Skt. ''prayogamārga''), the path of insight (''mthong-lam'', Skt. ''darśanamārga''), the path of meditation (''bsgom-lam'', Skt. ''bhāvanāmārga'') and the path of no-more-learning (''mi-slob-pa'i lam'', Skt. ''aśaikṣamārga''). 30, 142, 155, 159, 174, 230, 237, 634''). 30, 142, 155, 159, 174, 230, 237, 634)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The paths of accumulation, joining, seeing, meditation, and beyond training. These five paths cover the entire path from sincerely beginning Dharma practice to complete enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The paths of accumulation, preparation, se … The paths of accumulation, preparation, seeing, meditation, and no more learning. These represent successive stages in spiritual progress rather than distinct and different pathways to enlightenment. A Bodhisattva on the path of no more learning has attained Buddhahood. ''See also'' Ten levels.ained Buddhahood. ''See also'' Ten levels.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The paths of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddha … The paths of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Bodhisattvas. The expository vehicle is so called because (1) it expounds the path that leads to the attainment of the goal and (2) the practitioners of this vehicle work only with the causes that bring forth—in a direct sense—the result of their particular path (e.g., arhatship in the case of Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas) and, indirectly, the final result of buddhahood. In contrast with the expository vehicle of causality, one speaks also of the resultant vehicle. This is so called because here the result of the path (namely, the empty and luminous nature of the mind) is utilized and practiced as the path. The resultant vehicle is another name for the Vajrayana.vehicle is another name for the Vajrayana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The perception of all the world and its contents as a pure Buddhafield, as the display of kayas and wisdoms)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (The perception of an object as separate fr … The perception of an object as separate from the perceiver. Despite the fact that they realize emptiness on attaining the path of seeing, Bodhisattvas traversing the path of meditation continue to experience, when not absorbed in meditative equipoise, the percept and the perceiving mind as two separate entities. This is the residue of dualistic habit and continues until full enlightenment even though, by virtue of their realization, the Bodhisattvas in question have long abandoned any belief in the reality of this appearance. belief in the reality of this appearance.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (The perception of an object as separate fr … The perception of an object as separate from the perceiver. Despite the fact that they realize emptiness on attaining the path of seeing, Bodhisattvas traversing the path of meditation continue to experience, when not absorbed in meditative equipoise, the percept and the perceiving mind as two separate entities. This is the residue of dualistic habit and continues until full enlightenment even though, by virtue of their realization, the Bodhisattvas in question have long abandoned any belief in the reality of this appearance. belief in the reality of this appearance.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The perception of ordinary 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/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The perception of the doctrine of the trut … The perception of the doctrine of the truth of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-la chos shes-pa'', Skt. ''duḥkhadharmajñāna''), receptiveness to the perception of the doctrine of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-la chos shes-pa'i bzod-pa'', Skt. ''duḥkadharmajñānakṣānti''), the after-effect of the perception of the doctrine of the truth of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-la rjes-su rtogs-pa'i shes-pa'', Skt. ''duḥkānvayajñāna'') and receptiveness to the after-effect of the perception of the doctrine of the truth of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-la rjes-su rtogs-pa'i shes-pa'i bzod-pa'', Skt. ''duḥkānvayajñānakṣānti''). These four moments are then applied in the same order to the truth of the origin of suffering, to the truth of its cessation and to the truth of the path, making sixteen moments in all; Mvt. (1216-32). 226-7, 230moments in all; Mvt. (1216-32). 226-7, 230)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The perception of the world and its contents as a pure buddha-field or as the display of kayas and wisdoms.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The perception of the world as the pure di … The perception of the world as the pure display of the kayas and wisdoms, in other words, as a buddhafield. Tending in this same direction is the contrived pure perception of a practitioner who endeavors to view everything purely, while still on the conceptual level.rely, while still on the conceptual level.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The perception, through wisdom, of the true nature of things)