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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The place where the Lord of Secrets taught the Secret Mantra to the five noble beings, situated on present-day Sri Lanka. It is now known as Adam's Peak.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The places that are other than the desire realm: the sixteen levels of the form realm and the four formless spheres.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The playful air of grace (''sgeg-pa'', Skt … The playful air of grace (''sgeg-pa'', Skt. ''śṛhgāra''), the heroic (''dpa'-bo'', Skt. ''vīra''), the ugly (''mi-sdug-pa'', Skt. ''bībhatsa''), the fierce (''drag-shul'', Skt. ''raudra''), the laughing (''gad'', Skt. ''hāsya''), the terrifying ('' 'jigs-su rung-ba'', Skt. ''bhayānaka''), the compassionate (''snying-rje'', Skt. ''karuṇa''), the awesome (''rngoms-pa'', Skt. ''adbhuta'') and the peaceful (''zhi-ba'', Skt. ''śānta''). 98, 630, n. 751zhi-ba'', Skt. ''śānta''). 98, 630, n. 751)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The point at which an enlightened being leaves his or her earthly body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The point at which an enlightened being leaves his or her earthly body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The point at which an enlightened being leaves their earthly body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The portion of Buddhist scriptures concerned with detailed teachings on cosmology and psychology.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The portion of Buddhist scriptures concerned with detailed teachings on cosmology and psychology.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The possession of expressed meaning (''brj … The possession of expressed meaning (''brjod-bya don-dang ldan-pa''), immaculate words of expression (''rjod-byed tshig dri-ma med-pa''), the renunciation of conflicting emotions (''byed-las khams-gsum-gyi nyon-mongs-pa spong-ba'') and teaching the benefits of peace as the result ('' 'bras-bu zhi-ba'iphan-yon ston-pa''). 73' 'bras-bu zhi-ba'iphan-yon ston-pa''). 73)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The possible types of rebirths for beings … The possible types of rebirths for beings in saṃsāra: the god realm in which gods have great pride, the asura realm in which the jealous gods try to maintain what they have, the human realm which is the best realm because one has the possiblity of achieving enlightenment, the animal realm characterized by stupidity, the hungry ghost realm characterized by great craving, and the hell realms characterized by aggression.e hell realms characterized by aggression.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The potential for buddhahood, the luminous and empty nature of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The potential for enlightenment that is inherent in all sentient beings; the true nature of mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The potential for perfect awakening. Accor … The potential for perfect awakening. According to Rongtön, and following the exposition of Ngog Loden Sherab, three types of buddha-nature can be distinguished: ''causal buddha-nature'', which is the spiritual potential present in all beings; ''natural buddha-nature'', equated with suchness; and ''resultant buddha-nature'', which is the dharmakāya or resultant state of perfect awakening. See the introduction and the commentary on RGV 1.27-28 for a discussion.ommentary on RGV 1.27-28 for a discussion.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The potential for the development of mental afflictions or, in Kālacakra, for the emission ofseminal fluid.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The power of knowing the positive and nega … The power of knowing the positive and negative contingencies of things (''gnas-dang gnas ma-yin-pa mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''sthānāsthānajñānabala''), the power of knowing the maturation of deeds (l''as-kyi mam-smin mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''karmavipākajñānabala''), the power of knowing diverse volitions (''mos-pa sna-tshogs mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''nānādhimuktijñānabala''), the power of knowing diverse sensory bases (''khams sna-tshogs mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''nānadhātujñānabala''), the power of knowing those who are of supreme acumen and those who are not (''dbang-po mchog-dang mchog ma-yin-pa mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''indriyavarāvarajñānabala''), the power of knowing the paths going everywhere (''thams-cad-du 'gro-ba'i lam mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''sarvatragāmanīpratipajjñānabala''), the power of knowing concentration, liberation, contemplation, absorption, conflicting emotion, purification and acquisition (''bsam-gtan-dang mam-thar-dang ting-'dzin-dang snyoms-'jug-dang kun-nas nyon-mongs-pa-dang rnam-par byang-ba-dang ldan-pa thams-cad mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''sarvadhyānavimokṣasamādhisamāpattisaṃkleśavyavadānavyutthānajñānabala''), the power of recollecting past abodes (''sngon-gyi gnas rjes-su dran-pa mkhyen pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''pūrvanivāsānusmṛtijñānabala''), the power of knowing the transference of consciousness at death and birth ('' 'chi-'pho-ba dang skye-ba mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''cyutyutpattijñānabala'') and the power of knowing the cessation of corruption (''zag-pa zad-pa mkhyen-pa'i stobs'', Skt. ''āsravakṣayajñānabala''); Mvt. (119-29). 22, 171, 266ajñānabala''); Mvt. (119-29). 22, 171, 266)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The power or dominion over life (''tshe'', … The power or dominion over life (''tshe'', Skt. ''āyuḥ''), deeds (''las'', Skt. ''karman''), necessities (''yo-byad'', Skt. ''pariṣkāra''), devotion (''mos-pa'', Skt. ''adhimukti''), prayer or aspiration (''smon-lam'', Skt. ''praṇidhāna''), miraculous abilities (''rdzu- 'phrul'', Skt. ''ṛddhi''), birth (''skye-ba'', Skt. ''upapatti''), doctrine (''chos'', Skt. ''dharma''), mind (''sems'', Skt. ''citta'') and pristine cognition (''ye-shes'', Skt. ''jñāna''); Mvt. (771-80). 405hes'', Skt. ''jñāna''); Mvt. (771-80). 405)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The practice consisting in cultivating the … The practice consisting in cultivating the experience of the natural state, without artifice. It involves, after an initiatory stage, the capacity of integrating everything to this experience. Simply indulging in this experience without integration is of no use (for instance at the time of death).o use (for instance at the time of death).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The practice of Dharma in general, but often used to refer to activities such as prostrations, circumambulation, reciting the scriptures, and so on)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The practice of a set of teachings which "carries" one to the level of fruition.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (The practice of cutting through attachment to body and ego. See also ''Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chod'' by Sarah Harding, Snow Lion Publications.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The practice of supplicating for the blessings and mingling the mind of an enlightened master with one's own mind. One of the special inner preliminaries.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The practice of the anuttarayogayāna, the highest of the four tantric yānas, according to the New Translation school of Marpa and his contemporaries. The first three yānas are kriyā, upa (caryā), and yoga.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (The practices of ethics, meditative concentration, and wisdom. Practicing these three results in liberation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The practitioner's way to enlightenment, t … The practitioner's way to enlightenment, traditionally arranged into five paths: sambhāramārga (T: tshogs-lam; path of accumulation), prayogamārga (T: sbyor-lam; path of unification), darśanāmārga (T: mthong-lam; path of seeing), bhāvanāmārga (T: sgom-lam; path of meditation), and niṣṭhamārga or aśaikṣamārga (T: mthar-phyin-pa'i-lam, mi-slob-pa'i-lam; path of fulfillment or of no more learning).<br> On the path of accumulation, the meditator brings his being to the dharma by practicing the four foundations of mindfulness, and through insight (S: vipaśyanā; T: lhag-mthong), understanding what to cultivate and what to refrain from. The practitioner begins to transcend any notion of external savior and is able to cut the causes of rebirth in the lower realms.<br> On the path of unification, the meditator expands his vipaśyanā investigation of saṃsāra by developing a profound understanding of the four noble truths. He is able to cut the root of the desire realm (S: kāmadhātu).<br> On the path of seeing, the meditator accepts and understands the real significance of the four noble truths. ''See''ing the unsatisfactory nature of even the god realms of form (S: rūpadhātu), he begins to transcend them, entering the first level of attainment (S: bhūmi) of the bodhisattva.<br> On the path of meditation, the meditator practices and remains in the insight of the path of seeing. He attains to the second bhūmi onwards.<br> On the path of fulfillment or no more learning, the meditator attains vajra-like samādhi, entering the eleventh bhūmi-buddhahood. Other important descriptions of the path include the exposition of the bodhisattva bhūmis or stages, and the four yogas of mahāmudrā.on of the bodhisattva bhūmis or stages, and the four yogas of mahāmudrā.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The practitioners of Dharma are identified … The practitioners of Dharma are identified as belonging to two different sets of teaching, or ''vehicles'', according to the nature of their aspirations. These are known as the Hīnayāna, or Fundamental Vehicle, and the Mahāyāna, or Great Vehicle. The Fundamental Vehicle is subdivided into the way of the Hearers (or Shrāvakas), who are disciples of the Buddha, and the way of those who seek enlightenment relying only on themselves, or Pratyekabuddhas. The goal of the Shrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha paths is nirvāṇa, conceived of as definitive liberation from the sufferings of saṃsāra. The Great Vehicle is that of the Bodhisattvas, or those who, while accepting the validity and efficacy of the other vehicle, aspire to the full enlightenment of Buddhahood for the sake of all beings. The term ''Hīnayāna'' means "Lesser Vehicle," but this should not be understood in a pejorative sense, since its teachings are fundamental to the practice of the Great Vehicle as well. The Dalai Lama has suggested the term ''Shrāvakayāna'' be used instead of Hīnayāna. In this case the term should be understood as including the Pratyekabuddha-yāna as well.including the Pratyekabuddha-yāna as well.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The precepts and practices of a bodhisattva.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The precious Buddha, the precious Dharma, and the precious Sangha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The precious buddha, the precious dharma, and the precious sangha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The precious buddha, the precious dharma, and the precious sangha. For a detailed discussion see Thrangu Rinpoche's ''Buddha Nature'' (Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1988).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The precious word empowerment is one of th … The precious word empowerment is one of the three higher supreme empowerments. This is bestowed upon the student's ordinary body, speech, and mind in reliance upon the maṇḍala of ultimate bodhicitta. It purifies the impurities associated with the three gates, along with their related habitual patterns. In terms of the path, it empowers the student to train in the natural Great Perfection. As its result, a causal link is formed that leads to the attainment of the essence kāya, vajra wisdom. [TD 2271] the essence kāya, vajra wisdom. [TD 2271])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The precise enumeration is unidentified. They were subdued by [[Padmasambhava]] at Silma in Tsang. Refer to [[R. de Nebesky-Wojkowitz]], ''[[Oracles and Demons of Tibet]]'', (pp. 198-202). 581)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The preliminary practices for tantra: prostration, Vajrasattva purification meditation, guru yoga, and mandala offerings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The preliminary to the five stages (rim lnga, pañchakrama), the perfection process of the Guhyasamāja system. See Kongtrul 2007b, 179-82 and 298; and Kongtrul 2008.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The preliminary, preparatory, or foundatio … The preliminary, preparatory, or foundational "practices" or "disciplines" (Skt. sadhana) common to all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and also to Bön. Often referred to as ngöndro, they establish the foundation for the more advanced and rarefied Vajrayana sadhana, which are held to engender realization and the embodiment of enlightenment. The outer preliminaries consist of the four thoughts that turn the mind: (1) precious human birth (2) impermanence, (3) karma, and (4) suffering. The inner preliminaries comprise one hundred thousand accumulations of (1) taking refuge, (2) generating bodhichitta, (3) meditating on Vajrasattva and reciting his hundred-syllable mantra, (4) offering the mandala, as well as (5) guru yoga with one or ten million recitations of the vajra guru mantra.lion recitations of the vajra guru mantra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The preoccupations of ordinary beings: (1) gain and (2) loss; (3) pleasure and (4) pain; (5) praise and (6) blame; (7) fame and (8) infamy.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The preparatory mind of the first mental absorption, and then the actual experiences of the four form-realm and four formless-realm mental absorptions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The preparatory path.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The present world age markedby the degeneration of all discipline, morality, and wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The primal substance; one of the two great … The primal substance; one of the two great principles that account for the manifested universe according to the Hindu Samkhya philosophy. Prakriti comprises the three gunas, or universal qualities, which, when disturbed, give rise to the phenomenal appearances of the world. ''See'' Purusha.appearances of the world. ''See'' Purusha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The primary "defiling emotions" or "emotio … The primary "defiling emotions" or "emotional obscurations" that lead to demeritorious actions, the creation of negative karma, and ongoing bondage and suffering within samsara. The ''kleshas'' are listed in a threefold group — passion, aggression, and ignorance — and in a fivefold grouping, the three mentioned plus pride and jealousy or paranoia. In the Hinayana the ''kleshas'' are abandoned; in the Mahayana, they are transformed; and in the Vajrayana, their essence is realized to be nothing other than the immaculate wisdom of a buddha.er than the immaculate wisdom of a buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The primary mantra of a given yidam deity. [TD 2206])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The primordial Buddha who has never fallen into delusion; the symbolic personification of awareness; the ever-present and luminous nature of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The primordial Buddha, in some contexts also the primordially pure innate awareness of each individual.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The primordial Enlightened One who is the source of the Dzogchen teachings. He is depicted as a blue naked Buddha, without ornaments.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The primordial and nondual knowing aspect of the nature of the mind.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The primordial buddha Samantabhadra; a synonym for the enlightened state of dharmakaya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The primordial dharmakaya buddha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The primordial nature of the mind, which is beyond the three times and all conceptual elaborations, and knows the nature of the ground of being. SeeBM 354; GD 142-43,326-27; VE 109-10,116-21.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The primordial state of the mind, clear, awake, free from grasping: the union of emptiness and clarity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The primordial, dharmakāya buddha, blue in color and naked, often depicted in consort with Prajñā, who is white in color.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The primordially enlightened buddha.)