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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The primordially pure, essential nature of the mind, equivalent to pristine awareness, which is none other than the dharmakāya. It may be regarded provisionally as one's capacity for achieving spiritual awakening.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The principal (or fundamental nature), the great, the I-principle, form, sound, smell, taste, tangibles, earth, water, fire, air, space, eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, voice, hands, feet, excretory organs, generative organs, mind, and the person.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The principal afflictive mental functions: ignorance, desire, aversion, as well as jealousy and pride.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The principal deity in the Kagyü tradition, who appears to have originated in the late eighth century in India. It is explicitly a transmutation of Śiva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The principal delusion is the reification of oneself and ''other phenomena,'' which acts as the root of all other mental affliction)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The principal practice of a bodhisattva, combining skillful means and wisdom, the compassionate motivation of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all being sand the view of emptiness. See six and ten transcendent perfections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The principal practice of the six Dharmas of Nāropa, sometimes rendered as "inner heat" based on the physiological results of the practice. See extended discussion of this term in the introduction)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The principal yidam of the Nyingma school. Vajrakila or Vajrakilaya is a wrathful manifcstion of Vajrasattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The principle of difference(/exclusion).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The principle of offering has several leve … The principle of offering has several levels of application, generally based on generosity and surrendering one's ego-clinging. Outer (material) offerings of anything desirable in the world are given as expressions of gratitude, appreciation, and nonattachment. Inner offering is giving up the attachment to one's body. Secret offering is surrendering the ego reinforcement that we derive from dualistic emotions. The "fourth" offering is recognizing the inseparability of offerer, offering, and the recipient in things as they are. All the above offerings are referred to as "faith offerings" (T: dad-zas) and are made out of devotion to a guru or a deity.<br> Other types of offerings are made for the benefit of others. The merit of "food offerings" (T: gshin-zas) is dedicated to benefit dead persons in need. "Ransom offerings" (T: sku-glud) are made in instances where a person is possessed by a spirit, with the intent that the spirit will accept the ransom offering in lieu of the possessed person.ransom offering in lieu of the possessed person.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The pristine cognition of the expanse of r … The pristine cognition of the expanse of reality (''chos-dbyings-kyi ye-shes'', Skt. ''dharmadhātujñāna''), the mirror-like pristine cognition (''me-long-giye-shes'', Skt. ''ādarśajñāna''), the pristine cognition of discernment (''so-sor-rtog-pa'i ye-shes'', Skt. ''pratyaveksanajñāna''), the pristine cognition of sameness (''mnyam-nyid-kyi ye-shes'', Skt. ''samatājñāna'') and the pristine cognition of accomplishment (''bya-ba grub-pa'i ye-shes'', Skt. ''kṛtyānusthānajñāna''). Also referred to as the FIVE KINDS OF BUDDHA-MIND. 22-3, 117, 125, 128, 142, 273, 288, 338, 342, 352, 357, 59428, 142, 273, 288, 338, 342, 352, 357, 594)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The pristine cognition which perceives the cessation of corruption or defilements (''zad-pa shes-pa'i ye-shes'') and the pristine cognition which perceives that corruption is not recreated (''mi-skye-ba shes-pa'i ye-shes''). 227)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The pristine essence of a phenomenon, as contrasted with its impure portion, derivative, residue, or dregs (Tib. snyigs ma, Skt. kaṣāya). See VE129,424-5.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The pristine expanse of the sole bindu inside the citta lamp of the flesh, which is the space of awareness, in which the bindus and vajra strands appear. See CM 424-26, VS 591, VE 425-27.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The process of detailed examination of the meditation object as to its actual mode of existence. It involves thought and is aimed at penetrating the conceptual process. It results in receptivity to the direct perception of voidness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The process of forcibly separating the con … The process of forcibly separating the consciousness, or primordial body, from the coarse body in order to take another life without going through the death and intermediate-state process. Also refers to the more commonly known practice of ensuring, with a lamas help, migration into a pure land at the time of death.ion into a pure land at the time of death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The process of inner discursiveness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The process of receiving the four empowerments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (The profit oriented and competitive mental … The profit oriented and competitive mentality which could even be applied to "spiritual" activities. It is based on the neurotic need for security and expanding ego's territory. It is the paranoid fear ofloss and greed for achievement which tends to permeate one's whole psychology. Materialism is the "sane" approach to gaining happiness. There's nothing wrong with it, but in the process of seeking happiness the original aim is lost. Instead of the simple primordial happiness one tries to grasp something tangible. At the end one is amazed to find that the search did not fulfil the original aim. Instead, shock and panic result.inal aim. Instead, shock and panic result.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The prominence on the head of a Buddha, one of the thirty-two major marks)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The protectors of the four directions, who dwell in the first of the six god realms of the world of desire)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The provision of merit (''bsod-nams-kyi tshogs'', Skt. ''puṇyasambhāra'') and the provision of pristine cognition (''ye-shes-kyi tshogs'', Skt. ''jñānasambhāra''). 26, 30, 175, 194-5, 197, 235, 244, 266, 332, 335, 379, 420, 462, 831)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The psycho-physical forces of the mind, body, and environment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The psychophysical channels located in the … The psychophysical channels located in the body, which act as the paths for the subtle wind energies that transport the essences. There are three main channels and thousands of subsidiary ones. The system of channels, energies, and essences is the basis for yogic practice. essences is the basis for yogic practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The pure land of Avalokiteshvara.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure land of Buddha Amitabha.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The pure land of Chenrezik and, by extension, the residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The pure land of the Lord of Secrets, Vajrapani.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The pure nature of reality, phenomena, and mind as they are, without elaboration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure nirmanakaya realms manifested by the buddhas of the five families, such as the realm of Sukhavati.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The pure realm of Amitābha and Chenrezig.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure realm of Buddha Akshobhya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure realm of Buddha Amitabha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure realm of Buddha Amitabha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure realm of Buddha Amoghasiddhi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The pure realm of Buddha Vairochana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The purities resulting from the removal of … The purities resulting from the removal of the obscuration of conflicting emotions and of the [[obscuration]] covering the knowable (''nyon-mong-gi sgrib-dang shes-bya'i sgrib-kyis dag-pa''). Alternatively, the primordial purity of emptiness and the purity which results from abandoning [[obscuration]]. 139-40[[obscuration]]. 139-40)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The purity of deity and mantra; the purity of substances and rapture; and the purity of mantra and contemplation. 35, 295-6, 349)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The purity resulting from the elimination of delusion obstacles and knowledge obstacles, respectively.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The qualities cultivated on the path to br … The qualities cultivated on the path to bring one's spiritual potential to full maturation. The six primary are giving (''dāna, sbyin pa''), ethical discipline (''śīla, tshul khrims''), forbearance (''kṣānti, bzod pa''), diligent perseverance (''vīrya, brtson 'grus''), meditative stability (''dhyāna, bsam gtan''), and wisdom (''prajñā, shes rab''). To this list four more pāramitās are added to complete the bodhisattva path: means (''upāya, thabs''), aspiration (''praṇidhāna, smon lam''), power (''bala, stobs''), and gnosis (''jñāna, ye shes'').stobs''), and gnosis (''jñāna, ye shes'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The quality of a worldling; sometimes listed as a viprayukta-saṃskāra. According to the Sarvātivāda, it is the asamanvāgama of the ārya-dharma-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The quality or feature of some phenomenon, such as the mind, whose nature is luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The quintessences of the five facets of primordial consciousness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The quintessential teaching of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The theory of voidness. The characterization of the ultimate state of things as being devoid of an abiding "self" or essential nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The rainbow body, synonymous with the diam … The rainbow body, synonymous with the diamond body (rdo rje sku), is the name given to the attainment of Buddha-hood according to the practices of the Great Perfection of the Nyingma school. There are three kinds of rainbow body: the rainbow body so called (ja I us), the radiant body ('od sku), and the rainbow body of great transfer-ence (ja Ins 'pho ba chen po). The first is attained through the practice of Trekcho. When someone accomplished in this practice dies, his or her body will be seen to emit rainbow light and diminish (often very considerably) in size. After about a week, if left undisturbed, the body will disappear completely, leaving behind only hair and finger- and toenails. Yogis have demonstrated this attainment well into modern times, indeed the present day. The Radiant Body is accomplished through a Dzogchen practice called thogal, and at death the body is transformed directly into light, leaving behind no remainder whatever. In the case of the rainbow body of great transference (ja Itis \pho ba chen po), the accomplished practitioner trans-forms his physical body into an indestructible form composed of rainbow light and continues to live for centuries, remaining visible for as much this is of benefit for sentient beings. When there is no further purpose for such a manifestation, the practitioner dissolves his or her body into a radiant body and merges into the Primordial Ground.ody and merges into the Primordial Ground.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The raptures of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. 258)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The reading aloud of a text by a teacher who has previously heard the reading of the text from his or her teacher. In this way, the reading transmission is traced back in an unbroken line to the author of the work.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The real nature of things, usually a synon … The real nature of things, usually a synonym for ultimate reality. In this text two types of suchness are distinguished: defiled suchness (''samalā-tathatā, dri bcas de bzhin nyid''), equated with the dhatu, causal buddhanature, and the spiritual potential (''gotra, rigs'') naturally present in all beings; and undefiled suchness (''nirmalā-tathatā, dri med de bzhin nyid''), which refers to the dharmakāya, resultant buddha-nature, or perfect awakening.ltant buddha-nature, or perfect awakening.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The realisation which is primordially acquired (''ye-nas chos-nyid rang-gi rig-pas rtogs-pa'') and the realisation resulting from attainments acquired on the path (''lam-bsgom stobs-kyis rtogs-pa''). 27, 71-2, 176-7)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (The realizations and cessations of suffering and its causes. In a more general sense, Dharma refers to the teachings and doctrine of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The realm of existence of a buddha.)