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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The six entrances/abodes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The six great Indian masters Nagarjuna, Asanga, Dignaga, Aryadeva, Vasubandhu, and Dharmakirti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The six great commentators on the Buddha's teachings: Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The six great commentators on the Buddha's teachings: Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The six heads of the different monastic departments. They are the head monk (shuso), the head scribe/secretary (shoki), librarian (zōsu), guest manager (shika), bath attendant (yokusu), and buddha hall manager (chiden). 52n. 18, 102n. 11, 189n. 54)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The six levels of gods that dwell in the kāmadhātu, the realm of desire.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The six objects of perception, six sense faculties, and six consciousnesses.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The six ornaments are Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Asanga, Dignaga, Vasubhandu, and Dharmakirti. The two supreme ones are Shakyaprabha and Gunaprabha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The six paṇḍitas installed at [[Nālandā]] durin … The six paṇḍitas installed at [[Nālandā]] during the reign of King Canaka of the Pāla dynasty were: [[Ratnākaraśānti]] at the eastern gate; [[Prajñākaramati]] at the southern gate (according to [[Tāranātha]], ''[[History of Buddhism in India]]'') or the western gate (according to ''[[Blue Annals]]''); Vagīśvarakīrti at the western gate (according to [[Tāranātha]]) or the southern gate (according to ''[[Blue Annals]]''); [[Nāropā]] at the northern gate (succeeded by [[Bodhibhadra]]); while [[Ratnavajra]] and [[Jñānaśrīmitra]] occupied the centre of the teaching maṇḍala at [[Nālandā]]. 442)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The six perfections plus skillful means (Tib. thabs, Skt. upāya), aspirational prayer (Tib. smon lam, Skt.pranidhāna), power (Tib. stobs, Skt. bala), and primordial consciousness (Tib.ye shes, Skt.jñāna).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The six petals of the wind-dhātu uṣhṇīṣha … The six petals of the wind-dhātu uṣhṇīṣha chakra, which resides between the eyebrows, are "ten million" (bye ba); "swirling" (' khyil ba); "inexhaustible" (mi zad pa); "good name" (ming bzang); "support" (brtan); and "qualified" (mtshan nyid can). The three channels of the uṣhṇīṣha's throat, which are the fire dhātu, are "holder" ('dzin pa); "nonconceptual" (rtog med); and "full" (gang ba).ceptual" (rtog med); and "full" (gang ba).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The six psychic powers or siddhis are: (1) … The six psychic powers or siddhis are: (1) thought reading; (2) memory of past lives; (3) clairaudience, by which all languages including those of birds and animals can be understood, from both near and far; (4) clairvoyance, particularly the intuition of the suffering and needs of others; (5) the ability to perform miracles, such as manipulating the elements, flight, walking on water, and so forth; (6) the ability to stop the five passions.(6) the ability to stop the five passions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The six realms of existence in which one t … The six realms of existence in which one takes rebirth, until liberation from samsara is attained. The three higher realms are the long-life god (''deva'') realm, the jealous god (''asura'') realm, and the human realm. The three lower realms are the animal realm, the hungry ghost (''preta'') realm, and the hell realm.ost (''preta'') realm, and the hell realm.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The six samsaric states of hell beings, pr … The six samsaric states of hell beings, pretas, animals, humans, asuras, and the six classes of the lower gods. The six divine spheres are called: (1) the heaven of the Four Great Kings (''rgyal chen rigs bzhi''); (2) the heaven of the Thirty-three (''sum bcu rtsa gsum''); (3) Free of Conflict ('' 'thab bral''); (4) Joyous Realm (''dga' ldan''); (5) Enjoying Magical Creations ('''phrul dga'''); and (6) Mastery over Magical Creations of Others (''gzhan 'phrul dbang byed''). The desire realm is so called because the beings inhabiting it are prey to intense emotion and crave happiness based on the pleasures of the senses.ness based on the pleasures of the senses.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The six sensory and mental consciousnesses are produced from the inner sources of their corresponding six sensory and mental organs connecting with the outer sources of the six sensory and mental objects.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The six states or classes of life-forms of … The six states or classes of life-forms of samsara: gods (''deva'') , anti-gods (''asura''), humans (''manuṣya''), animals (''tiryagyona''), frustrated spirits (''preta''), and hell beings (''nairayika''). The first three are called higher states and the last three lower states.er states and the last three lower states.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The six transcendent actions of generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and discriminating knowledge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The six types of existence in samsara are rebirth as a hell being, preta, animal, human, asura, or deva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The sixteen joys are a more detailed presentation of the four joys, a common principle in both the New Schools and Nyingma teachings on the conceptual completion stage)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The sixth and highest heaven of the desire realm, where gods have power over the enjoyments that other gods have created.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The sixth of the six transcendent perfections. The ability to understand correctly, usually with the particular sense of understanding emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The sixth of the ten bhumis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The sixth pāramitā. Prajñā is considered t … The sixth pāramitā. Prajñā is considered to be the eye without which the other five transcendent actions would be blind. According to Gampopa, prajñāpāramitā is the awareness that the whole of reality is without origination or basis. It sees through any solid existence as well as through any nihilistic interpretation of reality. Even the duality between saṃsāra and nirvāṇa).a is transcended, and therefore, prajñā gives birth to more active and energetic upāya (seventh pāramitā). Prajñāpāramitā is called the mother of all the buddhas, and is sometimes depicted as a youthful, smiling deity. The ''Prajñāpāramitāsūtras''describe prajñā and the other pāramitās. In vajrayāna, prajñā corresponds to the feminine principle of space, the mother of all wisdom and manifestation. ''See also'' ḍākinī, prajñā. and manifestation. ''See also'' ḍākinī, prajñā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The skandhas, elements, and so forth of the world and beings are, in their pure aspects, the five male and female buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The skillful means used by enlightened beings to present the dharma taking the person's capabilities and propensities into account.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The skirt, tunic, and robe.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The skull cup is a symbolic implement that represents the ability to sustain the bliss of nonconceptual wisdom. [CG 51])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The so-called "super-knowledges" or miracu … The so-called "super-knowledges" or miraculous powers mentioned in the early Pali literature and carried over into the Mahayana. A bodhisattva is said to acquire these five (or six) powers, defined as: (1) supernal vision, (2) supernal hearing, (3) the ability to read others' thoughts, (4) the ability to see the arising and passing away of others, (5) the ability to work wonders (''ṛddhi'') of transformation and creation, and (6) the ability to see the destruction of all the negative "outflows" (''āsravas'').all the negative "outflows" (''āsravas'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The so-called "union of development and co … The so-called "union of development and completion" seems to have been a controversial theory in Tibet. Confirming this view, Khenpo Ngaga writes, "There are those who do not accept the union of development and completion associated with deity meditation. They justify this view by saying that such an approach did not exist in the noble land of India. This, however, is not the case. There are two renowned approaches linked with the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra'', one associated with noble Nāgārjuna and another with Jñānapāda. In the latter approach, it is said that, when meditating on a deity, those who have directly experienced the way things truly are 'seal the development stage with the completion stage.'" [ST 8-9]tage with the completion stage.'" [ST 8-9])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The son of Buddha Shakyamuni's uncle who became the Buddha's personal attendant. Ananda was able to remember every word the Buddha spoke; he compiled the Buddha's teachings and served as the second patriarch in the oral transmission of the Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The son of King Jah and lineage holder of both Mahayoga and Anu Yoga. He is also known as Indrabhuti the Younger and Master Lawapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (The son of Marpa and Damema.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The southern continent according to Buddhist cosmology, the world in which we live.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The southern continent according to Buddhist cosmology, the world in which we live.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The southern continent according to Buddhist cosmology, the world in which we live)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (The southern continent of the four continents of Buddhist cosmology that surround Mount Meru. The "land of the rose-apple tree" originally designated India alone, but later, in the Indocentric Buddhist cosmology that developed, it came to mean our world)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The southern continent or island of the Buddhist world-system named after the jambu (rose-apple) tree. The entire known world was regarded as Jambudvīpa. Since the buddhadharma is taught there, it is an auspicious place.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The southern of the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru. The term usually refers to our known world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (The special vows of commitment, especially those in tantric practice between a guru and disciple. The most important ''samaya'' is maintaining a proper attitude towards one's root guru.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The sphere of a buddha's activity. In Maha … The sphere of a buddha's activity. In Mahayana cosmology, world systems — of which there are an infinite number throughout time and space — are typically presided over by a buddha. Buddha-fields are of two types, pure and impure; our world system is a representation of the latter. system is a representation of the latter.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The sphere of immateriality. This is subdivided into four progressive stages (bhūmi):1. ākāśānantyāyatana, 2. vijñānāntyāyatana, 3. ākiṃcanyāyatana; 4. naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The sphere of infinite consciousness, the second of four ārūpya samāpatti-s. —►samāpatti,ārūpya-dhātu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The sphere of neither-ideation-nor-non-ideation, the fourth of the ārūpya-samāpatti. samāpatti, ārūpya-dhātu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The sphere of nirvāṇa without a remnant of substratum.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The spiritual friend is the guru at the mahāyāna level.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The spiritual insight into the true nature of dharma-s, derived for the first time in one’s samsāric existence, in the direct realization of duḥkha-satya pertaining to the kāma-dhātu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The spiritual practices of clearing away what obscures the sugatagarbha, for example, the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva according to the special preliminaries.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The spiritual vehicle of anuyoga, which corresponds to the stage of completion, following the mahāyoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The spiritual vehicle of the "Great Yoga," which is perfected by realizing the nondual reality of the deity and one's own appearances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The spiritual vehicle of the "action tantras," which is practiced by not confounding one's pure Vajrayāna behavior with ordinary, impure conduct.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The spiritual vehicle of the "performance tantras," in which conduct accords with kriyā and view accords with yoga; it is perfected by realizing the nonduality of view and conduct. See CM 391; GD184; VE 304.)