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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third great Dharma king of Tibet. He s … The third great Dharma king of Tibet. He supported the standardization of new grammar and vocabulary for translation and the revision of old translations. He renewed old centers for learning and practice and invited many Buddhist scholars to Tibet. He was renowned for his devotion to the Dharma and is regarded as an incarnation of Vajrapani.s regarded as an incarnation of Vajrapani.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third major Buddhist king of Tibet. He … The third major Buddhist king of Tibet. He lived in the eleventh century and instigated the systematization of Tibetan grammar and vocabulary for the purposes of translation of texts from Sanskrit. He was assassinated by his brother Lang Darma. He is said to have been a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani.anifestation of the Bodhisattva Vajrapani.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third of the Three Inner Tantras. Acco … The third of the Three Inner Tantras. According to Jamgőn Kongtrűl, it emphasizes the view that liberation is attained through growing accustomed to insight into the nature of primordial enlightenment, free from accepting and rejecting, hope and fear. The more common word for Ati Yoga nowadays is "Dzogchen." The Ati Yoga teachings first appeared in this world to Garab Dorje, in the country of Uddiyana, to the west of India. According to The Narration of the Precious Revelation of the Terma Treasures by Longchen Rabjam (pp. 87—88), the great master Padmasambhava described the teachings of Ati Yoga in the following way before imparting them to Yeshe Tsogyal: It is an instruction unlike any I have given in the past, the summit that transcends all of the nine gradual vehicles. By seeing its vital point, mind-made views and meditations are shattered. The paths and levels are perfected with no need for struggle. Disturbing emotions are liberated into their natural state, without any need for reform or remedy. This instruction brings realization of a fruition within oneself that is not produced from causes. It instantly brings forth spontaneously present realization, liberates the material body of flesh and blood into the luminous sambhogakaya within this very lifetime, and enables you to capture the permanent abode, the precious dharmakaya realm of spontaneous presence, within three years, in the domain of Akanishtha. I possess such an instruction and I shall teach it to you! See also Dzogchen; Great Perfection. you! See also Dzogchen; Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The third of the five paths, the stage at which a bodhisattva in medication gains a genuine experience of emptiness and attains the first of the ten levels.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third of the five paths, which is the attainment of the first bhumi, liberation from samsara, and realization of the truth of reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The third of the five paths; the stage at which a Bodhisattva in meditation gains a genuine experience of emptiness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The third of the five paths; the stage of spiritual attainment in which one witnesses the true nature of reality for the first time, progressing to the level of a noble one. [TD 1222])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The third of the five stages of the path t … The third of the five stages of the path to awakening. This path consists of the direct, nohconceptual realisation ofemptiness and the accomplishment of the seven limbs of awakening. On this stage, the veil of afflictions is removed and one reaches the first bodhisattva ground (''bhūmi, sa''), thus becoming an ārya.nd (''bhūmi, sa''), thus becoming an ārya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third of the four empowerments in the anuttara yoga system, which introduces the unity of bliss and emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the four empowerments.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third of the four formless realms in which one dwells on the thought, "Nothing whatsoever!")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The third of the four stages of mahāmudrā meditation. The empty nature of all phenomena of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa: equally nonexistent, equally pure, naturally arising from the expanse of the ground, and not established as anything else. See GD146, VE 353.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The third of the four stages on the path o … The third of the four stages on the path of direct crossing over, in which the entire universe appears to be totally pervaded with rainbow light and blazing fire, and everything appears as bindus in which the five families of male and female peaceful and wrathful deities appear in union. This sage of spontaneous manifestation corresponds to the attainment of the eighth āryabodhisattva stage, known as Immovable.āryabodhisattva stage, known as Immovable.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third of the four vidyadhara levels. The stage of the path of cultivation. The practitioner emerges from the luminosity of the path of seeing in the form of the wisdom body of the unified state of the path of training.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the four visions in Dzogchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third of the outer sections of tantra. It emphasizes meditation, the importance of the mind, in order to realize emptiness, without neglecting, however the external discipline of the body and speech.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third of the ten bhumis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third of the three aspects of sugatagarbha: essence, nature, expression.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three experiences of appearance, increase, and attainment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three inner tantras. Ati … The third of the three inner tantras. Ati yoga is a synonym for Dzogchen (Skt. ''mahasandhi''). The emphasis of this tantra is the buddha-mandala contained within the nature of mind, and the chief practices are the completion stages without concepts, known as trekcho and thögal.out concepts, known as trekcho and thögal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three inner tantras. For the most part synonymous with Dzogchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three inner tantras. Same as Dzogchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The third of the three jewels of refuge. I … The third of the three jewels of refuge. In the narrow sense, saṅgha refers to Buddhist monks and nuns. In a mahāyāna sense, the mahāsaṅgha or greater saṅgha also includes the lay community. The vajra saṅgha includes vajrayāna practitioners who may be living as householders or as solitary yogins. The noble saṅgha, as an object of refuge, may also refer to the assembly of bodhisattvas and arhats, those who have attained realization.hats, those who have attained realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The third of the three outer tantras, which emphasizes the view rather than the conduct and regards the deity as being at the same level as oneself.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third of the three outer tantras: Kriya, Upa, and Yoga. It emphasizes the view rather than the conduct and regards the deity as being the same level as oneself.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three outer tantras: kriya, upa, and yoga.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third of the three sections of Dzogche … The third of the three sections of Dzogchen, as arranged by Manjushrimitra. In Tibet, three lineages are represented: through Padmasambhava and Vairochana, who both received transmission from Shri Singha, and through Vimalamitra, who received transmission partly from Shri Singha and partly from Jnanasutra. The first two lineages were continued only as termas, while Vimalamitra's was passed on both as terma and as oral transmission. In the following millennium, innumerable termas were revealed, which contain the precious instructions of these three great masters. The most important of these terma treasures are included in the Rinchen Terdző, a collection of termas compiled by Jamgőn Kongtrŭl, covering the three inner tantras.ongtrŭl, covering the three inner tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three sections of Dzogchen as arranged by Jampal Shenyen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three stages of appearance, increase, and attainment. Same as the "redness. ")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The third of the three sufferings. It consists in the continuation of the five aggregates that perpetuate conditioned existence in samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The third of the three worlds, at the peak of existence. It comprises the spheres of infinite space, infinite consciousness, utter nothingness, and neither existence nor nonexistence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The third of the three worlds, at the peak of existence. It comprises the spheres of Infinite Space, Infinite Consciousness, Utter Nothingness, and Neither Existence nor Nonexistence)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The third of three divisions that comprise the Anuttarayoga Tantra; Nondual Tantra stresses the view of the path of liberation. In the New Schools, this includes the Six Applications of the Kālacakra Tantra. [ST 6])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The third of three generation-process samā … The third of three generation-process samādhis. They are described by Kongtrul 2008, 69: "[Supremely victorious activities consist] of deeds such as the purification of realms by all deities. Because these deeds are similar to the deeds of the Buddha, [this samādhi is referred to as] supremely victorious [activities]. to as] supremely victorious [activities].)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The third part of the Tripitaka, the "three baskets." The Abhidharma is the corpus of texts expounding Bud-dhist metaphysical teaching.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The third section of the Tripitaka (the other two sections being the Vinaya and the Sutras). The Abhidharma is the corpus of texts expounding the metaphysical content of the Sutras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The third section of the Tripitaka (the ot … The third section of the Tripitaka (the other two sections are Vinaya and Sutra). Systematic teachings on metaphysics, focusing on the training of discriminating knowledge by analyzing elements of experience and investigating the nature of existing things.vestigating the nature of existing things.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third stage in the practice of mahamudra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The third stage in the sequence of understanding, experience, and realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The third stage of stabilizing the mind, referring to repeated placement of attention on a single object, without distraction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The third vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism, som … The third vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes also called the path of skillful means. The Vajrayāna path, associated with the tantras, involves doing special practices, including deity visualization practice, as the means to speedily attain enlightenment. Also called Secret Mantra or Mantrayāna or Tantrayāna.Secret Mantra or Mantrayāna or Tantrayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The third vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism, som … The third vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes also called the path of skillful means. The Vajrayāna path, associated with the tantras, involves doing special practices, including deity visualization practice, as the means to speedily attain enlightenment. Also called Secret Mantra or Mantrayāna or Tantrayāna.Secret Mantra or Mantrayāna or Tantrayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The thirtieth chapter (volume ''ka'') of t … The thirtieth chapter (volume ''ka'') of the ''All-Creating Monarch Tantra'', which is the fundamental tantra of the Dzogchen Mind Class scriptures. It is said that Prahevajra recited this after he was born. Also called ''Vajrasattva, Great Space Tantra''.alled ''Vajrasattva, Great Space Tantra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The thirty two excellent signs and eighty symbols of a supreme nirmaṇakaya buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The thirty-seven factors of enlightenment … The thirty-seven factors of enlightenment are qualities that occur at various stages of the Buddhist path. According to Maitreya's ''Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes'', these are: 1) the four applications of mindfulness that occur on the lesser path of accumulation, 2) the four authentic eliminations that occur on the intermediate path of accumulation, 3) the four bases of miraculous power that occur on the greater path of accumulation, 4) the five faculties that occur during the first two stages of the path of joining - the stages of heat and summit, 5) the five powers that occur on the last two stages of the path of joining - the stage of acceptance and the supreme state, 6) the seven aspects of enlightenment that occur on the path of seeing, and 7) the eightfold noble path that occurs on the path of cultivation. [MV 732] These factors are often represented symbolically in development stage practice. The associations between these factors and their visualized counterparts are discussed by Longchenpa in SC, pp. 84-86. discussed by Longchenpa in SC, pp. 84-86.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The thirty-two major and eighty minor marks of excellence of a perfect buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The thirty-two major marks and eighty minor marks of excellence that characterize a buddha’s physical form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The thought of the nature of śūnyatā (as a concept).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The thought with which one makes the vow of undertaking.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The three "vehicles," Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The three abodes of hell beings, hungry ghosts, and animals. See also Six classes of sentient beings.)