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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The traditions of the "new schools" of tra … The traditions of the "new schools" of translation (e.g., Sakya, Jonang, Kagyü, Geluk) of Buddhist texts into Tibet, which developed from the eleventh century onward, as opposed to the old school (Nyingma) that traces its history in Tibet to the eighth century.ts history in Tibet to the eighth century.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The trainings in morality, meditation, and wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The trainings of discipline, concentration, and discriminating knowledge.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The trainings of discipline, samadhi, and discriminating knowledge.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The tranquillity type (of practitioner).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (The transcendent perfection of wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The transcendent perfections, the development of which constitutes the practice of the bodhisattva path. The six are: generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The transcendent perfections, the development of which constitutes the practice of the bodhisattva path. The six are: generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The transference of wisdom power from the … The transference of wisdom power from the master to disciples that authorizes and enables them to engage in a practice and reap its fruit. There are four levels of tantric empowerment. The first is the vase empowerment, which purifies the defilements and obscurations associated with the body, grants the blessings of the vajra body, authorizes the disciples to practice the yogas of the development stage, and enables them to attain the nirmanakaya. The second is the secret empowerment. This purifies the defilements and obscurations of the speech faculty, grants the blessings of vajra speech, authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the perfection stage, and enables them to attain the sambhogakaya. The third is the wisdom empowerment, which purifies the defilements and obscurations associated with the mind, grants the blessings of the vajra mind, authorizes disciples to practice the yogas of the skillful path, and enables them to attain the dharmakaya. The final empowerment, which is often simply referred to as the fourth initiation, is the word empowerment. This purifies the defilements of body, speech, and mind and all karmic and cognitive obscurations; it grants the blessings of primordial wisdom, authorizes disciples to engage in the practice of Dzogchen, and enables them to attain the svabhavikakaya.enables them to attain the svabhavikakaya.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The transitional state between different types of consciousness, generally referring to the transition between death and rebirth.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The transitional state between different types of consciousness, generally referring to the transition between death and rebirth.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The translation "seminal drop" has been used for the physical reproductive fluids. The term "drop" has been used in other contexts involving the visualization of drops not related to the reproductive fluids.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The transmission of teachings, hidden as treasures, to be revealed in the future to destined students by a tertön, treasure-revealer.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The transmission of the teachings from mind to mind, according to this text, from Samantabhadra up to and including Prahevajra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The transmission through concealed treasures hidden, mainly by Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal for the benefit of future disciples.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The transmissions that Tilopa received from his four main teachers. These four transmissions were passed from Tilopa to Nāropa and then to Marpa. They are the yogas of the illusory body, dream, luminosity, and caṇḍālī.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The transmitted precepts of the [[Great Seal]] … The transmitted precepts of the [[Great Seal]] which descended through [[Vajrapāṇi]], [[Saraha]], [[Lohipā]], [[Dārikapā]], [[Diṅigīpā]] and [[Tilopā]];'' the transmitted precepts of the Father tantras which descended through Guhyapati, Sa-bcu dbang-phyug blo-gros rin-chen, [[Nāgārjuna]], [[Mātaṅgīpā]] and [[Tilopā]]; the transmitted precepts of the Mother tantras which descended through Sumati Samantabhadrī, Thang-lo-pa, Shing-lo-pa, [[Karṇaripā]] and [[Tilopā]]; and the transmitted precepts of inner radiance which descended through [[Vajrapāṇi]], [[Ḍombī Heruka]], Bi-na-sa, [[Kambalapāda]], [[Indrabhūti]] and [[Tilopā]]. Refer to [[E. G. Smith]]'s introduction to ''Bka'-brgyud Gser-phreṅ'', (p. 3n.). 853 ''Bka'-brgyud Gser-phreṅ'', (p. 3n.). 853)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The treasurer of a monastery, one of the six temple administrators. See chiji. 34, 50n. 4, 102n. 11)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The trigrams of the ''Classic of Changes'': ''qian'' (heaven), ''kun'' (earth), ''zhen'' (thunder), ''xun'' (wind), ''kan'' (water), ''li'' (fire), ''gen'' (mountain), and ''dui'' (valley).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The triple refuge: Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The true nature of all phenomena, i.e. their emptiness and identitylessness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The true nature of phenomena, ultimate rea … The true nature of phenomena, ultimate reality. Emptiness is the lack of inherent existence all of phenomena, including mind. In this text, the empty nature of the mind is called ''natural buddha-nature'', which is one of the three aspects of buddha-nature (see also ''buddha-nature'').uddha-nature (see also ''buddha-nature'').)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The true nature of phenomena.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The true nature of things, a synonym for ultimate reality and emptiness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The true nature of things. Ultimate realit … The true nature of things. Ultimate reality is defined in different ways by different authors throughout the history of Buddhist thought. In the Abhidharma tradition, the smallest physical particles and the shortest moment of consciousness are said to be ultimately real because they cannot be divided or broken down any further. According to the mainstream Madhyamaka position, ultimate reality is emptiness, the lack of inherent existence of all phenomena, because even particles and moments of consciousness can be mentally divided ad infinitum into ever smaller parts. In the Yogācāra tradition, emptiness is explained in terms of the three natures, where the dependent empty of the imagined is the perfected, that is to say the ultimate. In this text, ultimate reality also refers to the fact that all beings possess buddha-nature.act that all beings possess buddha-nature.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The truth consisting of scripture and realization.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The truth of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-gyi … The truth of suffering (''sdug-bsngal-gyi bden-pa'', Skt. ''duḥkhasatya''), the truth of the origin of suffering (''kun-'byung-gi bden-pa'', Skt. ''samudayasatya''), the truth of its cessation ('' 'gog-pa'i bden-pa'', Skt. ''nirodhasatya'') and the truth of the path (''lam-gyi bden-pa'', Skt. ''mārgasatya''). The three times to which they pertain are the present, future and past. The twelve ways in which they are taught are as follows: Suffering is this, it can be diagnosed, it has been diagnosed; the origin of suffering is this, it can be abandoned, it has been abandoned; the cessation of suffering is this, it can be verified, it has been verified; the path to the cessation of suffering is this, it can be developed andithas beendeveloped. 23-4, 137, 153, 188,224-7,230,421,423,946 23-4, 137, 153, 188,224-7,230,421,423,946)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The truth of suffering, the truth of the o … The truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of cessation, and the truth of the path. These constitute the foundation of Buddha Śākyamuni’s doctrine, the first teaching that he gave (at Sarnath near Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.r Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The truth of suffering, the truth of the o … The truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of cessation, and the truth of the path. These constitute the foundation of Buddha Shakyamuni's doctrine', the first teaching that he gave (at Sarnath near Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.r Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (The truth of suffering, the truth of the o … The truth of suffering, the truth of the origin of suffering, the truth of cessation, and the truth of the path. These constitute the foundation of Buddha Shakyamuni's doctrine', the first teaching that he gave (at Sarnath near Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.r Varanasi) after attaining enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The truths of suffering, origin, cessation, and path expounded by the Buddha Shakyamuni in his first teaching. These teachings, referred to as the first turning of the Dharma wheel, are the foundation of the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The truths of suffering, origin, cessation … The truths of suffering, origin, cessation, and path expounded by the Buddha Shakyamuni in his first teaching following his enlightenment. These teachings, referred to as the first turning of the Dharma wheel, are the foundation of the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings.on of the Hinayana and Mahayana teachings.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The twelfth bhumi.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The twelfth level of the form realm corresponding to the highest, but still mundane (i.e., not beyond samsara), level of the fourth samadhi.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The twelve acts that are manifested by all … The twelve acts that are manifested by all supreme nirmāṇakāyas once they enter the world. These are: 1) descending from Tuṣita Heaven, 2) entering the mother's womb, 3) taking birth, 4) enjoying the activities of youth, 5) enjoying a retinue of queens, 6) taking ordination, 7) practicing austerities, 8) going to the essence of awakening, 9) subduing Māra, 10) attaining complete and total enlightenment, 11) turning the Wheel of the Dharma, and 12) parinirvāṇa. [TD 2334] As discussed in the commentaries translated in this book, these deeds are symbolically visualized in development stage practice. visualized in development stage practice.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (The twelve daily shifts or movements of in … The twelve daily shifts or movements of inner wind or breath from petal to petal of the navel channel wheel. These occurapproximately every two hours and are correlated with the twelve lagna or ascendants appearing on the horizon approximately every two hours.the horizon approximately every two hours.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The twelve divisions of the four concentrations and the four pure states of the form realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The twelve factors or stages through which … The twelve factors or stages through which the process of birth and rebirth in cyclic existence takes place. They are ignorance, conditioning factors, consciousness, name-and-form, the sense powers, contact, feeling, craving, grasping, becoming, birth, and aging-and-death.ing, becoming, birth, and aging-and-death.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The twelve types of teaching given by the … The twelve types of teaching given by the Buddha, corresponding to twelve kinds of text: condensed (Tib. ''mdo sde'', Skt. sūtra), melodious (''dbyangs bsnyan, geya''), prophetic (''lung bstan, vyākaraṇa''), verse (''tshigs bcad, gāthā''), spoken with a purpose (''ched brjod, udāna''), contextual (''gleng gzhi, nidāna''—questions, talks, etc.), concerning his past lives (''skyes rab, jātaka''), marvelous (''rmad byung, adbhuta-dharma''), establishing a truth (''gtan babs, upadeśa''), biographical or “expressing realization” (''rtogs brjod, avadāna''), historical (''de ltar byung, itivṛittaka''), and very detailed (''shin tu rgyas pa, vaipulya'').detailed (''shin tu rgyas pa, vaipulya'').)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The twelve-fold classification of the ‘Words of the [Buddha] Dharma:<br> 1.sūtra, 2. geya, 3. vyākarana, 4. gāthā, 5. udāna, 6. nidāna, 7. avadāna,<br> 8. itivṛttaka/ityuktaka, 9. jātaka, 10. vaipulya, 11. adbhuta-dharma,<br> 12. upadeśa.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The twenty snow mountains of Ngari are ''t … The twenty snow mountains of Ngari are ''thang-lha gangs, ma-mkhar gangs, ti-se gangs, bu-le gangs, 'o-de gung-rgyal gangs, sham-po gangs, mkhar-ri gangs, lha-rgod gangs, pho-ma gangs, rdo-rje gangs, jo-mo kha-rag gangs, ha'o gang-bzang gangs, rtse-'dud gangs, la-phyi gangs, tshe-ring gangs, ti-sgro gangs, gsal-rje gangs, lha-ri gangs, tsā-ri gangs and nga-la gangs''. Not all of these mountain ranges, however, are in the Ngari province of Tibet. 518r, are in the Ngari province of Tibet. 518)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The twenty-five main disciples of Guru Pad … The twenty-five main disciples of Guru Padmasambhava are generally enumerated as: (1) Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, (2) Gyalwa Chokyang, (3) Namkhai Nyingpo, (4) Palgyi Senge, (5) Yeshe Yang, (6) Yeshe De, (7) Palgyi Dorje, (8) King Trisong Deutsen, (9) Karchen Palgyi Wangchuk, (10) Yudra Nyingpo, (11) Ma Rinchen Chok, (12) Sangye Yeshe, (13) Dorje Dudjom, (14) Gyalwa Lodrö, (15) Denma Tsemang, (16) Kawa Paltsek, (17) Ödren Wangchuk, (18) Jnanakumaravajra, (19) Sokpo Lhapel Shönnu, (20) Langdro Könchok Jungney, (21) Gyalwa Jangchup, (22) Drenpa Namkha Wangchuk, (23) Kyeuchung Khading, (24) Chokru Lu'i Gyaltsen, and (25) Tingdzin Zangpo.u Lu'i Gyaltsen, and (25) Tingdzin Zangpo.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The twenty-four channels (from "indivisible" through "excellent mind") characterized by being absorbed ones (thim pa), enjoyment ones (longs spyod pa), and dominant ones (bdag po).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The twenty-four countries, thirty-two lo-cations, and eight charnel grounds inhabited by dakas and dakinis. They have a psychophysical significance and are correlated with certain points of the subtle body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The twenty-four sacred power-places of anc … The twenty-four sacred power-places of ancient India and the Himalayan world are divided into three sets of eight, corresponding to buddha body, speech, and mind. In no particular order, they include: (1) Jalandhara, (2) Oddiyana, (3) Paurnagiri, (4) Kamarupa, (5) Purimalaya, (6) Sindhu, (7) Nagara, (8) Munmuni, (9) Karunyapataka, (10) Devikota, (11) Karmarapataka, (12) Kulata, (13) Arbuda, (14) Godavari, (15) Himadri, (16) Harikela, (17) Lampaka, (18) Kanci, (19) Saurashtra, (20) Kalinga, (21) Kokana, (22) Caritra, (23) Koshala, and (24) Vindhyakaumarapaurika.) Koshala, and (24) Vindhyakaumarapaurika.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (The twenty-four-hour Pratimoksha vow, consisting of nine precepts and taken by lay people.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The twenty-four-hour pratimoksha vow, consisting of eight precepts and taken by laypeople.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The two accumulations are those of merit a … The two accumulations are those of merit and wisdom. Traditionally, these two are said to lead to the attainment of the dharmakāya and the rūpakāyas, respectively. In terms of the tantric path, the accumulation of merit is often equated with the development stage, and the accumulation of wisdom with the completion stage. However, as Getse points out above, when sealed with the completion stage, the development stage also gathers the accumulation of wisdom. [Cg 198]thers the accumulation of wisdom. [Cg 198])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The two accumulations of personal power: t … The two accumulations of personal power: the store of merit based on ethical behavior and ritual, and the store of gnosis based on knowledge and wisdom. When completed, the two stores provide the necessary elements to achieve direct experience of voidness. to achieve direct experience of voidness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The two aspects of instruction in the Grea … The two aspects of instruction in the Great Perfection pith-instructional class (man ngag sde): (1) The practice of Kadak Trekchö, "Cutting Through to Primordial Purity" (ka dag khregs chod). Through this practice, the wisdom aspect, one cuts through the stream of delusion, the thoughts of past, present, and future, by revealing a naked awareness devoid of dualistic fixation. To recognize this view through applying the precious instructions of one's lama and sustain it uninterruptedly throughout all aspects of life is the very essence of the Great Perfection; and (2) the practice of Trekchö forms the basis for the second aspect of Great Perfection instruction, the skillful means aspect, that of Ösel Tögal, "Direct Crossing to Luminosity" ('od gsal thod rgal), also known as Lhündrup Tögal, "Direct Crossing to Spontaneous Presence" (lhun grub thod rgal). Through the discipline of Tögal, which is more a fruition than a practice, the practitioner actualizes all the different aspects of enlightenment within a single lifetime. He or she uses specific and exceptionally powerful physical and visual exercises to incite four specific visionary experiences. Both Trekchö and Tögal require the direct guidance of a qualified master.the direct guidance of a qualified master.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The two aspects of mind, appearance and emptiness, coexist. As is said: "Coemergent mind is dharmakaya; coemergent appearance is the light of dharmakaya.")