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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.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The two aspects of sādhana practice, particularly within the contact of mahāyoga. These are subdivided into four branches: worship, close worship, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. See GD164-68, VE 241-44.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The two assemblies of merit (''bsod nams'') and primordial awareness (''ye shes'') must be accumulated to reach full enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The two main aspects of vajrayana practice. Development stage is fabricated by mind. Completion stage means resting in the un fabricated nature of mind. See also Completion; Development stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The two main aspects of vajrayana practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The two main aspects of vajrayana practice. By uniting the means (upaya) of the development stage, the fabricated, with the knowledge (prajña) of the completion stage, the unfabricated, a tantric practitioner swiftly attains complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The two main aspects, means and knowledge, of vajrayana practice. Briefly stated, development stage means positive mental fabrication while completion stage means resting in the unſabricated nature of mind. See also Completion stage; Development stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The two modes of existence of phenomena. T … The two modes of existence of phenomena. The superficial reality (''saṃvṛtisatya'') is the world appearing in the form of independent identities to ordinary, undefective perception conditioned by preconceptions. Absolute reality (''paramārthasatya'') is the voidness of all phenomena, that is, their inherent lack of independent identity.eir inherent lack of independent identity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The two principal phases of tantric practi … The two principal phases of tantric practice. The generation stage (''bskyed rim''), also referred to as creation stage or development stage, involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (''rdzogs rim''), also referred to as completion stage, refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this. It also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essential substances of the body.ies, and essential substances of the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The two principal phases of tantric practi … The two principal phases of tantric practice. The development stage (''bskyed rim'') involves meditation on sights, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The completion stage (''rdzogs rim'') refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into and the experience of emptiness. It also indicates meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essential substances of the body. Development and completion may also refer to the first two inner tantras, Maha and Anu.the first two inner tantras, Maha and Anu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The two principal phases of tantric practi … The two principal phases of tantric practice. The creation (also referred to as "generation" and "development") stage (bskyed rim) involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (rdzogs rim) refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this; it also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essence of the body.annels, energies, and essence of the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The two processes that constitute the ego of self and the ego of dharmas. Objects are fixated on (T: gzung-ba-yul) as solid independent existences, and the mind then grasps them (T: 'dzin-pa-sems).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The two profound stages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The two rūpakāyas (nirmāṇakāya and sambhogakāya) and the dharmakāya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The two stages of development and completion, which are the means and knowledge (prajna and upaya) of vajrayana practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The two stages of tantric practice. The fi … The two stages of tantric practice. The first, the production phase (''utpattikrama''), involves the visualized production of the tantric deities and their domains. The second, the completion phase (''utpannakrama''), is the completion of this process by perceiving the voidness of all appearances.erceiving the voidness of all appearances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The two vehicles, Hinayana and Mahayana. See also Resultant vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The twofold accumulations of merit (bsod noms), which culminates in the achievement of the form (rūpakāya) of a buddha, and of wisdom (ye shes), which culminates in the achievement of the mind (dharmakāya) of a buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (The twofold status of every phenomenon: ap … The twofold status of every phenomenon: apparent existence on the relative level and emptiness of inherent existence on the ultimate level. The interpretation of the doctrine of the two truths is the criterion distinguishing the various levels of Buddhist tenet systems. various levels of Buddhist tenet systems.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The twofold truth of selflessness: the selflessness of individuals (''gang-zag-gi bdag-med'', Skt. ''pudgalanairātmya'') and the selflessness of phenomena (''chos-kyi bdag-med'', Skt. ''dharmanairātmya''). 108, 208, 216, 231, 234, 237)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The type of person who does not need to go through progressive stages on the path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ultimate ground of all phenomena in sa … The ultimate ground of all phenomena in saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. This does not refer to space in the reified, Newtonian sense, but rather to an ultimate dimension of space out of which all manifestations of relative space-time and mass-energy emerge, in which they are present, and into which they eventually dissolve. Likewise, all manifestations of relative states ofconsciousness and mental processes emerge as displays of primordial consciousness, which has always been indivisible from the absolute space of phenomena.ible from the absolute space of phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of all phenomena, their lack of true existence. See note 34.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of all phenomena, which is emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of emptiness, which together with relative truth constitute the two truths.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of phenomena (namely, their lack of inherent existence) beyond the four ontological extremes.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of phenomena.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of phenomena, which can only be known by primal wisdom, beyond all conceptual constructs and duality)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena; the state beyond all conceptual constructs, which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the tr … The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be seen only by the primordial wisdom in a nondual manner. This is the so-called ultimate truth in itself (''rnam grangs ma yin pa'i don dam''). The Svatantrika Madhyamikas speak also of the approximate ultimate truth (''rnam grangs pa'i don dam''), which is the conceptual assessment of and an approach to the ultimate truth in itself. The approximate ultimate truth is a mental image posited in contrast with conventional truth.sited in contrast with conventional truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the tr … The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be seen only by the primordial wisdom in a nondual manner. This is the so-called ultimate truth in itself (''rnam grangs ma yin pa'i don dam''). The Svatantrika Madhyamikas speak also of the approximate ultimate truth (''rnam grangs pa'i don dam''), which is the conceptual assessment of and an approach to the ultimate truth in itself. The approximate ultimate truth is a mental image posited in contrast with conventional truth.sited in contrast with conventional truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the tr … The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of all phenomena, the state beyond all conceptual constructs which can be known only by primordial wisdom and in a manner that transcends duality. Thus defined, this is the absolute truth "in-itself" (''rnam grangs ma yin pa'i don dam''), which is ineffable. This is different from the likeness or similitude of the absolute truth that is experienced or known as one approaches it through the avenues of rational analysis and meditation on the absence of origin and so on. For here one is still within the sphere of the relative truth. Nevertheless, since this is the authentic method of progressing toward a direct realization of the absolute and is in accord with it, it is called the "approximate" absolute (''rnam grangs pa'i don dam'') or "concordant" absolute (''mthun pa'i don dam'').ordant" absolute (''mthun pa'i don dam'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of the mind and the true status of phenomena, which can only be known by gnosis, beyond all conceptual constructs and duality. See also relative truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The ultimate nature of things, emptiness, the expanse of reality free from elaboration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The ultimate reality of all things.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The ultimate truth that is an absence; the negation of true existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The ultimate view of the Nyingma school. See Ati, Ati Yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The ultimate view of the Nyingma school: the union of primordial purity (''ka dag'') and spontaneous presence (''lhun grub''), in other words, of voidness and awareness. ''See also'' Ati, Atiyoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The ultimate, ''dharmakaya'' buddha in the New Translation schools.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The unborn)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The unborn realm of all-encompassing space in which all things arise, exist, and cease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The unbroken lineage of the THREE PRECIOUS JEWELS, the immeasurable great realisation of the doctrine, the treasure which brings delight to sentient beings and the treasure which is like the sky. 743)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The unceasing stream of consciousness that … The unceasing stream of consciousness that goes from one life to another and finally to the state of enlightenment, so it may become virtuous or nonvirtuous. Only when its essential nature becomes manifest is it seen to be of the nature of unstructured awareness. It is identical to the substrate consciousness. See VE 109-10.he substrate consciousness. See VE 109-10.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The unchanging and self aware suchness that is present as the innate potential of all beings - immutable great bliss. [TD 567])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The unchanging quality of the buddha nature. Sometimes counted among the five kayas of buddhahood. See also Five kayas of fruition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The unified path of training is one of fiv … The unified path of training is one of five stages linked with the five luminosities. The five luminosities, as explained above, relate to the progressive refinement in the practitioner's perception of reality. Khenpo Yönga explains, "[These five luminosities] should be understood as: 1) the divine form of dedication linked with the path of accumulation, 2) the divine form of the energetic-mind on the path of joining, 3) the luminous divine form on the path of seeing, 4) the unified divine form of training linked with the path of cultivation, and 5) the unified divine form beyond training in the state of buddhahood." [NO 4, 17]ng in the state of buddhahood." [NO 4, 17])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The unified state beyond training is one of five stages linked with the five luminosities. ''See'' unified path of training. [NO 4, 17])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (The unitary expression of the natural stat … The unitary expression of the natural state. Its aspect of singularity or unicity means that it transcends all dualities, such as the two truths, etc. Its abiding as a ''Thigle'' is simply an expression of its perfection illustrated by its absence of edges, etc. illustrated by its absence of edges, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The unmanifest aspect of luminosity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The unsatisfying nature of saṃsāra, the first Noble Truth, consisting of blatant suffering, the suffering of change, and existential suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The usual term for a Kadampa teacher, later used as the title for a doctor in philosophy in the Gelugpa School)