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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 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/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/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/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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The utterly enlightened mind, pure, immutable, omnipresent, and unobstructed. It is symbolized in the form of a Buddha, naked and colored the deep blue of endless space. Samantabhadra is the origin of the tantric transmission of the Nyingma school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The uvula above; the shaṅkhinī below; the hair pores and faculties through which there is outflow to other objects; and faculties or very coarse objects or situations, such as beautiful forms or feeling strong anger.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The vagina.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The vajra body, speech, and mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The vajra fragments (''rdo-rje gzegs-ma''), the refutation of the four limits of production (''mu-bzhi skye-'gog''), the supreme relativity (''rten-'brel chen-po'') and the absence of the singular and the multiple (''gcig-dang du-bral''). 35, 294)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The vajra, lotus, and tathāgata.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The vajrayana empowerments, which ripen one's being with the capacity to realize the four kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The vajrayana system of taking the fruition as the path as opposed to the causal philosophical vehicles. See also Secret mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. Tantra, meaning "continuity," refers to the expression of innate buddha nature in tantric scriptures. Tantra can also refer to all the resultant teachings of vajrayana as a whole.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The vajrayana teachings given by the Buddh … The vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form. Literally "continuity," tantra means the buddha nature, the tantra of the expressed meaning. Generally, the extraordinary tantric scriptures, which are exalted above the sutras, the tantra of the expressing words. Can also refer to all the resultant teachings that take the result as the path.eachings that take the result as the path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The vajrayana teachings given by the Buddha in his sambhogakaya form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The vajrayāna practitioner's personal deit … The vajrayāna practitioner's personal deity, who embodies the practitioner's awakened nature. Yidam is explained as a contraction of yid-kyi-dam-tshig, samāyā of mind. Yidams are sambhogakāya buddhas, which are visualized in accordance with the psychological makeup of the practitioner. The student first develops intense devotion toward his gru. This relationship makes it possible for the student to experience intuitive kinship with the lineage and then with his yidam. Identifying with the yidam means identifying with his characteristic expression of buddha nature, free of distortions. Through seeing his basic nature in this universalized way, all aspects of it are transmuted into the wisdom of the spiritual path. This leads directly to compassionate action-skillful and lucid.<br> Peaceful yidams inspire the student's gentleness, awakening openness. Semiwrathful yidams are the union of passion and anger in the transcendental sense-simultaneous magnetizing and destroying as an expression of the awakened state. Wrathful yidams are associated with the dynamic energy of "vajra anger," the primordial compassion that cuts through hesitations of idiot compassion and disbelieving in one's buddha nature. The male yidam (peaceful: bhagavat; semiwrathful: ḍāka; semiwrathful and wrathful: heruka) signifies awakened energy, skillful means, and bliss. The female yidam (peaceful: bhagavatī; semiwrathful and wrathful: ḍākinī) signifies compassion, emptiness, and prajñā. This emptiness is fundamental accommodation and ultimate fertility. Through union with the heruka, the ḍākinī can give birth to enlightenment.uka, the ḍākinī can give birth to enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The valid means of knowledge, which is direct perception.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The various possible states of existence within samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The vase body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The vase empowerment is a maturing empower … The vase empowerment is a maturing empowerment that is common to both the outer tantras and inner tantras. In the latter, a maṇḍala (either one made from colored powders or painted on canvas) is used to bestow the various subdivisions of this empowerment upon the student. This includes the water, crown, and other sections. This process purifies physical impurities and, in terms of the path, empowers one to practice the development stage. In terms of fruition, a causal link is formed that leads to the attainment of the vajra body - the nirmāṇakāya. [TD 853, 2865]jra body - the nirmāṇakāya. [TD 853, 2865])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and pr … The vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and precious word empowerments. Padmasambhava says in the Lam-rim Yeshe Nyingpo:</br>The vase empowerment, which purifies the body and the nadis, is the seed of the vajra body and nirmanakaya. The secret empowerment, which purifies the speech and the pranas, is the seed of the vajra speech and sambhogakaya. The phonya empowerment, which purifies the mind and the essences, is the seed of the vajra mind and dharmakaya. The ultimate empowerment, which purifies the habitual patterns of the all-ground, is the seed of the vajra wisdom and svabhavikakaya.ed of the vajra wisdom and svabhavikakaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The vehicle of bodhisattvas striving for perfect enlightenment for the sake of all beings. For a detailed explanation, see Maitreya's Abhisamayalamkara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The vehicle of esoteric Buddhist teachings and practices aimed at bringing one swiftly to the state of enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The vehicle of secret mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The vehicle of teachings based on the sutr … The vehicle of teachings based on the sutras, according to which beings possess the potential of Buddhahood, which must be gradually developed in order to be fully actualized. By contrast, the Vajrayana or tantra teachings work on the understanding that this Buddha-nature is fully perfect already with no need of development (for this reason it is known as the result vehicle). The purpose of the practice is to dispel the defilements that obscure it.to dispel the defilements that obscure it.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The vehicle of the Bodhisattvas within the Sūtrayāna (q.v.) or the Sūtrayāna part of the Mahāyāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (The vehicle of the Bodhisattvas, referred to as great because it aims at full Buddhahood for the sake of all beings.)