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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The view whereby the five aggregates, which are transitory and composite, are regarded as a permanent, independent, and single “I” and “mine.” This view is the basis of all other wrong views.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The views of the expedient and definitive meaning, the implied and the not implied, the literal and the not literal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The village and mountain of Gampo lie in the region of Takpo, which is southeast of Ü. Gampopa was so-named because he took up residence at Gampo. Hence, he is also called Takpopa. The Kagyü lineage as a whole is sometimes referred to as the Takpo Kagyü.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The vinaya observances of lay precepts (gs … The vinaya observances of lay precepts (gso sbyong, poṣhadha, lit. "purification-renewal"), summer retreat (dbyar gnas), and "release" (dgag dbye). See Kongtrul 1998, 131–36, where these are translated as purification-renewal, rainy season retreat, and lifting of restrictions.ason retreat, and lifting of restrictions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The virtue arising from all trainings, meditations, and positive action, accompanied by the determination to free oneself from samsara and combined with the wisdom that realizes the absence of inherent existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The virtuous practices of perfecting the "two accumulations" of merit and wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The visionary appearance of the direct per … The visionary appearance of the direct perception of reality (''chos-nyid mngon sum-gi snang-ba''), the visionary appearance of increasing contemplative experience (''nyams gong-'phel-ba'i snang-ba''), the visionary appearance of reaching the limit of awareness (''rig-pa tshad-phebs-kyi snang-ba'') and the visionary appearance of the cessation of clinging to reality (''chos-nyid-du 'dzin-pa zad-pa'i snang-ba''). 38, 332, 339, 341, 343, 371, 971ng-ba''). 38, 332, 339, 341, 343, 371, 971)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The visual faculty, which is shaped like a … The visual faculty, which is shaped like a flax flower; the auditory faculty, which is shaped like birch gnarls; the olfactory faculty, which is shaped like parallel fine copper needles; the gustatory faculty, which is shaped like two half-moons; and the bodily faculty, which is shaped like the skin of the bird called "Soft to Touch." GTCD. of the bird called "Soft to Touch." GTCD.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, bodily, and mental consciousnesses.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, bodily, and mental faculties.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and bodily faculties.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The visualisation of maṇḍalas (''dkyil-'khor''), clusters of deities (''tshom-bu''), numbers of deities (''grangs'') and the faces and arms of the deities (''zhal-phyag''). 279-80)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The vital core of phenomena such as the five elements.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The voice endowed with the sixteen perfect qualities of Brahma, the king of the gods. A common description of a buddha's speech.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The volcanic mountains that encircle the oceans and rock mountains of our world system are called "horse-faces' fires," or "maremouths'fires," according to ancient Indo-Buddhist cosmology. See Kongtrul 1995, 111.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The vows and disciplines of the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The vows of a fully-ordained monk (''dge-slong'', Skt. ''bhikṣu'') which are explained in the ''Transmissions of the Vinaya''. Refer also to [[C. S. Prebish]], ''[[Buddhist Monastic Discipline]]'', which describes these in detail. 230)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (The vows of novice ordination for monks an … The vows of novice ordination for monks and nuns. One should avoid: (1) taking a human life; (2) killing an animal or insect; (3) for selfish reasons, doing an action that may kill an animal or insect and not caring about it (for example, using water that contains insects without straining it; digging a hole in the earth without considering the creatures that might die as a result; cutting grass; overburdening an animal, which causes its death); (4) while doing something for others, doing an action that might kill an animal or insect and not caring about it; (5) sexual intercourse; (6) stealing, taking what has not been given (this includes borrowing things and not returning them, not paying fees and taxes); (7) lying in which one claims to have spiritual realizations or powers that one does not have; (8) accusing a pure bhikshu or bhikshuni of transgressing one of the four basic precepts when he or she has not; (9) insinuating that a pure bhikshu or bhikshuni has transgressed one of the four basic precepts when he or she has not; (10) causing disunity among the sangha community through untrue slander or taking sides in a disagreement; (11) supporting someone who is creating disunity in the sangha community, taking sides in the dispute; (12) doing actions that obliterate laypeople's faith in the sangha (for example, complaining untruthfully to laypeople that action brought by the sangha against oneself was unfair); (13) telling others lies; (14) criticizing the storekeeper in the monastery for giving more to those who are near to him or her instead of sharing them with all, when this is not the case; (15) criticizing the storekeeper in the monastery, directly or by insinuation, of not giving oneself a share of the food or other things equal to that given to other monastics, when this is not the case; (16) claiming that a monastic gave a teaching in return for a little food, which is not the case; (17) criticizing a bhikshu or bhikshuni by saying that he or she transgressed a precept in the second group (Skt. sanghavasesa) when this is not the case; (18) abandoning the training (for example, rejecting the good advice of a nun or monk, or criticizing the Pratimoksha Sutra); (19) covering the vegetables with rice, or covering the rice with vegetables; (20) taking intoxicants; (21) singing with self-attachment or for nonsensical reasons; (22) dancing with self-attachment or for nonsensical reasons; (23) playing music with self-attachment or for nonsensical reasons; (24) wearing ornaments; (25)wearing cosmetics; (26) wearing perfumes; (27) wearing rosary-like jewelry, wearing flower garlands; (28) sitting on an expensive throne; (29) sitting on an expensive bed; (30) sitting on a high throne; (31) sitting on a high bed; (32) eating after midday (exceptions: if one is ill, if one is traveling, or if one cannot meditate properly without food); (33) touching gold, silver, or precious jewels (includes money); (34) wearing laypeople's clothing and ornaments; letting one's hair grow long; (35) not wearing the robes of a Buddhist monastic; and (36) disrespecting or not following the guidance of one's ordination master.g the guidance of one's ordination master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (The vows of personal liberation of the Small Vehicle, the bodhisattva vows of the Great Vehicle, and the tantric vows of the Tantric Vehicle.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary + (The warmths are various key experiences th … The warmths are various key experiences that arise along the path. These are precursors or foretastes of the actual signs that arise later. The warmths are like smoke and the signs are like fire. Smoke appears first, indicating the imminent arising of fire. The warmths arise on the mundane path and the signs arise on the transcendent path. the signs arise on the transcendent path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The warrior class; the second of the four major castes in the Hindu system.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The water manager, responsible for carrying and supplying water throughout the temple. 193n. 79)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The watery lamp of the far-sighted eyes (' … The watery lamp of the far-sighted eyes (''rgyangs-zhag chu'i sgron-ma''), the lamp of emptiness which is the seminal point (''thig-le stong-pa'i sgron-ma''), the lamp of the expanse of awareness (''rig-pa dbyings-kyi sgron-ma'') and the lamp of discriminative awareness which is naturally present (''shes-rab rangbyung-gi sgron-ma''). 338-9''shes-rab rangbyung-gi sgron-ma''). 338-9)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The way things appear, as opposed to the ultimate truth, which is the way things are. Often used interchangeably with relative truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (The way things are, as opposed to the relative truth (the way things appear).)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The way things are.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (The western buddha field of Amitābha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (The wheel of enjoyment, formed by the subtle channels at the throat cakra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The wheel or round of existence; the state … The wheel or round of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences all of which are characterized by suffering. ''See also'' World of desire.y suffering. ''See also'' World of desire.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The wheel or round of existence; the state … The wheel or round of existence; the state of being unenlightened, in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of Desire, Anger, and Ignorance, moves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences, all of which are characterized by suffering. See world of desire and six realms of samsara world of desire and six realms of samsara)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The wheel, gem, queen, minister, elephant, general and horse. 912)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (The wheel, or round, of existence. The sta … The wheel, or round, of existence. The state of being unenlightened, in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of attachment, hatred, and ignorance, passes uncontrolled from one state to another through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences that are all characterized by suffering. ''See also'' Six realms; Three worlds.ng. ''See also'' Six realms; Three worlds.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The wheel, or round, of existence; the sta … The wheel, or round, of existence; the state of being unenlightened in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of desire, anger, and ignorance, evolves uncontrolled from one state to another, passing through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences, all of which are characterized by suffering.l of which are characterized by suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (The wheel-turning king. The name given to … The wheel-turning king. The name given to a special kind of exalted being who has dominion over a greater or smaller part of the three-thousandfold universe, so called because he is said to possess a great wheel-shaped weapon with which he subdues his enemies. According to traditional cosmology, such beings appear only when the human life span surpasses eighty thousand years. By analogy, the word is also used as a title for a great king. is also used as a title for a great king.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (The wheel-turning king. The name given to … The wheel-turning king. The name given to a special kind of exalted being who has dominion over a greater or smaller part of the three-thousandfold universe, so called because he is said to possess a great wheel-shaped weapon with which he subdues his enemies. According to traditional cosmology, such beings appear only when the human life span surpasses eighty thousand years. By analogy, the word is also used as a title for a great king. is also used as a title for a great king.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The wholesome forces and tendencies accumulated from virtuous actions of body, speech and mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The wide stone pathway that is a pilgrimage route encircling the Jokhang, the central temple of Lhasa, where the most sacred statue of the Buddha, the Jowo, is enshrined.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The widely renowned mahayoga tantra of the Old School of the Early Translations. See Gyurme Dorje's forthcoming translation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The widely renowned tantra of the Early Translation, which is the chief of the Eighteen Maha Yoga Tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The widely renowned tantra of the Early Tr … The widely renowned tantra of the Early Translations which, according to Jam-gőn Kongtrŭl, is the chief of the Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras, exalted above them all like the banner of victory. The first text in the Nyingma Gyūbum, vol. PHA. A great number of commentaries on this tantra is found in the Nyingma Kama collection.a is found in the Nyingma Kama collection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (The wind element, or breath.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The winds circulating within the human body, which have the nature of the five elements: the life-upholding, the downward-clearing, the upward-moving, the equally-abiding, and the pervading wind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The winds or currents of energy that flow through the channels, or nadis, of the subtle body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (The wisdom arising from the subtle consciousness characterized by great bliss focused upon the ultimate truth of phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (The wisdom being is one of the three being … The wisdom being is one of the three beings set forth in development stage practice, that which is visualized in the heart center of the samaya being. Dza Patrul explains, "At the heart center of each of the assembly of deities you are meditating on, visualize a wisdom being that resembles the deity it inhabits, though bereft of ornamentation and implements." [SS 422] While this is the most common presentation, according to Kongtrül, meditating on the wisdom being can occur in other forms as well. It can involve visualizing a form that resembles the samaya being, as explained above, yet it can also entail meditating on a deity with a form, color, face, and arms that are different than the samaya being, or meditating on a symbolic implement that arises from the seed syllable. [TK 3, 209]arises from the seed syllable. [TK 3, 209])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The wisdom mind of a buddha. A synonym for ''dharmakāya''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The wisdom of enlightenment. In the Vajrayana, "five wisdoms," taken together, represent the enlightened mind like five facets of a jewel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The wisdom of knowing the nature as it is and the wisdom of perceiving all that exists. Knowledge of conventional and ultimate phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The wisdom resulting from hearing (''thos pa'i shes rab''), reflecting on (''bsam pa'i shes rab''), and meditating on the teachings (''sgom pa'i shes rab'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The wisdom which is the unity of awareness and emptiness introduced through the fourth empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The wisdom which is the unity of bliss and emptiness of the third empowerment and which is used to introduce the true wisdom of the fourth empowerment.)