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• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are Yangdak Śrīheruka surrounded by … These are Yangdak Śrīheruka surrounded by the EIGHT GAURĪ, namely, the blue Gaurī in the east, the yellow Caurī in the south, the red Pramohā in the west, the black Vetālī in the north, the orange Pukkasī in the south-east, the dark-yellow Ghasmarī in the south-west, the dark-blue Śmaśānī in the north-west and the pale-yellow Caṇḍālī in the north-east. They are also known as ''Nine-Lamp Yangdak'' (''yang-dag mar-me dgu''). The same deities appear in many other wrathful maṇḍalas, e.g. the ''Secret Nucleus'' and ''[[Hevajra]]'', but in the latter, Pramohā and Śmaśānī are represented by Ḍombī and Śavarī, respectively. 621, 669y Ḍombī and Śavarī, respectively. 621, 669)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are [[Padmasambhava]]'s eight manifestations: Padmākara, [[Padmasambhava]], Loden Chokse, Śākya Senge, Senge Dradrok, Pema Gyelpo, Dorje Trolö and Nyima Özer. Refer also to the Index of Personal Names under [[Guru Rinpoche]]. Pl. 5; 520, 858, 893)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are [[Vairocana]] … These are [[Vairocana]], the king of form; [[Akṣobhya]], the king of consciousness; [[Ratnasambhava]], the king of feelings; [[Amitābha]], the king of perception; and [[Amoghasiddhi]], the king of habitual tendencies. Refer to the ''Tantra of the Secret Nucleus'', Ch. 1. Also known as the FIVE CONQUERORS, they preside over the FIVE ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES. 121de over the FIVE ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES. 121)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary  + (These are a belief in the existence of everything (also called "eternalism"), a belief that nothing exists (also called "nihilism"), a belief that things exist and don't exist, and that reality is something other than existence and non-existence.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary  + (These are a belief in the existence of everything ("eternalism"), a belief that nothing exists ("nihilism"), a belief that things exist and don't exist, and a belie, ṁat reality is something other than existence and non-existence.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are also known as the five empowerme … These are also known as the five empowerments of ability (''nus-pa'i dbang lnga''), which are included among the FIFTEEN ORDINARY SACRAMENTS OF EMPOWERMENT namely, the empowerment of the listener (''nyan-pa'i dbang'') which is that of Ratnasambhava, the empowerment of the meditator (''bsgom-pa'i dbang'') which is that of Akṣobhya, the empowerment of the expositor ('' 'chad-pa'i dbang'') which is that of Amitābha, the empowerment of enlightened activity (''phrin-las-kyi dbang'') which is that of Amoghasiddhi and the empowerment of the king of indestructible reality (''rdo-rje rgyal-po'i dbang'') which is that of the FIVE ENLIGHTENED FAMILIES Refer to Longcenpa, ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', pp. 372-6 (GGFTC, pp. 871-7). 915tions'', pp. 372-6 (GGFTC, pp. 871-7). 915)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary  + (These are areas in the mandala of such hig … These are areas in the mandala of such higher tantra deities as Cakrasamvara. They are situated around the deity's palace in the four main and the four intermediate directions. In India, charnel grounds were where bodies were brought to be cremated or left to be devoured by animals. They were believed to be both terrifyingly haunted places and propitious places for the practice of the higher tantrasces for the practice of the higher tantras)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (These are centers of the psychophysical wi … These are centers of the psychophysical wind energy located at the different points on the central channel, from which smaller channels radiate to the rest of the body. Depending on the teachings and practice in question, their number varies from four to six.ion, their number varies from four to six.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are cited in accord with the ''Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow'' in ''Fundamentals'', (p. 235). 95)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are clairvoyance (''lha'i mig-gi mng … These are clairvoyance (''lha'i mig-gi mngon-shes'', Skt. ''divyacakṣurabhijñā''); clairaudience (''lha'i ma-ba'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''divyaśrotrābhijña''); knowledge of the minds of others (''pha-rol-gyi sems shes-pa'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''paracittābhijñā''); miraculous abilities (''rdzu-'phrul-gyi bya-ba shes-pa'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''ṛddhyabhijñā''); and knowledge of past lives (''sngon-gyi gnas rjes-su dran-pa'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''pūrvanivāsānusmṛtyabhijñā''). 61, 259, 515pūrvanivāsānusmṛtyabhijñā''). 61, 259, 515)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are defined in ''Fundamentals'', pp. 78-9.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary  + (These are earth, water, fire and air. They are all the nature of the fifth outer entity (touch).)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are enumerated in ''Fundamentals'', (pp. 134-8). 22)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are enumerated in ''Fundamentals'', (pp. 323-5). 37)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are enumerated in ''Fundamentals'', pp. 134-7.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are enumerated in Longcenpa, ''Dispe … These are enumerated in Longcenpa, ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', p. 344, as smoke (''du-ba''), mirage (''smig-rgyu''), clouds (''sprin''), fire-flies (''me-khyer''), sunlight (''nyi-ma''), moonlight (''zla-ba''), the blazing of gemstones (''rin-po-che 'bar-ba''), eclipse (''sgra-gcan''), starlight (''skar-ma'') and rays of light ('''od-zer''). 301ma'') and rays of light ('''od-zer''). 301)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are enumerated in Mvt. 268-349; and refer to Thurman, ''[[The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti]]'', (pp. 156-7). 20, 124-5)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are equivalent to the ELEVEN COMMITM … These are equivalent to the ELEVEN COMMITMENTS OF KRIYĀTANTRA ''with the addition'': of the commitments not to drink water in a locality inhabited by violators of commitments (''lung-gcig chu-la mi-btung'') and not to converse with such violators (''nyams-dang kha mi-bsre-ba bsrung''). 355''nyams-dang kha mi-bsre-ba bsrung''). 355)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are equivalent to the THIRTEEN COMMITMENTS OF YOGA TANTRA. 350)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are equivalent to the TWELVE BRANCHE … These are equivalent to the TWELVE BRANCHES OF THE SCRIPTU RES. As enumerated in Longcenpa, ''[[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]]'', pp. 28ff., they comprise the four outer wheels of the sūtras, aphorisms in prose and verse, prophetic declarations and verse; the four inner wheels of extensive teachings, tales of past lives, legends and parables; and the four secret wheels of meaningful expressions, narratives, established instructions and marvellous events. 137ed instructions and marvellous events. 137)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are equivalent to the TWENTY-EIGHT COMMITMENTS OF [[MAHĀYOGA]]. 367)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary  + (These are experienced when the melted bodh … These are experienced when the melted bodhicitta passes through the four main cakras. When descending they are experienced as described below. When ascending, the order of the cakras is reversed.</br>:1. ''joy'': Experienced at the cakra of great bliss at the crown</br>:2. ''supreme joy'': Experienced at the cakra of enjoyment at the throat </br>:3. ''joy of absence'': Experienced at the dharma cakra at the heart </br>:4. ''innate joy'': Experienced at the emanation cakra at the navelienced at the emanation cakra at the navel)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are explained in ''Fundamentals'', pp. 285-6.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are explained in the context of Yogatantra under the FOUR MIRACLES. 33, 272)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are explained under the FOUR GREAT RIVERS OF THE TRANSMITTED PRECEPTS . 717, 722, 723, 828)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are identical to the preceding entry. 355)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are ignorance (''ma-rig-pa'', Skt. ' … These are ignorance (''ma-rig-pa'', Skt. ''avidyā''), habitual tendencies ('' 'du-byed'', Skt. ''saṃskāra''), consciousness (''rnam-shes'', Skt. ''vijñāna''), name and form (''ming-dang gzugs'', Skt. ''nāmarūpa''), the six activity fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and intellect (''skye-mched drug'', Skt. ''ṣaḍāyatana''), contact (''reg-pa'', Skt. ''sparśa''), feeling (''tshor-ba'', Skt. ''vedanā''), craving (''sred-pa'', Skt. ''tṛṣṇa''), the FIVE COMPONENTS (''nye-bar len-pa'i phung-po lnga'', Skt. ''upādānaskandha''), rebirth (''srid-pa'', Skt. ''bhava''), birth (''skye-ba'', Skt. ''jāti'') and old age and death (''rga-shi'', Skt. ''jarāmaraṇa''); Mvt. (2241-58). 25, 159, 228arāmaraṇa''); Mvt. (2241-58). 25, 159, 228)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are included in the FOUR CATEGORIES OF THE SPATIAL CLASS, as enumerated in ''Fundamentals'', (pp. 326-7). 539)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary  + (These are innumerable mental factors or ev … These are innumerable mental factors or events concomitant with the consciousness (the main mind), which can be gathered, according to Asanga, in fifty-one principal ones. These are again subdivided into six groups: (1) five omnipresent factors; (2) five object-ascertaining factors; (3) eleven wholesome factors; (4) six root defilements; (5) twenty lesser defilements; and (6) four variable factors.efilements; and (6) four variable factors.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary  + (These are innumerable mental factors or ev … These are innumerable mental factors or events concomitant with the consciousness (the main mind), which can be gathered, according to Asanga, in fifty-one principal ones. These are again subdivided into six groups: (1) five omnipresent factors; (2) five object-ascertaining factors; (3) eleven wholesome factors; (4) six root defilements; (5) twenty lesser defilements; and (6) four variable factors.efilements; and (6) four variable factors.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are liberality (''sbyin-pa'', Skt. ''dāna''), pleasant speech (''snyan-par smra-ba'', Skt. ''priyavacana''), purposeful activity (''don-spyod-pa'', Skt. ''arthacaryā'') and harmony (''don mthun-pa'', Skt. ''samānavihāra''). 633)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are listed according to the ''General Sūtra which Gathers All Intentions'', Ch. 66, in ''Fundamentals'', p. 367.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are listed in ''Fundamentals'', p. 128.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are listed under the NINE-DEITY MAṆḌALA OF YANGDAK. 623,639)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary  + (These are names given to the arising of th … These are names given to the arising of the three appearances and the clear light. The empty state (''stong pa''), the very empty state (''shin tu stong pa''), the greatly empty state (''stong pa chen po''), and the all-empty state, or clear light (thams cad stongpa). In some traditions they equate to the four joys.e traditions they equate to the four joys.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are not enumerated and are only known from a few colophons. 518)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are recollection or mindfulness (''d … These are recollection or mindfulness (''dran-pa yang-dag byang-chub-kyi yan lag'', Skt. ''smṛtisambodhyaṅga''), doctrinal analysis (''chos rab-tu rnam-par 'byed pa'', Skt. ''dharmapravicaya''), perseverance (''brtson-'grus'', Skt. ''vīrya''), delight (''dga'-ba'', Skt. ''prīti''), mental and physical refinement (''shin-tu sbyangs-pa'', Skt. ''praśrabdhi''), contemplation (''ting-'dzin'', Skt. ''samādhi'') and equanimity (''btang-snyoms'', Skt. ''upekṣā''); Mvt. (988-95). 236ms'', Skt. ''upekṣā''); Mvt. (988-95). 236)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are similar to the FIVE AWAKENINGS, … These are similar to the FIVE AWAKENINGS, omitting the first, I.e. emptiness. They are the lunar throne (''zla-gdan''), the seed-syllables of speech (''gsung yig-'bru''), the symbolic implements of mind (''thugs phyag-mtshan'') and the perfect body of the deity (''sku yongs-rdzogs''). 279y of the deity (''sku yongs-rdzogs''). 279)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary  + (These are special "miraculous" powers of the Buddha)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are structured vertically upon the h … These are structured vertically upon the hands of buddha [[Vairocana]], corresponding successively to his body, speech, mind, attributes and activities. According to Longcenpa, ''Wish-fulfilling Treasury'', pp. 28-31, they are ''dpal-'byung 'od-zer rnam-snang'' (representing body of body), ''padma dpal-gyis brgyan'' (body of speech), ''rin-chen rgyan snang-bkod'' (body of mind), ''me-tog sil-ma bkram-pa'' (body of attributes), ''dge-ba sna-tshogs dag-pa'i zhing'' (body of activities); ''me-tog shin-tu rgyas-pa'' (speech of body), ''yang-dag 'byung-ba'i gzi-brjid dbyangs'' (speech of speech), ''sgra-dbyangs mi-zad sgrogs-po'i zhing'' (speech of mind), ''rdo-rje rgyal-mtshan'' (speech of attributes), ''rnam-par snang'' (speech of activities); ''snang-ba'i mdog'' (mind of body), ''rnam-snang dang-ba'' (mind of speech), mi-mjed 'jig-rten-gyi khams (mind of mind), 'od-'phro dri-med (mind of attributes), ''rin-chen brgyan-pa'i zhing'' (mind of activities); ''rdul-bral'' (attributes of body), ''dag-par snang'' (attributes of speech), ''rin-chen 'od-'phro'' (attributes of mind), ''rab-snang'' (attributes of attributes), ''snang-byed'' (attributes of activity); '' 'od-byed'' (activity of body), '' 'od-'phro bkod-pa'' (activity of speech),''snang-ldan'' (activity of mind), ''rab-mdzes'' (activity of attributes) and ''rab-tu dga'-ba'' (activity of activity). 123, 130, 409ba'' (activity of activity). 123, 130, 409)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (These are teachings and sacred objects con … These are teachings and sacred objects concealed mainly by Guru Padmasambhava, to be revealed later, at a time when they would be more beneficial for the world and its inhabitants. Guru Rinpoche concealed such treasures in the deepest recesses of the minds of his disciples, who were themselves practitioners of great accomplishment. In addition, although not in every case, the bestowal of these treasure teachings was accompanied by the creation of certain physical objects, often scrolls of yellow paper carrying the symbolic letters of the dakinis, or other writing (sometimes a few words, sometimes entire texts). These texts, together with other items, were entrusted for protection to the dakinis or Dharma protectors and were concealed, not in the ordinary sense, but within the very nature of the elements. According to the inconceivable workings of interdependence, when the appropriate historical period arrives, the disciples to whom a specific teaching was bestowed appear in the world and proceed to unfold the treasure teachings. In this they are often prompted by the discovery of the items just referred to, or else they spontaneously recollect the teaching received many centuries before from the mouth of the guru. The collection of terma is enormous and forms one of the main sources of teaching and practice of the Nyingma school.aching and practice of the Nyingma school.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary  + (These are texts and practices based upon t … These are texts and practices based upon the Mahāvairocana Sutra, popularly known as the Mahāvairocana Tantra. This is important for the Chinese and Japanese tantric traditions. In contemporary Tibetan Buddhism, performance tantra is primarily represented by the practice of Sarvavid Vairocana but is considered inferior in praxis and view to the higher tantrasr in praxis and view to the higher tantras)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary  + (These are the Buddha, the dharma, and the saṅgha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the EIGHT COMMON ACCOMPLISHEMENTS 59)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the EIGHT GAURĪ in the maṇḍala OF Yangdak Heruka, listed under the NINE-DEITY MAṆḌALA OF YANGDAK. 628)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE BUDDHA-BODIES, the FIVE MODES OF BUDDHA-SPEECH, THE FIVE KINDS OF BUDDHA-MIND, THE FIVE ENLIGHTENED ATTRIBUTES and the FIVE ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITIES. 34, 35, 267, 282-3, 288-9, 36:)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE CERTAINTIES. 22, 137, 280, 703)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE EMPOWERMENTS OF AWARENESS with the addition of the irreversible empowerment of the vase (''phyir mi-ldog-pa bum-pa'i dbang''), also known as the empowerment of the master of indestructible reality (''rdo-rje slob-dpon-gyi dbang''). 354)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE NECTARS. 348)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE PRISTINE COGNITIONS. 283)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (These are the FIVE SUPERNORMAL COGNITIVE POWERS with the addition of the supernormal power over the cessation of corruption (''zag-pa zad-pa'i mngon-shes'', Skt. ''āsravakṣayābhijñā''). 21, 132, 415)