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  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary  + (This term is difficult to translate due to … This term is difficult to translate due to its multiple meanings, which include "worship," "attendance," "service," and even "approach," a literal rendering of the Tibetan. It primarily refers to the practice of reciting a great number of mantras in conjunction with meditation on a specific deity. This is understood as both a process of familiarization to bring one's mind closer to the deity and thus to the nature of one's own mind and, in a dualistic sense, a propitiation of the deity. In the more dualistic approach of the lower tantras, this propitiation of the deity ultimately results in the deity's appearance to the devotee to grant a boon or siddhie to the devotee to grant a boon or siddhi)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary  + (This term is generally only transliterated in Chinese, but occasionally<br> translated as "non-god”,etc. They are believed to be beings who are<br> constantly fighting with the deva-s.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary  + (This term is generally translated as "mind" and refers to the dualistic, conditioned mind that arises in dependence upon prior causes and conditions, including the substrate consciousness and the body.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary  + (This term is mostly used in this work to d … This term is mostly used in this work to describe the second of the six yogas, which equates with body isolation from the five stages. Generally, it refers to an advanced state of meditative concentration, often associated with the form and formless realms of existence. Birth in these realms is determined by an absorption into form as an antidote to desire, and into formlessness as an antidote to attachment to form. ''See also'' six-branch yoga.ent to form. ''See also'' six-branch yoga.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Esoteric Instructions/Glossary  + (This term is oft en used in the tantric se … This term is oft en used in the tantric sense in the Tibetan texts translated in this book. It can refer to semen, to the reproductive fluids in both males and females, and to the clear essences of the essential constituents. Context dictates meaning. Often several layers of meaning exist simultaneously.al layers of meaning exist simultaneously.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary  + (This term is translated as "aggregate," "h … This term is translated as "aggregate," "heap," or "bundle." The five skandhas are the five groups of psychophysical phenomena making up the entirety of human experience. The five are form (''rūpa, gzugs''), feeling (''vedanā, tshor ba''), discrimination (''saṃjñā, 'du shes''), formative factors (''saṃskara, 'du byed''), and consciousness (''vijñāna, rnam shes''). The self of the individual is imputed on the basis of these five skandhas.puted on the basis of these five skandhas.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary  + (This term is unique to the Great Perfectio … This term is unique to the Great Perfection tradition, referring to the state of enlightenment. It is like a "vase," for, as the sole bindu, it encompasses the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, while transcending the three times. It is called "youthful," for it is not subject to aging or degeneration, and it is called a "kāya," for it is the aggregate of all the inexhaustible enlightened body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities of all the buddhas. Its six characteristics are that it is (i) superior to the ground, (i) appearing as one's own essential nature, (3) discerning, (4) liberated in activity, (5) not emerging from anything else, and (6) dwelling in one's own ground. See CM 396,446; GD148-49; VE 331 </br>Alternately, according to the dictionary Bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (p. Z43z), this refers to the awareness of Samantabhadra, which is of the oceanic nature of the kāyas and facets of primordial consciousness, with six qualities: (1) externally luminous consciousness is withdrawn into itself, and the great, internally luminous, original absolute space of awareness of the ground appears to itself; (i) it transcends the ground; (3) it differentiates; (4) it is liberated upward; (5) it arises from nothing else; and (6) it dwells in its own place. else; and (6) it dwells in its own place.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary  + (This term is used in the tantric tradition … This term is used in the tantric tradition of the Nyingma School, where it refers to dharmakāya (the fact that the nature of the mind lacks an essence), sambhogakāya (its clear nature), and nirmāṇakāya (its pervasive compassion). Thus, in the Great Perfection, all the qualities of the three kāyas are spontaneously ''perfect'', and since this is the way all phenomena really are, it is ''great''. [TD 2360]ena really are, it is ''great''. [TD 2360])
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary  + (This term is used only in the Mahāyāna teachings. This obscuration is regarded as a barrier to attaining omniscience.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (This term is used to designate either a ma … This term is used to designate either a malevolent spirit or, symbolically, a negative force or obstacle on the path. The Four Demons (''bdud bzhi'') are of the latter kind. The Demon of the Aggregates refers to the five skandhas (body, feeling, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness), as described in Buddhist teaching, which form the basis of suffering in samsara. The Demon of the Defilements refers to the afflictive emotions, which provoke suffering. The Demon of Death refers not only to death itself but to the momentary transience of all phenomena, the nature of which is suffering. The Demon Child of the Gods refers to mental wandering and the attachment to phenomena apprehended as truly existent.o phenomena apprehended as truly existent.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary  + (This term is used to designate either a ma … This term is used to designate either a malevolent spirit or, symbolically, a negative force or obstacle on the path. The four demons (''bdud bzhi''), or maras, are of the latter kind. The demon of the aggregates refers to the five ''skandhas'' (body, feeling, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness) as described in Buddhist teachings, which form the basis of suffering in samsara. The demon of the emotions refers to the conflicting emotions, which provoke suffering. The demon of death refers not only to death itself but also to the momentary transience of all phenomena, the nature of which is suffering. The demon child of the gods refers to mental wandering and the attachment to phenomena apprehended as truly existent.o phenomena apprehended as truly existent.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary  + (This term refers both to tantric ritual texts and to the practices presented in those texts.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (This term refers to both the presence of the seeds, or causes, of the mental afflictions and the latent tendencies they create.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary  + (This term refers to pointing out the logic … This term refers to pointing out the logical absurdity in the proponent’s argument. Identifying the contradictory consequences or logical absurdities in the proponent’s argument without putting forward its own proposition, is the main method of disputation utilized by the Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka school when debating against both the inner (Buddhist) and outer (non-Buddhist) realist schools concerning ultimate reality.alist schools concerning ultimate reality.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary  + (This term refers to those yo gins who were accomplished in caṇḍālī practice and so might have worn a single cotton cloth, in spite of Tibet's cold winters. The most famous of these is Milarepa, also known as the Great Repa.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary  + (This term refers to two great Indian masters, Nāgārjuna and Asaṅga, who independently clarified the meaning of the Mahāyāna sūtras.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (This term was translated into Tibetan both … This term was translated into Tibetan both as ser skya ("light yellow") and dmar ser ("red-yellow," that is, "orange"). The Autocommentary (436.2–3) quotes Tsami Lotsāwa's translation of the Kālachakra Tantra (chapter 2, verse 45) where piṅgalā is rendered as the Tibetan ser skya. Somonātha's translation of the Kālachakra Tantra (C.T. 6:53–54) renders it as the Tibetan dmar ser. Some PIP commentators use the name dmar ser when referring to this channel (e.g., Ngo-tro Rabjampa, 203.1), but most simply follow Rangjung Dorje with ser skya.imply follow Rangjung Dorje with ser skya.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary  + (This term, used in apposition to purity, covers both the truth of suffering and the truth of the origin—in other words, saṃsāra and the whole process that results in saṃsāra. It is the opposite of purity.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary  + (This tradition, which consists of nine veh … This tradition, which consists of nine vehicles, is also referred to as the Secret Mantra School of the Early Translations. The teachings of this school were first translated into Tibetan during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and were then spread by the master Padmasambhava and his followers. [TD 992] Padmasambhava and his followers. [TD 992])
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary  + (This well-known Indian title originally re … This well-known Indian title originally referred to someone who had received a revelation from the deities of a divine scripture. The term later became one of general respect to a religious master, including the Buddha. The Tibetan translation is "straight," meaning an unwavering mind is "straight," meaning an unwavering mind)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary  + (This word has been used to translate the T … This word has been used to translate the Tibetan ye in expressions like ye nas, “from the very beginning,” or ye dag, “pure from the beginning.” However it should be understood that this does not refer to a first moment of origin or creation in the distant past, but rather to the fact that the pure nature has always been intrinsically presentture has always been intrinsically present)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary  + (This word has different meanings in different contexts and should be understood accordingly. Literally it means the " foundation of all things. ")
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary  + (This word has several levels of meaning. M … This word has several levels of meaning. Most basically, it may be understood simply as a configuration, an intelligi-ble unit of space. The mandala of the deity, for example, is the sacred space at the center of which a wisdom deity is located. A mandala can also be understood as the arrangement of an offering and a powerful means of accumulating merit. It can take several forms, beginning with the offering of desirable objects, including one's own body, and extending to a symbolic offering of the entire universe and even the three kayas. The term is also used honorifically, as when speaking, for instance, of the mandala of the Guru's body.stance, of the mandala of the Guru's body.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (This word has several levels of meaning. A … This word has several levels of meaning. At its most basic level, it may be understood simply as a configuration or intelligible unit of space. The mandala of the deity, for example, is the sacred area or palace of the wisdom deity. The mandala of a lama might be considered as the lama's place of residence and the retinue of disciples. The offering mandala is the entire arrangement of an offering, either in real terms or in the imagination, as when a practitioner offers the entire universe.a practitioner offers the entire universe.)
  • Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary  + (This, the second of the FOUR CONSOLIDATION … This, the second of the FOUR CONSOLIDATIONS according to the esoteric instructions on All-Surpassing Realisation, is explained as follows in Jikme Lingpa, ''khrid-yig ye-shes bla-ma'', pp. 49a-b: (1) the bewildering thoughts of saṃsāra are purified by presence in which there is no bodily activity (''lus bya-ba-la mi-gnas-par sdod-pas 'khor-ba'i 'khrul-rtog dag''); (2) the conditions of fluctuating thought cease by means of presence in which there is no increase in vital energy (''rlung 'phel-med-du sdod-pas rnam-rtog gYo-ba'i rkyen zad''); (3) the extent of the buddha-fields is reached by means of presence in which there is no hesitation or doubt regarding appearances (''snang-ba 'dar-'phrigs-med-par sdod-pas zhing-khams tshad-la phebs-par-byed''). 343hing-khams tshad-la phebs-par-byed''). 343)
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