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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Three approaches: (1) generation (bskyed rim); (2) completion (rdzogs rim); and (3) Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po); or the three yogas: (1) Maha (rnal 'byor chen po); (2) Anu (rjes su rnal 'byor); and (3) Ati (shin tu rnal 'byor).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Three aspects of a bodhisattva’s practice: completing the accumulations of merit and wisdom, bringing beings to maturity, and training in purifying the realm as a buddha field.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Three aspects of developing prajñā, which … Three aspects of developing prajñā, which describe how the practitioner comes to a true understanding of the teachings. First, one hears or learns what the teachings are. Second, one contemplates or thinks about what this means. Finally, one comes to an intuitive, nonconceptual understanding through meditation.nceptual understanding through meditation.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Three aspects of protective tantric rituals.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Three aspects of vajrayana teachings. For … Three aspects of vajrayana teachings. For example, the ''symbol'' is the peaceful and wrathful deities depicted on painted scrolls, made by human beings; the ''meaning'' they symbolize is the enlightened qualities inherent within our buddha nature; the ''sign'' is that they naturally manifest to the dead person during the bardo of dharmata. dead person during the bardo of dharmata.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Three aspects, as presented by the Yogācāra school, of the nature of phenomena: the imputed nature, the dependent nature, and the fully present nature. Also called three realities.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Three bodies of a buddha. See ''chöku'', ''longku'', and ''tulku''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Three commentaries on the tantras: ''The S … Three commentaries on the tantras: ''The Stainless Light (Vimalaprabhā, 'Dri med 'od)'' by Puṇḍarīka (a ''Kālachakra Tantra'' commentary); ''The Commentary That Summarizes "The Hevajra Tantra" (Hevajrapiṇḍārthaṭīkā, Kye'i rdo rje bsdus pa'i don gyi rgya cher 'grel pa)'' by Vajragarbha (a ''Hevajra Tantra'' commentary); and ''The Commentary That Summarizes the Condensed Chakrasaṃvara Tantra (Lakṣhābhidhānāduddhṛitalaghutantrapiṇḍārthavivaraṇa, mNgon par brjod pa 'bum pa las phyung ba nyung ngu'i rgyud kyi bsdus pa'i don rnam par bshad pa)'', also known as Vajrapāṇi's ''Commentary on the Upper [Section] (Phyag rdor stod 'grel)'', by Vajrapāṇi (a ''Chakrasaṃvara Tantra'' commentary).i (a ''Chakrasaṃvara Tantra'' commentary).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Three consecutive stages in the practice o … Three consecutive stages in the practice of a sadhana. In the first stage the practitioner becomes familiar with the figure and mandala of the meditational deity. In the second stage, the deity is "accomplished," and in the third, different enlightened activities are practiced.rent enlightened activities are practiced.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (Three dimensions that together constitute a single world-system. These are the desire realm (comprising the six realms of the gods, asuras, humans, animals, pretas, and hell-beings), followed by the heavens of the form realm and the formless realm.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Three great masters of the Nyingma School … Three great masters of the Nyingma School that form the source of the lineage of the Transmitted Teachings of the Nyingma School, the Secret Mantra of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations; the names of these three masters are ''So'' Yeshe Wangchuk, ''Zur'' Shakya Jungne, and ''Nup'' Chen Sangye Yeshe. [TD 2957], and ''Nup'' Chen Sangye Yeshe. [TD 2957])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Three kīlas wrapped in maroon silk discovered in the cave of Zangzang Lhadrak by Rikdzin Gödemcen)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Three main types are discussed in this wor … Three main types are discussed in this work: Meditation upon a mantra drop at the heart, meditation upon the light drop at the tip of the nose, and meditation upon the substance drop at the secret-area. Along with vajra repetition, prāṇāyāma makes up the stage of speech isolation in the completion stage. It is also the name of one of the six yogas of the alternate categorization of the completion stage.te categorization of the completion stage.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Three meditative practices that, in the Nyingma tradition, provide the framework for development stage practice: the absorption of suchness, absorption of total illumination, and causal absorption.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Three regions above, on, and below the earth: (1) the celestial abode of gods, (2) the terrestrial abode of humans, and (3) the subterranean abode of nagas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Three roll-downs on a han or bell, a commo … Three roll-downs on a han or bell, a common signal in the monastery with seven, then five, then three slowly and evenly spaced hits, or sometimes seven, five, and then three minutes of such hits, each followed by a series of rapidly accelerating hits which culminate with one, two, and then three hits, respectively. 101n. 6and then three hits, respectively. 101n. 6)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Three steps in visualization of a deity: seat with seed syllable, attribute, and deity.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Three-storey stūpa of bronze offered to Katok by Phakpa Rinpoche)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Threefold freely resting: freely resting mountain, freely resting ocean, and freely resting awareness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Through accomplishment in meditative practices, through service by means of body and speech, and through material offerings. 655, 658, 680, 871)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Throughout these translations, this term i … Throughout these translations, this term is rendered "total integration." A common rendering is "union," as between any number of standard technical pairs, such as the "illusory body and the clear light"; but the sense is that the two no longer remain two separate entities. "Total integration" is the fifth and final division of "Completion Stage" practice. Yogically, its practice involves continued mastery in forcing the consciousness-bearing "energy winds" (''prāṇa'') into the central channel (''avadhūti'') of the arcane body generated by the practicing adept. Its accomplishment is the simultaneous experience of bliss and voidness.ltaneous experience of bliss and voidness.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Throughout this text the swastika appears as the symbol of the Bon. It is also used, however, in the context of Vajrayana Buddhism and represents immutability and indestructibility.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Thönmi Sambhoṭa, [[Vairocana]], K … Thönmi Sambhoṭa, [[Vairocana]], Kawa Peltsek, Chokro Lüi Gyeltsen, Zhang Yeshede, Rincen Zangpo, Dromtön Gyelwa Jungne, Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherap, [[Sakya Paṇḍita]] and Gö Khukpa Lhetse. These ten complement the EIGHT PILLARS WHO SUPPORTED THE LINEAGES OF THE MEANS FOR ATTAINMENT. 851 LINEAGES OF THE MEANS FOR ATTAINMENT. 851)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Tibet's great yogi and poet, whose biography and spiritual songs are among the best loved works in Tibetan Buddhism. One of the foremost disciples of Marpa, he is among the great masters at the origin of the Kagyupa School)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Tibet's greatest translator and one of the first seven monks to be ordained in Tibet. He was one of the principal disciples of Padmasambhava and of Shri Singha)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Tibet.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Tibetan barley beer.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Tibetan barley-beer. This term is also used in a general sense, referring to any liquor.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tibetan beer brewed primarily from barley.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tibetan deformation of the Sanskrit word acharya, teacher. By extension, the Tibetan word indicates any Indian.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (Tibetan for luminosity. In the vajrayāna everything is void, but this voidness is not completely empty because it has luminosity. Luminosity or clarity allows all phenomena to appear and is a characteristic of emptiness (śūnyatā).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Tibetan for" cotton-clad ones." It refers … Tibetan for" cotton-clad ones." It refers to followers of the tantric yogi path who practice the inner heat or tummo yoga. To demonstrate their mastery of the inner heat, their only garment is a lightweight cotton robe, even in the midst of the fierce Tibetan winter.in the midst of the fierce Tibetan winter.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tibetan king, father of the king Song-tsen Gampo.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tibetan mahasiddha of the nineteenth century; belonged chiefly to the Drukpa Kagyu lineage.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Tibetan name of the "impartial movement," or impartial approach. See Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye and the Biographical Note.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tibetan poems, and various other forms of … Tibetan poems, and various other forms of expostulation, are often preceded by exclamatory words or phrases indicative of the general tone and content of what is being said. For example, Emaho is an expression of wonder, Ho of courage and determination, while Kyema and Kyehii express grief.ion, while Kyema and Kyehii express grief.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Tibetan term for a highly realized spiritual teacher, the equivalent of the Sanskrit word guru. In colloquial language, however, it is sometimes used as a polite way of addressing a monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Tibetan term for a highly realized spiritual teacher. In colloquial language it is sometimes used as a polite way of addressing a monk.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tibetan translator and disciple of Padmasa … Tibetan translator and disciple of Padmasambhava. At first, he was an influential Bőnpo priest, but later he studied with Padmasambhava and also learned translation. Due to his miraculous power, he is said to have tamed a wild yak simply by a threatening gesture. He offered numerous Bőnpo teachings to Padmasambhava, who then concealed them as a terma treasure.o then concealed them as a terma treasure.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Tibetan translator who, from 810 C.E. on, worked at Samye, the first monastery founded in Tibet by the king Thrisong Detsen (790-858). He was one of Padmasambhava's principal disciples and played a very important role in the Nyingma transmissions.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Tibetan translators of the canonical texts who usually worked with Indian paṇditas.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Tibetan translators of the canonical texts who usually worked closely with Indian panditas. The title literally means "bilingual.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Tibetan translators usually do not transla … Tibetan translators usually do not translate "chandoha" but transliterate it in Tibetan as ''tstshando ha'' or ''tshan do ha''. Dak Rampa (313) translates it as "deliberating on one's intention" ('dun rtog). Thubten Phuntsok (150) translates it as "commingling or intermingling" (bsdebs pa'am 'dres pa). In Revealing the Indestructible Vajra Secrets (381), Jamgön Kongtrul says: "There are the chandohas, where [yogins and yoginīs] bathe, and the nearby chandohas, where they sometimes bathe. That is the way the previous [masters] have explained [chandohas and nearby chandohas]. The lotsāwas, however, using the linguistic roots (byings don, dhātvartha) chanda, "intention" ('dun pa), and ūh "to conceive [or deliberate]" (rtogs pa), translated [chandoha] as "deliberating on one's intention." Thus they explain that [the chandohas] are where [yogins and yoginīs] always go to deliberate on their intentions regarding the dharma, and [the nearby chandohas] are where they sometimes go to deliberate."re where they sometimes go to deliberate.")
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Tibetan wine, usually made from barley grains.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tibetan word translated here as ''Blazing Splendor''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tibetan-style zombie; walking dead or a re-animated corpse. This unbelievable type of resurrection is believed to be a goblin that occupies a dead body, rather than the deceased spirit coming back to life in his own body.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Tibetan: Jan-chup Sem-pa, meaning the one who aspires to and is actually engaged in the path to Buddhahood for the sake of others.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Tibetans tend to attribute many, if not most hindrances to demons, sentient beings of the ''preta'' class)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tiger's Nest, sacred place of Padmasambhava above the Paro valley of Bhutan.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Tilopa, the father of the Kagyu lineage, r … Tilopa, the father of the Kagyu lineage, received four sets of yogic practice from several gurus, which he in turn transmitted to his disciple, Naropa. These four transmissions are often said to be: the illusory body yoga, dream yoga, clear light or luminosity yoga, and tummo or candali yoga. These became the main source of the Six Yogas of Naropa. For a different account of the four transmissions, see Nalanda and Chogyam Trungpa, ''The Life of Marpa the Translator'', pp. xxxii-xxxiii. Marpa the Translator'', pp. xxxii-xxxiii.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Time.)