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- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Vaibhāsika and Sautrāntika.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vaibhāṣhikas (Bye brag smra ba) and Sautrāntikas (mDo sde pa).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vaibhāṣhikas and Sautrāntikas, who assert that entities exist as external referents. GTCD.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Vaibhāṣika, Sautrāntika, Cittamātra, and Madhyamaka.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, Amogha … Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, Amoghasiddhi, and Akṣobhya. These five Buddhas are associated with various aspects of existence, for example the five skandhas: Vairocana (consciousness), Ratnasambhava (sen- sation), Amitābha (perception), Amoghasiddhi (volition), and Akṣobhya (form).ghasiddhi (volition), and Akṣobhya (form).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vairochana (rNam par snang mdzad) and Loch … Vairochana (rNam par snang mdzad) and Lochanā (sPyan ma); Ratnasambhava (Rin chen 'byung gnas) and Māmakī (Mā ma kī); Amitābha ('Od dpag med) and Pāṇḍarā (Gos dkar mo); Amoghasiddhi (Don yon grub pa) and Tārā (sGrol ma); Akṣhobhya (Mi bskyod pa) and Vajradhātvīshvarī (rDo rje dbyings kyi dbang phyug ma); and Vajrasattva (rDo rje sems dpa') and Vishvamātā (sNa tshogs yum), or Prajñāpāramitā (Yum chen mo).ogs yum), or Prajñāpāramitā (Yum chen mo).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vairochana (rNam par snang mdzad), Ratnasambhava (Rin chen 'byung gnas), Amitābha ('Od dpag med), Amoghasiddhi (Don yon grub pa), and Akṣhobhya (Mi bskyod pa).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Vairotsana's birthplace near Uyuk in the Nyemo area.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Vairotsana's companion on the journey to India. After receiving transmission from Shri Singha, he decided to return to Tibet but was killed by border guards. He reincarnated as Yudra Nyingpo in Tsawarong.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Vairotsana's father, though some sources claim he was Vairotsana's uncle who adopted his nephew after the father died.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Vajra Seat. See Diamond Throne)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vajra body (sku rdo rje), vajra speech (gs … Vajra body (sku rdo rje), vajra speech (gsung rdo rje), vajra mind (thugs rdo rje), and wisdom (ye shes). Alternatively, this refers to generating the deity through the four steps of emptiness, seed syllable, the complete formation of the deity's body, and placement of the letters at the head, throat, and heart. See Kongtrul 2008, 95. throat, and heart. See Kongtrul 2008, 95.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vajra body (sku rdo rje), vajra speech (gsung rdo rje), and vajra mind (thugs rdo rje).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Vajra recitation is the practice of linkin … Vajra recitation is the practice of linking mantra recitation with movements of the breath. This often involves linking the inhalation, resting, and exhalation of the breath with the mental recitation of the seed syllables OṂ AḤ HūṂ, while simultaneously holding the vase breath. [NO 4, 20]eously holding the vase breath. [NO 4, 20])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Vajra seat. The place in Bihar, India, where all the buddhas of this eon have attained and will attain enlightenment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Vajra wisdom is linked with the svābhāvikakāya and the union of awareness and emptiness. [LW 36])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Vajra-holder. Emanation of Samantabhadra. The dharmakaya buddha of the New Schools. Can also refer to one's personal teacher of Vajrayana or to the all-embracing buddha-nature.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Vajradhara is considered the sovereign lord of all families and the teacher of the tantras. It is also said that this is the form Śākyamuni took when teaching the Secret Mantra. [TD 1439])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Vajrapāni is a wrathful deity that first a … Vajrapāni is a wrathful deity that first appears in Buddhist literature as a bodyguard of the Buddha. With the rise of the Mantrayāna, he is promoted to the level of bodhisattva, and his presence in the audience of the Buddhas teachings is an indication that the sutra or tantra contains mantras that the sutra or tantra contains mantras)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Vajrapāṇi is the condensation of the enlightened mind of all the buddhas and the embodiment of their strength, might, and power. [TD 1734])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Vajrasattva is a yidam deity that is considered the sovereign lord of the hundred buddha families. He is white in appearance and sits in the vajra posture. With his right hand, he holds a vajra at his heart, and with his left, a bell at his hip. [TD 1442])
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Vajravārāhī, also known as Vajrayoginī, ri … Vajravārāhī, also known as Vajrayoginī, rises to prominence within the Cakrasamvara literature. There she is both that deity's consort and features as the central deity in a number of practices. Instead of having a sow's head, as in the goddess Vārāhī, she is sometimes depicted with a sow emerging from the top of her head, its grunt destroying ignorance. She is also the principal deity within the Karma Kagyü tradition.al deity within the Karma Kagyü tradition.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Vajrayana when regarded as a part of mahayana.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Vajrayana, indestructible or diamond vehicle.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Vajrayana. See Guhyamantra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Valley of Birches, residence of Marpa the Translator, presently in Lhodrak county in southern Tibet.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Variegated.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Variety, manifold purposes)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Various medicinal substances: yellow myrob … Various medicinal substances: yellow myrobalan (T: a-ru; Terminalia chebula), beleric myrobalan (T: ba-ru; Terminalia belerica), emblic myrobalan (T: skyu-ru; Emblica officinalis), bamboo manna (T: cu-gang), musk (T: gla-rtsi), and solidified elephant bile (T: gi-wang).and solidified elephant bile (T: gi-wang).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Vase Empowerment, Secret Empowerment, Wisdom Empowerment, Creativity Empowerment.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vase empowerment (bum pa' i dbang), secret empowerment (gsang ba' i dbang), prajñā-wisdom empowerment (shes rab ye shes kyi dbang), and the fourth or word empowerment (bzhi pa'i/tshig gi dbang).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Vasubandhu's ''Twenty Stanzas, Thirty Stan … Vasubandhu's ''Twenty Stanzas, Thirty Stanzas, Dissertation on the Five Aggregates, Rational System of Exposition Dissertation on the Proof of Deeds, Explanation of the Ornament of Mahayana Sutras,Explication of Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes'', and as the last either the ''Treasury of Higher Knowledge'' or ''Commentary on Distinguishing Dharmas from the Dharma Realm''.nguishing Dharmas from the Dharma Realm''.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Vasubandhu, in his Treasury of Abhidharma … Vasubandhu, in his Treasury of Abhidharma (chapter 2, verse 34ab; C.T. 79:11), states "Mind, mentation, and consciousness are equivalent." See Pruden 1988–90, 205. Asaṅga's Compendium of Abhidharma (chapter 1; C.T. 76:137) defines mind as the ālaya consciousness, mentation as afflictive mentation, and consciousness as the six sense consciousnesses. See Boin-Webb 2001, 21–22. The Compendium of the Mahāyāna (chapter 1, section 13; C.T. 76:11) states: "Some consider mind, mentation, and consciousness to be equivalents; that it is [just] the words that are discrete. This is not feasible because it has been observed that mentation and consciousness are discrete referents. Therefore, mind is also a discrete referent." See Keenan 1992, 19.a discrete referent." See Keenan 1992, 19.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Vedic god of rain, who became considered lord of all the gods. In Buddhist ''sūtras'' he is usually called Śakra.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Vedic god of the sky, 'the Encompassing', … Vedic god of the sky, 'the Encompassing', lord of light and darkness, celestial order, morality, and the primordial waters. Later relegated to overlordship of the terrestrial oceans, hence the Tib. translation of his name, 'water-god'. Guardian of the western quarter.ter-god'. Guardian of the western quarter.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Vedic god of the wind, guardian of the northwest quarter.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Vedic goddess of a now dried-up river, who became patron deity of poetry, music, science and all the creative arts, and in much this form was adopted into the Buddhist pantheon, with Mañjuśrī as Her consort.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Veiled-non-defined informative matter)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Veiled-non-defined; i.e., morally non-defined but still obstructive to<br> the spiritual path.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Venerable elders; abbots or other honored masters. 126n.4)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Venerable master.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Venerable, reverend. A Tibetan honorific term used in addressing highly respected masters.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Venerated by the Tibetans as the Second Bu … Venerated by the Tibetans as the Second Buddha, Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") was invited from India to Tibet in the ninth century. By subjugating negative forces, he established Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet and hid numerous terma (q.v.) throughout the Himalayan region for the sake of future generations.region for the sake of future generations.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Venus, Jupiter, the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Rāhula, the Sun, and Saturn.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Very Joyful (Rab tu dga' ba); Stainless (D … Very Joyful (Rab tu dga' ba); Stainless (Dri ma med pa); Illuminating ('Od byed pa); Radiant ('Od 'phro ba); Difficult to Overcome (sByang dka' ba); Manifest (mNgon du gyur pa); Gone Afar (Ring du song ba); Immovable (Mi g.yo ba); Excellent Intelligence (Legs pa'i blo gros); and Cloud of Dharma (Chos kyi sprin).os); and Cloud of Dharma (Chos kyi sprin).)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Victorious One. A buddha; one who has conquered the four Maras.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Videha (Lus 'phags po, "Superior Body") in … Videha (Lus 'phags po, "Superior Body") in the east, Jambudvīpa ('Dzam bu gling, "Rose Apple Continent") in the south, Godānīya (Ba lang spyod, "Employing Cattle") in the west, and Kuru (sGra mi snyan, "Unpleasant Sound") in the north. See Kongtrul 1995, 110–13.) in the north. See Kongtrul 1995, 110–13.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Videha (Lus 'phags po, "Superior Body") in the east, Jambudvīpa ('Dzam bu gling, "Rose Apple Continent") in the south, and Godānīya (Ba lang spyod, "Employing Cattle") in the west. See Kongtrul 1995, 110–13.)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Vidyā is the general name for knowledge, as in branches of knowledge and the minds cognition in general, but gains deeper meaning by context, especially the nonconceptual knowing nature of the mind)
- Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Vidyādhara, or "knowledge holder," became in Tibetan an honorific address for a tantric master)