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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Wholesome, skilful.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Wife of Marpa. Her name means "egoless.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Wind, vital airs, energy. Prana is the lif … Wind, vital airs, energy. Prana is the life-force energy that flows through the channels (nadis) of the illusory body. Prana is the foundation of all movement and thus of all vital bodily functions. Prana is the bridge between the body and the mind. It is likened to a horse, with the mind as the rider and the nadis as the road. It corresponds to speech, breath, mantra, and to realization of the sambhogakaya. There are both pure and impure pranas (see ''karmaprana'' and ''jnanaprana''). See also ''nadi'' and ''bindu''.prana''). See also ''nadi'' and ''bindu''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Wind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Wisdom energy, wisdom wind. Prana is the s … Wisdom energy, wisdom wind. Prana is the source of all movement, including the movement of mind. The quality of one's mind depends upon the prana or wind on which it is mounted. If the prana is impure, the mind riding it will necessarily be impure as well. If the prana is a wisdom wind, the mind riding that prana will be a wisdom mind. The pranas moving within the central channel are wisdom winds. Since the realization of wisdom depends upon wisdom winds, yogis produce wisdom consciousness by moving all their winds into the central channel. all their winds into the central channel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Wisdom, one of the two supreme coefficient … Wisdom, one of the two supreme coefficients of final enlighten- ment, of which Means (upāya, q.v.) is the other. In Buddhist tantras the feminine partner is properly known as prajñā, and this is the usual meaning of the term throughout the Hevajra-tantra. The Hindu term sakti is never used and would be quite inappropriate (see p. 44). Other terms in use are mudrā (q.v.), vidyā (q.v.) and yoginĩ, which however, has the more general meaning of any feminine practiser.<br>ral meaning of any feminine practiser.<br>)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Wisdom-knowledge)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (With ''Cittamātra'', one of the two major … With ''Cittamātra'', one of the two major ''Mahayana'' philosophical schools. Founded by Nāgārjuna, it focuses on the doctrine of ''emptiness'' expounded in the perfection of wisdom literature. Madhyamaka was the most influential single philosophical tradition in Tibet and spread in other parts of the Mahayana world as well.other parts of the Mahayana world as well.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (With ''Hinayana'', one of the two great di … With ''Hinayana'', one of the two great divisions of Buddhism. Based on ''sutras'' (and tantras) allegedly taught by the Buddha later in his career (and regarded by Hinayanists as spurious), it became the dominant style of Buddhism in east and central Asia, including Tibet.in east and central Asia, including Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (With ''analytical meditation'', one of the … With ''analytical meditation'', one of the two basic types of meditation recognized in Buddhism. Placement meditation usually involves focus on a single object; when seriously practiced, it leads to states of ''tranquil abiding, meditative absorption, meditative equipoise'', and ''concentration''. Though a necessary condition for attaining ''enlightenment'', it is riot sufficient on its own and must be combined with analytical meditation.st be combined with analytical meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (With implicit intention.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (With reference to the establishment of rea … With reference to the establishment of reality there are the Esoteric Instructions which Conclude the Path (''bzhag-pa lam-gyi mtha' gcod-pa'i man-ngag'') and with reference to liberation there are the Esoteric Instructions of Pure Power which Disclose the Path (''grol-ba stobs dag-pa lam mngon-gyur-gyi man ngag''). 331dag-pa lam mngon-gyur-gyi man ngag''). 331)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (With respect to the four Indian schools, the Madhyamaka school regards itself as the highest. From this perspective, the two Hinayāna schools (Vaibhāṣika and Sautrāntika) and the Mahāyāna Cittamātra school are known as the ‘lower schools.’)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (With the development of higher yoga tantra … With the development of higher yoga tantras, classifications arose to distinguish newer tantras from their predecessors. The stress on the female deities in such tantras as Cakrasaṃvara resulted in their being termed yoginī tantras. A later classification, which has become dominant in the Tibetan tradition, names this group mother tantras to contrast with Guhyasamāja and Yamāntaka, which are classed as father tantras. The mother tantras are traditionally said to stress wisdom while the father tantras stress methoddom while the father tantras stress method)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (With the elaborate seal, one builds upon t … With the elaborate seal, one builds upon the maI).q.ala that was practiced via the single seal. The focus widens from a single deity to two deities in union. Alternately, the development stage of the elaborate seal can also refer to the realization that all the hosts of thoughts are the maṇḍalas of multiple deities. [JG 31] the maṇḍalas of multiple deities. [JG 31])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (With-outflow. A with-outflow object is one by taking which the defilement<br>adheres to it and grows. It is also one whose effect is to retain us in saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Withdrawal (sor sdud, pratyāhāra); meditat … Withdrawal (sor sdud, pratyāhāra); meditative concentration (bsam gtan, dhyāna); life-force control (srog rtsol, prāṇāyāma); retention ('dzin pa, dhāraṇā); recollection (rjes dran, anusmṛiti); and samādhi (ting 'dzin). See Kongtrul 2007b, 295–330; and Kongtrul 2008, 154–61.2007b, 295–330; and Kongtrul 2008, 154–61.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Withdrawal from sense perceptions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Within the Vajrayāna, the method by which … Within the Vajrayāna, the method by which one achieves stability in one's own pristine awareness, whereby ordinary appearances and clinging are transferred to the nature of buddhafields, and one's body, speech, and mind are transferred to the dwelling of the three vajras. See VE 199-178.lling of the three vajras. See VE 199-178.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Within the Vajrayāna, the path that reveals the deities and buddhafields as definitely existing by their own characteristics, and which emphasizes only the avenue of relative skillful means. See VE 199.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Within the compass of the ''form body'', t … Within the compass of the ''form body'', the glorified aspect of a ''buddha'' that appears only to selected disciples. The enjoyment body is said to be possessed of the major and minor marks of a buddha and to teach ''Mahayana'' Dharma in Akanistha heaven to high-level ''bodhisattvas'' for as long as ''samsara'' lasts.attvas'' for as long as ''samsara'' lasts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Without a cause)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Without a doubt the best known of the Indi … Without a doubt the best known of the Indian mahāsiddhas; an arrow maker, he lived in the seventh century and composed three cycles of songs which remain famous: the dohas of the king, of the queen, and of the people. He is the originator of the distant lineage of mahāmudrā.nator of the distant lineage of mahāmudrā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Without an interval.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Without objectivity.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Without self, nonself.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Womb (mngal skyes), an egg (sgong skyes), within heat and moisture (drod gsher skyes), or in a spontaneous manner (brdzus skyes).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Womb. By extension, this term refers to the Dharmadhatu, emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Word-group; one of the viprayukta-saṃskāra-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Word-meaning (tshig don), general meaning (spyi don), hidden meaning (sbas don), and ultimate meaning (mthar thug gi don). See Kongtrul 2005, 287–89.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Words of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (World age; cosmic cycle. A great kalpa cor … World age; cosmic cycle. A great kalpa corresponds to a cycle of formation and destruction of a universe and is divided into eighty intermediate kalpas. An intermediate kalpa is composed of one small kalpa during which life span, etc., increase and one small kalpa during which they decrease.ne small kalpa during which they decrease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Worldly people, also called zoku. It often refers to laypeople as opposed to monks. 195n. 101)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Worldly right view.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Wrathful deities are said to have nine qualities. They are captivating, heroic, and terrifying (their three physical expressions); laughing, ferocious, and fearsome (their three verbal expressions); and compassionate, intimidating, and peaceful. (JL 233])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Wrathful deities of the four cardinal and four intermediate directions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Wrathful emanations of the four female gatekeepers from among the forty-two peaceful deities in the mandala of Magical Net—seven for each of the four activities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Written advice, instruction texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Wrong, false.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Yak-Keaded Rāksasī, serpent-headed Brahmaṇ … Yak-Keaded Rāksasī, serpent-headed Brahmaṇī (Brahmī), leopard-headed Mahādevī, mongoose-headed Vaiṣṇavī (Lobhā), snow-bear-headed Kuman, bearheaded Indranī, cuckoo-headed Vajrā, sow-headed Vajrī, water-dragonheaded Śānti, scorpion-headed Amrtā, hawk-headed Candrā, fox-headed Daṇḍā, tiger-headed Rākṣasī, antelope-headed Vajrā, vulture-headed Bhakṣinī, horse-headed Rati, garuda-headed Mahāball, dog-headed Rākṣasī, crane-headed Abhilāsī, stag-headed Vasurakṣā, lion-headed Vajrā, wolf-headed Vajudevī, buffalo-headed Nārī, sow-headed Vārāhī, crow-headed Vajrī, elephant-headed Mahāhastini, serpent-headed Varuṇī, serpent-headed Vajrā.rpent-headed Varuṇī, serpent-headed Vajrā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Yamāntaka (gShin rje gshed/gShin rje mthar … Yamāntaka (gShin rje gshed/gShin rje mthar byed); Achala (Mi g.yo ba); Prajñāntaka (Shes rab mthar byed); Ṭakkirāja ('Dod pa'i rgyal po); Padmāntaka (Padma mthar byed); Nīladaṇḍa (dByug pa sngon po); Vighnāntaka (bGegs mthar byed); Mahābala (sTobs po che); Uṣhṇīṣhachakravartin (gTsug tor 'khor los sgyur ba); and Sumbharāja (gNod mdzes rgyal po).ba); and Sumbharāja (gNod mdzes rgyal po).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Yamāntaka, Mahābala, Hayagrīva and Amṛtakuṇḍalin. 125-6)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Yidams are the deities, buddhas, and bodhi … Yidams are the deities, buddhas, and bodhisattvas that form the unique support for the practices of the tantras. [TD 2565] There are a great variety of such deities, including the various classes of peaceful, wrathful, and semi-wrathful deities. Though these variations may have different appearances, this should not be taken to imply that they are fundamentally different, however. As Tenpe Nyima explains, "Though peaceful and wrathful deities may have slightly different bodies, colors, faces, hands, and so on, in terms of their compassion and enlightened activities there is no difference. They appear in accord with the inclinations of the disciple and there is no conflict between them." [KR 48] Ultimately, yidam practice is a skillful method that allows the practitioner to connect with his or her enlightened nature. For this reason, it is also important to keep the true nature of the yidam deity in mind. As Jigme Lingpa explains, "You must realize that it is Yout own mind, with its eightfold collection of consciousnesses, that arises as the form and wisdom of the deity. In its innate state, awareness itself is the enlightened mind - the fruitional form of the deity." [JL 235]he fruitional form of the deity." [JL 235])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Yoga Tantra is the last of the three outer … Yoga Tantra is the last of the three outer tantras. In this system, emphasis is placed on the internal process of meditative absorption. In terms of the path, there are two forms of practice: the practice of skillful means and the practice of knowledge. In the first, one practices deity yoga in conjunction with the four seals. In the latter, one realizes the inner reality of the mind and actualizes discerning wisdom. To supplement this internal process, external forms of ritual purification are also practiced. [SG 335] purification are also practiced. [SG 335])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Yoga of illusion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Yogic breathing exercises designed to direct body, prana, and mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (Yogic practices of the vital energies, channels, and bindus, including āsana, prāṇāyāma, movement, and visualization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Yoginīs who possess special siddhis; female deities born in buddha realms; female spirits who assist in tantric rites.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Yoke. A synonym for defilement.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Zabulung in Shang is in the centre of Tibet, Jongpalung in Kongpo is in the east, Siptenlung in Mön is in the south, Phakrilung in Gö is in the west and Dronalung in Kyi is in the north. 518)