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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a collection of teachings on Great Perfection which originated with Vimalamitra, an Indian master who visited Tibet at the time of Guru Rinpochay. This cycle of instructions is transmitted within the Ancient Instruction Lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a commentary (esp. on another commentary).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a cross between a yak and a cow. To an unaccustomed eye yak, dzo (see below) and dri might look alike.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a dakini whose meditation forms part of the Shangpa Instruction Lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a dakini whose meditation forms part of the Shangpa Instruction Lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a decorative Tibetan head-dress studded with coral, turquoise, ruby and gold. It may be round or triangular in shape. The opulence of its decoration shows the status of the woman wearing it.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a deity of the first level of tantra within the tantras of the Later Translations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a deity of the highest level of tantra within the tantras of the Later Translations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a deity of the highest level of tantra within the tantras of the Later Translations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a denomination of Tibetan currency.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (a disciple of Shantarakshita and Yairotsan … a disciple of Shantarakshita and Yairotsana in the late eighth century. He was an exponent of the Yogachara Svatantrika Madhyamika school. He did much to propagate the teachings of the Prajnaparamita and is well known for his commentary on the same sutra. He was the preceptor of the Buddhist king Dharmapala and was closely associated with the monastic university of Vikramashila.h the monastic university of Vikramashila.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (a discourse preached by the Buddha; the non-tantric way to enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a dome-shaped monument housing relics of the Buddha or some revered person, embodying in its form an elaborate symbolism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (a famous teacher and revealer of hidden treasure teachings in the Nyingma school, who lived from 1615 to 1672; Dudjom Lingpa was a later incarnation in the succession of rebirths that included Duddul Dorje)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a favourite Tibetan brew similar to beer m … a favourite Tibetan brew similar to beer made only out of barley in Tibet, but now commonly made out of rice and wheat due to the difficulty of obtaining barley. Whatever it is made out of, it is still called chang. In the Tibetan folk tradition there is a whole philosophy surrounding chang.e is a whole philosophy surrounding chang.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (a female practitioner of yoga, the path of mystic union. Zhi-byed see Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (a female tantric initiation deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a female yak, and as useful as a yak.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a fierce form of the bodhisattva Vajra-in-Hand (Vajrapani; Chagna Dorjay, phyag na rdo rje.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a follower of Viṣṇu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (a follower of the Kadam lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a form of Guru Rinpochay within the practice of the Gathering of the Jewels.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (a form of Slayer of the Lord of Death (Shinjay Shay, gshin rje gshed), the wrathful deity of the buddha-family within the Eight Great Configurations of Deities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a form of Śiva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (a formula, usually in Sanskrit, repeated aloud, the function of which is to protect the mind from erroneous views)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951/Glossary + (a fourth-rank official)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a fully-ordained Buddhist monk, observing 253 rules (or thereabouts))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (a gem which grants the fulfillment of all one could desire; thus the Buddha is often called a wish-fulfilling gem.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a gesture of threat, pointing the forefinger.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a gorilla-like animal found in Tibet and the adjoining Himalayan regions. This is probably what some adventurers have called yeti, the abominable snow man.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a grade of Tantric adept)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (a great Indian pandita who became the chie … a great Indian pandita who became the chief disciple of Garab Dorje. According to the historical scriptures, Manjushrimitra was a highly respected scholar at Nalanda Buddhist University in India. The fame of Garab Dorje as a proponent of a new system transcending cause and effect (i.e., the causal vehicles) reached Nalanda, and the panditas were outraged. They would not permit such a heretic to misguide people and sent a delegation to refute Garab Dorje, who lived in the kingdom of Uddiya to the northwest of Bodhgaya. Manjushrimitra confronted Garab Dorje and tried to defeat him in debate but failed. Now, with trust in the teachings beyond effort, cause, and effect, Manjushrimitra felt strong remorse at having tried to defeat the Great Perfection and wanted to cut off his own tongue in order to prevent further misdeeds. Garab Dorje read his mind and said, "You can purify your obscuration if you cause the correct Dzogchen teachings to flourish in this world, but not by cutting off your tongue even a thousand times." Manjushrimitra then composed the treatise known as ''Gomnyam Drukpa'', "Six Experiences of Meditation," and upheld the system of the Great Perfection. Later, his level of realization became equal to that of Garab Dorje.ation became equal to that of Garab Dorje.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (a great vajrayana master and siddha of Indian Buddhism; Dudjom Lingpa was an emanation of Saraha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a half-line of Skt verse (usually becoming a whole line in Tib. translation).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (a hare.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (a holder of the lineal tradition of the Mantrayana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (a karmically neutral state resulting from … a karmically neutral state resulting from a nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness and functioning as the ground (''zhi'') of all (''kun'') cyclic existence [all ground (cs); stratum of all things (KB); basis of all (NJ); fundamental structuring of all experience (PE); basis of samsara and nirvana, which is not unobscured (ws)]and nirvana, which is not unobscured (ws)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a kind of ''preta'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a kind of ''vīṇā''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a kind of cloth worn by ''devas''; according to Dharmabhadra and Ch, 'five-coloured'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a kind of demon or spirit that occupies dead bodies)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a kind of large drum.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (a king who follows the Dharma and performs the duty of providing the conditions in which every individual has the freedom to enter the spiritual quest of self-knowing. His sole aim is to become a master in his own right.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a large mythical bird, which eats snakes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (a layman who has taken the eight vows of restraint from self-indulgent immorality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (a learned Buddhist scholar or teacher.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (a learned teacher in a monastery or the one who gives precepts of monastic ordination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (a linear projection of the vision of unity which includes every element of mind. It is also a means to induce that same unity by the meditation upon the significance of its parts and their relationships.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (a local spirit may challenge the yogi's stability in meditation by creating magical apparitions of varying degrees of intensity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (a long collection of Chö songs composed by the third Karmapa and codified by Karma Chagmey.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (a long mantra)