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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (beings of the underworld and the waters, c … beings of the underworld and the waters, classed as animals. They generally live in the form of snakes, but many can change into human form and they are often depicted as human from the waist up with a serpent's tail below. They are supposed to control the weather, especially rain.d to control the weather, especially rain.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (belongs to the cycle of Kilaya, which is one of the seven sets of revelations among the ''Sevenfold Profundity'', a terma treasure revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa. "Dagger" stands for Kilaya. This practice was also performed at Tsurphu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (besides the Bodhisattva vows and (in the h … besides the Bodhisattva vows and (in the higher classes of Tantra) the Tantric vows, one receiving a Tantric empowerment has to take numerous pledges, which must be kept purely if the practice is to be successful. See Tsong-ka-pa, ''The Yoga of Tibet'', 69—76; Beyer, 406-7.'The Yoga of Tibet'', 69—76; Beyer, 406-7.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (bhāvanā Tranquility cultivation/meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (birth from a womb, from an egg, from moist heat, or miraculously)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (birth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (birthplace of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche near the Life-Lake of Yeshe Tsogyal (Tsogyal Lhatso), situated at Drakda some 20 km from Samye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (bodhisattva of compassion, often depicted with four arms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (body is deity, voice is mantra, and mind is samadhi.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (body, speech and mind)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (both the written scripture which teaches the Tantrika the way and the Way itself with which the Tantrika then identifies. Tantra is the thread upon which every experience is strung, but itself remains invisible implicit Voidness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (branch of Buddhist literature and practice concerned with the analysis of phenomena into their elementary constituents (dharma))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (broadly, any phenomenon or event in one's experience; in the context of dharmakaya, the term connotes the fact that all phenomena are inherently present as uncontrived, natural attributes [concepts and meanings (KB)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (brother of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (buddha (''sangs-rgyas''), the doctrine (''chos'', Skt. ''dharma'') and the community (''dge-'dun'', Skt. ''saṃgha''). 59, 69-70, 95, 203, 350, 468, 523, 583, 592, 707, 743, 862, 970, 973)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (buddha-body, speech, mind, enlightened attributes and activities. 866)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (buddhafields; manifested through the aspir … buddhafields; manifested through the aspirations of a bodhisattva in conjunction with the merit of sentient beings. According to the tantras, a buddhafield is an expression of the awakened state. A practitioner can take rebirth in Sukhavati, the pure land of Buddha Amitabha, at the moment of death or during the bardo through a combination of pure faith, sufficient merit, and one-pointed determination.ient merit, and one-pointed determination.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (c. 350 c.e., a major figure in Mahayana Bu … c. 350 c.e., a major figure in Mahayana Buddhism; the cofounder, with his brother Vasubandhu, of the Yogachara philosophy. According to tradition, he received from the Bodhisattva Maitreya the famous Five Teachings (''byams pa'i chos lnga'') in which the views of Madhyamika and Yogachara are both expounded. He is the source of the Mahayana lineage of Vast Activities (''rgya chen spyod pa''), which complements the lineage of the Profound View (''zab mo'i lta ba'') stemming from Nagarjuna and Manjushri.'') stemming from Nagarjuna and Manjushri.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (ca. 600-660, Author of influential texts on valid cognition who laid out a system of knowledge that distinguishes real particulars—which are perceived nonconceptually in direct perception—from universals—which are unreal, conceptual imputations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (ca. eleventh century, Important figure in the Nyingma tradition who, along with Longchenpa, was one of Mipams main influences. Sakyamuni: The historical Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (ca. fourth century, Important systematizer of the Yogic Practice School.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgön Mipam: His Life and Teachings/Glossary + (ca. second century, Important systematizer of the philosophy of the Middle Way who formulated the equality of emptiness and dependent arising.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (canonical scripture in which the Buddha ta … canonical scripture in which the Buddha taught Vajrayana in his sambhogakaya form. The real sense of tantra is 'continuity,' the innate buddha nature, which is known as the 'tantra of the expressed meaning.' The general sense of tantra is the extraordinary tantric scriptures also known as the 'tantra of the expressing words.' Can also refer to all the resultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole.sultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (capital of Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (capital of the former (up to 1975) independent kingdom Sikkim, situated between Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951/Glossary + (captain in the Tibetan army)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (celestial world of the god Brahma within the Realms of Form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (celui qui prend pour support (stegs) des croyances extrêmes (mu) comme le nihilisme ou l’étemalisme. Les tirthikas étaient avant tout ceux qui, en Inde, combattaient le bouddhisme.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (chanting of the mantra in hundred syllables; one of the preliminary practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (chief deity in a mind treasure revealed by Old Khyentse after Chokgyur Lingpa's passing. In a vision, he saw the great tertön in his saṃbhogakaya form and, receiving an empowerment and teachings, wrote them down.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (chief disciple and successor of Manjushrim … chief disciple and successor of Manjushrimitra in the lineage of the Dzogchen teachings; born in Khotan; his disciples were four outstanding masters: Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava and the Tibetan translator Vairochana; the latter three were responsible for bringing the canonical scriptures of Dzogchen to Tibet.canonical scriptures of Dzogchen to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (chief disciple of Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; monastery (Tubten Chöling) in the Solu Khumbu, northeastern Nepal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (chief of the gods residing in the realm of form; often described as the  creator of world-systems.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (chief of the vajra buddha-family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (chief seat of the Karma Kagyu lineage established in Sikkim, India, by the sixteenth Karmapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (childhood name of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's second son. The sixteenth Karmapa later recognized him as the fourth Chokling of Tsikey.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (cinq façons de considérer le lieu où l’ens … cinq façons de considérer le lieu où l’enseignement est donné, l’enseignement lui-même, l’auditoire et le moment de l’enseignement, lorsque l’on reçoit un enseignement du Grand Véhicule. Ces cinq perfections correspondent en tout point aux «cinq certitudes » (nges pa lnga) du corps de jouissance. Cf. CGP, p. 45-46.du corps de jouissance. Cf. CGP, p. 45-46.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (city near Darjeeling in northern India, the old trading post between Calcutta and Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (class of celestial spirits, noted for their musical talents. They have healing powers but can also cause insanity. A 'city of the ''gandharvas' (gandharvanagara, dri za'i grong khyer)'' is an imaginary city in the sky, like a fairy castle in the clouds.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (clear visualization of the deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (clear, transparent.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (close disciple of Old Khyentse.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (close female disciple of Padmasambhava and compiler of his teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (code script, symbolic script or writing used by the dakinis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (collection of translated commentaries by Indian masters on the Buddha's teachings; second part of the Tibetan Canon in 213 volumes.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951/Glossary + (college-type unit in large monasteries)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (commentary on Anu Yoga in more than 1,400 … commentary on Anu Yoga in more than 1,400 pages by Sangye Yeshe of Nub, according to an original tantra known as the ''Scripture of the Great Assemblage''. The ''Armor'' has since been published in Delhi, India, as part of Dudjom Rinpoche's monumental publishing effort to preserve the early teachings of the Nyingma school. It is in volume 50-51 of his ''Nyingma Kahma'' edition.me 50-51 of his ''Nyingma Kahma'' edition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (common description of a Buddha's speech)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (common epithet of a Buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (common title of Tārā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (community of practitioners usually the fully ordained monks and nuns or the ''ngakpas'', tantric practitioners distinguished by their long braided hair, white skirts, and striped shawls.)